| Dates | Mid-October 2027 is most likely if the merged format continues: the county set 16–18 October 2026 because mid-October is now the peak of the song-i auction and overlaps the salmon run. Earlier editions ran 4–8 Oct 2023, 3–6 Oct 2024 and 10–12 Oct 2025 (song-i) with the salmon festival on 24–26 Oct 2025. 2026 dates were announced in early July; nothing announced for 2027 as of 19 October 2026. |
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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 | 2026: 16–18 Oct 2026 |
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
확인26.10.19
Facts checked
19 October 2026, against the sources listed below.