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FestivalAutumn 2026

Gyeonggi Rice Dessert Festa

경기미 디저트 페스타

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Gyeonggi province grows some of Korea's most prized rice, and this free weekend fair is all about what bakers do with it: rice-flour breads, rice cakes, cookies and desserts — a lot of it gluten-free — to taste and buy, plus displays of elaborate rice-cake and sugar-craft cakes and simple cooking activities for children. The 2026 edition is 21–22 November (Saturday and Sunday) at Suwon Messe, next to Suwon Station, this year paired with a rice-tteokbokki festival. We read Korean blog posts from people who went in 2024 and 2025.

Gyeonggi Rice Dessert Festa
Photos: Korea Tourism Organization (KOGL Type3). Shown uncropped, as supplied.

What’s on

From the 2026 programme filed with the Korea Tourism Organization (checked 4 October); the timetable is not out yet. Open 11:00–17:00, entry free.

Suwon Messe Hall 1

Rice-dessert marketWalk-inPay for what you buy
21–22 Nov · 11:00–17:00
Rice bakeries and rice-tteokbokki makers selling and sampling; prize-winning gimbap on sale.
Rice baking and tteokbokki contestsWalk-inFree to watch
21–22 Nov
Contests, prize-giving and displays of the entries.
Gyeonggi rice exhibitionWalk-inFree to watch
21–22 Nov
An exhibition about Gyeonggi rice.
Make your own tteokbokki or rice cookiesWalk-inPrice not confirmed
21–22 Nov
Hands-on activities; kids’ activities cost ₩5,000–10,000 last year.

Sources: the Korea Tourism Organization listing (2026 dates and programme) and past visitors' posts (activity prices, vouchers).

The essentials

Dates2026-11-21 – 2026-11-22
WhereSuwon Messe Hall 1, beside Suwon Station
CostFree entry · some activities cost extra (₩5,000–10,000 in 2025)
OrganisersGyeonggi Province (+82 31-774-3312)
Address경기도 수원시 권선구 세화로134번길 37 (서둔동)
Contact031-774-3312 · www.ricedessertfesta.com
ProgrammeRice-dessert market, baking and tteokbokki contests, make-your-own tteokbokki and rice cookies — see “What’s on” below.

What 17 visitors said

We searched Naver, the blog platform most Koreans use, for posts written during each fair and the month after (17 for 2024, 28 for 2025), read every one to the end, kept only visitors (8 and 11), and used seven from 2024 and ten from 2025. Posts by exhibitors and sponsored writers were dropped, and no writer is counted twice. Every number counts the posts that mentioned something.

What people liked

Generous tastings; the rice breads are good10 of 17 posts

Rice breads, financiers, puffed-rice sweets, jams and sikhye — much of it gluten-free 24-01 24-03 24-07 24-11 24-12 25-01 25-02 25-03 25-06 25-09

Free entry plus discount vouchers9 of 17 posts

A ₩2,000 voucher on registration and more for bigger purchases 24-03 24-07 24-11 25-01 25-03 25-06 25-08 25-09 25-14

Rice-cake and sugar-craft art worth seeing7 of 17 posts

Bean-paste flower rice cakes and contest pieces 24-03 24-11 24-12 24-16 25-02 25-06 25-07

Plenty of seating7 of 17 posts

A central rest area where you can eat what you buy 24-03 24-12 24-16 25-02 25-06 25-08 25-09

Hands-on activities for children4 of 17 posts

Cookie icing, decorating rice cakes, rice tiramisu 25-01 25-03 25-07 25-14

What people struggled with

It’s small5 of 17 posts

Twenty minutes to an hour sees it all 24-07 24-12 24-16 25-02 25-07

Getting there and parking are a hassle4 of 17 posts

Hard to find from the station, small car park, no parking validation 24-03 24-07 24-16 25-01

These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.

Who goes, and when

A mix of people with their parents, families with children, couples, friends and solo visitors. Most made it a short stop alongside the neighbouring department stores and malls. It was quiet just after opening; in 2025 several found it surprisingly empty.

Who they went with

With friends1 of 17 posts
With children2 of 17 posts
With parents or adult family2 of 17 posts
As a couple1 of 17 posts
Alone1 of 17 posts

10 of the 17 posts did not say.

Time of day

Day into night2 of 17 posts
Afternoon1 of 17 posts
Morning4 of 17 posts

10 of the 17 posts did not say.

Visiting from abroad

None of the posts mention foreign visitors or English support. Entry involves registering name and phone number via a Korean QR form — if that is a problem, ask at the desk. It is a handy stop for anyone avoiding wheat: many products are made with rice flour, though gluten-free status varies by maker, so ask.

Weather and crowds

It is indoors. Only two of the 17 posts call it crowded — queues at a live bakery and at a rice-bread tasting — and more describe it as quiet.

Getting there and access

The 2026 venue, Suwon Messe, is right beside Suwon Station (it was here in 2024 too) — though one visitor got lost finding the entrance and another found it a fair walk from the bus stop. The venue car park is small; visitors parked at the neighbouring AK Plaza or Lotte Time Villas malls and used their app coupons. There was no parking validation in 2025. Suwon Station is on subway Line 1 and the Suin-Bundang line.

No post mentions wheelchairs. In 2025 the aisles were wide with plenty of places to rest, and there is a central seating area for eating what you buy.

Year by year

Autumn 2024

19–20 October at Suwon Messe. Free, with a ₩2,000 voucher for pre-registered visitors. Some praised the rice-cake art; others finished in twenty minutes.

Autumn 2025

25–26 October at Suwon Convention Center in Gwanggyo. Over 30 booths, kids' activities (₩5,000–10,000) and the Gyeonggi Craft Festa outside. Saturday was the bakery contest, Sunday the rice-cake contest.

Tips from people who went

  • Arrive at opening for first-come vouchers
  • Claim extra vouchers for larger receipts
  • Sign up for activities first, then browse
  • Buy heavy produce on your way out
  • There were discounts on the last day
  • Allow about an hour and pair it with the nearby malls

The 17 posts we read

  1. 24-01 · 2024-10-19 10월 19일 일기
  2. 24-03 · 2024-10-19 수원 이색 데이트 나들이 2024 경기미 쌀디저트 페스타 후기
  3. 24-07 · 2024-10-19 일요일 같은 토요일
  4. 24-10 · 2024-10-20 아웃백스테이크하우스 수원타임빌라스점_친절하고 맛있다
  5. 24-11 · 2024-10-20 [일기] 2024 경기미 쌀 디저트 페스타 후기
  6. 24-12 · 2024-10-21 수원 가을먹거리축제 경기미디저트페스타 수원메쎄 방문 후기
  7. 24-16 · 2024-11-09 2024 경기도 가을 먹거리 축제 수원 경기미 디저트 페스타 솔직 후기
  8. 25-01 · 2025-10-25 쌀 디저트 페스타 @ 수원컨벤션센터/ 아이들과 가기 좋은 행사/ 수원....
  9. 25-02 · 2025-10-25 수원컨벤션센터 행사 쌀디저트페스타 후기
  10. 25-03 · 2025-10-25 2025 경기미 쌀디저트 페스타 시식과 할인으로 가득한 쌀 디저트 천....
  11. 25-06 · 2025-10-26 수원 경기미디저트페스타 2025 마지막 날 이벤트 주차
  12. 25-07 · 2025-10-26 2025 쌀디저트페스타 수원 후기
  13. 25-08 · 2025-10-26 [#10] 경기미디저트페스타 2025 다녀온 후기 / 수원 광교컨벤션센터에....
  14. 25-09 · 2025-10-26 수원컨벤션센터 경기미 디저트 페스타 쌀 디저트의 모든 것 경기공....
  15. 25-12 · 2025-10-26 가을날 즐기는 축제 in 광교 수원 컨벤션센터 (경기미 쌀디저트 페스....
  16. 25-14 · 2025-10-26 2025 쌀 디저트 페스타 광교컨벤션센터
  17. 25-26 · 2025-11-08 일기::10월,가을가을,남한산성,족발모임,여우길 걷기홀릭,존박

All posts are in Korean. We summarise them in our own words rather than quoting.