Festivals - Korea travel and tourism information

Homigot Octopus Festival (호미곶 돌문어 수산물 축제)

2024-04-17

136 Haemaji-ro, Homigot-myeon, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-284-0575

The Homigot Octopus Festival is an annual festival held to celebrate the octopus harvested from the rocky coastal area around Homigot Peninsula. The octopus here are known for their chewy texture and high-quality taste. During the festival, visitors can enjoy freshly caught octopus from the East Sea, as well as take pictures in a vast field of canola flowers that bloom near the coast. Additional programs and experiences related to octopus are planned for the enjoyment of all.

Yudalsan Spring Festival (유달산 봄축제)

2024-11-29

45, Nojeokbong-gil, Mokpo-si, Jeollanam-do
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-61-270-8432

In April, Yudalsan Mountain in the city of Mokpo is covered in blossoming spring flowers. At the Mokpo Yudalsan Mountain Flower Festival, visitors can unwind among the gorgeous spring flowers on the mountain while enjoying some fresh fish, a trademark of this relaxing port city.

Changnyeong Nakdonggang Yuchae Festival (창녕 낙동강유채축제)

2024-03-08

177 Namjigangbyeon-ro, Changnyeong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do
+82-55-530-1523

The Nakdonggang Yuchae Festival takes place at Namji Yuchae Complex, the single largest field of canola flowers in Korea. The flowers and the sparkling Nakdonggang River make wonderful backdrops for photos. The fields are also alive with butterflies and honeybees flying from blossom to blossom.

Uiseong Sansuyu Village Flower Festival (의성 산수유마을 꽃맞이행사)

2025-03-19

2 Sansuyu 2-gil, Sagok-myeon, Uiseong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-832-9997

Sansuyu Village is the venue for the Uiseong Sansuyu Village Flower Festival in Uiseong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Every March, the village is gilded with the bright yellow of tens of thousands of sansuyu flowers. Visitors are sure to enjoy a joyful view of the sansuyu flowers both day and night, thanks to the street lights illuminating the beautiful yellow flowers.

Wild Flower Exhibition of The Garden of Morning Calm (아침고요 야생화전시회)

2021-04-09

432, Sumogwon-ro, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-1544-6703

The Garden of Morning Calm's Wild Flower Exhibition showcases wild flowers that signal the start of the spring season. The unassuming beauty of wildflowers are a simple sure sign of the time between winter and spring. The event aims to protect and promote wildflowers which are often ignored or unknown.

Hueree Maehwa Festival (휴애리 매화축제)

2023-03-20

256, Sillyedong-ro, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-64-732-2114

Held in Hueree Natural Park at the foot of Hallasan Mountain on Jeju Island, Hueree Maehwa Festival is held every spring when the air is filled with the scent of plum flowers. Visitors can enjoy the beautiful plum flower fields at Hueree Natural Park. Photo zones are set up throughout the field, and visitors can also see black pig and peacocks in the park.

Seoul International Café Show (서울카페쇼)

2021-01-18

513, Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-2-6000-6720

Seoul Café Show was the first café industry event in Korea and is the largest coffee festival in the continent. The event offers a chance to see the global coffee trends including coffee beans, coffee machines, teas, dessert, raw materials and more. Seoul Café Show not only has a large exhibition, it also provides World Coffee Leaders Forum, as well as Seoul Coffee Festival.

Canceled: Gyeonggi International Travel Mart (찾아가는 경기관광박람회)

2022-05-17

30, Sangmunuri-ro, Seo-gu, Gwangju
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-31-259-4776

Gyeonggi International Travel Mart takes place for three days at Kimdaejung Convention Center in Gwangju.

Hongseong Namdang Port Jumbo Shrimp Festival (홍성남당항 대하축제)

2024-08-12

213-1 Namdanghang-ro, Hongseong-gun, Chungcheongnam-do
+82-10-5433-8196

Namdang Port, located at the west end of Hongseong, is a famous west coast port known for its exceptional seafood. Surrounded by the clean waters of Cheonsuman Bay, Namdang Port is home to a wide array of sea life including blue crab, cockle and webfoot octopus. Namdang Port also draws throngs of visitors from early September to mid-October every year for the country’s largest Jumbo Shrimp Festival.

Global Game Exhibition G-STAR (국제게임전시회 지스타)

2022-12-27

55, APEC-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)

G-STAR is a global game exhibition taking place in November for four consecutive days at BEXCO in Haundae-gu, Busan. G-STAR promotes advanced game technologies and domestic game industry development.

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