Tradition & cultureSeogwipo, Jeju

Seogwipo Chilsimni Festival 2015 in Seogwipo, Jeju, South Korea

서귀포칠십리축제 2015

Oct2015
2 –4
Fri–Sun
Past edition

2 October 2015 to 4 October 2015

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2015 festival offered. The current information is on the Seogwipo Chilsimni Festival page (Expected Sep/Oct 2027).

Venue this year. Main stage on the Jaguri coast.

Dates2–4 Oct 2015
VenueCheonjiyeon Falls car park and Seogwipo old town제주특별자치도 서귀포시 서홍동 684 (천지연폭포 인근 주차장)
AdmissionFree (KTO and the culture ministry's listing). Food trucks, flea-market goods and food booths are paid.
Next edition2019: 27–29 Sep 2019

Program

  • 1 Oct (eve)hologram dance drama about the scholar-calligrapher Chusa Kim Jeong-hui at Seogwipo Arts Center
  • Chilsimni Parade of about 1,500 people from 17 villages through the streets, ending at Jaguri Park
  • Madang play on local life and history, Jeju dialect contest, Chilsimni song contest, a longevity ritual, bingtteok-making and local-produce booths

Notes on the 2015 edition

21st edition.

About the festival

The Seogwipo Chilsimni Festival is Seogwipo's own civic festival, held on the car park beside Cheonjiyeon Falls and in the old town on Jeju's south coast. The 32nd edition runs Friday 23 to Sunday 25 October 2026, 10:00–22:00 according to KTO, and entry is free. Its core events are a street parade by residents' teams from the city's 17 towns and districts and an opening ceremony with a drone light show; from Jeju Airport, limousine bus 600 reaches Seogwipo in about 1 h 30 min–1 h 45 min for ₩5,500.

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

Source

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

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