Anseong Baudeogi Festival 2026: An Easy English Guide Before You Go

Conceptual editorial scene of a Namsadang tightrope artist and drummers at a lantern-lit autumn festival, with the words Anseong Baudeogi Festival, Easy English Guide.
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The 2026 Anseong Baudeogi Festival brought Korean folk performance to an open festival setting. This guide records the 2–5 October edition and explains how its performance choices and shuttle arrangements fitted together.

The festival runs from Friday, October 2 to Monday, October 5, 2026. The main venue is Anseong Matchum Land, with another festival area around Anseongcheon Stream. The Korea Tourism Organization listing gives daily hours of 10:00 to 21:00 and lists the general festival as free.

What makes this festival different?

The festival is built around Namsadang Nori, a tradition of traveling performance groups. Expect music, acrobatics, mask play and tightrope walking rather than one single stage show.

Baudeogi was the first female kkokdusoe, or leader of a Namsadang troupe, according to the official English tourism listing. Her story gives the festival its name.

The easiest performance to plan around

The official 2026 program lists double tightrope walking from 17:30 to 18:30 each festival day at the marketplace stage. It is a clear choice if you want one traditional performance to anchor your visit.

There is also an indoor Namsadang theme performance from 14:00 to 16:00 each day. This performance is marked as paid on the official program. General festival entry may be free, but do not assume every program is free.

The official English guide has a separate schedule image for each day. Save the image for your date before leaving home. Programs can differ by day and detailed times may change.

A travel planning booklet reads Check Your Day, Schedule, Shuttle, Paid Shows, with simple program, bus and stage symbols.
AI-created planning illustration; it is not an official schedule, map, ticket or website screen.

Using the festival shuttle

The official shuttle page lists routes from locations including Anseong Bus Terminal, Hankyong National University, Anseong Matchum Art Hall, Anseong Sports Complex, Bogae-myeon office and Gongdo-eup office.

The routes begin at different times, roughly between 09:20 and 10:00, and are listed to run until 22:00. Do not use one route’s time for every stop. Check the route and stop on the official shuttle map for the day you visit.

Our simple plan

Our suggestion: choose one main performance, then leave open time for the old-market area, experience booths and food stalls. This is easier than trying to follow every program.

Wear shoes that are comfortable for outdoor walking. Check the weather on the morning of your visit, and keep the Korean venue name on your phone:

안성맞춤랜드 — Anseong Matchum Land
안성맞춤 남사당 바우덕이축제 — Anseong Namsadang Baudeogi Festival
셔틀버스 — shuttle bus

Official details

Dates: October 2–5, 2026
Hours: 10:00–21:00
Main venue: Anseong Matchum Land, 198 Namsadang-ro, Bogae-myeon, Anseong-si, Gyeonggi-do
General festival fee: Free
Festival inquiry: +82-31-678-5414

Night view illustration from the Suwon Hwaseong Festival guide, showing a royal procession near the fortress wall.
Suwon Hwaseong Festival 2026: A First-Timer’s Guide to Korea’s Royal History →An English-language guide to the 4–11 October 2026 festival, preserved as an event archive.

Information checked: 1 October 2026 (Korea time). Check the official English schedule and shuttle map again before travel. Some linked local pages are in Korean.

 

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