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Mokpo Port Festival 2026
- 📅 Dates
- Oct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 6, Samhak-ro 92beon-gil, Mokpo-si, Jeonnam-Gwangju
- 🎫 Admission
- Free
- 🕘 Hours
- 13:00-22:00
- ⏱️ Time needed
- Varies by program
- 🎪 Venue
- Areas of Mokpo Port & Samhakdo Island
- 👥 Age
- Open to visitors of all ages
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Mokpo-si · Mokpo Festival Organization Committee
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-61-270-8441
Overview
*The information below is based on the 2025 festivals. Details for the 2026 festivals will be updated as they become available.*“Mokpo is a port.” This phrase is familiar to Koreans as both a movie title and a popular song. Mokpo, one of three major ports in Korea, is a key center for trade and logistics. The Mokpo Port Festival recreates the traditional Pasi Market culture of Mokpo Port, offering a variety of food, entertainment, and experiences. Visitors can participate in live auctions at a ship for fresh seafood and enjoy the ocean view while grilling their purchases at the cooking station
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
What happens at Mokpo Port Festival
- Pasi market auction & grilling experience
- youth night
- youth Pasi market road parade
- etc.
Official programme as registered with the Korea Tourism Organization. Details can change — check with the organizer before you go.
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📊 How busy this area gets
Visitor-volume index for 목포시, 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 — 1.19
The index covers the whole district, not the festival ground itself. Use it to pick a month, not a day. · Aug 1.02 / Oct 1.19
🅿️ Nearby attractions — with actual parking capacity
Most sites only say "parking available." These are official figures from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, so you can judge before you drive.
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.
🏮 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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Samhakdo Island삼학도 Attraction0.5 km straight · walkable
Samhakdo Island is a small island off the coast of Mokpo that has been incorporated into the mainland due to silt accumulation. The island is now home to many family-fun…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 목포시 삼학로92번길 -
Mokpo Hall of Popular Music목포 대중음악의 전당 Cultural facility0.7 km straight · walkable
Mokpo Hall of Popular Music is a remodeled space of the former Honam Bank Mokpo branch. The space that was used as the administrative office on the first floor displays…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 목포시 해안로249번길 34 (상락동1가) -
Samhakdo Cruise삼학도크루즈 Attraction0.8 km straight · walkable
Samhakdo Cruise offers sightseeing cruises around the major attractions of Mokpo on the sea. During the day, they operate the Seascape City Tour, and in the evening,…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 목포시 삼학로92번길 104 (산정동) -
Mokpo Modern History Museum No. 1목포근대역사관 1관 Cultural facilityapprox. 1.5 km · ~7 min by car
Mokpo Modern History Museum is the oldest building in Mokpo and a witness to Korea’s modern and contemporary history. It was built in 1898 and was used to house various…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 목포시 영산로29번길 6 -
Mokpo Modern History Museum No. 2목포근대역사관 2관 Cultural facilityapprox. 1.6 km · ~7 min by car
Mokpo Modern History Museum No. 2 is located in what was first built in June 1920 as the Mokpo branch of the Oriental Development Company. This Renaissance-style…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 목포시 번화로 18
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Taking the trip home
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