Daejeon Bread Festival
Oct 17 – Oct 18, 2026 · Daejeon
Overview
The 2026 Daejeon Bread Festival is Korea's leading community-collaborative bread festival, where Daejeon's excellent local bakeries and neighborhood merchants all come together with smiles. From nationally renowned brands like Seongsimdang to skilled neighborhood bakeries hidden in every corner of town, a total of 120 local small business owners take part as the proud stars of the festival. At the festival site, beyond the culinary pleasure of tasting a variety of freshly baked, fragrant bread, a valuable venue unfolds for promoting the outstanding taste and philosophy of distinctive local bakeries and pioneering new sales channels. Going beyond a simple consumer event, it leads to increased sales for small business owners and the revitalization of the old downtown commercial district, breathing warm vitality and energy into the local economy as a whole. Centered around bread, it is establishing itself as Daejeon's own uniquely fun, mutually thriving festival where citizens, small business owners, and tourists all come together happily.
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Photo: Korea Tourism Organization 
Photo: Korea Tourism Organization 
Photo: Korea Tourism Organization 
Photo: Korea Tourism Organization 
Photo: Korea Tourism Organization
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