This post summarizes official announcements; it is not a review of a visit. Sources: Uijeongbu City's event listing (with the official poster) and its 2026 annual events & festivals calendar, the notice from the organizer, the Uijeongbu Urban Corporation's Commercial District Promotion Center (September 22, 2026), and the Budae-jjigae Street page on Uijeongbu City's model-restaurant website, checked on October 7, 2026. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
- Dates
- Sat, Oct 24, 2026 ~ Sun, Oct 25
- Hours
- 12:00–17:00
- Venue
- Around Uijeongbu Budae-jjigae Street (의정부 부대찌개거리 일원)Around Taepyeong-ro 137beon-gil & Hoguk-ro 1309beon-gil, Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi-do (경기 의정부시 태평로137번길·호국로1309번길 일대)
- Organizer
- Uijeongbu Urban Corporation Commercial District Promotion Center (organized by the Uijeongbu Budae-jjigae Premium Brand Association)
- 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 · 10/17, 2 AM issued · forecasts can change
📌 What's on each day
- 10/24Sat★ Free tasting · Cook-off · Face painting & caricatures · Flea marketToday
🔁 Daily · Discounts
Uijeongbu Budae-jjigae Festival 2026 — Schedule, Free Tasting Time & Parking Before You Take the Kids to Budae-jjigae Street
When the cold wind starts to blow,
it’s budae-jjigae season 🍲
(budae = army base, jjigae = stew)
The 19th Uijeongbu Budae-jjigae Festival
(제19회 의정부부대찌개축제)
runs Sat, Oct 24 – Sun, Oct 25
around Budae-jjigae Street in Uijeongbu
(의정부 부대찌개거리).
We put this together from
Uijeongbu City’s event listing,
a notice (September 22) from the organizer,
the Uijeongbu Urban Corporation’s
Commercial District Promotion Center,
and the official poster.
🎪 What kind of festival is it?
Uijeongbu’s Budae-jjigae Street
is a designated ‘food culture’ street
lined with budae-jjigae restaurants.
It’s the alley across from the post office,
next to the old Yangju-gu office.
According to the city website,
the dish goes back about 50 years:
ham, sausage and bacon from the U.S. Army bases
were boiled up into a spicy stew
with kimchi, gochujang, rice cakes and vegetables.
Ham, sausage and minced beef are the main ingredients,
and you add sari (noodles and other add-ins)
while the stew is bubbling.
The festival is held around October every year,
and this year it centers on
a free tasting from 12 participating restaurants
and the 3rd Cooking Contest.
It’s hosted by the Commercial District Promotion Center,
organized by the Uijeongbu Budae-jjigae
Premium Brand Association,
and sponsored by Uijeongbu City
and NH NongHyup Bank’s Uijeongbu branch.
The festival mascots are
Sojji, Rajji, Haemjji and Chijji (소찌·라찌·햄찌·치찌).
✨ What’s on, and when?
The programs are all packed into
Saturday the 24th;
on Sunday the 25th,
only the restaurant discounts continue.
| Date & time | Program |
|---|---|
| 24th (Sat) 12:00–17:00 | Activity booths · handmade flea market |
| 24th (Sat) 13:00–15:00 | 3rd Cooking Contest — 6 food-business teams, contest dishes to taste on site |
| 24th (Sat) 13:00–17:00 | Stilt-walking clown’s balloon art · free balloons |
| 24th (Sat) 15:00–16:30 | Free budae-jjigae tasting from participating restaurants |
| 24th (Sat) – 25th (Sun) | 1,000 won off a single serving of budae-jjigae · discount coupons |
The cooking contest is a battle
of creative fusion dishes
made with budae-jjigae ingredients.
It’s judged by expert judges
together with an on-site citizen panel,
according to the notice.
An African-rhythm street performance
by ‘Anyapo’ (아냐포)
and a magic show are also listed.
Their times aren’t out yet.
There’s no separate admission info in the notice,
and the tasting is free
🍲 How do the tasting and discounts work?
At the tasting you can try
budae-jjigae from the participating restaurants
all in one place.
The notice says there’ll be tasting rice
cooked with Uijeongbu’s ‘Hoeryong rice’ (회룡쌀)
and a table zone where you can sit and eat.
| Perk | How to get it |
|---|---|
| 1,000 won off per serving | Order budae-jjigae at a participating restaurant on the 24th or 25th |
| 2,000 won discount coupon | Spend 20,000 won or more at a participating restaurant on the 24th or 25th (300 per restaurant, until they run out) |
| 2 activity booth tickets | Spend 20,000 won or more at a participating restaurant on the 24th and hand in the receipt |
Here are the 12 participating restaurants
listed in the organizer’s notice.
Myeongseong Budae-jjigae (명성부대찌개) · Boyeong Sikdang (보영식당)
Yangju Sikdang (양주식당) · Odeng Sikdang (오뎅식당)
Odeng Sikdang Annex (오뎅식당 별관)
Uijeongbu Myeongmul Jjigae, main branch (의정부명물찌개 본점)
Jangheung Sikdang (장흥식당) · Jeong Sun-ok Budae-jjigae (정순옥 부대찌개)
Jinmi Sikdang (진미식당) · Hanyang Sikdang (한양식당)
Hyeongne Sikdang (형네식당) · Hongi Budae-jjigae (홍이 부대찌개)
🚇 Getting there & parking
The notice says parking is limited.
| Transit & parking | How to get there |
|---|---|
| Uijeongbu Light Rail | Uijeongbu Jungang Station (의정부중앙역), exit 2 (organizer’s notice) |
| Uijeongbu Shared School Ollae Campus (의정부공유학교 올래캠퍼스) | Free parking, 3 min walk |
| Uijeongbu 1-dong Riverside Public Parking Lot (의정부1동 둔치공영주차장) | Paid parking, 7 min walk |
👨👩👧 Going with kids
Kids’ activities run on Sat the 24th,
12:00–17:00 — about 10 kinds are listed,
including face painting, caricatures
and home gardening.
The flea market has handmade fabric goods,
interior décor items and food.
A stilt-walking clown does balloon art
and hands out balloons from 13:00 to 17:00.
Photos with the clown are on the list too.
The cooking contest starts at 13:00
and the tasting follows at 15:00,
so if you arrive around lunchtime
you can watch the contest → then the tasting.
The city’s annual events calendar also lists
a ‘Mental Health Day event’
(activity booths & information)
on the same street on the same day, the 24th.
spend 20,000 won or more at a participating restaurant on the 24th
and hand in the receipt to get 2
Have lunch on the street and keep your receipt
⏳ Not announced yet
□ Times of the street performance & magic show
□ Full list of the 10 or so activities
□ How many tasting portions there’ll be
□ What happens if it rains
□ Road closures during the festival
None of this is in the official info yet.
We’ll update this post once it’s out.
Questions? Call the Commercial District
Promotion Center at +82-31-928-6528
or Uijeongbu City’s Jobs & Economy Division
at +82-31-828-2913.
👍 Recommended for these families
✔ Families looking for a budae-jjigae lunch outing
✔ Kids who love face painting & balloon art
✔ Families who want to watch the cooking contest & tasting
The tasting, activities and discounts all overlap
on Saturday the 24th — the best day to go.
We put this together from official announcements before going ourselves. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
🔄 Updates
- First write-up
📎 Sources
- 제19회 의정부부대찌개축제 (행사·축제 세부내용, 포스터) 의정부시 문화, 한눈에 달력 · 관공서
- 2026년 연간 행사·축제 일정 의정부시 · 관공서
- [공지] 제19회 의정부 부대찌개축제 개최 의정부도시공사 상권진흥센터 공식블로그 · 2026.9.22 · 주최
- 의정부 부대찌개 거리 의정부시 모범음식점 누리집 · 관공서
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, phone numbers and other numbers were checked against the Korean original on October 7, 2026. Program, organization, parking-lot and restaurant names are our own translations and romanizations of the Korean, not official English names; budae-jjigae (부대찌개) is a spicy 'army base stew' with ham and sausage. We did not check whether the festival or the participating restaurants offer guidance in English. Original post (Korean)