Arts & performanceBusan

Haeundae Sand Festival 2025 in Busan, South Korea

해운대 모래축제 2025

May2025
16 –19
Fri–Mon
Past edition

16 May 2025 to 19 May 2025

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2025 festival offered. The current information is on the Haeundae Sand Festival page (Expected May 2027).

Venue this year. Haeundae Beach around Haeundae Square (Gunam-ro).

Dates16–19 May 2025
WeatherMay average 22/15 °C (72/58 °F), 156 mm of rainMonthly averages, not a forecast: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020, Busan station, about 15 km away.
VenueHaeundae Beach and Haeundae Square (Gunam-ro)부산광역시 해운대구 해운대해변로 280 (중동)
AdmissionFree. KTO lists the 2026 festival as free admission, with some hands-on programmes paid; the sculptures stand on the open beach.
Previous edition2024: 24–27 May 2024
Next edition2026: 15–18 May 2026

Program

  • Fri 16 Mayopening ceremony with a stage performance by the dance crew Just Jerk
  • Sat 17–Sun 18 MayRandom Play Dance
  • More than 20 works by 14 sand artists from Korea, the US, Canada and China; main work 12 m high and 25 m wide with Gyeongbokgung, Dabotap, Cheomseongdae, Admiral Yi Sun-sin and a traditional wedding; other works on the Dangun myth, Hangul and King Sejong, the film Train to Busan, the song 'APT.' and Baby Shark; a 20th-anniversary zone
  • K-culture media façade projected onto the main work at night
  • Sand board, sand playground and 'Challenge! I'm a sand sculptor'; activity zone with treasure fishing, calligraphy and hanbok

Prices

ItemPriceNote
Entry—Not stated in the 2025 sources opened; the sculptures stand on the open beach

Notes on the 2025 edition

Theme 'K-culture through sand' (모래로 만나는 K-컬처); 20 years since the first festival in 2005. Sculptures on display until Sunday 8 June 2025.

About the festival

The Haeundae Sand Festival (해운대 모래축제) is Haeundae-gu's free sand-sculpture festival on Haeundae Beach in Busan, first held in 2005. The 21st edition ran 15–18 May 2026 (programmes 10:00–21:00), with 17 sculptures by 11 artists that stayed on the sand until 14 June. 2027 dates are not announced; recent editions ran Friday to Monday in mid-to-late May. Entry is free (some hands-on activities charge); take Busan Metro Line 2 to Haeundae Station, Exit 3 or 5.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Haeundae Sand Festival page, which covers every edition.

Source

Facts checked
19 October 2026, against the sources listed below.

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