Festival calendar

Expected in January 2027, dates not yet announced

• About ten days from late December 2026 iASSITEJ Korea Winter Festival — About ten days over the winter school holiday, spanning New Year: 28 Dec 2022–8 Jan 2023, 3–14 Jan 2024, 27 Dec 2024–5 Jan 2025 and 26 Dec 2025–4 Jan 2026. The last two editions opened on the last Friday of December and closed on the first Sunday of January. Held every winter since 2005; the programme has been announced in November or early December.
• January 2027, most likely opening on a FHongcheon River Kkongkkong Festival — 12 to 17 days in January, opening on a Friday or Saturday between 5 and 18 January: 13–24 Jan 2023, 5–21 Jan 2024, 18 Jan–1 Feb 2025 and 9–25 Jan 2026. The ice-fishing zone opens only once the river ice is at least 20 cm thick. Dates have been public by mid-December.
• 9–31 January 2027 is the window shown onHwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival — 23 days starting on the first or second Saturday of January: 6–28 Jan 2024, 11 Jan–2 Feb 2025, 10 Jan–1 Feb 2026. Dates are usually public by November or December.
• Late December 2026 or early January 2027Pyeongchang Trout Festival — About a month from late December or early January to late January or early February (2023–24: 29 Dec–28 Jan; 2025: 3 Jan–2 Feb; 2026: 9 Jan–9 Feb after a warm-weather delay). Dates are usually announced in December, and the opening can slip if the river ice is thinner than 20 cm.
• Not announced as of 19 October 2026. RecTaebaeksan Snow Festival — Usually nine or ten days between mid-January and mid-February, opening on a Friday or Saturday: 10–19 Jan 2020, 27–31 Jan 2023 (sculptures on show until 5 Feb), 26 Jan–4 Feb 2024, 7–16 Feb 2025 and 31 Jan–8 Feb 2026. The festival was not held in 2021 or 2022, and the 2011 edition was cancelled.