WABA Korea Expo & Festival

WABA Korea Expo & Festival is the Washington State Korean American Chamber of Commerce’s flagship late-summer bridge between Korean heritage programming and bilateral commerce on Seattle’s waterfront. KACCWA positions 2026 as its largest WABA yet: vendor showcases across food, beauty, technology, and lifestyle, plus B2B networking that chamber copy frames as buyer introductions—not only a K-culture weekend for tourists. If you sell into Korean-American retail, foodservice, beauty, or trade corridors—or you are a U.S. buyer looking for Korea-linked suppliers—this is the densest named Korean chamber room in the month-out window.

Chamber and news pages lock August 14–16 at Pier 62, with festival hours spanning Friday midday through Sunday evening and a B2B pre-networking block called out for August 13. Sunday’s program lists dedicated B2B promotion, networking zones, and industry panels; treat the public marketplace as B2C foot traffic and the B2B blocks as the Circuit reason to clear the calendar. Vendor applications run through KACCWA with review rather than pure first-come booth sales.

Friday–Sunday, August 14–16, 2026, Pier 62 on the Seattle waterfront near Pike Place Market. Use the KACCWA WABA page for vendor, sponsor, and visitor paths, and re-check the live news post if hours or B2B registration links move. Waterfront summer crowds and limited parking are real; plan transit or early arrival.

This weekend is right if you are a Korean-American owner, importer/exporter, brand operator, or professional who wants chamber-density introductions with Korea-U.S. trade in the room. Non-Korean buyers and advisors who work that corridor belong too. Accredited-investor pitch blocks only (Keiretsu at the Washington Athletic Club), Capitol Hill agent engineering talks, and a quiet members-only finance rooftop are different jobs. Bring a capability one-pager for B2B hours and a clear ask; do not confuse the K-pop stage with the deal floor.