Festivals, sights across Korea

The 40th Icheon Ceramic Festival runs through May 5 at the Icheon Ceramic Art Village and Sagimakgol Pottery Village in Icheon, Gyeonggi province. Admission is free. Icheon, long known for its fine clay and kiln traditions, marks the milestone year with exhibitions tracing the festival's history and the future of Korean ceramics. About 240 studios open their doors for sales and demonstrations. Hands-on programs include pottery sessions and ceramic cup making. Visitors can also see master worksho

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Seoul Buramsan Azalea Festival runs through Sunday, offering a fleeting glimpse of one of the city’s most photogenic seasonal displays. More than 100,000 azalea shrubs blanket the mountainside in soft pink, with walking trails winding between them. The festival pairs nature with light programming. Busking performances and small concerts are held along the trails, while a “healing market” features local crafts and snacks. Food trucks and outdoor rest areas, including a picnic zone and pop-up

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Seoul Spring Festival runs through May 5 at Yeouido Hangang Park in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. The event showcases Korean beauty, fashion, art, food and K-pop in one immersive riverside setting. Visitors can enjoy performances including the Wonder Show, a K-culture concert, and a signature show featuring a floating carousel with special lighting effects. Nightly drone light shows with up to 2,000 drones illuminate the skyline, while interactive programs such as a Pokemon-themed road show invite

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Yeongam Wangin Culture Festival is running through Sunday at the Wangin Doctor Historic Site in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province. Admission is free. The festival honors Baekje scholar Wangin through a lively parade led by traditional dance and pungmul performers, followed by local residents. Visitors can explore historical sites tied to Wangin while enjoying exhibitions centered on calligraphy and typography. Cultural programs also spotlight traditional crafts such as ceramics and Buddhist art

Festivals, sights across Korea

Set along Yangjaecheon, the Yangjae Art Salon is a multi-arts festival that blends nature, performance and local culture. Visitors can explore weekly themed programs, from live busking at the Sunset Stage to a handmade market at Yangjae Atelier. The Healing Lounge offers picnic lawns, photo zones and book corners, while Bridge Dining features food trucks under Yeongdong Bridge. Special themed weeks include jazz, meditation and family-friendly activities. The festival runs through May 17 at Yangj

Festivals, sights across Korea

Jinhae Gunhangje Festival runs through April 5, across Jinhae-gu in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province. Open 24 hours during the festival period, it is Korea’s largest cherry blossom event, attracting more than 2 million visitors annually. Highlights include Yeojwacheon, Gyeonghwa Station, a military band and honor guard festival, as well as parades, concerts and cultural performances. Visitors can also access usually restricted naval sites during the event. Admission is free, though some exper

Festivals, sights across Korea

The 25th Gwangyang Maehwa Festival will run through March 22 at Gwanyang Maehwa Village in South Jeolla Province. The annual event celebrates the blooming of plum blossoms that blanket the hills along the Seomjin River, creating one of Korea’s most iconic early-spring landscapes. Visitors can enjoy folk painting, media art exhibitions, a stamp tour and live busking performances. Hands-on activities include traditional archery and a plum-themed healing therapy session, each costing 6,000 won. Oth

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Gurye Sansuyu Festival takes place from March 14 to 22 in Gurye-gun, South Jeolla Province, celebrating the bloom of sansuyu, or cornelian cherry blossoms, which blanket the area in vivid yellow. Gurye is home to the nation’s largest sansuyu colonies, drawing visitors for scenic flower walks and countryside views. Included are an opening concert, traditional ritual praying for a good harvest, sansuyu fruit-peeling contest, rice cake pounding and children’s craft workshops. Visitors can strol

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Jecheon Red Odeng Festival will return from Saturday to March 2 at Jecheon Station Plaza in Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province, offering visitors a fiery taste of one of the city’s best-known street foods. Admission is free, though food and drinks are sold separately. The three-day event spotlights “red odeng,” a spicy fish cake dish simmered in a bold chili broth. About 25 retro-style food stalls will line the plaza, serving classic red odeng, fusion variations, chicken skewers, tteokbokki

Festivals, sights across Korea

The 2026 Uljin Snow Crab and Red Snow Crab Festival will take place Feb. 27-March 2 at Hupo Port in Uljin, North Gyeongsang Province, celebrating one of the region’s most prized winter delicacies. Held at Wangdolcho Plaza, the festival highlights Uljin’s signature seafood — snow crab and red snow crab — through tastings, auctions and hands-on experiences. Visitors can watch live performances by local artists, join cultural programs and try red snow crab fishing and yacht rides along the coast. L

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Daegwallyeong Snow Festival, one of Korea’s longest-running winter events, returns to Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, through Feb. 22. The theme for this year's festival, which dates to 1993, follows Nundongi, Pyeongchang’s mascot, on a journey from aspiring winter athlete to a national team competitor, depicted through snow and ice sculptures. Visitors can explore a giant snow tunnel, sledding areas and winter sports experience zones. Traditional games, local food stalls and outdoor grilling

Festivals, sights across Korea

Taebaeksan Snow Festival has opened at Taebaeksan National Park in Gangwon Province, transforming the mountains into a snowy playground for families and travelers alike. Running through Sunday, the event features towering snow sculptures, wide sledding hills, an igloo-style cafeteria and an indoor play zone for children. Meanwhile, Snow Land combines Taebaek’s local character with Korean cultural themes through large-scale snow artworks set against the park’s scenic winter landscape. For the fir

Festivals, sights across Korea

Vivaldi Park in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, is rolling out a winter promotion that links its ski slopes, snowy wonderland and water park into a single, daylong experience. The resort said visitors who book Snowy Land in advance will receive free same-day entry to Ocean World after 3 p.m., while Ocean World customers will be offered late-afternoon access to Snowy Land through the end of the snow park's season. Snowy Land admission is priced at 43,000 won on weekdays and 48,000 won on weekends fo

Festivals, sights across Korea

Set against snow-covered mountains in Danyang, North Chungcheong Province, the Danyang Winter Play Festival runs through Monday along Jungnyeongcheon near Daegang Auto Camping Site. The festival offers traditional Korean winter activities such as ice sledding, folk games and tug-of-war matches on frozen ponds, as well as nakhwanori, a night performance in which burning charcoal is swung through the air to create sparkling trails against the dark sky. Visitors can also sample winter snacks, brows

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Hamyang Dried Persimmon Festival will be held through Sunday at the Hamyang-eup Festival Grounds in South Gyeongsang Province, at the foothills of Jirisan. The annual winter event celebrates Hamyang’s famed gotgam, or dried persimmon, prized for their natural sweetness and tender texture, with tastings, cultural performances and hands-on programs introducing traditional drying methods. Visitors can sample and purchase premium dried persimmons directly from local farmers, watch folk music and