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Sejong Hangeul Festival 2026 in Sejong, South Korea

세종한글축제 2026

Oct2026
9 –11
Fri–Sun 10:00–21:00 (10:00–19:00 on 11 October), per KTO's Korean listing
Past edition

9 October 2026 to 11 October 2026 · 10:00–21:00 (10:00–19:00 on 11 October), per KTO's Korean listing; KTO's Traditional Chinese listing gives 11:00–21:00

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2026 festival offered. The current information is on the Sejong Hangeul Festival page (Expected Oct 2027).

Venue this year. The main stage moved to the city festival plaza (도시축제마당) in Sejong Central Park; the other zones were Sejong Lake Park's central plaza, Maehwa stage, Pureun Deulpan field and floating stage island.

Dates9–11 Oct 2026
Hours10:00–21:00 (10:00–19:00 on 11 October), per KTO's Korean listing; KTO's Traditional Chinese listing gives 11:00–21:00
VenueSejong Lake Park and Sejong Central Park세종특별자치시 다솜로 216 (세종동)
AdmissionEntry: Free
Previous edition2025: 9–11 Oct 2025
Next edition2027: Around Hangeul Day, 9 October 2027 (a Saturday): the 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions all opened on 9 October, and the last two ran for three days. The festival is a Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Culture and Tourism Festival for 2026–2027. Dates not announced as of 19 October 2026.

Program

  • 9 Oct (Hangeul Day)Hangeul Run from about 08:00 at Central Park's city festival plaza (10.9 km and 5.15 km courses); Black Eagles air show over Central Park; Hangeul song contest; opening stage at 20:00 with the National Jeongdong Theater; night drone show
  • 10 Oct'Great Taekwondo' show by the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation, 'K-Dance, Sejong', a Hangeul AI content talk concert, the 'Hangeul Firefly Jiphyeonjeon' reading event at the Sejong Arts Center plaza, and night fireworks with a drone show
  • 11 OctHangeul golden-bell quiz, Ultra Teens dance finals 13:00–16:00 and an e-sports contest 16:00–18:00 at the Maehwa stage, closing concert by the Korean National Symphony Orchestra at 18:00
  • All three days2026 Hangeul Culture Special Exhibition, Hangeul product expo, Hangeul playground on the Pureun Deulpan field (to 18:00), hands-on Hangeul experiences at the lake's central plaza (10:00–18:00) and citizen-run stages on the floating stage island (13:00–17:30 on 11 Oct)

Prices

ItemPriceNote
EntryFree
Hangeul Train—Marked as paid in the official programme list (as reported by a travel guide); fare not found

Notes on the 2026 edition

Slogan 온 누리에 한글 ("Hangeul to All the World"); marked 100 years of Hangeul Day and 580 years since the Hunminjeongeum was proclaimed; the first edition as a Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Culture and Tourism Festival (2026–2027). Formal ceremonies were cut back in favour of citizen programmes. Attendance had not been published in the sources found.

About the festival

The Sejong Hangeul Festival (세종한글축제, called the Sejong Festival until 2024) is Sejong City's free festival of King Sejong and the Korean alphabet, opening every year on Hangeul Day, 9 October, in Sejong Lake Park and Sejong Central Park. The 2026 edition ran 9–11 October, 10:00–21:00, with a Black Eagles air show, the Hangeul Run, drone shows and fireworks. The 2027 edition is expected around 9 October 2027; dates had not been announced as of 19 October 2026. Sejong has no KTX station: take a KTX to Osong (46–53 minutes, ₩16,900) and a BRT bus into the city (about 30 minutes).

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

Source

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

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