| Dates | 26 Jan – 3 Feb 2019 |
|---|---|
| Hours | From 10:00 (admission time reported on the opening day) |
| Venue | Bingeoho (Icefish Lake) on upper Soyang Lake, Bupyeong-ri, Nam-myeon강원특별자치도 인제군 남면 부평리 555-2 (빙어호 일원) |
| Admission | Entry and the ice-fishing field have been free (the last edition held was in 2023). Rides such as sleds, ATVs and the Argo were separate activities whose prices were not published in the sources opened. |
| Previous edition | 2018: 27 Jan – 4 Feb 2018 |
| Next edition | 2020: 18 Jan – 2 Feb 2020 |
Program
- 19th edition; opening ceremony at 17:00 on 26 Jan with performances and fireworks
- 33 programmes in 8 categories, including ice fishing with a free fishing area, a snow and ice playground, the Icefish Olympics, ice contests and a food village
Notes on the 2019 edition
Nine days. About 22,500 visitors on the opening day by the county's count.
About the festival
The Inje Icefish Festival (인제빙어축제) is a free ice-fishing festival for bingeo, a small icefish, on Bingeoho, a dammed arm of upper Soyang Lake at Bupyeong-ri, Nam-myeon, Inje, Gangwon, about 1 h 45 min by bus from Dong Seoul. Held since 1998, it last ran 20–29 January 2023 and was cancelled in 2024, 2025 and 2026 because Soyang Dam's water was too high for safe ice. No 2027 dates or decision had been announced by 19 October 2026; when it runs it lasts about ten days in the second half of January, and entry and ice fishing have been free.
Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Inje Icefish Festival page, which covers every edition.
Source
Facts checked
19 October 2026, against the sources listed below.