This post summarizes official announcements; it is not a review of a visit. Sources: the Icheon Rice Culture Festival website (overview, main programs, full schedule, programs by area, hands-on activities, shuttle buses, parking and directions) and its press release (August 14, 2026), checked on October 7, 2026. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
- Dates
- Wed, Oct 14, 2026 ~ Sun, Oct 18
- Venue
- Around Bokhacheon Riverside Park (복하천 수변공원 일원)17 Gyeongchung-daero 2422beon-gil, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do (경기 이천시 경충대로2422번길 17 일대)
- Performers
- 이상밴드 · 연희그룹 처랏 · 심풀 · 더튠 · 전통연희집단 범나비
- Organizer
- Icheon City & the Icheon Rice Culture Festival Committee (이천시, 이천쌀문화축제추진위원회)
- Official
- Official notice (Korean) ↗
- Updated
- when we last re-checked the official notice
📅 Schedule at a glance
October 2026
Event daysHighlightsTodayKorean public holidays
Korea Meteorological Administration · 10/15, 8 AM issued · forecasts can change
📌 What's on each day
- 10/14Wed★ Opening · Magic showToday
- 10/15–16Thu–FriTug-of-war · Rice masters · Magic showToday
- 10/17Sat★ Drone show (planned) · Tug-of-war · Rice masters · Bubble show · Family photosToday
- 10/18Sun★ Closing · Tug-of-war · Bubble show · TightropeToday
🔁 Daily · Cauldron rice 12:00 · Rainbow rice cake 15:00 · Children's plays · Grasshopper tag
Icheon Rice Culture Festival 2026 at Bokhacheon Riverside Park — Dates, Shuttle Buses, Parking & Tips for Kids
It’s harvest season,
when the air smells of new rice 🌾
This year marks the 25th!
The 25th Icheon Rice Culture Festival
(제25회 이천쌀문화축제)
runs Wed, Oct 14 – Sun, Oct 18,
for five days.
This year it has moved
to a new venue:
around Bokhacheon Riverside Park
(복하천 수변공원).
We put together the schedule
and getting-there info
from the official festival website.
🎪 What kind of festival is it?
This year’s slogan is
’Everything Made from Rice, Made In Icheon’.
The August 14 press release says
the festival will fill the roomier new venue
together with events like the Bubal Daljip (bonfire) Festival
and the Icheon Advanced Drone Expo.
The grounds are split into
several ‘madang’ (yards), such as the
Fairy Tale Yard (동화마당), Play Yard (놀이마당),
Sky Yard (하늘마당) and Cauldron Yard (가마솥마당).
✨ What’s on, and when?
The main programs, in time order.
| Date & time | Program |
|---|---|
| 10/14 (Wed) 13:30 | King’s Tribute Procession (during the opening ceremony) |
| 10/14 (Wed) 14:00 | Opening performance to kick off the festival |
| Daily 12:00 · 14:00 | ‘2,000 People, 2,000 Won’ cauldron rice — cauldron-cooked bibimbap for 2,000 won (12:00 only on the 14th) |
| Daily 15:00 | 600 m rainbow rice cake — everyone pulls one long garaetteok together (Sky Yard) |
| 10/15–18 11:00 | Village dragon-rope tug-of-war (Sky Yard) |
| 10/15–17 11:00 · 13:00 | Icheon Rice Masters contest — rice cooking by 14 towns and districts; awards on the 17th at 13:00 |
| 10/17 (Sat) 18:00 | Drone light show (planned) |
| 10/18 (Sun) 11:30 · 15:00 | Tightrope walking (the main programs page says 11:00) |
| 10/18 (Sun) from 16:30 | Closing event near Bokha 2 Bridge; daljip bonfire burning at 17:30 (planned) |
🧒 What’s there for kids?
The kids’ stage and games
are different on weekdays and weekends.
| Date & time | For kids |
|---|---|
| Weekdays (14th–16th) | Children’s plays 13:00 · 15:00 · 16:00, magic show 14:00 (Fairy Tale Yard) |
| Weekend (17th & 18th) | Bubble show 13:00 · 15:00, children’s plays 11:00 · 14:00 · 16:00 (Fairy Tale Yard) |
| Daily 11:00 · 15:00 | Grasshopper tag (Play Yard) |
| Daily 13:30 | Joseon Harvest Field Day — gourd-ball bursting, filling up with ball-pit balls (Play Yard) |
| Daily from the 15th, 14:00 | Farming game ‘Run, Turtle!’ (Sky Yard) |
| 10/17 (Sat) 10:00–17:00 | Family photo shoot & prints (Lake Yard) |
| Daily | Straw playground with a straw slide; hand rice-planting & threshing (Farming Yard) |
| Daily | Horse riding & donkey activities, hanbok try-on (Lake Yard) |
The activity booths are gathered
in the Harvest Yard (풍년마당):
Icheon rice lettering balloons, rice-grain hand warmers,
making scarecrows and jangseung (village totem poles),
face painting, dalgona,
making traditional kites and bows, and more.
Activity fees aren’t in the official info.
🍚 Food & market
At the Food Yard (먹거리마당), Icheon’s 14 towns and districts
serve up local dishes.
The listed menu includes sundae-guk (blood sausage soup), suyuk (boiled pork),
rice noodles, gimbap
and janchi-guksu (banquet noodles).
Rice you buy at the New Rice Market (햅쌀장터)
can be sent home from the free parcel delivery desk.
The Cauldron Yard
also lists injeolmi (rice cake) making.
🚌 Getting there & parking
The website calls it a car-free, eco-friendly festival,
so there’s no parking inside the festival grounds.
Shuttle buses run daily from the 14th to the 18th,
08:30 to 18:30.
The first buses leave Icheon Station and the bus terminal at 08:30;
the last one leaves the festival at 18:30.
| Shuttle route | Route & frequency |
|---|---|
| ① Icheon Station | Icheon Station → Hyundai Hometown → Icheon City Hall → Iseopdaecheon Park → festival (Bokhacheon Campground); every 20 min on weekdays · every 10 min on weekends |
| ② Bus terminal | Terminal ↔ festival loop; every 20 min on weekdays · every 10 min on weekends |
| ③ Songjeong-dong (Sinil Apartments) | Sat & Sun only, every 10 to 20 min |
The stops have moved this year,
so check the stop photos on the website first.
By subway, get off at Icheon Station (이천역) on the Gyeonggang Line
and change to the shuttle.
| Parking lot | Location & how to get there |
|---|---|
| Lot 1 | 159 Jinri-dong, 5 min on foot |
| Lot 2 | 363 Gajwa-ri, Bubal-eup, 5 min on foot |
| Lot 3 | 87 Sinha-ri, Bubal-eup, 5 min on foot |
| Lots 4 & 5 | 54-8 Galsan-dong · 6 Anheung-dong, take the mini train |
| Lot 6 | 40 Buak-ro (City Hall), take the shuttle bus |
Parking fees aren’t in the official info.
The website gives the address as 17 Gyeongchung-daero 2422beon-gil;
on maps it shows up as Iseopdaecheon Park (이섭대천공원).
👨👩👧 Going with kids
Cauldron rice is served twice, at 12:00 and 14:00,
so lunch at the festival is easy.
On weekends the shuttle runs every 10 minutes,
and the Fairy Tale Yard bubble show is weekends only too.
From the shuttle drop-off it’s 100 steps to the entrance,
and electric cart buses run often too.
The last shuttle leaves the festival at 18:30
If you're staying for the show,
plan your way home first
⏳ Not announced yet
□ Daily opening hours (start & end)
□ Admission fee info
□ Activity booth fees
□ Parking fees
□ What happens if it rains
□ Drone light show confirmed (still ‘planned’)
None of this is in the official info yet.
We’ll update this post once it’s out.
Questions? Call the festival’s main line,
031-6190-7415 (to 7417).
👍 Recommended for these families
✔ Families who want to see children’s plays and bubble shows
✔ Families looking for a straw slide and horse riding
✔ Families who want to buy new-crop rice and have it delivered
Since it’s the first year at the new venue,
sorting out the shuttle and parking first
will make the day much easier.
We put this together from official announcements before going ourselves. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
🔄 Updates
- Extra check
- First write-up
📎 Sources
- 제25회 이천쌀문화축제 축제개요 이천쌀문화축제 공식 누리집(주최 이천시) · 주최
- 주요 프로그램 이천쌀문화축제 공식 누리집 · 주최
- 축제 일정표 이천쌀문화축제 공식 누리집 · 주최
- 공간별 프로그램(마당별) 이천쌀문화축제 공식 누리집 · 주최
- 체험 프로그램 이천쌀문화축제 공식 누리집 · 주최
- 셔틀버스 안내 이천쌀문화축제 공식 누리집 · 주최
- 주차장 안내 이천쌀문화축제 공식 누리집 · 주최
- 주차·셔틀·안전 총력전…복하천수변공원에서 새롭게 시작하는 이천쌀문화축제, 10월 14일 전격 개막 이천쌀문화축제추진위원회(누리집 보도자료) · 2026.8.14 · 주최
This is a guide based on official announcements, not a visit review. Schedules, programs and fees can change, so please re-check the official notice before you go.
Translated from our Korean post with AI assistance. Dates, times, prices and other numbers were checked against the Korean original on October 7, 2026. We did not check whether the festival offers guidance in English. Original post (Korean)