Nature & seasonsSeoul

Hangang Festival (Summer) 2025 in Seoul, South Korea

한강페스티벌 여름 2025

Jul – Aug2025
26 –24
Sat–Sun
Past edition

26 July 2025 to 24 August 2025

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2025 festival offered. The current information is on the Hangang Festival (Summer) page (Expected Jul/Aug 2027).

Venue this year. The river and ten parks, centred on Jamsil, Yanghwa, Nanji and Mangwon.

Dates26 Jul – 24 Aug 2025
WeatherJuly average 29/22 °C (84/72 °F), 414 mm of rain
August average 30/23 °C (86/73 °F), 348 mm of rainMonthly averages, not a forecast: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020, Seoul station.
VenueYeouido Hangang Park and other Han River parks (nine in 2026)서울특별시 영등포구 여의동로 330 (여의도한강공원)
AdmissionMy Own Hangang Boat Race, per team: ₩20,000 · Pool and water playground entry: ₩1,000
Previous edition2024: 26 Jul – 11 Aug 2024
Next edition2026: 1–16 Aug 2026

Program

  • Sat 26–Sun 27 Jul 19:30Hangang Cinema Pongdang, a floating cinema watched from tubes
  • Thu 31 Jul–Fri 1 AugRolling in the Hangang log-rolling contest, five rounds a day
  • Fri 1–Sat 2 Aug, near Seonyu Footbridge, Yanghwa Hangang Park: Summer Music Picnic with a Beatles day and a Queen day; free, no booking
  • Saturdays 2–23 Aug 17:30, Yeouido Mulbit Stage: Hangang Bus Splash water-gun festival, up to 150 people a session
  • Sat 9 Aug, Seoul Battleship Park: Water Picnic with water slides, children's pools and an EDM party
  • Free films under the bridges 20:00–23:00: Ttukseom 9 Aug, Gwangnaru 16 Aug, Yeouido every Saturday 9–23 Aug
  • Fri 15 Aug, Jamsil Hangang Park: My Own Hangang Boat Race on an 80 m course, marking 80 years since liberation; ₩20,000 per team
  • Sat 16 Aug, Mangwon Hangang Park by Seoul Battleship Park: overnight Hangang ON with a 369-minute screening of the director's cut of the drama I'm Sorry, I Love You (미안하다, 사랑한다)

Prices

ItemPriceNote
My Own Hangang Boat Race, per team₩20,000
Pool and water playground entry₩1,000₩1,000–3,000

Notes on the 2025 edition

30 days and 18 programmes (city festival record); theme 'good-value, cool and passionate summer escape'. The city lengthened the run because a hotter summer than usual was forecast. The Hangang pools and water playgrounds stayed open until 31 August, with night swimming until 22:00 except at Yanghwa.

About the festival

The Hangang Festival (Summer) is the Seoul city government's summer run of its Han River park festival, the event that began in 2013 as Hangang Mongttang. The 2026 run was 1–16 August in nine riverside parks, with free concerts and films under the bridges, pool parties, a silent disco under Mapo Bridge, the overnight Hangang Night Walk 42K and discounted boat rides; the 2027 run is expected in late July and August but has not been announced. Entry and many programmes are free; pool events cost ₩1,000–3,000 and the silent disco ₩9,000, while races, cruises and boat rides cost ₩12,500–70,000.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Hangang Festival (Summer) page, which covers every edition.

Source

Facts checked
18 October 2026, against the sources listed below.

Report a correction for this edition