Gyeongsangbuk-do has 9 festivals in November: Mungyeong Apple Festival (17 Oct – 1 Nov 2026), Pohang Steel Art Festival (24 Oct – 15 Nov 2026), Yecheon Bow Festival (30 Oct – 1 Nov 2026), Cheongsong Apple Festival (4–8 Nov 2026), Gumi Ramyeon Festival (6–8 Nov 2026), Pohang International Fireworks Festival (19–21 Nov 2026), Guryongpo Gwamegi Festival (expected Nov/Dec 2026), Chilgok Transmedia Festival (expected Sep/Oct/Nov 2027), and Mungyeong Yakdol Hanu Festival (expected Oct/Nov 2027). The Mungyeong Apple Festival (문경사과축제) is a free harvest festival at Mungyeong Saejae Provincial Park in Mungyeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, built around the Gamhong apple, a local variety that is in season only in October and averages 16.5 Brix.
| Festival | Dates | Admission | Nearest station | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mungyeong Apple Festival문경사과축제 | 17 Oct – 1 Nov 2026 | Free entry | Mungyeong Station (KTX-Eum) | Happening now |
| Pohang Steel Art Festival포항스틸아트페스티벌 | 24 Oct – 15 Nov 2026 | Free entry | Pohang Station (KTX) | Happening now |
| Yecheon Bow Festival예천활축제 | 30 Oct – 1 Nov 2026 | Free entry | See festival page | Happening now |
| Cheongsong Apple Festival청송사과축제 | 4–8 Nov 2026 | Free entry | Cheongsong Intercity Bus Terminal (Cheongsong has no railway station; the nearest KTX-Eum stop is Andong) | Upcoming |
| Gumi Ramyeon Festival구미라면축제 | 6–8 Nov 2026 | Free entry | Gumi Station | Upcoming |
| Pohang International Fireworks Festival포항국제불빛축제 | 19–21 Nov 2026 | Free entry | Pohang Station (KTX) | Upcoming |
| Guryongpo Gwamegi Festival포항 구룡포 과메기 축제 | Expected Nov/Dec 2026 | Free entry | Pohang Station (KTX) | Expected |
| Chilgok Transmedia Festival칠곡 트랜스미디어 축제 | Expected Sep/Oct/Nov 2027 | Free entry | Waegwan Station | Expected |
| Mungyeong Yakdol Hanu Festival문경약돌한우축제 | Expected Oct/Nov 2027 | Free + paid activities | Mungyeong Station (KTX-Eum) | Expected |
Dates marked “expected” follow the organizer's usual pattern and are replaced when the official announcement comes. Each festival page lists the sources.
The Mungyeong Apple Festival (문경사과축제) is a free harvest festival at Mungyeong Saejae Provincial Park in Mungyeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, built around the Gamhong apple, a local variety that is in season only in October and averages 16.5 Brix. The 21st edition is running now, 17 October–1 November 2026, 09:00–18:00 daily, with growers' sales and tastings, orchard picking, an apple exhibition hall and family games.
The Pohang Steel Art Festival (포항스틸아트페스티벌, PSAF) is a free public-art festival in Pohang, Korea's steel city in Gyeongsangbuk-do, showing sculpture, photography and architecture made with or about steel. The 2026 edition runs 24 October–15 November 2026 at Dongbin Culture Warehouse 1969, Songdo Beach, Art436 and downtown Pohang; KTO lists 10:00–21:00 Tuesday to Saturday and 10:00–18:00 on Sunday.
The Yecheon Bow Festival (예천활축제) is a free archery festival at Hancheon Sports Park in Yecheon-eup, Gyeongsangbuk-do, the home county of archers Kim Jin-ho, Yun Ok-hee and Olympic champion Kim Je-deok: you can try Western and traditional Korean archery, a team bow battle and children's bow games. The 2026 edition runs Friday 30 October to Sunday 1 November, 10:00–21:00, together with the Yecheon Agricultural Festival; as of mid-October it was going ahead as planned despite foot-and-mouth cases in Yecheon in 2026.
The Cheongsong Apple Festival (청송사과축제) is a five-day harvest festival on the Yongjeoncheon stream beside Hyeonbiam cliff in Cheongsong-eup, Gyeongsangbuk-do, a mountain county known for its apples. The 20th edition runs 4–8 November 2026 (Wednesday–Sunday), 09:00–20:00 per KTO, with growers' apple sales, an apple parade, hands-on games and evening concerts.
The Gumi Ramyeon Festival (구미라면축제) is a free three-day street-food festival around Gumi Station in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, the city where Nongshim fries most of Korea's Shin Ramyun. Local chefs serve creative ramyeon dishes along a 475 m 'ramyeon street' opposite the station, and Nongshim sells packs fried that morning.
The Pohang International Fireworks Festival (포항국제불빛축제) is a free three-day festival on the waterfront of Pohang, Korea's steel city in Gyeongsangbuk-do, held since 2004 and built around an international fireworks show over the sea, with a street parade and, in recent years, drone shows and concerts. The 2026 edition runs Thursday 19 to Saturday 21 November, moved from its planned June slot because of the local elections: an opening media-art lighting ceremony at Songdo Pier on 19 November, a fireworks street parade on 20 November and the international fireworks show over Yeongildae Beach on 21 November, 20:00–21:00, with teams from France, Japan and Korea.
The Guryongpo Gwamegi Festival (포항 구룡포 과메기 축제) is a free two-day weekend food festival on Ara Plaza, on the Gwamegi Culture Street of Guryongpo in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Guryongpo is Korea's largest producer of gwamegi, saury dried in the winter sea wind.
The Chilgok Transmedia Festival is a free art festival in Waegwan, the main town of Chilgok County near Daegu, run by the county's culture and tourism foundation since 2023. The 4th edition, on the friendship between the poet Ku Sang and the painter Lee Jung-seop, sets media art in 11 spaces along a walking route from Waegwan Station to the Gusang Literature Museum, 15 September–25 October 2026, 09:00–18:00, closed on Mondays.
The Mungyeong Yakdol Hanu Festival (문경약돌한우축제) is a free three-day beef festival at Mungyeong Saejae Provincial Park in Mungyeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do: you buy the city's Yakdol Hanu beef at 20–33% below market price (2023–2025) and grill it yourself in a grill area that seated 800 people at once in 2025. The 15th edition, 9–11 October 2026, ran as a scaled-down beef market because of a foot-and-mouth outbreak in neighbouring Yecheon; 2027 dates have not been announced, but recent editions fell on a weekend between early October and early November.
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.
November is kimjang (kimchi-making) season and the last month of the autumn festivals. The big night is the Busan Fireworks Festival, a single Saturday evening in the first half of the month, with the fireworks fired from Gwangan Bridge over Gwangalli Beach. The chrysanthemum shows at Hampyeong and Masan run into early November, and food festivals follow one another through the month: kimchi-making in Goesan and yuzu in the orchards of Goheung in the first half, ramyeon outside Gumi Station on a weekend, and from mid-month tteokbokki in Sunchang, yellowtail at Moseulpo on Jeju, gwamegi (half-dried saury) at Guryongpo in Pohang, kimchi with bossam in Jinan and Jangdan beans at Imjingak in Paju. Gimhae's buncheong pottery fair falls in late October or early November. The winter lights begin late in the month or in December: the Haeundae Light Festival along Gunam-ro and Haeundae Beach and the Gwangbok-ro light trees in Busan's old downtown both switch on between mid-November and mid-December.
Tip. For Busan, reserve a paid seat when sales open in September or arrive at the beach by mid-afternoon.
Gyeongsangbuk-do has 9 festivals in November: Mungyeong Apple Festival (17 Oct – 1 Nov 2026), Pohang Steel Art Festival (24 Oct – 15 Nov 2026), Yecheon Bow Festival (30 Oct – 1 Nov 2026), Cheongsong Apple Festival (4–8 Nov 2026), Gumi Ramyeon Festival (6–8 Nov 2026), Pohang International Fireworks Festival (19–21 Nov 2026), Guryongpo Gwamegi Festival (expected Nov/Dec 2026), Chilgok Transmedia Festival (expected Sep/Oct/Nov 2027), and Mungyeong Yakdol Hanu Festival (expected Oct/Nov 2027). The Mungyeong Apple Festival (문경사과축제) is a free harvest festival at Mungyeong Saejae Provincial Park in Mungyeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, built around the Gamhong apple, a local variety that is in season only in October and averages 16.5 Brix.
17 Oct – 1 Nov 2026. Happening now. Free entry. Nearest station: Mungyeong Station (KTX-Eum). Dates are taken from the organizer's own notice.
24 Oct – 15 Nov 2026. Happening now. Free entry. Nearest station: Pohang Station (KTX). Dates are taken from the organizer's own notice.
30 Oct – 1 Nov 2026. Happening now. Free entry. Nearest station: See festival page. Dates are taken from the organizer's own notice.
KTX-Eum from Cheongnyangni Station to Andong in about 2 hours.
60 festivals across Korea fall in November, including Busan Fireworks Festival, Busan Mackerel Festival, Yeongdo Bridge Festival. For Busan, reserve a paid seat when sales open in September or arrive at the beach by mid-afternoon.