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Lighting Festival at The Garden of Morning Calm (아침고요수목원 오색별빛정원전)

2024-12-03

432 Sumogwon-ro, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do
+82-1544-6703

Held at the Garden of Morning Calm, the Lighting Festival was the first light festival in Korea to combine the natural surroundings with lights, covering 330 thousand square meters. Held from December to March, the environmental-friendly LED lights shine throughout the garden.

Ttangkkeut Sunset & Sunrise Festival (땅끝 해넘이해맞이축제)

2024-12-27

42 Ttangkkeunmaeul-gil, Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do
+82-61-530-5159

Ttangkkeut Sunset & Sunrise Festival is held annually from December 31 to January 1 at Ttangkkeut Village in Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do. The festival includes a sunset and sunrise ceremony. The festival is famous for the unique view of the sunrise between Hyeongjebawi Rocks next to Galduhang Port.

Yeoju Ogoknaru Festival (여주오곡나루축제)

2025-01-08

Cheonsong-dong, Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-881-9692

The Yeoju Ogok Naru Festival celebrates Yeoju’s agricultural products and traditional culture. The festival features a Naru Madang that recreates the market street ambiance around the old traditional quay, an Ogok (five-grain) Madang with various agricultural and specialty products on sale, and traditional activity programs. There is also a food market and a craft market for a festival area.

Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF) (부천국제애니메이션페스티벌)

2024-10-18

17 Gilju-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-32-325-2061

Started in 1999, the Bucheon International Animation Festival is one of the biggest animation festivals in Asia. It features various genres of animation including feature-length, short-length, student, TV & commissioned, and online. Held as a competitive animation film festival, it aims to grow into an international event, promoting the animation industry throughout Asia.

Pohang Steel Art Festival (포항스틸아트페스티벌)

2024-09-30

Duho-dong, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-289-7853

The Pohang Steel Art Festival blends steel, art and cultural activities to present Pohang's history including the story of POSCO's success in the steel industry. The festival is the country's only steel festival, and encompasses the local culture and philosophy of the Pohang area, while aiming to create an urban landscape through art.

Geoje Island Flower Festival (거제섬꽃축제)

2024-10-22

3577 Geojenamseo-ro, Geoje-si, Gyeongsangnam-do
+82-55-639-3000

Geoje Island Flower Festival is held at the Geoje-si Agriculture Development Complex in Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do. The festival features autumn flowers in a variety of exhibitions and displays, cultural performances, and various hands-on activities. Attractions include autumn flower sculpture exhibition, themed flower hills, chrysanthemum items, test room of greenhouse, flowering tree examining office, warm region orchard, and more.

Seoul Dance Festival (서울무용제)

2021-08-11

7, Daehak-ro 8-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-2-744-8066

Seoul Dance Festival started in 1979 and is a representative dance festival in Korea, introducing Korean dance, modern dance, ballet and other genres of creative dance performance. The festival offers performances by dance troupes from all over Korea and specially invited performing arts groups from abroad, as well as university students majoring in dance and performing arts.

Waemok Village Sunrise Festival (왜목마을 해넘이 해돋이 축제)

2020-02-13

Waemok-gil, Dangjin-si, Chungcheongnam-do
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-10-2520-7894

The Waemok Village Sunrise Festival takes place in Waemok Village in Dangjin-si, Chungcheongnam-do. Around 100,000 people visit the festival every year to see the simple and poetic sunrise. The village is one of the top three suprise viewing spots in Korea. Starting in the afternoon of December 31, various sunrise events will begin, including tourist singing contests, celebrity guest performances, a New Year’s countdown, and burning daljip (brushwood bonfire) to make a wish. When the new year begins, visitors can take in the sunrise and warm up with some tteokguk (sliced rice cake soup) at the end of the festival.

Busan Christmas Tree Festival (부산크리스마스트리문화축제)

2021-12-16

58-2, Gwangbok-ro, Jung-gu, Busan
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-51-243-3927

Busan Christmas Tree Festival, Busan's annual winter event. Fabulous LED lights, concerts, a giant Christmas tree, street performances, and other events make the event all the more festive.

Cheongdo Seedless Persimmon Festival (청도반시축제)

2021-11-02

1846, Cheongnyeo-ro, Hwayang-eup, Cheongdo-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-54-370-6376

Cheongdo Seedless Persimmon Festival is held in October at an outdoor stage in Cheongdo-gun. ‘Bansi’ (seedless persimmon) features an astringent taste with a flat-shape, unlike the long-shape of gotgam (a peeled persimmon that is dried in the sun through natural drafts) spreading through Sangju and Yeongdong. The festival features various events and hands-on programs. This year’s festival will be held online to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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