{"id":102383,"date":"2026-07-29T01:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T01:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/102383\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T01:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T01:49:12","slug":"busans-north-port-ocean-festa-july-31-aug-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/102383\/","title":{"rendered":"Busan\u2019s North Port Ocean Festa July 31 – Aug. 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t (Photo by City of Busan\/courtesy of haps Magazine Korea)
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Busan\u2019s waterfront will come alive this summer as the 2026 North Port Ocean SUP Festa returns from July 31 to August 9, bringing 10 days of stand-up paddleboarding, live music, outdoor movies, water sports, and family-friendly entertainment to the North Port Waterfront Park. <\/p>\n

Now in its second year, the free festival transforms the redeveloped North Port into one of Busan\u2019s largest urban summer destinations. <\/p>\n

Daily programs run from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., with three themed zones dedicated to marine leisure, cultural performances, and food and market experiences. <\/p>\n

Visitors can try stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) along the waterfront canal, enjoy moon boats, UFO boats, water bicycles, and Hobie kayaks, or let younger visitors experience the new Kids SUP Pool. <\/p>\n

The festival also features sunset picnic areas, DJ performances, jazz, indie bands, fusion Korean music, evening busking, illuminated waterfront installations, food trucks, flea markets, and craft workshops. <\/p>\n

Special events include a 3-kilometer Luminous Run, a water-themed HumSUP Show, a public meditation program, and an outdoor screening of the award-winning film Once. <\/p>\n

The official opening ceremony takes place on August 1 at 6 p.m., followed by a special performance from singer and actor Lee Seung-gi.<\/p>\n

Event Schedule <\/p>\n

July 31 (Friday), Festival opens \u2014 4 p.m.\u20139 p.m.<\/p>\n

SUP experiences begin<\/p>\n

Moon boats, UFO boats, water bicycles, and kayaking <\/p>\n

Sunset Picnic Zone <\/p>\n

North Port Night live music <\/p>\n

Starlight Busking <\/p>\n

Food trucks and flea market<\/p>\n

August 1 (Saturday)<\/p>\n

Opening Ceremony \u2014 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

Lee Seung-gi celebration performance <\/p>\n

SUP and Kids SUP Pool <\/p>\n

Public meditation programs <\/p>\n

Luminous Run \u2014 7 p.m. <\/p>\n

HumSUP Show \u2014 8 p.m. <\/p>\n

Food trucks, markets, and waterfront activities<\/p>\n

August 2 (Sunday)<\/p>\n

August 3\u20136<\/p>\n

August 7 (Friday)<\/p>\n

August 8 (Saturday)<\/p>\n

August 9 (Sunday)<\/p>\n

Throughout the festival, visitors can also enjoy illuminated Boogi mascot installations floating along the canal, waterfront photo zones, hands-on craft activities including keyring and keycap making, and a variety of local food vendors. <\/p>\n

Admission is free, although advance reservations are required for selected activities such as SUP experiences. Full schedules and registration information are available at bhsupfesta.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Photo by City of Busan\/courtesy of haps Magazine Korea) Busan\u2019s waterfront will come alive this summer as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1599,16521,53030,31831,53032,53033,31,9812,53023,305,53029,53031,16523,53028,53025,53024,51650,53026,31830,53022,53027],"class_list":["post-102383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-korea","tag-busan","tag-busan-events","tag-cultural-performances","tag-family-friendly-entertainment","tag-hobie-kayak","tag-kayak","tag-korea","tag-korea-events","tag-lee-seung-gi","tag-live-music","tag-marine-leisure","tag-market-experiences","tag-north-port","tag-north-port-waterfront-park","tag-ocean-festa","tag-outdoor-cinema","tag-outdoor-movies","tag-paddleboarding","tag-summer-events","tag-sup","tag-water-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}