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Mungyeong Yakdol Hanu Festival 2024 in Mungyeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

문경약돌한우축제 2024

Oct2024
4 –6
Fri–Sun
Past edition

4 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 Mungyeong Yakdol Hanu Festival page (Expected Oct/Nov 2027).

Venue this year. Mungyeong Saejae Provincial Park.

Dates4–6 Oct 2024
VenueMungyeong Saejae Provincial Park (outdoor performance area)경상북도 문경시 문경읍 새재로 943 (문경새재도립공원 일원)
AdmissionFree entry. You pay for the beef you buy at the butcher counters (20–33% off in 2023–2025, 15–33% off in 2026) and grill it yourself in the grill area; whether a table or side-dish fee applies was not published.
Previous edition2023: 7–9 Oct 2023
Next edition2025: 31 Oct – 2 Nov 2025

Program

  • Fri 4 Octopening concert with trot singers including Jang Min-ho
  • Grill area seating 900 at once; Yakdol Hanu sold 20–33% below market price
  • Hands-on and recreation programmes around the grounds

Prices

ItemPriceNote
Entry—Not stated in the 2024 source opened

Notes on the 2024 edition

13th edition by count (12th in 2023, 14th in 2025). About 100,000 visitors.

About the festival

The Mungyeong Yakdol Hanu Festival (문경약돌한우축제) is a free three-day beef festival at Mungyeong Saejae Provincial Park in Mungyeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do: you buy the city's Yakdol Hanu beef at 20–33% below market price (2023–2025) and grill it yourself in a grill area that seated 800 people at once in 2025. The 15th edition, 9–11 October 2026, ran as a scaled-down beef market because of a foot-and-mouth outbreak in neighbouring Yecheon; 2027 dates have not been announced, but recent editions fell on a weekend between early October and early November. From Seoul, buses from Dong Seoul Terminal reach Mungyeong in 1 h 54 m–2 h 20 m (₩14,200–19,800).

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Mungyeong Yakdol Hanu Festival page, which covers every edition.

Source

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

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