How to enjoy the 2026 Daegu Chicken and Beer Festival: Chicken, performances, supplies, transportation

If you like chicken while traveling in Korea, the 2026 Daegu Chicken and Beer Festival is a festival that you can enjoy very intuitively. According to the official website, the 2026 event will be held in the Daegu Duryu Park area from Wednesday, July 1 to Sunday, July 5. It is a representative summer festival that combines performances, water programs, and food zones centered around the ‘chicken and beer’ culture of enjoying chicken and beer together.

What kind of festival is the Daegu Chicken and Beer Festival?

Daegu Chicken and Beer Festival is a large festival that fills Daegu's summer nights with food and music. Official media reports say that recent events have attracted more than 1 million visitors for four consecutive years, showing that they are well-known and large in scale. It is also attractive for foreign travelers to be able to compare Korean-style fried chicken, seasoned chicken, and spicy chicken all in one place.

What should I do?

The first course is a food zone with chicken sales booths. It's good to try a little bit of the various flavors of Korean chicken, such as crispy fried chicken, sweet and spicy seasoning, soy sauce style, and spicy chicken. If several people are going together, choosing different menu items to share rather than buying a lot from one store fits the festival atmosphere well.

The second is performances and night programs. The official program guide introduces that performances and events will be held in various spaces, including 2/28 Jayu Plaza, Kolon Outdoor Concert Hall, Duryu Baseball Stadium, and Duryu Park Road. It is especially fun to stay in the evening as there are programs to cool down from the heat, such as water concerts, EDM parties, and busking.

Crowds and visiting times

The Daegu Chicken and Beer Festival is a large festival, so waiting and travel times may be long on weekend evenings. If you want to eat chicken comfortably and take pictures, it's best to arrive early in the evening and grab a seat first. If you focus on the performance, it is efficient to check the main stage schedule first and eat food before and after the performance starts.

Preparation and precautions

Daegu is hot in July, so it is convenient to prepare light clothes, a portable fan, water, wet tissues, an auxiliary battery, and a small mat or portable cushion. Since it is a food festival, wet wipes and small garbage bags for drying your hands are also useful. Beer is only available to adults, so you may need to show ID, and if you plan to drink alcohol, be sure to use public transportation.

How should I go?

The event venue is located in Duryu Park, Daegu. During the festival period, surrounding roads and parking lots can be crowded, so subway and bus are recommended. It is relatively easy to access Duryu Park by using the Daegu Metro Line 2 Duryu Station, Naedang Station, and Gamsam Station areas. If you are looking for accommodation, an area with easy subway access, such as near Banwoldang, Dongseong-ro, or Duryu Park, is a good option.

The best way to enjoy it is to arrive late in the afternoon, tour the food zone first, and then watch the performance and water program after the sun sets. Because it's hot during the day and the festival lights come alive at night, photos come out more atmospheric in the evening. If you want to enjoy a meal of chicken, a performance, and the atmosphere of a park on a summer night all at the same time, the Daegu Chicken and Beer Festival is a festival worth adding to your travel itinerary.