Festival calendar

Expected in February 2027, dates not yet announced

• 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.
• Probably about ten days from the second Gangjin Celadon Festival — About ten days from the second half of February into the first days of March, ending on or just after the 1 March holiday: 23 Feb–1 Mar 2023 (seven days), 23 Feb–3 Mar 2024, 22 Feb–3 Mar 2025 and 21 Feb–2 Mar 2026. Before 2023 it was a summer festival (8–16 Aug 2009, 28 Jul–3 Aug 2018), and press reports say it was held in October just before the move to February.
• Expected Sunday 21 February 2027. JeongwHaeundae Dalmaji Hot Spring Festival — One afternoon and evening on Jeongwol Daeboreum, the 15th day of the first lunar month, which falls between early February and early March: 5 Feb 2023, 24 Feb 2024, 12 Feb 2025 and 3 Mar 2026. Wish-writing at the moon house starts two days before. The day's programme reached the press 3–9 days ahead in 2023–2026.