A record of our own visit. Not sponsored.
2026 Heo Jun Festival Review: Last Day, Sunday Afternoon at Seoul Botanic Park, Magok with Kids
No celebrity stage on the last day,
so the Heo Jun Festival felt calmer.
The 24th Heo Jun Festival
ran for two days, Saturday and Sunday.
We only dropped in late
on Sunday afternoon.
We joined a few of the last
remaining programs,
made a keyring,
and bought snacks like tteokbokki.
The "Medical Health Culture, 24th Heo Jun Festival" photo zone and the booth layout map sign
📅 Oct 10 (Sat)–11 (Sun) · we went Sunday afternoon
🎨 Making a keyring · buying tteokbokki
🧺 Picnic mat on the lawn with the kids
🎤 No celebrity stage on the last day, so it was calm
🎪 Sunday Afternoon, Arriving Late at the Festival
The festival ran for two days,
Saturday and Sunday.
We arrived a little late,
on the last day, Sunday afternoon.
Near the entrance stood
a “24th Heo Jun Festival” photo zone
and a “booth layout map” sign.
Yellow "Modern Medicine" booths · No. 10 Rehab stretching and understanding manual therapy, No. 11 Exercise and stretching for orthopedic conditions, No. 12 3D AI skin analysis and EMS home care
Yellow tents flew
”Modern Medicine” flags,
with numbered, named booths
lined up in a row.
The entrance of LG SIGNATURE HALL next to the festival · the festival tents reflect in the glass
🎨 The Remaining Program: Making a Keyring
Since we were late,
we joined a few of the last remaining programs.
Among them, we made
a keyring with our child.
Coloring a wooden Heo Jun character keyring with markers
We colored a wooden board
shaped like the Heo Jun character
with markers.
On the table were materials
like rings, tassels
and knot decorations.
A child running across the lawn in front of the stage · the screen shows the "24th Heo Jun Festival satisfaction survey" QR code
On the lawn in front of the stage,
our child ran around.
🍢 We Bought Snacks Like Tteokbokki Too
At the festival,
we also bought snacks like tteokbokki.
We didn’t take
any photos of the food.
A long road lined with white booths marked "Heo Jun Festival," with cosmos on the left
White house-shaped booths
marked “Heo Jun Festival”
stretched long
along the road.
🖍️ The Doodle Ball and the Heo Jun Exhibition
The plaza at sunset · a glass dome building and tall buildings
A huge white ball covered in visitors' doodles · the name and date on the ball are covered
On one side of the lawn
was a huge white ball
where visitors left
drawings and writing.
Our child sat next to the ball
and drew too.
A "Heo Jun Festival" screen with a big Heo Jun character face, and a path of lit-up trees
The "ZONE 1 Heo Jun's Chronicle · The Path of a Doctor Who Saves People" exhibition wall and the exhibition zone guide
On the “ZONE 1 Heo Jun’s Chronicle” wall,
a timeline ran on
from Heo Jun’s birth in 1537.
Here is the exhibition zone guide
on the next pillar,
copied into a table.
| Exhibition zone | Name |
|---|---|
| Zone 1 | The Life of Heo Jun |
| Zone 2 | Donguibogam |
| Zone 3 | Medicinal Herbs in the Donguibogam |
| Zone 4 | Gangseo, Where Heo Jun’s Breath Lingers |
| Zone 5 | Donguibogam Experience Zone |
🧺 A Picnic Mat on the Lawn
No celebrities came
to the last-day events.
So we could enjoy
the festival with a calmer feel.
According to the official guide,
the Heo Jun Concert, the celebrity stage,
was on Saturday evening.
A picnic mat spread on the lawn · the stage screen reads "Proud Gangseo Citizens, 30th Gangseo-gu Citizen Awards Ceremony"
We spread a picnic mat on the lawn
and had a great time with the kids.
A calmer mood
Picnic mat on the lawn
🌙 From Sunset into the Night Stage
A Heo Jun character doll on the stage screen at dusk
We watched the stage screen
from the lawn until the sun set
and it got dark.
The night stage screen · a person holding a microphone and a clarinet player (faces are covered)
The official guide said that at 18:00 on Sunday
there would be a closing ceremony
and the Heo Jun Concert of Music
(Muse Wind Orchestra).
👍 Who We’d Recommend It To
✔ Anyone who wants to do activities like keyring making with a child
✔ Anyone who wants to spread a picnic mat on the lawn and play with a child
📍 This Year’s Event Info (Official Guide)
This is this year’s event info,
compiled from the Gangseo-gu press release
and the Fun Seoul guide.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Event | 24th Heo Jun Festival |
| Dates | October 10 (Sat)–11 (Sun), 2026 |
| Hours | 11:00–21:00 |
| Location | Seoul Botanic Park Lawn Square, Magok Plaza and Magok Jungang-ro area |
| When we went | Sunday (last day) afternoon |
📍 Seoul Botanic Park (서울식물원) — open in Naver Map
On the last-day afternoon with no celebrity stage,
we enjoyed a calm Heo Jun Festival on a picnic mat.
The daily programs, transportation and parking are in the event post we put together from the official guide before the festival.
A record of our visit on the afternoon of Sunday, October 11, 2026. The event dates, hours and location, and the official schedule (the Heo Jun Concert on Saturday evening, the closing ceremony and Heo Jun Concert of Music at 18:00 on Sunday), follow the Gangseo-gu press release and the Fun Seoul guide (checked 2026-10-08). We haven't listed the experience fee or food prices. Other visitors' faces and faces on the stage screen in the photos are pixelated, our child's face is covered with a smiley sticker, and the lettering on our child's clothes and the name on the doodle ball are covered. Mascot illustrations were generated with GPT.
Translated with AI assistance and checked against the Korean original on October 11, 2026. The event details follow the original's check of the Gangseo-gu press release and Fun Seoul guide (2026-10-08); they were not independently rechecked for this translation. Original post (Korean)