Boseong Tea Party Guide: How to Experience the Grand Tea Party at the 2026 Boseong Dahyang Grand Festival

The Boseong Tea Party is one of the clearest reasons to plan a visit to the 2026 Boseong Dahyang Grand Festival. Officially listed as “Afternoon Tea Field (Grand Tea Party),” the program lets visitors enjoy Boseong tea, local specialty desserts, and music in the middle of the green tea fields during the festival period from May 1 to May 5, 2026.¹

Because the event has already opened on May 1 and continues through May 5, visitors should treat this as an active festival guide rather than an early preview. The main festival is being held around the Korea Tea Culture Park area in Boseong-eup, Boseong County, South Jeolla Province, with Korea Tourism Organization festival information listing the address as 775 Nokcha-ro, Boseong-eup, Boseong-gun, Jeonnam.¹

Boseong Tea Party: What the Program Includes

The program’s Korean name, “Afternoon Tea Field,” gives a practical clue to the experience: it is built around tea time in the tea fields, not just a simple tasting booth. The Korea Tourism Organization describes it as a 90-minute program where visitors enjoy a course of Boseong tea and local specialty desserts with music, through advance reservation and on-site registration.¹

Other reports describe the tea party as a premium program in the middle of the tea fields, with tea and dasik, traditional tea snacks, served as part of the experience. Segye Ilbo reported that the 2026 festival places Boseong matcha at the front of the program and includes 72 programs across 8 areas, with the Grand Tea Party positioned as one of the festival’s distinctive tea-field experiences.²

For readers comparing what is included, the most specific details available from the source material say that “Afternoon Tea Field” offers three types of tea and three types of dasik as a course. Sports Donga also reported that foreign-language interpretation support is provided for the program, which matters for international visitors who want a more guided experience rather than only a self-directed tasting.³

The key booking detail is simple but important: the program is described as available by advance reservation and on-site registration.¹ The source material does not provide a ticket price, a booking page, or remaining seat counts, so visitors should not assume that every session will be available on arrival. If the tea party is the main reason for visiting, the practical approach is to check festival information first and arrive with enough time to ask about same-day registration.

When and Where to Go During the Festival

The 49th Boseong Dahyang Grand Festival runs from May 1 to May 5, 2026. Multiple reports place the festival around Korea Tea Culture Park in Boseong-eup, and Greened Economy reported that the festival opened there on May 1 with visitor demand from the first day, connected in part to growing interest in matcha among younger visitors.⁴

The wider festival theme is centered on Boseong matcha. FT Sports reported the theme as “Boseong Matcha, Embracing Youth, Embracing the World,” and described the program mix as including traditional tea culture experiences, matcha dessert tastings, tea concerts, and Starlight Cinema.⁵ This is useful for planning because the tea party is not isolated from the rest of the festival; it sits within a broader event built around tea culture, matcha, performance, and evening programming.

If you are planning around the Boseong Tea Party specifically, build the visit around three checkpoints. First, confirm the festival location and travel time to the Korea Tea Culture Park area. Second, ask about the day’s “Afternoon Tea Field (Grand Tea Party)” registration as early as possible, especially because the program involves a timed 90-minute experience rather than open-ended browsing. Third, leave space for other tea and night programs if a preferred tea party session is full.

The festival also includes evening options. Sports Donga reported “Tea Field Starlight Cinema,” star observation connected with an astronomical science center, and camping content.³ BetaNews also reported that outdoor tea-field movie screenings, astronomical observation, and camping were strengthened as overnight-style programs for the 2026 festival.⁶ For visitors staying later in the day, these programs may help turn the tea party into part of a longer itinerary.

A festival committee representative described the 2026 edition as having “strengthened a complex cultural tourism program through tea,” with experiences, performances, and night content organized around Boseong matcha.³ That quote helps explain the practical shape of the event: the tea party is the polished, sit-down tea experience, while the surrounding festival gives visitors more flexible activities before or after it.

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