| Dates | 3–6 Oct 2024 |
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| 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. |
| Previous edition | 2023: 4–8 Oct 2023 |
| Next edition | 2025: 10–12 Oct 2025 |
Program
- Run as an 'ecology festival' around the Namdaecheon salmon programmes
- Song-i picking cancelled and other mushroom programmes cut back after summer heat and drought ruined the harvest; song-i tasting corner kept
Notes on the 2024 edition
Held as the Yangyang Song-i Salmon Festival (양양송이연어축제). The first song-i auction, on 20 September 2024, was the latest on record, and top grade reached a then-record ₩1,600,000 per kg on 30 September.
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.