Tradition & cultureSeosan, Chungcheongnam-do

Seosan Haemieupseong Festival 2025 in Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

서산해미읍성축제 2025

Sep2025
26 –28
Fri–Sun Performances and hands-on programmes 11:00–21:00
Past edition

26 September 2025 to 28 September 2025 · Performances and hands-on programmes 11:00–21:00

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2025 festival offered. The current information is on the Seosan Haemieupseong Festival page (Expected Sep/Oct 2027).

Dates26–28 Sep 2025
HoursPerformances and hands-on programmes 11:00–21:00
VenueHaemieupseong Fortress and surroundings충청남도 서산시 해미면 남문2로 143
AdmissionEntry: Free
Previous edition2024: 2–5 Oct 2024
Next edition2026: 9–11 Oct 2026

Program

  • 26 Sepopening ceremony with a Montenegrin folk ensemble, the Seosan City Choir and an XR drawing performance on the fortress's 600-year history; media art and aerial performance on the walls
  • 27 SepKing Taejong's procession and royal hunt re-enactment from Jinnammun past the Dongheon; Hyundai Motor Group philharmonic concert
  • Black Eagles air show; guest singers on all three days; EDM party from 20:30 on 27–28 Sep
  • Kids' zone near the East Gate with a large slide and six bouncy castles, childcare for up to an hour, child wristbands and three supervised gates; three picnic zones with 150 tents

Prices

ItemPriceNote
EntryFree

Notes on the 2025 edition

22nd edition, theme "Gosung Bangga Season 3: meeting the wisdom of the past, present and future", 38 programmes. About 209,000 visitors. 19 shuttle buses ran every 20 minutes from the Hanseo University car park and 10 nearby lots.

About the festival

The Seosan Haemieupseong Festival is a free history festival of three or four days inside Haemieupseong, a walled Joseon-era fortress town completed in 1421 in Haemi-myeon, Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do, with royal procession re-enactments, martial-arts shows, hands-on Joseon activities and night media art on the walls. The 23rd edition ran 9–11 October 2026; the 2027 dates are not announced, but the festival is usually held in late September or early to mid October. Direct buses from Seoul Nambu Terminal reach Haemi in 1 h 35 m (₩10,300 regular, ₩13,400 deluxe), and the fortress is free to enter all year.

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

Source

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

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