Suncheon Food & Art Festival
Oct 16 – Oct 18, 2026 · Gwangju & Jeollanam-do
Overview
The Suncheon Food & Art Festival is a festival where food and art come together as one, held every fall as Suncheon City's signature festival. Citizens, local small business owners, and artists all take part together, turning the old downtown area — including Jungang-ro, Culture Street, and Nammunteo Square — into a single festival ground across the entire city center. At the food market, distinctive snacks made with local ingredients are sold, while the art market offers drawing, calligraphy, and various hands-on craft experiences, along with plant interior decor, woodworking, fabric goods, and other handicrafts for sale. During the festival, the Jungang-ro area is run as a car-free street, filled with a variety of street performances, exhibitions, and hands-on experience spaces, giving visitors a diverse range of sights, food, and fun.
Why go
This festival blends food and art into one citywide event, as local residents, small business owners, and artists turn Suncheon's old downtown (Jungang-ro, Culture Street, and Nammunteo Square) into a single festival ground. Visitors can browse a food market for local snacks alongside an art market offering drawing, calligraphy, and craft experiences, plus street performances and exhibitions along a car-free main street.
Getting there from Seoul
Suncheon is reachable from Seoul by KTX to Suncheon Station, or by express bus from Seoul's intercity bus terminals to Suncheon Bus Terminal. From either station, Nammunteo Square and Jungang-ro in the old downtown are a short local bus or taxi ride away.
Tips
- Jungang-ro is closed to cars during the festival, so plan to park farther out and walk into the old downtown.
- Treat the food market stalls as your main meal option, since the street itself is where the local snacks are sold.
- Mid-October evenings in Suncheon can be cool, so bring a light jacket for browsing the outdoor market and performance areas.
Best for: food lovers, families, art and craft enthusiasts, photographers.
Photos
Photo: Korea Tourism Organization 
Photo: Korea Tourism Organization 
Photo: Korea Tourism Organization 
Photo: Korea Tourism Organization
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