Vendors and customers among tanks and styrofoam boxes under the lights of Noryangjin Fish Market

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Free Tuna-Cutting Show and a Real Fish Auction at Noryangjin Fish Market, Oct. 24-25

Published Oct 23, 2026

Why NOW picked itGood for a weekend afternoon that mixes a seafood meal with a show. Saturday's opening is at 6 p.m. followed by a concert, and market restaurants halve the table-setting fee during the festival.

For two days from Saturday, Noryangjin Fish Market and the field next to it turn into a festival ground. The 9th Downtown Sea Festival has a live tuna-breaking show, a chance to join a real auction, and half-price table-setting fees at the market's restaurants.

Saturday: 6 p.m. opening, then the concert

On Saturday, Oct. 24, the Chung-Ang University cheer squad and a Hidden Singer tribute act come first. After the 6 p.m. opening ceremony, the 'BLUE SEA Concert' features Kim Yeon-ja, Kim Hyun-jung, Im Da-woon and Ryu Won-jung.

Sunday brings the winners of the Nodeul song contest, 'Sea Trot LIVE' with Kim So-yu, Hong Dan-bi and Shin Seung-tae, and a closing event called 'SEE YOU, SEA!'.

Cut a tuna, learn the auction hand signs

Chef Yang Seung-ho breaks down a whole tuna on stage. In 'Auction King for a Day' you learn the hand signals and then join a real auction. Kids get shrimp catching with scoop nets, a fishing pond and a wave playground.

There are also craft workshops for mood lamps, beach bags, bracelets and key rings.

An aisle lined with blue tanks at Noryangjin Fish Market

If eating is the real plan

A direct-sale seafood market brings specialties from across the country, with food trucks and stalls alongside. During the festival, restaurants inside the fish market cut the table-setting fee by 50%.

An event listing gives admission as free and programme hours as noon to 9 p.m. Exact times for the tuna show and the auction were not announced, so check the boards on site.

A wide hall of Noryangjin Fish Market with seafood on display

Sources & context

2026-10-23T02:18:47.465Z

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Photo credit

Garam (Wikimedia Commons) · CC0

Stalls inside Noryangjin Fish Market (taken December 2018; not a photo of the festival). Garam, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

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