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Gwanak Gang Gam-chan Festival 2026
- 📅 Dates
- Oct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 77 Nakseongdae-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul
- 🎫 Admission
- Free
- 🕘 Hours
- 13:00-21:00
- 🎪 Venue
- Nakseongdae Park
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Gwanak-gu District · Gwanak Culture Association
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-2-828-5765
Overview
The Gwanak Gang Gam-chan Festival is a historical and cultural event held to honor the patriotic spirit of General Gang Gam-chan, a famous general from the Goryeo Dynasty. The festival is known for its impressive night events, fitting for the location named after a falling star, and features a variety of parades and performances. ◎ Gang Gam-chan and Nakseongdae General Gang Gam-chan of Goryeo is said to have been born at the place where the fourth star of the Big Dipper fell. This place is called Nakseongdae, which means “the place where the star fell.”
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
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📊 How busy this area gets
Visitor-volume index for 관악구, from Korea Tourism Organization big data. 1.00 = that area's own yearly average, so this compares the area against itself — not against Seoul.
Oct — 1.07
The index covers the whole district, not the festival ground itself. Use it to pick a month, not a day. · Apr 1.02 / Aug 1.09
🅿️ Nearby attractions — with actual parking capacity
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🏮 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.
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🎪 Other festivals nearby at the same time
Overlapping dates, within 60 km.
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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Korean address for map apps서울특별시 관악구 관악로
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