| Dates | 4–8 Oct 2023 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Namdaecheon riverside, Yangyang-eup (treasure hunt at a forest site upstream)강원특별자치도 양양군 양양읍 일출로 589 |
| Admission | Free entry to the festival grounds (KTO listing); the song-i treasure hunt and salmon catching cost ₩30,000 each in 2026 (₩10,000 back in local gift certificates, ₩20,000 on the Friday), and song-i liquor making ₩20,000. |
| Next edition | 2024: 3–6 Oct 2024 |
Program
- First joint song-i and salmon festival, in six zones: salmon, food, rest and healing, song-i market, exhibition and main stage
- Bare-handed salmon catching in four sessions of about 100 people, plus a session with US Forces Korea personnel
- Augmented-reality song-i gathering and salmon fishing, canoeing on the Namdaecheon, treasure hunt and the 'Namdaecheon Salmon Train'
- Performing troupes from the Philippines, South Africa and Thailand
Notes on the 2023 edition
About 193,000 visitors over five days; a free shuttle bus ran.
About the festival
The Yangyang Pine Mushroom and Salmon Festival (양양송이연어축제) is an autumn harvest festival on the Namdaecheon riverside in Yangyang, on Gangwon's east coast, where you hunt for pine mushrooms (song-i) in a pine forest and catch returning salmon bare-handed in the river. The 2026 edition ran 16–18 October; 2027 dates are not announced, and mid-October is most likely. Entry is free; the two signature experiences cost ₩30,000 each in 2026, with ₩10,000 returned as local gift certificates. Express buses from Seoul take 2 h 19 m.
Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Yangyang Pine Mushroom and Salmon Festival page, which covers every edition.
Source
Facts checked
19 October 2026, against the sources listed below.