This guide summarizes official announcements (festival website, Yeongdong County, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) and is not a firsthand visit review. Character illustrations are GPT-generated.
- Dates
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 ~ Sun, Oct 18
- Hours
- 10:00~20:00 (evening events such as fireworks run into the 21:00 hour)
- Venue
- Yeongdong Rainbow Healing Tourist Site area (영동 레인보우힐링관광지 일원)117 Yeongdonghilling-ro, Yeongdong-eup, Yeongdong-gun, Chungbuk (충북 영동군 영동읍 영동힐링로 117)
- Fee
- Free (some hands-on programs 5,000~15,000 won)
- Performers
- 윤도현 · 김준수 · 김용우 · 이찬원 · 황윤성 · 키썸 · 손태진 · 에녹 · 길려원 · 도드리 · 충북도립교향악단 · 김천시립국악단
- Organizer
- Hosted by Yeongdong County, organized by Yeongdong Culture & Tourism Foundation and Nangye Memorial Society
- 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
- 10/15Thu★ Opening night · Parade · Kids musicalToday
- 10/16FriDodri · TightropeToday
- 10/17Sat★ Song contest · Wedding rite · Kids yogaToday
- 10/18Sun★ Closing night · Tightrope · Kids yoga · Fun & RunToday
🔁 Daily · Instrument making & playing · Hanbok · Wellness zone · Kids zone · Exhibits
2026 Yeongdong Nangye Traditional Music Festival: Schedule, Fireworks, Parking and Gugak Instrument Making with Kids
Yeongdong Nangye Traditional Music Festival poster — Thu, Oct 15–Sun, Oct 18, 2026, Yeongdong Rainbow Healing Tourist Site area (영동 레인보우힐링관광지 일원) (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
Autumn is when gugak rhythms
fill the air in Yeongdong 🥁
The 57th Yeongdong Nangye Traditional Music Festival
(영동난계국악축제) runs October 15 (Thu) to 18 (Sun)
for 4 days
around Rainbow Healing Tourist Site in Yeongdong.
This guide sums up the official festival website,
Yeongdong County’s opening press release (October 8)
and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
festival listing.
🎪 What Kind of Festival Is It?
past festival — parade of performers in yellow traditional attire (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
past festival — pungmulnori parade in three-color costumes (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
It is a gugak (Korean traditional music) festival
held in Yeongdong, where early Joseon musician
Nangye Park Yeon was born and raised.
This year’s theme is “Gugak Culture City No.1 Yeongdong:
the future of K-gugak starts in Yeongdong.”
Yeongdong County hosts it, and the
Yeongdong Culture & Tourism Foundation and
Nangye Memorial Society organize it.
Yeongdong County says troupes from 5 countries
will perform, and the opening ceremony
will add AI stage effects.
According to the Ministry’s listing,
admission is free.
Only some hands-on programs cost 5,000~15,000 won.
✨ What’s on the Main Stage Each Day?
past festival — performing troupe playing instruments and dancing on an outdoor stage (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
Here are the main programs by date.
| Date | Main programs |
|---|---|
| 15th (Thu) | 09:00 Tabuk & memorial rite, 14:00 Gugak street parade (from Yeongdong Station), 18:00 Nangye Gugak Orchestra, 19:00 Opening ceremony, 20:00 Opening concert, 21:30 Opening fireworks |
| 16th (Fri) | 13:00 Chungbuk Provincial Symphony Orchestra, 14:30 Gimcheon City Gugak Orchestra, 18:30 Yeonhui Day ‘Nangye Yeonhuipan! Taji’, 20:30 Gugak idol group Dodri |
| 17th (Sat) | 10:30 Traditional wedding reenactment, 18:30 21st Chupungnyeong Song Festival |
| 18th (Sun) | 09:00 Rainbow FUN&RUN, Gugak dance gala, 15:00 National Pungmul Contest awards, 18:30 Closing ceremony & gala concert, 21:00 Closing fireworks |
The opening concert features
Yoon Do-hyun, Kim Jun-su, Kim Yong-woo and others.
The Chupungnyeong Song Festival is a final round of 10 singers,
plus celebration stages by Lee Chan-won, Yu Ji-na,
Hwang Yun-seong, Kisum, Park Seong-on and others.
The closing gala concert features
Son Tae-jin, Enoch, Gil Ryeo-won and others.
The gugak dance gala time differs:
12:00 on the website schedule,
13:30 in the leaflet.
🎶 Smaller Stages Too
past festival — traditional acrobatics performance with an assembled audience (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
These are the Folk Village Fringe Stage
and Complex Culture & Arts Center (Hall) shows.
| Date | Fringe Stage · Culture & Arts Center |
|---|---|
| 15th (Thu) | 11:00 Kids’ musical ‘Nolbu and Heungbu’ (Hall), 14:00·15:00·17:00 local artists, 16:00 fusion gugak |
| 16th (Fri) | 14:00·16:00 Tightrope walking, 16:00 immersive show ‘Ilnorae Rhapsody’ (Hall), 17:00 fusion gugak, 18:00 young gugak team |
| 17th (Sat) | 09:00 Ssireum wrestling, 13:00 young gugak talents (Hall), 14:30 Cheongo traditional troupe, 16:30·17:30 young gugak |
| 18th (Sun) | 10:00 Cheongo traditional troupe, 14:00·16:00 Tightrope walking, 14:00 fusion strings ‘Sosaieoti’ (Hall) |
The website notes that detailed schedules
may change depending on circumstances.
🥁 What Can Kids Try?
Hands-on programs and exhibits
run throughout the festival.
| Program · Exhibit | Official description |
|---|---|
| Instrument making | Mini gugak instruments — janggu, geomungo, haegeum, ajaeng, daegeum; take your work home |
| Instrument playing | Janggu, buk, kkwaenggwari, jing; for children and adults |
| Hanbok & classic hairstyles | Wear hanbok and accessories, souvenir photo at the photo zone |
| AI Baduk Robot match | Baduk or omok, up to 4 people per round |
| Kids zone | Eco-friendly play facilities made from recycled materials |
| Folk craft making | Craft activity the whole family can join |
| Gugak Theme Hall · Instrument Hall | AI and VR gugak content, photo zone with giant instruments |
The indoor wellness zone NANGYE RESET
is open 11:00 to 18:00.
On the weekend (17th & 18th), kids yoga
runs at 11:00, 12:40 and 15:20
for 20 minutes each.
The leaflet and press release also
call the kids zone the ‘AI Kids Zone’.
For food, there are the Saemaeul Restaurant
run by 11 local Saemaeul groups, a TBK barbecue zone,
a food truck zone, a traditional snack corner
and a local food zone.
🚗 Getting There & Parking
The website’s visitor transport plan
lists circular buses and taxis.
| Item | Official information |
|---|---|
| Address | 117 Yeongdonghilling-ro, Yeongdong-eup, Yeongdong-gun (영동힐링로 117) |
| Parking | Lots 1~7 and Wine Tunnel lot, 1,120 spaces in total |
| Town circular bus (4 buses) | Yeongdong Station, Central Market, Hanaro Mart, Yeongdong Gymnasium, Wine Tunnel, then the festival site |
| Site circular bus (2 buses) | Yeongdong Gymnasium Rotary, Wine Tunnel, festival site |
| Taxi | Between Yeongdong Station and the festival site, 150 groups a day, 2 to 4 riders |
| Inquiries | 043-745-8917 |
Bus and taxi fares and operating hours
are not in the official information.
👨👩👧 If You’re Visiting with Kids
On the 15th at 11:00,
the kids’ gugak musical ‘Nolbu and Heungbu’
is staged at the Complex Culture & Arts Center.
At instrument making, kids can take
the finished instrument home as a souvenir.
Chungbuk Province says the Garden Expo at Yongdu Park,
held at the same time, is
within 1km of this festival site.
Closing fireworks: 18th at 21:00
To catch the fireworks, pick one of those days
and plan to stay past 9 p.m.
⏳ Not Yet Announced
□ Which programs are paid, and their fees
□ Circular bus and taxi fares and hours
□ Parking fees
□ Operation in case of rain
□ How to join the Gugak Golden Bell quiz
These are not in the official information yet.
We’ll update this post once they’re out.
If you have questions,
call 043-745-8917.
👍 Recommended for These Families
✔ Families who want kids to make and play gugak instruments
✔ Families who want to see the opening or closing fireworks
✔ Families who’d enjoy tightrope walking, folk performance and a gugak musical
At the same time, within 1km at Yongdu Park,
the 2nd Chungbuk Garden Expo in Yeongdong is also held.
Our guide → 2026 Chungbuk Garden Expo in Yeongdong
Instrument workshops and tightrope walking by day,
big stages and fireworks by night:
a gugak festival that keeps going for 4 days.
This article is based on official information, organized before visiting in person. Event photos are from the Korea Tourism Organization, released under KOGL Type 3 (attribution, no derivatives) and shown unedited. The character illustrations are GPT-generated.
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🔄 Updates
- First write-up
📎 Sources
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- 축제일정 — 전체일정·1~4일차 영동난계국악축제 공식 누리집 · 주최
- 체험 프로그램 영동난계국악축제 공식 누리집 · 주최
- 오시는 길(관람객 교통편의 계획) 영동난계국악축제 공식 누리집 · 주최
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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.
AI-assisted translation. Numbers and article structure were checked against the Korean original on 2026-10-10. This is not a new verification of the event announcements. Original post (Korean)