Festival calendar

Expected in March 2027, dates not yet announced

• 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.
• Mid-March 2027 (28th edition): nine daysGurye Sansuyu Flower Festival — Nine days from a Saturday to the following Sunday in mid-March, timed to the sansuyu bloom (2024: 9–17 Mar; 2025: 15–23 Mar; 2026: 14–22 Mar). Gurye County publishes the dates in January or February (by 26 January in 2026, by 19 February in 2025).
• Early-to-mid March 2027 (26th edition), Gwangyang Maehwa Festival — Ten days in the first three weeks of March, timed to the plum blossom (2024: 8–17 Mar; 2025: 7–16 Mar; 2026: 13–22 Mar). The festival committee fixes the dates in early February; the 2026 dates were announced on 5 February 2026.
• A Friday to Sunday in late March or earlGyeongju Cherry Blossom Festival — Three days, Friday to Sunday, in late March or early April, set by the cherry bloom: 29–31 March 2024 (postponed from 22–24 March for rain and a late bloom), 4–6 April 2025 and 3–5 April 2026 (first announced as 27–29 March with a warning that it could move by about a week). The first editions, in 2017 and 2018, ran for about ten days; in 2018 they spread across the Bomun Tourist Complex and the historic district.
• March 2027 at Saebyeol Oreum. Recent ediJeju Fire Festival — Early to mid-March. Until 2012 it was held at the first full moon of the lunar year; from 2013 it moved to March to escape winter gales. Recent editions: 9–12 Mar 2023 (fire programs cancelled), not held in 2024, 14–16 Mar 2025 (cut to one day by wind), 9–14 Mar 2026 (main days 13–14). The 2025 and 2026 dates were public by mid-January.
• Late March to early April 2027, ten daysJinhae Gunhangje Festival — Ten days in late March and early April, with the opening ceremony on a Friday (23 Mar–1 Apr 2024 after a 22 Mar opening ceremony; 28 Mar–6 Apr 2025; 27 Mar–5 Apr 2026). Changwon City announces the dates in January or February.
• A weekend in late March or early April 2Seogwipo Canola Flower Festival — One weekend in late March or early April, timed to the canola bloom along Noksan-ro (2025: 29–30 Mar; 2026: 4–5 Apr; the 2023 edition ran until 2 Apr). The dates follow the bloom, so the window can shift from year to year.
• Late March to mid-April 2027, timed to tSeokchon Lake Cherry Blossom Festival — Five to nine days in late March or early April, set each year by the cherry bloom at the lake (5–9 Apr 2023, 27–31 Mar 2024, 2–6 Apr 2025, 3–11 Apr 2026). Songpa-gu announces the dates only about ten days ahead; the 2026 dates came on 24–25 March.
• Five days in late March or the first halYeouido Spring Flower Festival — Five or six days in late March or early to mid April, timed to the cherry bloom on Yeouiseo-ro: 4–9 Apr 2023, 29 Mar–2 Apr 2024, 8–12 Apr 2025 (moved from 4–8 Apr) and 3–7 Apr 2026. Yeongdeungpo-gu sets the dates in March from the bloom forecast. Held since 2005; in 2021 it was replaced by lottery-entry walks and an online festival.
• Three or four days in March or April 202Jindo Miracle Sea Road Festival — Three or four days in March or April fixed by the tide tables, not the calendar: 11–13 Mar 2024, 29 Mar–1 Apr 2025, 17–20 Apr 2026. Dates are usually announced in February or early March once the year's lowest spring tides are known.