| Dates | 30 Oct – 1 Nov 2026 |
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| Hours | 10:00–21:00 (KTO listing). Main-stage programme on the official timetable: Fri 30 Oct 10:00–21:00, Sat 31 Oct 08:50–21:00, Sun 1 Nov 09:30–21:00 |
| Venue | Hancheon Sports Park, Yecheon-eup경상북도 예천군 예천읍 남본리 310-1 |
| Admission | Entry: Free |
| Previous edition | 2025: 31 Oct – 2 Nov 2025 |
| Next edition | 2027: Probably a Friday-to-Sunday weekend around the end of October or start of November 2027, if the joint bow and agricultural festival format of 2025 and 2026 continues (31 Oct–2 Nov 2025, 30 Oct–1 Nov 2026); in 2023 and 2024 it was held in May instead. No 2027 dates had been announced as of 18 October 2026. |
Program
- Archery sessions in Western archery and gukgung (traditional Korean archery)
- Bow siege battle (활공성전)teams face an opposing camp in an archery game
- Children's activitiessuction-cup bows, make-your-own bow, air hover ball, gong targets
- Bow playgroundinflatables, rides, sand and cypress-chip play areas
- Street characters, bubble shows and other performances; food zone
- Yecheon Agricultural Festival on the same grounds: 22 direct-sales booths, cooking contest, on-the-spot produce auctions, OX quiz, certified-produce hall, processed-goods hall with tastings
- Held alongside the Gyeongbuk Lifelong Learning Expo, which opens on the main stage on Fri 30 Oct (14:30–15:30) and closes there on Sun 1 Nov (16:00–17:00)
- Challenge archery, 'Trial of Odysseus': shoot through a line of rings at a final gong target, 2 arrows per person, prize on success
- Fri 30 OctYecheon gugak (traditional music) festival 16:00–17:30; Hwalhwal Concert with singer Jang Min-ho 19:30–21:00; fireworks 21:00–21:10
- Sat 31 Octhealth walk 08:50–10:30; national dance contest 15:00–19:00; Hwallyeok Concert with singer Ailee 19:00–21:00
- Sun 1 NovGyeongbuk learning-club contest 09:30–12:30; Black Eagles air show 14:00–14:30; Dream Orchestra concert 15:00–16:00; agricultural festival closing 17:00–18:00; national singing contest with singer Yoon Yoon-seo 18:00–21:00
Prices
| Item | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Free | |
| Archery and other activities | — | 2026 fees not published; in 2024 a ₩7,000 activity pass came with a ₩5,000 Yecheon gift voucher |
Notes on the 2026 edition
Held jointly with the 2026 Yecheon Agricultural Festival (theme 'Abundant harvest! Yecheon, the best of K-produce!', run by its own organizing committee) and alongside the Gyeongbuk Lifelong Learning Expo. Foot-and-mouth disease: Yecheon had Gyeongbuk's first outbreak in 11 years on 3 July 2026, a recurrence at two cattle farms on 3 September and 10 more positive cattle on 3 October (9 of the 14 cases in Korea in 2026), and neighbouring Mungyeong scaled its 9–11 October beef festival down to a market. KTO's listing (updated 13 October) and the county's 14 October announcement of the agricultural festival still gave the full 30 October–1 November dates, with no scale-down reported. The agriculture ministry's notice on the 3 October case set out farm quarantine, disinfection in Yecheon and six neighbouring areas and a nationwide disinfection week (4–10 October), with no limits on public events; no change to the festival had been reported by 19 October.
About the festival
The Yecheon Bow Festival (예천활축제) is a free archery festival at Hancheon Sports Park in Yecheon-eup, Gyeongsangbuk-do, the home county of archers Kim Jin-ho, Yun Ok-hee and Olympic champion Kim Je-deok: you can try Western and traditional Korean archery, a team bow battle and children's bow games. The 2026 edition runs Friday 30 October to Sunday 1 November, 10:00–21:00, together with the Yecheon Agricultural Festival; as of mid-October it was going ahead as planned despite foot-and-mouth cases in Yecheon in 2026. From Seoul, intercity buses link Dong Seoul Terminal and Yecheon in about 2 h 38 m (₩26,800, deluxe).
Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Yecheon Bow Festival page, which covers every edition.
Source
Facts checked
29 October 2026, against the sources listed below.