| Dates | 30 Aug – 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Namdang Port special stage and port area충청남도 홍성군 서부면 남당항로213번길 1-1 |
| Admission | Entry: Free |
| Previous edition | 2023: 9 Sep – 15 Oct 2023 |
| Next edition | 2025: 22 Aug – 20 Oct 2025 |
Program
- Bare-hand prawn catching
- Seafood dining at the port restaurants
Prices
| Item | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Free | |
| Wild daeha prawns, packed, per kg | — | ₩30,000–50,000 in late September 2024, lower on days with big catches (news report); no single festival price found |
Notes on the 2024 edition
29th edition. Dates from a Daum travel channel; a news report confirms a late-August opening. About 15,000 visitors came to the port over Chuseok 2024, and the daily catch averaged about 6 t, nearly double 2023, which locals put down to warm seas after the summer heat wave.
About the festival
The Hongseong Namdang Port King Prawn Festival (홍성남당항 대하축제) is a two-month seafood festival at Namdang Port on Cheonsu Bay in Seobu-myeon, Hongseong, Chungcheongnam-do, where the port's restaurants and stalls sell in-season daeha prawns, usually salt-grilled, with weekend shows and bare-hand prawn catching. The 31st edition runs 4 September–8 November 2026, 09:00–24:00, with free entry; prawns are sold at one festival price of ₩45,000 per kg to take away or ₩60,000 per kg in restaurants. From Seoul, take the train from Yongsan to Hongseong (about 2 hours, ₩9,600–14,300), then a taxi about 25 km west to the port.
Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Hongseong Namdang Port King Prawn Festival page, which covers every edition.
Source
Facts checked
21 October 2026, against the sources listed below.