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Gimcheon Gimbap Festival 2026
- 📅 Dates
- Oct 23, 2026 – Oct 25, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 1189-52, Hwangak-ro, Daehang-myeon, Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
- 🎫 Admission
- Free
- 🕘 Hours
- 10:00~17:00
- 🎪 Venue
- Jikji Culture Park and Samyeongdaesa Park, Gimcheon
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Gimcheon-si
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-53-965-0910
Overview
*The information below is based on the 2025 festivals. Details for the 2026 festivals will be updated as they become available.*The Gimcheon Gimbap Festival is a local cultural tourism festival held in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Gimbap may not be one of the city’s best-known specialties, but the festival was inspired by a playful word association between Gimcheon and “Gimbap Cheonguk (gimbap heaven).” The festival brings residents and visitors together with a lively mix of gimbap-themed activities, exhibitions, performances, and games. Visitors can make and taste gimbap themselves, with perfo
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
What happens at Gimcheon Gimbap Festival
- Gimbap Playlist (Special Performance)
- Kkodari’s Doljabi (First-Birthday Fortune-Picking Ceremony)
- and more
Official programme as registered with the Korea Tourism Organization. Details can change — check with the organizer before you go.
🏮 Traditional market days during the festival
Korean country markets open only on days ending in fixed digits — every 5 days. These are the actual dates they open while the festival runs, so you can add one to the same trip.
Names and addresses here stay in Korean on purpose. Google Maps cannot give directions inside South Korea, and NAVER Map / KakaoMap find these places only under their Korean names — copy an address above and paste it straight in.
Nearby Attractions
Places near the festival venue, described in English by the Korea Tourism Organization. Distances and times are road-based driving estimates from NAVER route search — useful for taxi trips — and can change with traffic. Places under 1 km in a straight line are marked “walkable”. Anything more than 15 km away by road is left out.
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Gimcheon Samyeongdaesa Park김천 사명대사공원 Attractionapprox. 3.5 km · ~7 min by car
Gimcheon Samyeongdaesa Park serves as a nexus for exploring Gimcheon's rich cultural and historical treasures, including Hwangaksan Mountain and Jikjisa Temple. The park…
Korean address for map apps경상북도 김천시 대항면 직지사길 130
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Other festivals in Gyeongbuk
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Taking the trip home
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