| Dates | 18–26 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Namwon-cheon stream and Punggi Ginseng Park경상북도 영주시 풍기읍 성내리 240-1 |
| Admission | Free entry; some hands-on programmes are paid (KTO). Ginseng and food are bought from the stalls. |
| Previous edition | 2024: 5–13 Oct 2024 |
| Next edition | 2026: 3–11 Oct 2026 |
Program
- Sat 18 OctGaesamteo rite, Ju Se-bung procession re-enactment and ginseng grand rite; opening concert with Ahn Sung-hoon, Park Gu-yoon and Yoon Tae-hwa; the 13th ginseng ssireum tournament, ginseng-carving contest, tourist singing contest and ginseng cooking contest
- Daily at Namwon-cheonginseng bottle making, golden-ginseng hunt, rice-cake pounding and cooking classes; ginseng lanterns lit on the stream at night
- 20 OctKBS '6 Si Nae Gohyang' live broadcast; 21 Oct: KBS 'National Singing Contest' recording; 25 Oct: Sobaeksan Yeongju Punggi Ginseng Song Festival
- First joint run with the Yeongju Market Day Agricultural Specialty Festival: produce hall and 'Farm Farm' sales area at the Insam Culture Pop-up Park, Yeongju apple booth on the Buseoksa Temple lawn plaza
Notes on the 2025 edition
Theme '천년건강 풍기인삼, 풍기에서 심봤다!' ('a thousand years of health: we struck ginseng in Punggi'). About 497,000 visitors, implied by the 2026 report (511,000, up 14,000).
About the festival
The Yeongju Punggi Ginseng Festival (영주풍기인삼축제) is a nine-day ginseng market festival on the Namwon-cheon stream and in Punggi Ginseng Park in Punggi-eup, Yeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, the town that claims Korea's first cultivated ginseng. The 2026 edition ran 3–11 October, 10:00–20:00, and drew about 511,000 visitors; 2027 dates are not announced, and a Saturday-to-Sunday run in early to mid October is most likely. Entry is free, with some paid hands-on programmes, and Punggi Station is 1 h 31 m–1 h 41 m from Cheongnyangni by KTX-Eum (₩21,600).
Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Yeongju Punggi Ginseng Festival page, which covers every edition.
Source
Facts checked
19 October 2026, against the sources listed below.