This guide summarizes official announcements and is not a firsthand visit review. Character illustrations are GPT-generated.
- Dates
- Sat, Oct 31, 2026
- Hours
- 11:00~17:30
- Venue
- Songdo Central Park Lawn Plaza (송도 센트럴파크 잔디광장)160 Convensia-daero, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon (Songdo Central Park)
- Performers
- 황보름 · 앙상블 WAKE
- Organizer
- Yeonsu-gu, Incheon (Yeonsu-gu Public Library)
- Official
- Official notice (Korean) ↗
- Updated
- when we last re-checked the official notice
📅 Schedule at a glance
October 2026
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📌 What's on each day
- 10/31Sat★ Golden Bell · ★ Book concert · 10-sec challenge · Costume eventToday
2026 Yeonsu Book Festival Schedule, Family Reading Golden Bell, Book Concert – Before Visiting Songdo Central Park with Kids
On the last Saturday of October,
a book festival comes to the lawns of Songdo Central Park 📚
The Yeonsu Book Festival (연수 북페스티벌), now in its 10th year,
runs October 31 (Sat), 11:00–17:30
on the Lawn Plaza of Songdo Central Park.
I’ve summarized Yeonsu-gu’s press release (October 6)
and the Yeonsu-gu Public Library’s notices and sign-up pages.
🎪 About the Festival
It’s the signature reading festival
held by the Yeonsu-gu Public Library.
This year’s slogan is “Dreaming through books, Yeonsu —
a happy journey toward bigger change.”
There’s a book concert, a Golden Bell quiz, a costume event,
and reading-culture booths with gifts up for grabs.
⏰ What Happens When?
These are the programs with times listed in the library notices.
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
| 11:00–17:00 | “Characters Out of the Book” costume event (festival HQ booth) |
| From 12:00 | 10-second challenge on-site sign-up (festival HQ booth, first 16 people) |
| 13:00–14:30 | Family Reading Golden Bell (advance sign-up) |
| 14:00–16:00 | Author Hwang Bo-reum book concert (advance sign-up) |
| 17:00–17:30 | “Read a Book Sentence Fast” 10-second challenge (main stage) |
There is an opening ceremony,
but its time isn’t in the notices yet.
🔔 Who Can Join the Family Reading Golden Bell?
It’s a reading quiz where one adult and one child
play together as a team.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Team | 1 guardian + 1 child (one adult family member) |
| Child | Elementary grades 3–5 (born 2015 to 2017) |
| Time | October 31, 13:00–14:30, Lawn Plaza |
| Sign-up | Library website, Culture → Cultural event application, first 50 teams |
| Deadline | October 16 (Fri), 17:00 |
| Prizes | 1st–3rd place: Yeonsu-gu Office certificate + culture gift vouchers |
The books to read are, for adults, The Couple Upstairs (윗집 부부, Hwang Bo-reum),
and for kids, Super-Powered Wish (초강력 소원, Jo Eun-ju),
Allowance Day (오늘은 용돈 받는 날, Yeon Yu-jin),
and Great Bookworms Who Changed the World (세상을 바꾼 위대한 책벌레들, Kim Mun-tae).
When signing up, write both names
and the child’s birth year and grade in the notes field.
Duplicate applications are canceled automatically.
🎤 What About the Hwang Bo-reum Book Concert?
It’s a book talk with Hwang Bo-reum, author of
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop and The Couple Upstairs.
It’s titled “Who Lives Upstairs from You?“
and the theme is dreams, change, and happiness.
Hosted by Kwon In-geol,
with an opening performance by Ensemble WAKE.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Time | October 31, 14:00–16:00, Lawn Plaza |
| Audience · Capacity | Teens and adults, 100 people |
| Sign-up | From October 13 (Tue), 14:00, first come, first served; library website cultural events or 032-749-8262 |
One account can sign up to 4 people.
🎁 On-Site Events Anyone Can Join
| Event | Details |
|---|---|
| 10-second challenge | Read a sentence from a book fast in 10 seconds; anyone; souvenir for every participant |
| Costume event | Come dressed as a storybook character for a gift, first 100 people |
| Reading slogan vote | 20 finalist slogans from the pre-contest on display, sticker voting |
| Receipt draw | On-site draw after the opening ceremony, coffee vouchers for 20 people |
The final 3 in the 10-second challenge
get an extra special gift.
For the receipt draw, you must be on site to win.
📝 What You Can Do Before the Festival
| Pre-event | Deadline · How |
|---|---|
| Reading slogan contest | By October 20; 1 entry per person, up to 25 characters; enter via QR code |
| Local bookstore receipt event | By October 28; submit a receipt from one of 9 designated bookstores at the help desk of one of 8 district libraries |
Slogan prizes for 1st–3rd place are culture gift vouchers
worth 100,000 won, 50,000 won, and 20,000 won.
🚗 Getting There & Parking
Songdo Central Park is at
160 Convensia-daero, Yeonsu-gu.
The festival is on the park’s Lawn Plaza.
There is no official information
on festival parking, shuttles, or public transportation.
👨👩👧 If You’re Visiting with Kids
For kids in grades 3–5, try the Family Reading Golden Bell;
if you have a storybook character outfit,
the costume event is a good fit.
The Golden Bell and the book concert overlap by 30 minutes.
All Yeonsu-gu public libraries are closed that day.
Due dates are extended automatically,
and the unmanned return boxes and smart libraries stay open.
closes October 16 at 17:00
Only kids born 2015 to 2017 can join
⏳ Not Yet Announced
□ Opening ceremony time
□ List and times of activity booths
□ Festival parking and public transportation
□ What happens if it rains
These aren’t in the official information yet.
I’ll update this post when they’re announced.
For questions, call the Yeonsu-gu Public Library
at 032-749-8264.
👍 Recommended for These Families
✔ Families who want to take on the Golden Bell with a child in grades 3–5
✔ Families who want to go out dressed as storybook characters
✔ Families who want to spend a day with books at Songdo Central Park
From the Golden Bell to the book concert and costumes,
it’s a Saturday of playing with books on one big lawn.
This article is based on official information, organized before visiting in person. The character illustrations are GPT-generated.
🔄 Updates
- First write-up
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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)