Food & drinkJeonju, Jeonbuk State

Jeonju Bibimbap Festival 2024 in Jeonju, Jeonbuk State, South Korea

전주비빔밥축제 2024

Oct2024
3 –6
Thu–Sun
Past edition

3 October 2024 to 6 October 2024

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2024 festival offered. The current information is on the Jeonju Bibimbap Festival page (Expected Oct 2027).

Venue this year. Jeonju Stadium area, as part of Jeonju Festa

Dates3–6 Oct 2024
WeatherOctober average 22/10 °C (71/50 °F), 57 mm of rainMonthly averages, not a forecast: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020, Jeonju station.
VenueDeokjin Park (2026 venue; 2025 was Jeonju World Cup Stadium)전북특별자치도 전주시 덕진구 권삼득로 390
AdmissionEntry to the 2026 edition at Deokjin Park was free (KTO listing); the food streets and the traveller's restaurant are paid.
Next edition2025: 24–26 Oct 2025

Program

  • Opening event of Jeonju Festa 2024 ('Tastier Jeonju', 3–26 Oct) at Jeonju Stadium (전주종합경기장)
  • 30-plus programmes including a Jeonju food theme hall, five food theme zones and a bibim parade
  • Weekly large drone shows at the Festa grounds

About the festival

The Jeonju Bibimbap Festival is a three- or four-day food festival in Jeonju, the UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy 1 h 40 m from Seoul by KTX. The 2026 edition ran 2–4 October at Deokjin Park, a lotus-pond park, after the 2025 edition at the World Cup Stadium; 2027 is expected in October. Entry was free and the KTO listing gives 11:00–21:00; food is paid. Go for the giant communal bibimbap and the eight-province bibimbap street.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Jeonju Bibimbap Festival page, which covers every edition.

Source

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

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