2026 Gunsan Time Travel Festival

The 14th Gunsan Time Travel Festival runs October 2-5, 2026 around the former City Hall square and Time Travel Village. The official opening ceremony is October 2 from 18:00-20:30 and the closing ceremony October 5 from 18:00-19:00; many street, mission, market and performance programs run across the four-day period, with individual times varying. On October 3-5, the 'We Are All March 5 Independence Movement' program is scheduled 14:50-15:30, linking the festival to Gunsan’s 1919 independence history. Free festival shuttles run every 30 minutes from 10:00-21:00 on two routes connecting transport hubs, parking areas and the Modern History Museum area. Program details may change, and we did not test live crowd conditions, foreign-language help, museum opening exceptions or continuous step-free routes.

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Dates / opening window: Checked against sources
The festival runs October 2-5, 2026. The official schedule includes day-specific ceremony and program times.
Practical facts checked: Oct 3, 2026
Gunsan Time Travel Festival — 2026 festival overview Gunsan Time Travel Festival — 2026 program schedule
Location: Checked against sources
The festival is centered on the former City Hall square and the Time Travel Village area in Gunsan.
Practical facts checked: Oct 3, 2026
Gunsan Time Travel Festival — 2026 festival overview
Getting there / returning: Checked against sources
Two free shuttle routes operate every 30 minutes from 10:00-21:00, linking the bus terminal, parking areas and the Modern History Museum area.
Practical facts checked: Oct 3, 2026
Gunsan Time Travel Festival — shuttle and parking notice
Booking / entry conditions: Not separately verified
Registration requirements for individual participatory programs were not independently verified.
Price / extra fees: Not separately verified
General admission and individual activity costs were not independently verified.
On-site language support: Not separately verified
On-site foreign-language support was not independently verified.
Overseas booking / payment: Not separately verified
Foreign-visitor registration, payment and assistance were not independently tested.
Accessibility: Not separately verified
Continuous step-free routes across the distributed festival area were not independently verified.

Official information

Why it matters now

The festival is underway now. It is useful not simply as a retro-costume event but because the organizer explicitly frames Gunsan as a city marked by colonial extraction and resistance, while the current program mixes that historical framing with participatory missions, performances and old-downtown exploration.

Stories

Understand the context and what to noticeGunsan’s time-travel festival is more interesting when the history is not just retro

The 2026 festival mixes costumes and performances with explicit references to colonial extraction, resistance and the March 5 independence movement.

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