Korea's only landlocked province has a late-summer pair of festivals: the Jecheon International Music & Film Festival, six days of music films and concerts, and the Yeongdong Grape Festival in the last week of August, in one of Korea's main grape and wine counties. Every two years, in odd-numbered years, the Cheongju Craft Biennale fills the Culture Factory, a converted tobacco plant in Cheongju, from early September. In early November the Goesan Kimjang Festival lets visitors make a season's kimchi from Goesan's salted cabbage; Goesan has no railway, so the trip from Seoul is by bus.
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The Goesan Kimjang Festival (괴산김장축제) is a four-day kimchi-making festival on the Organic Expo Square in Goesan, Chungcheongbuk-do, the county where Korea's pre-salted cabbage trade began in 1996. The 2026 edition runs 5–8 November, 10:00–20:00.
The Cheongju Craft Biennale (청주공예비엔날레) is an international contemporary-craft exhibition held every two years since 1999 and, since 2011, at the Culture Factory, a converted tobacco plant in Cheongju, North Chungcheong. The 15th edition is planned for 2 September–31 October 2027, according to the organizer's 2027 competition notice; the 2025 edition ran 60 days, 10:00–19:00 and closed on Mondays, and drew more than 400,000 visitors.
The Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) is Korea's festival of music films and live music, held every year since 2005 in Jecheon, North Chungcheong. The 22nd edition ran 3–8 September 2026 with 189 films from 45 countries in downtown cinemas and two nights of K-pop concerts on the Jecheon Arts Center's Summer Plaza; Asia Kyungje reported that the festival plans to move back to August in 2027, but no dates had been announced as of 19 October 2026.
The Yeongdong Grape Festival (영동포도축제) is a four-day harvest festival at the Rainbow Healing Tourist Site in Yeongdong, Chungcheongbuk-do, one of Korea's main grape and wine counties. The 21st edition ran 27–30 August 2026; the 2027 edition is expected in late August but has not been announced.
These come straight from the Korea Tourism Organization’s public festival database. We have not checked them against the organizer, so dates and details can be wrong or out of date. Confirm on the official page before you book.