MusicJeonju, Jeonbuk State

Jeonju International Sori Festival 2024 in Jeonju, Jeonbuk State, South Korea

전주세계소리축제 2024

Aug2024
14 –18
Wed–Sun
Past edition

14 August 2024 to 18 August 2024

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2024 festival offered. The current information is on the Jeonju International Sori Festival page (Expected Oct 2027).

Venue this year. Indoor halls for daytime programmes and outdoor stages for night programmes; heat and rain kept the daytime outdoor stages unused

Dates14–18 Aug 2024
WeatherAugust average 31/23 °C (88/73 °F), 290 mm of rainMonthly averages, not a forecast: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020, Jeonju station.
VenueSori Arts Center (Korea Sori Arts Center)전북특별자치도 전주시 덕진구 소리로 31
AdmissionMixed. Most indoor concerts are ticketed (₩20,000–₩30,000 for a 2026 world-music show in Myeongin Hall; ₩50,000–₩70,000 for the pop concerts co-produced with Jeonbuk CBS); some outdoor, fringe and first-come programmes are free.
Next edition2025: 13–17 Aug 2025

Program

  • OpeningJapsaek X, built on the Imsil Pilbong nongak troupe to mark 10 years of nongak on UNESCO's heritage list
  • ClosingJo Sang-hyun & Shin Young-hee Big Show with the KBS Gugak Orchestra and about 10 local singers
  • Pansori Five with Kim Young-ja, Wang Ki-seok, Chae Su-jung, Lee Ja-ram and Park Ga-bin (sold out)
  • Sanjo Night (gayageum masters Ji Seong-ja and Jeong Hoe-cheon); Chung Kyung-wha and Lim Dong-hyek duo recital with Jeonbuk CBS
  • 14–17 AugSori Summer Night on the outdoor stage, with single-day tickets
  • Children's programmes including a Polish focus and Czech object theatre

Notes on the 2024 edition

23rd edition and the first held in summer; theme "Local Prism: Expanding Perspectives" (로컬프리즘: 시선의 확장). 80 programmes, 106 performances, 13 countries. 82.5% of seats taken (9,466 of 11,467, 14–17 Aug). Paid shows were sold on Interpark in rounds from 25 June (13:00) and 15 July.

About the festival

The Jeonju International Sori Festival is a five-day festival of pansori, Korean traditional music and world music, founded in 2001 and based at the Sori Arts Center (한국소리문화의전당) in Jeonju, with further stages across Jeonbuk State. After three August editions (the 25th ran 12–16 August 2026), the organizers plan to return it to October from 2027; no dates had been announced as of 19 October 2026. Most indoor concerts are ticketed through NOL Ticket (₩20,000–₩30,000 for a 2026 world-music show, up to ₩70,000 for pop headliners), while some outdoor and fringe programmes are free. Jeonju is about 1 h 40 m from Seoul's Yongsan Station by KTX (₩31,600), then a taxi to the arts center.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Jeonju International Sori Festival page, which covers every edition.

Source

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

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