This post summarizes official announcements; it is not a review of a visit. Sources: the Yeoju Ogoknaru Festival website run by the Yeoju Sejong Culture & Tourism Foundation (overview, schedule, the three program pages, directions and parking), its press release (October 1, 2026) and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's regional festival listing, checked on October 7, 2026. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
- Dates
- Fri, Oct 23, 2026 ~ Sun, Oct 25
- Hours
- 10:00–21:00 daily
- Venue
- Around the Silleuksa Temple tourist area (신륵사 관광지 일원)7 Silleuksa-gil, Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do (경기 여주시 신륵사길 7 일대)
- Fee
- Free
- Organizer
- Yeoju City & the Yeoju Sejong Culture & Tourism Foundation (여주시, 여주세종문화관광재단)
- 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 · 10/13, 2 PM issued · forecasts can change · later days are added as forecasts come out
📌 What's on each day
- 10/23Fri★ Fireworks · Tug-of-warToday
- 10/24Sat★ Falling fire · Pengsoo · TightropeToday
- 10/25Sun★ Fireworks · Yeonbun showToday
🔁 Daily · Tribute parade · Sweet potato roast 17:00 · Naru Nanjang 18:00 · Straw playground
Yeoju Ogoknaru Festival 2026 at Silleuksa — Dates, Fireworks Times, Parking & Tips for Kids
Yeoju Ogoknaru Festival poster — Oct 23–25, 2026. Around the Silleuksa Temple tourist area (신륵사 관광지 일원) (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
Along the Namhangang River,
autumn is deepening 🍂
The 2026 Yeoju Ogoknaru Festival
(2026 여주오곡나루축제)
runs Fri, Oct 23 – Sun, Oct 25,
three days, daily from 10:00 to 21:00,
around the Silleuksa Temple tourist area in Yeoju.
The Ministry of Culture’s regional festival listing
says it’s free.
We put together the 2026 schedule
from the festival website
run by the Yeoju Sejong Culture & Tourism Foundation.
🎪 What kind of festival is it?
past festival — a view of the festival grounds and a line of visitors (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
Yeoju Silleuksa — traditional pavilion and temple buildings (Oct 2021) (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization Photo Gallery · 김지호 · KOGL Type 1)
The festival tells the story of Jopo Naru (조포나루),
one of the four great ferry landings of the Joseon era,
where Yeoju’s farm produce
was sent as tribute to the king.
The grounds are split into three areas:
Naru Madang (ferry yard), Ogok Madang (five-grain yard)
and Janchi Madang (feast yard).
This year, two night programs —
‘Naru Nanjang’ (a ferry-side night party)
and ‘Yeogang Goedam’ (Yeogang River ghost stories) —
are making their debut.
☀️ What’s on during the day?
past festival — people in traditional clothing holding sweet potatoes (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
past festival — a procession in traditional clothing and trumpet performance (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
Parade times change from day to day.
| Date & time | Daytime program |
|---|---|
| 10/23 (Fri) 11:00 | Opening Madang — royal military band parade, pungmul street procession, lion dance |
| Daily | King Sejong & Queen Wongyeong giant puppet tribute parade — 23rd 13:00; 24th 11:00 · 16:00; 25th 11:00 · 14:00 |
| 10/24 (Sat) 14:00 | Traditional performance by Haenim Kindergarten children (Naru stage) |
| Daily 17:00 | Sweet potato ‘Guinness’ roast — sharing Yeoju sweet potatoes baked in a giant roaster |
| Daily from 18:00 | Naru Nanjang — on ferry-landing platform benches and in a jumak (tavern), with the merrymakers |
🌙 What’s on at night?
past festival — fireworks in the night sky and a waterside stage (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
Each night has
a different themed night show.
| Date & time | Night program |
|---|---|
| 10/23 (Fri) 18:00 | Ssangyonggeo tug-of-war (Naru stage) |
| 10/23 (Fri) 20:00 | Guest merrymakers Roo’Ra (룰라) on stage |
| 10/23 (Fri) 20:30 | Fireworks |
| 10/24 (Sat) 18:30 | Baudeogi tightrope walking |
| 10/24 (Sat) 19:00 | Milky Way nakhwa-nori — traditional ‘falling fire’ sparks drifting over the Namhangang River |
| 10/24 (Sat) 19:30 | Naru Nanjang with Yeoju PR ambassador Pengsoo (펭수), Kim Sung-soo and more |
| 10/25 (Sun) 18:00 | Little merrymakers on stage |
| 10/25 (Sun) 19:30 | Multimedia night show Yeonbun |
| 10/25 (Sun) 20:00 | Closing fireworks |
The Naru Nanjang performance times
may change depending on conditions on site.
🧒 What’s open all day?
past festival — a child hanging a wish note (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
past festival — making jeon at a festival experience area (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
| Hours | Activities & play |
|---|---|
| 11:00–18:00 | Kids’ straw playground — yut-nori, tuho (arrow toss), jegi-chagi (shuttlecock kicking) |
| 10:00–18:00 | Joseon playground — games with Joseon-era characters |
| 10:00–21:00 | Wish-paper path — make a wish looking out over the Namhangang River |
| 11:00–21:00 | Family barbecue area |
| 11:00–17:00 | Cauldron Yeoju-rice bibimbap — 16 giant cauldrons |
| 10:00–18:00 | Ogok Market — rice, sweet potatoes and other farm produce sold direct |
| 18:00–21:30 | Yeogang Goedam — a Joseon-era horror experience |
There’s also tteokme-chigi (pounding rice cake with a mallet)
with injeolmi and sikhye,
and the Dalbit Naru photo zone
with a night view of the suspension bridge.
The bibimbap is only described as ‘affordable’;
the price isn’t in the official info yet.
🚇 Getting there & parking
| From | How to get there |
|---|---|
| Yeoju Station (Gyeonggang Line) | Exit 1 → city bus → ‘Silleuksa’ (신륵사) stop, 7 min on foot |
| Yeoju Bus Terminal | City bus → ‘Silleuksa’ stop, 7 min on foot |
| By car | Yeongdong Expressway, Yeoju IC → National Route 37 |
The festival website’s parking page
lists five parking lots.
| Parking lot | Address & spaces |
|---|---|
| P1 Women’s Hall | 537-1 Cheonsong-dong, 110 car spaces |
| P2 Silleuksa Tourist Complex public lot | 7 Silleuksa-gil, 150 car spaces |
| P3 Yeoju Ceramics Distribution Complex | 543-2 Cheonsong-dong, 150 car spaces |
| P4 Dalmaji Square | 575 Cheonsong-dong, 1,000 car spaces |
| Geumeunmorae Campground Lot 1 | 334 Yeonyang-dong, 490 car spaces |
Parking fees during the festival
aren’t in the official info.
👨👩👧 Going with kids
The straw playground and Joseon playground
are open until 18:00.
Hit the playgrounds first in the daytime,
catch the sweet potato ‘Guinness’ roast at 17:00,
then carry on into the night programs.
Yeogang Goedam is a horror experience,
so give easily scared kids a heads-up.
The 24th has the falling-fire show at 19:00
Pick the night you want to see
⏳ Not announced yet
□ This year’s shuttle bus timetable
□ Parking fees during the festival
□ Barbecue area & rice-cake pounding fees
□ Bibimbap price
□ How to join Yeogang Goedam & age limits
□ What happens if it rains
The website’s ‘Directions’ page has a shuttle timetable,
but there’s no year on it,
so we can’t tell if it’s this year’s.
We’ll update this post once it’s out.
Questions? Call 031-881-9693,
the number on the Ministry of Culture’s listing.
👍 Recommended for these families
✔ Families looking for traditional games at a free festival
✔ Families who want to see the falling-fire show and fireworks at night
✔ Families with kids who love Pengsoo
Joseon ferry-landing games by day,
fire over the river by night —
a festival that fills a long day.
We put this together from official announcements before going ourselves. Event photos are from the Korea Tourism Organization, released under KOGL Type 3 (attribution, no derivatives) and shown unedited. Photos marked ‘Photo Gallery’ are from the Korea Tourism Organization under KOGL Type 1 (shooting dates noted). The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
📷 The festival in photos 19
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🔄 Updates
- One-week check
- First write-up
📎 Sources
- 한국관광공사 국문 관광정보(TourAPI) — 여주오곡나루축제 행사 사진 (contentid 1147035) 한국관광공사 · 관공서
- 한국관광공사 관광사진 갤러리 — 신륵사 사진(공공누리 제1유형) 한국관광공사 · 관공서
- 2026 여주오곡나루축제 축제개요 여주세종문화관광재단(여주오곡나루축제 누리집) · 주최
- 축제일정(낮 프로그램·야간 특별공연 나루난장) 여주세종문화관광재단(여주오곡나루축제 누리집) · 주최
- 프로그램 나루마당 여주세종문화관광재단(여주오곡나루축제 누리집) · 주최
- 프로그램 오곡마당 여주세종문화관광재단(여주오곡나루축제 누리집) · 주최
- 프로그램 잔치마당 여주세종문화관광재단(여주오곡나루축제 누리집) · 주최
- 여주오곡나루축제, 귀신도 춤추고 갈 '나루난장', '여강괴담' 첫선 여주세종문화관광재단(누리집 보도자료) · 2026.10.1 · 주최
- 오시는 길 여주세종문화관광재단(여주오곡나루축제 누리집) · 주최
- 주차정보 여주세종문화관광재단(여주오곡나루축제 누리집) · 주최
- 지역축제 여주오곡나루축제 문화체육관광부 · 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, parking spaces 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)