| Andong Maskdance Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Ten or eleven days from the last week of September to the first Sunday of October (2024: 27 Sep–6 Oct; 2025: 26 Sep–5 Oct; 2026: 24 Sep–4 Oct, with the opening parade and ceremony on the second day, 25 Sep). The 2026 dates and advance-ticket sale were announced on 18 August. |
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| Anseong Namsadang Baudeogi Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Four days in early October (2023: 6–9 Oct; 2024: 3–6 Oct; 2025: 9–12 Oct; 2026: 2–5 Oct), with a memorial rite, street parade and eve show in downtown Anseong the day before. The festival committee fixes the dates early in the year (2 February in 2024, 30 January in 2026). Held every autumn since 2001. |
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| ASSITEJ Korea Winter Festival | Organizer's annual decision | About ten days over the winter school holiday, spanning New Year: 28 Dec 2022–8 Jan 2023, 3–14 Jan 2024, 27 Dec 2024–5 Jan 2025 and 26 Dec 2025–4 Jan 2026. The last two editions opened on the last Friday of December and closed on the first Sunday of January. Held every winter since 2005; the programme has been announced in November or early December. |
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| Baekje Cultural Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Nine or ten days from late September to mid-October, held at the same time in Buyeo and Gongju (2024: 28 Sep–6 Oct; 2025: 3–12 Oct, ten days over Chuseok; 2026: 3–11 Oct). The 2024 program was confirmed in late August; expect 2027 dates by late summer. |
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| Biseulsan Azalea Culture Festival | Organizer's annual decision | A weekend in mid-April, timed to the expected azalea bloom on the summit plateau (2023: 15–16 Apr; 2024: 13–14 Apr; 2025: planned from 12 Apr, then cancelled; 2026: 17–19 Apr with a Friday opening night). Dates have been announced in March, and the fields usually peak in mid-to-late April. |
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| Boryeong Mud Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Seventeen days from a Friday in the second half of July to a Sunday in the first half of August (2024: 19 Jul–4 Aug; 2025: 25 Jul–10 Aug; 2026: 24 Jul–9 Aug). Dates were on the official site and the KTO listing well before the festival; the 2027 (30th) dates had not been announced as of 16 October 2026. |
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| Boseong Green Tea Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Five days around the early-May holidays (1 May Labour Day to 5 May Children's Day): 3–7 May 2024, 2–6 May 2025, 1–5 May 2026. The county publishes the dates and theme between February and mid-April. |
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| Bulchwimugwi Night Market | Organizer's annual decision | Saturday evenings in short seasons, first held in 2026: season 1 on 5 and 19 September (18:00–22:00) and season 2 on four Saturdays, 10–31 October (17:00–22:00). With only one year so far there is no pattern yet. |
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| Busan Fireworks Festival | Organizer's annual decision | One Saturday evening in the first half of November (9 Nov 2024, 15 Nov 2025, 7 Nov 2026). The date is on the official site by summer; early-bird seats went on sale 26 August and regular seats 4 September in 2026. |
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| Busan Folk Arts Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Two days, Saturday and Sunday, in mid to late October: 14–15 Oct 2023, 26–27 Oct 2024, 25–26 Oct 2025 and 24–25 Oct 2026, all in Busan Citizens Park. |
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| Busan International Film Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Ten days in early to mid October, opening midweek (2–11 Oct 2024, 6–15 Oct 2026); the 30th edition moved forward to 17–26 September 2025. Tickets go on sale online in September, a few weeks before opening (5 and 9 Sep in 2025; 17 and 21 Sep in 2026). |
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| Busan International Rock Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Friday to Sunday on the first weekend of October (2–4 October in 2026). The first lineup is announced in May (15 May in 2025) and further lineup drops follow through the summer; set times are posted only days before the gates open. |
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| Busan Jagalchi Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Four days, Thursday to Sunday, in October: 5–8 Oct 2023, 3–6 Oct 2024, 23–26 Oct 2025 and 15–18 Oct 2026 (earlier, 14–17 Oct 2010 and 8–11 Oct 2015). Held since 1992. |
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| Busan Mackerel Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, in the last week of October or running into the first days of November: 27–29 Oct 2017, 27–29 Oct 2023, 25–27 Oct 2024, 31 Oct–2 Nov 2025 and 30 Oct–1 Nov 2026. |
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| Busan Sea Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Late July to mid-August. Since 2024 a long weekend or a full week opening on a Friday at Dadaepo Beach: 26–28 Jul 2024, 1–3 Aug 2025, 7–13 Aug 2026. Earlier editions ran about 1–6 August across several beaches (1–6 Aug 2017; 1–6 Aug 2023 at Haeundae and Dadaepo). Busan city publishes the full programme about a week before opening (28 Jul 2025, 4 Aug 2026). |
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| Changdeokgung Moonlight Tour | Organizer's annual decision | Two seasons a year, Thursday to Sunday evenings: spring from mid-April to late May or mid-June (11 Apr–2 Jun 2024, 10 Apr–15 Jun 2025, 16 Apr–31 May 2026) and autumn from early September to October or early November (12 Sep–10 Nov 2024, 4 Sep–26 Oct 2025, 10 Sep–17 Oct 2026). First held in 2010. |
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| Cheonan World Dance Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Five days in the last week of September or first week of October (2024: 25–29 Sep; 2025: 24–28 Sep; 2026: 1–5 Oct). The 2026 dates were public by mid-August. |
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| Cheongju Craft Biennale | Organizer's annual decision | Every two years, in odd-numbered years, opening in early September for 45–60 days: 1 Sep–15 Oct 2023 (45 days) and 4 Sep–2 Nov 2025 (60 days); planned for 2 Sep–31 Oct 2027. Earlier editions ran 8 Sep–17 Oct 2021 and 8 Oct–17 Nov 2019. |
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| Cheongsong Apple Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Five days from a Wednesday to a Sunday at the turn of October and November, at apple-harvest time: 30 Oct–3 Nov 2024, 29 Oct–2 Nov 2025 and 4–8 Nov 2026. An online festival on the Daum portal opens about a month earlier (1 Oct 2024, 29 Sep 2025, 24 Sep 2026). |
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| Chilgapsan Ice Fountain Festival | Ice thickness and weather | Late December or 1 January to mid or late February, as long as it is cold enough to freeze the fountains: 1 Jan–13 Feb 2022, 1 Jan–19 Feb 2023 (KTO listing; the Korea Herald said 12 Feb) and 24 Dec 2025–22 Feb 2026. In 2014–15 the December weeks were a partial, weather-dependent opening before the official opening on 1 January. |
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| Chilgok Transmedia Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Autumn, for a month or more: the 1st edition ran 6 Oct–5 Nov 2023 and the 4th runs 15 Sep–25 Oct 2026 (41 days). The 2024 and 2025 editions (2nd and 3rd by the numbering) could not be dated. The theme and the venues change from one edition to the next. |
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| Chuncheon Mime Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Eight days, Sunday to Sunday, from the fourth Sunday of May: 28 May–4 June 2023, 26 May–2 June 2024, 25 May–1 June 2025 and 24–31 May 2026. KTO describes it as held every year in the last week of May. |
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| Chungjang Festival of Memories | Organizer's annual decision | Five days in early to mid October, Wednesday to Sunday in 2024–2026: 5–9 Oct 2023, 2–6 Oct 2024, 15–19 Oct 2025 and 7–11 Oct 2026. Held since 2004; the 2026 edition was the 23rd. The festival committee usually fixes the dates in late January or early February. |
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| Daegu Chimac Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Five days, Wednesday to Sunday, in the first week of July (2024: 3–7 Jul; 2025: 2–6 Jul; 2026: 1–5 Jul). Dates have been announced in May and the lineup in late June. |
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| Daegu International Musical Festival | Organizer's annual decision | 18 days from the third Friday of June to a Monday in early July (21 Jun–8 Jul 2024, 20 Jun–7 Jul 2025, 19 Jun–6 Jul 2026). The 2023 edition was earlier, opening on 19 May. The line-up is announced in late April or May, and each production goes on sale separately. |
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| Daegwallyeong Snow Festival | Organizer's annual decision | About ten days between late January and mid-February, usually spanning the Lunar New Year holiday: 20–29 Jan 2023, 27 Jan–11 Feb 2024 (16 days), 24 Jan–2 Feb 2025, 13–22 Feb 2026, and 30 Jan–9 Feb 2027 planned. The 2026 dates were announced on 29 October 2025; the 2027 dates first appeared in a vendor notice on 8 September 2026. |
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| Daejeon Science Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Mid-April in 2025 (16–20 Apr) and 2026 (17–19 Apr), when the city merged it with the national Korea Science Festival; before that it was a mid/late-October event (2024: 18–20 Oct). 2026 details were released about two weeks ahead, on 5 April 2026. |
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| Damyang Bamboo Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Five days in early May: 2–6 May 2025 and 1–5 May 2026 (2024 was moved later, to 11–15 May). Dates are announced between January and March. |
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| Damyang Santa Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Two or three days at Christmas: 23–25 Dec 2023 and 24–25 Dec 2025 (2024 was a two-day edition in late December whose exact dates were not confirmed). Venue, programme and line-up are announced about a month ahead (26 November in 2025). |
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| DMZ OPEN Festival | Organizer's annual decision | A season of several weeks to three months that ends in November: 20 May–11 Nov 2023, main programmes 30 Aug–16 Nov 2024, 11 Aug–5 Nov 2025 and 12 Oct–29 Nov 2026. Gyeonggi Province publishes the year's plan in spring (17 March in 2026) and the final dates in summer or early autumn. |
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| Dream Park Chrysanthemum Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Ten to fourteen days in October, sometimes running into early November: 2–13 Oct 2024, 23 Oct–5 Nov 2025, 16–25 Oct 2026. The festival began in the 2000s (2013 was the 10th edition, held 26 Sep–6 Oct), was scaled down in 2015 and revived in 2024 after a six-year break. |
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| EX Pumpkin Night | Organizer's annual decision | About a month in autumn, covering Chuseok and Halloween: 2–31 October in 2021 (as Lumina Happy Halloween), from 23 September in 2023 (Lumina Neon Carnival) and 24 September–24 October in 2026. The park has run an autumn night event in Hwarang Forest every year it was checked since 2021; the name and theme change from year to year. |
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| Gangjin Bay Dancing Reed Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Nine days from a Saturday in late October to the Sunday of the following week: 26 Oct–3 Nov 2024, 25 Oct–2 Nov 2025 and 24 Oct–1 Nov 2026. The 2023 edition ran a little earlier, 13–22 October. |
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| Gangjin Celadon Festival | Organizer's annual decision | About ten days from the second half of February into the first days of March, ending on or just after the 1 March holiday: 23 Feb–1 Mar 2023 (seven days), 23 Feb–3 Mar 2024, 22 Feb–3 Mar 2025 and 21 Feb–2 Mar 2026. Before 2023 it was a summer festival (8–16 Aug 2009, 28 Jul–3 Aug 2018), and press reports say it was held in October just before the move to February. |
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| Gangneung Coffee Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Four or five days in late October (24–27 Oct 2024, 30 Oct–2 Nov 2025, 21–25 Oct 2026). The dates and poster are released in early July. |
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| Gangneung Danoje Festival | Lunar calendar | Eight days around Dano, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, running from four days before to three days after it (15–22 June 2026 around Dano on 19 June; 27 May–3 June 2025; 6–13 June 2024). The lunar date shifts between late May and late June; the programme is published by April or May. |
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| Geoje Island Flower Festival | Organizer's annual decision | A nine- or ten-day main festival starting in the last days of October or on the first Saturday of November (29 Oct–6 Nov 2022, 28 Oct–5 Nov 2023, 26 Oct–3 Nov 2024, 1–9 Nov 2025), often followed by about a week of free self-guided viewing. The 2026 edition, planned for 30 Oct–8 Nov, was cancelled after August floods. |
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| Geumsan World K-Insam Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Ten or eleven days from late September to mid-October, opening on a Friday or a public holiday (2024: 3–13 Oct, from Thursday 3 Oct, National Foundation Day; 2025: 19–28 Sep; 2026: 2–11 Oct). The festival foundation's board set the 2026 dates on 11 December 2025 and the programme was announced on 30 September 2026, so expect the 2027 dates around December 2026. |
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| Gimcheon Gimbap Festival | Organizer's annual decision | A weekend in the second half of October, in the parks at the entrance to Jikjisa temple: 26–27 Oct 2024 and 25–26 Oct 2025 (Saturday–Sunday), then 23–25 Oct 2026 (Friday–Sunday), the first three-day edition. First held in 2024. |
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| Gimhae Buncheong Ceramics Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Five to ten days in autumn: 20–29 Oct 2023, 5–10 Nov 2024, 4–9 Nov 2025 and 6–10 Nov 2026. Earlier editions ran in mid to late October (14–23 Oct 2016). Dates for the coming edition have been public by late August. |
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| Gimje Horizon Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Five days in the first half of October around the 3 October National Foundation Day holiday (2024: 2–6 Oct; 2025: 8–12 Oct over Chuseok; 2026: 1–5 Oct). Dates have been announced in February and the poster in July. |
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| Gochang Green Barley Field Festival | Organizer's annual decision | About three weeks from a Saturday in mid-April to a Sunday in early or mid-May, while the barley is green: 20 April–12 May 2024, 19 April–11 May 2025 and 18 April–10 May 2026 (23 days each). The dates have been reported in early to mid April. |
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| Gochang Moyangseong Festival | Lunar calendar | Five days in October, timed around Jungyangjeol, the 9th day of the 9th lunar month, so the dates move every year and can touch late September or early November: 30 September–4 October 2022, 19–23 October 2023, 9–13 October 2024, 29 October–2 November 2025 and 15–19 October 2026. |
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| Goesan Kimjang Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three or four days in the first half of November, running Thursday or Friday to Sunday: 3–5 Nov 2023, 1–3 Nov 2024, 6–9 Nov 2025 and 5–8 Nov 2026. Goesan County has announced the dates and booking details between late September and early October. |
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| Goheung Nokdong Port Drone Show | Organizer's annual decision | A Saturday-night season from April to October: 12 April–25 October 2025 and 4 April–31 October 2026 (the first two seasons ran from May and April into late November). Special shows for Seollal, Chuseok and the New Year sunrise are added around the season. |
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| Goheung Yuzu Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Four days, Thursday to Sunday, in the first half of November at the start of the yuzu harvest: 7–10 Nov 2024, 6–9 Nov 2025 and 12–15 Nov 2026 (the 2023 edition ran Friday to Sunday, 3–5 Nov). The county had fixed the 2026 dates by mid-August 2026. |
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| Gumi Ramyeon Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, in November, around Gumi Station: 17–19 Nov 2023, 1–3 Nov 2024, 7–9 Nov 2025 and 6–8 Nov 2026. The first edition (2022) was a two-day riverside camping event in late August. |
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| Gunsan Jjamppong Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Two to four days in October or early November in Gunsan's old port district (Jangmi-dong): 1–2 Nov 2024, 9–12 Oct 2025 and 9–11 Oct 2026. An online edition ran 7–22 Nov 2020; the city counts the festival as held since 2022. |
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| Gurye Sansuyu Flower Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Nine days from a Saturday to the following Sunday in mid-March, timed to the sansuyu bloom (2024: 9–17 Mar; 2025: 15–23 Mar; 2026: 14–22 Mar). Gurye County publishes the dates in January or February (by 26 January in 2026, by 19 February in 2025). |
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| Guryongpo Gwamegi Festival | Organizer's annual decision | A Saturday and Sunday in mid- to late November, or early December, as the gwamegi drying season gets going: 21–22 Nov 2015, 3–4 Dec 2022, 16–17 Nov 2024 and 15–16 Nov 2025. Pohang City has announced the dates only a few days ahead. |
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| Gwangalli Eobang Festival | Organizer's annual decision | A Friday-to-Sunday weekend in May or June. It ran on the second weekend of May from 2023 to 2025 (12–14 May 2023, 10–12 May 2024, 9–11 May 2025) and moved to 12–14 June in 2026. In 2008 it was held in April (11–13 April). |
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| Gwangbok-ro Winter Light Tree Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Lit every evening for about 80 days from mid-November or early December into February, usually past the Lunar New Year holiday: 18 Dec 2022–29 Jan 2023, 8 Dec 2023–12 Feb 2024 (extended twice), 15 Nov 2024–2 Feb 2025, 5 Dec 2025–22 Feb 2026. Jung-gu announces the dates only days before the lighting. |
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| Gwanghwamun Market | Organizer's annual decision | Evenings from mid-December into the New Year: 15 Dec 2023–21 Jan 2024, 13 Dec 2024–5 Jan 2025, 12–31 Dec 2025, and 11 Dec 2026–10 Jan 2027 as announced. Since 2023 it has opened on a Friday in mid-December, the same day as the Seoul Lantern Festival. The organizer calls for stall holders in late September or early October. |
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| Gwangju Biennale | Organizer's annual decision | Between 72 and 94 days, every two years in recent editions, lately opening in early September: 7 Sep–1 Dec 2024 (86 days) and 5 Sep–15 Nov 2026 (72 days). The cycle has moved before: the 14th edition ran in spring, 7 Apr–9 Jul 2023 (94 days). First held in 1995. |
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| Gwangju World Kimchi Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three or four days between mid-October and early November: 3–6 Nov 2023 (Sangmu Citizen Park), then 18–20 Oct 2024, 31 Oct–2 Nov 2025 and 23–25 Oct 2026 at the Gwangju City Hall plaza. Held since 1994; the 2026 edition is the 33rd. |
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| Gwangyang Maehwa Festival | Bloom forecast | Ten days in the first three weeks of March, timed to the plum blossom (2024: 8–17 Mar; 2025: 7–16 Mar; 2026: 13–22 Mar). The festival committee fixes the dates in early February; the 2026 dates were announced on 5 February 2026. |
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| Gyeongbokgung Starlight Tour | Organizer's annual decision | An autumn season of about three to eight weeks between early September and early November, Wednesday to Sunday (11 Sep–6 Oct 2024, 15 Oct–2 Nov 2025, 2 Sep–24 Oct 2026); some years add a spring season (2 Apr–17 May 2025). First held in 2016. |
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| Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale | Organizer's annual decision | About six to eight weeks in autumn, every two years: 5 Sep–20 Oct 2024 and 18 Sep–1 Nov 2026 (45 days each). Until 2021 it ran in odd-numbered years (27 Sep–24 Nov 2019, 1 Oct–28 Nov 2021); the 12th edition, planned for 2023, was held in 2024, and the cycle has been in even-numbered years since. |
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| Gyeongju Cherry Blossom Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, in late March or early April, set by the cherry bloom: 29–31 March 2024 (postponed from 22–24 March for rain and a late bloom), 4–6 April 2025 and 3–5 April 2026 (first announced as 27–29 March with a warning that it could move by about a week). The first editions, in 2017 and 2018, ran for about ten days; in 2018 they spread across the Bomun Tourist Complex and the historic district. |
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| Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo | Organizer's annual decision | Four to six weeks every autumn since 2021, opening in late September or early October and closing in late October or early November: 1 Oct–7 Nov 2021, 1–30 Oct 2022, 22 Sep–29 Oct 2023, 2 Oct–3 Nov 2024, 1 Oct–9 Nov 2025, 22 Sep–1 Nov 2026. Before 2021 it was held only every three or four years (2006, 2009, 2012, 2016); a 2020 edition was planned but not held. |
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| Haenam Minam Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, around the turn of October and November: 1–3 Nov 2024, 31 Oct–2 Nov 2025 and 30 Oct–1 Nov 2026. Earlier editions ran in November (2–7 Nov 2020 online, 12–14 Nov 2021, and 11–13 Nov 2022 after a one-week postponement). |
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| Haeundae Dalmaji Hot Spring Festival | Lunar calendar | One afternoon and evening on Jeongwol Daeboreum, the 15th day of the first lunar month, which falls between early February and early March: 5 Feb 2023, 24 Feb 2024, 12 Feb 2025 and 3 Mar 2026. Wish-writing at the moon house starts two days before. The day's programme reached the press 3–9 days ahead in 2023–2026. |
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| Haeundae Light Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Lit every evening for 51 to 68 days in recent editions, opening between mid-November and mid-December and closing in mid-January to early February: 18 Nov 2022–24 Jan 2023, 2 Dec 2023–31 Jan 2024, 14 Dec 2024–2 Feb 2025, 29 Nov 2025–18 Jan 2026. Earlier runs included 1 Dec 2017–18 Feb 2018 (4th) and 16 Nov 2019–27 Jan 2020 (6th). The 13th runs 28 Nov 2026–10 Jan 2027 (44 days), as listed in Haeundae-gu's 2026 events calendar; hours and programme are usually announced shortly before the lighting. |
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| Haeundae Sand Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Four days from a Friday to the following Monday in mid-to-late May: 19–22 May 2023, 24–27 May 2024, 16–19 May 2025 and 15–18 May 2026. The sculptures then stay on the beach for about three more weeks, to 6 June 2023, 9 June 2024, 8 June 2025 and 14 June 2026. The dates reached the news by 9 May 2024, 17 April 2025 and 27 April 2026. |
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| Hampyeong Butterfly Festival | Organizer's annual decision | 11–12 days from a Friday in the last week of April to Children's Day (5 May) or the substitute holiday after it: 26 Apr–6 May 2024, 25 Apr–6 May 2025, 24 Apr–5 May 2026. Advance tickets go on sale in mid-March. |
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| Hampyeong Grand Chrysanthemum Festival | Organizer's annual decision | 17 days from a Friday in the second half of October to a Sunday in early November: 18 Oct–3 Nov 2024, 24 Oct–9 Nov 2025, 23 Oct–8 Nov 2026. Advance tickets go on sale about a month before opening (23 September in 2026). |
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| Hanbok Culture Week | Organizer's annual decision | The third week of October, around Hanbok Day on 21 October: 16–22 Oct 2023, 14–20 Oct 2024, 21–26 Oct 2025 and 19–25 Oct 2026. Held every year since 2018, judging by the edition count (the 2026 week is the ninth). |
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| Hangang Festival (Autumn) | Organizer's annual decision | 9–10 days in mid to late October: 11–20 October 2024, 18–26 October 2025 and 17–25 October 2026. The Hangang Festival also has spring, summer and winter runs, each with its own page. |
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| Hangang Festival (Spring) | Organizer's annual decision | Early to mid May, in Korea's Family Month: three days on 5–7 May 2023, 17–19 May 2024 and 16–18 May 2025, then nine days on 2–10 May 2026. This page tracks the spring run; the summer, autumn and winter runs of the Hangang Festival have their own dates and programmes. |
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| Hangang Festival (Summer) | Organizer's annual decision | Two to four weeks from late July or early August: 4–20 Aug 2023, 26 Jul–11 Aug 2024, 26 Jul–24 Aug 2025 (lengthened to 30 days for a hot summer) and 1–16 Aug 2026. The festival began in 2013 as Hangang Mongttang, a 37-day summer festival; the city now also holds spring, autumn and winter runs under the same name. |
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| Hangang Festival (Winter) | Organizer's annual decision | The second half of December, ending on or before 31 December: 22–31 Dec 2023, 20–31 Dec 2024 (12 days) and 19–31 Dec 2025 (13 days). The city's April 2026 schedule gives 19–27 Dec 2026. The Christmas market runs inside that window; the Hangang sledding parks open around Christmas and stay open into February. Spring, summer and autumn runs of the Hangang Festival are listed separately. |
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| Homigot New Year Sunrise Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Every New Year's Eve into New Year's Day, from the afternoon of 31 December (14:00 in 2025–26) to about 09:00 on 1 January, built around the first sunrise at about 07:32–07:33. Held since New Year 1999; the official programme was cancelled for 2020–21 and 2021–22 (COVID-19, plaza closed), 2022–23 (COVID-19 and crowd safety) and 2024–25 (national mourning after the Jeju Air crash). |
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| Hongcheon River Kkongkkong Festival | Ice thickness and weather | 12 to 17 days in January, opening on a Friday or Saturday between 5 and 18 January: 13–24 Jan 2023, 5–21 Jan 2024, 18 Jan–1 Feb 2025 and 9–25 Jan 2026. The ice-fishing zone opens only once the river ice is at least 20 cm thick. Dates have been public by mid-December. |
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| Hongseong Global Barbecue Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three or four days, Thursday or Friday to Sunday, around the turn of October and November: 3–5 Nov 2023, 1–3 Nov 2024, 30 Oct–2 Nov 2025, 29 Oct–1 Nov 2026. The 2025 dates were in the news by late August. |
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| Hongseong Namdang Port King Prawn Festival | Organizer's annual decision | About two months in the autumn prawn season, starting in late August or early September and ending between mid-October and early November: 9 Sep–15 Oct 2023, 30 Aug–31 Oct 2024, 22 Aug–20 Oct 2025, 4 Sep–8 Nov 2026. The dates have been public by August. |
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| Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival | Ice thickness and weather | 23 days starting on the first or second Saturday of January: 6–28 Jan 2024, 11 Jan–2 Feb 2025, 10 Jan–1 Feb 2026. Dates are usually public by November or December. |
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| Hwacheon Tomato Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Early August, across the first weekend of the month: 1–4 Aug 2024 and 1–3 Aug 2025. In 2026 it was stretched to ten days, 31 Jul–9 Aug. Dates have been public by mid to late July. |
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| Hwangmaesan Silver Grass Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Nine days in October, from a Saturday to the Sunday of the following weekend: 5–13 Oct 2024, 18–26 Oct 2025, 17–25 Oct 2026. Hapcheon County announced the 2026 dates on 15 September. The grass itself starts flowering in late September, usually peaks in mid-October and stays silver into early November. |
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| Hwaseong Haenggung Night Opening | Organizer's annual decision | Every year from the first weekend of May to late October or the first Sunday of November, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings and public holidays: 3 May–27 Oct 2024, 3 May–2 Nov 2025, 1 May–1 Nov 2026 (the 2023 season ended on 29 Oct; in 2019 it ran 2 Jul–28 Sep). The season and its theme are announced at the end of April. |
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| Hwasun Dolmen Autumn Flower Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Ten days in the second half of October, opening on the third Friday of the month: 20–29 Oct 2023, 17–26 Oct 2025 and 16–25 Oct 2026. The 2024 edition was longer, 17 days from 18 October to 3 November. In 2024 the dates were public by 11 September. |
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| Hwasun Unju Culture Festival | Organizer's annual decision | A Saturday–Sunday weekend in early November in 2026 (7–8 November, per KTO's listing). No 2023–2025 editions were found to set a pattern; a predecessor, the Unju Grand Festival (운주 대축제), ran from 31 October to 3 November 2002. |
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| Hyoseok Culture Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Ten days in early to mid September, from a Friday to the Sunday of the following week, timed to the buckwheat bloom (6–15 Sep 2024, 5–14 Sep 2025, 4–13 Sep 2026). First held in 1999; Pyeongchang County announced the programme in late August in 2024 and 2025. |
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| Icheon Pet Festival | Organizer's annual decision | A weekend in autumn at Icheon Ceramic Art Village (Yes Park): one day on 28 Oct 2023 (as the Icheon Healing Pet Fair), 13–14 Sep 2025 and 24–25 Oct 2026. The 2024 dates were not verified. |
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| Icheon Rice Cultural Festival | Ice thickness and weather | Five days, Wednesday to Sunday, in mid-to-late October (16–20 Oct 2024, 22–26 Oct 2025, 14–18 Oct 2026). The organizing committee fixes the dates and venue by August. |
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| Iho Tewoo Festival | Organizer's annual decision | A Friday-to-Sunday weekend at the turn of July and August, during the beach's summer night-opening season (31 July–2 August in 2026; the 2025 rowing contest was on Sunday 27 July). The Visit Jeju listing carried the 2026 programme by July. |
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| Iksan Ten Million Chrysanthemum Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Ten days from a Friday in the second half of October to the Sunday of the following week (2023: 20–29 Oct; 2024: 18–27 Oct; 2025: 24 Oct–2 Nov; 2026: 23 Oct–1 Nov). The sculptures usually stay on show for about a week after the programme ends. The 2026 dates were public by early February 2026. |
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| Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days on the first weekend of August or the last of July (2024: 2–4 Aug; 2025: 1–3 Aug; 2026: 31 Jul–2 Aug). The 2026 dates were fixed by the city's kickoff briefing on 7 April, first lineup and early-bird tickets on 8 May, timetable on 10 July. |
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| Inje Icefish Festival | Ice thickness and weather | About nine or ten days from a Friday or Saturday in the second half of January, sometimes into early February: 27 Jan–4 Feb 2018, 26 Jan–3 Feb 2019, 18 Jan–2 Feb 2020 (extended a week), 20–29 Jan 2023; the cancelled 2024 edition was set for 19–28 Jan. It needs Soyang Dam at 183 m or lower and thick ice, and was cancelled every winter from 2024 to 2026. |
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| Janghang 1931 Night Tour | Organizer's annual decision | Four evenings in October 2026 (Saturday 10, Saturday 17, Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October), the first edition. With only one edition there is no pattern yet. |
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| Jarasum Jazz Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, in the second or third week of October (2024: 18–20 Oct; 2025: 17–19 Oct; 2026: 9–11 Oct). Dates, poster and first lineup are announced on 1 July with early-bird tickets; general sales open at the end of July. |
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| Jecheon International Music & Film Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Six days in late summer, Thursday to Tuesday. From 2005 to 2023 the festival was held in August (10–15 August 2023); it moved to early September for 2024–2026 (5–10 Sep 2024, 4–9 Sep 2025, 3–8 Sep 2026). Asia Kyungje reported in July 2026 that it plans to open in August, the summer holiday season, again in 2027. |
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| Jeju Biennale | Organizer's annual decision | Irregular, about 83–89 days per edition. The 3rd and 4th editions ran through the winter (16 Nov 2022–12 Feb 2023 and 26 Nov 2024–16 Feb 2025); the 5th runs 25 Aug–15 Nov 2026. The 1st edition was in 2017 and the 2nd, planned for 2020, was cancelled; since 2022 it has opened every two years. |
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| Jeju Fire Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Early to mid-March. Until 2012 it was held at the first full moon of the lunar year; from 2013 it moved to March to escape winter gales. Recent editions: 9–12 Mar 2023 (fire programs cancelled), not held in 2024, 14–16 Mar 2025 (cut to one day by wind), 9–14 Mar 2026 (main days 13–14). The 2025 and 2026 dates were public by mid-January. |
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| Jeju Garden Culture Expo | Organizer's annual decision | A one-off five-day expo, Friday 6 to Tuesday 10 November 2026. The Korea Tourism Organization describes it as the first garden culture expo held in Jeju, and no further Jeju edition has been announced. |
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| Jeju Horse Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Two days, Saturday and Sunday, on the fourth weekend of October: 26–27 Oct 2024, 25–26 Oct 2025 and 24–25 Oct 2026, always at Let's Run Park Jeju. |
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| Jeju Olle Walking Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Thursday to Saturday, in the first or second week of November: 2–4 Nov 2023, 7–9 Nov 2024, 6–8 Nov 2025, 5–7 Nov 2026. Pre-registration opens in July (17 Jul in 2024, 8 Jul in 2026). From 2027 the festival is due to become a 25-day walk over 23 courses, so its timing may change. |
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| Jeongdongjin New Year Sunrise Festival | Organizer's annual decision | One night a year, fixed by the calendar: the evening of 31 December into the sunrise on 1 January (2025–26: 20:00–00:30 on 31 December and 06:00–08:00 on 1 January). Held at the end of 2023 and 2025; scaled back at the end of 2024 (fireworks dropped during national mourning) and not held for New Year 2021, when the beaches were closed because of COVID-19. Details appear only in late December. |
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| Jeongnamjin Jangheung Water Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Nine days from the last Saturday of July to the following Sunday: 27 Jul–4 Aug 2024, 26 Jul–3 Aug 2025, 25 Jul–2 Aug 2026. The 2024 dates were fixed by the county's festival committee in late November 2023, eight months ahead. |
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| Jeongseon Arirang Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Four days in late September or early October: 2–5 Oct 2024 (Wed–Sat), 25–28 Sept 2025 (Thu–Sun) and 1–4 Oct 2026 (Thu–Sun). The 2026 dates were already public in late January 2026. |
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| Jeonju Bibimbap Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three or four days in October (2024: 3–6 Oct as the opener of Jeonju Festa; 2025: 24–26 Oct; 2026: 2–4 Oct). The 2026 dates and venue were announced by the city on 12 August 2026. |
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| Jeonju Hanok Village Traditional Performing Arts Parade | Organizer's annual decision | A weekly season from spring to autumn: every Saturday, 15:00–16:00, from 18 April to 31 October in 2026; May to October in 2023. The Jeonbuk street-theatre programme it belongs to has run weekly parades at tourist sites, Jeonju Hanok Village among them, since 2017, with extra shows at Chuseok (3, 4 and 8 October 2025). |
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| Jeonju International Film Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Ten days from the last days of April into early May, spanning the Labour Day (1 May) and Children's Day (5 May) holidays: 1–10 May 2024, 30 April–9 May 2025 and 29 April–8 May 2026. General tickets go on sale online about two weeks before opening (19 April in 2024, 17 April in 2026). |
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| Jeonju International Sori Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Five days. An autumn festival for more than 20 years after it began in 2001, then moved to mid-August from 2024 (14–18 Aug 2024, 13–17 Aug 2025, 12–16 Aug 2026); the organizers plan to move it back to October from 2027. |
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| Jeonju Makgeolli Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Two days, Friday and Saturday, in late October or on the first weekend of November (2024: 25–26 Oct inside Jeonju Festa; 2025: 31 Oct–1 Nov; 2026: 23–24 Oct). First held in 2024; 2026 is the third edition. |
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| Jinan Highland Kimchi Bossam Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Two days over a mid-November weekend, Saturday–Sunday: 15–16 November in 2025 and 14–15 November in 2026 (confirmed on the organizer's site). The dates of earlier editions were not verified. |
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| Jindo Miracle Sea Road Festival | Lunar calendar | Three or four days in March or April fixed by the tide tables, not the calendar: 11–13 Mar 2024, 29 Mar–1 Apr 2025, 17–20 Apr 2026. Dates are usually announced in February or early March once the year's lowest spring tides are known. |
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| Jinhae Gunhangje Festival | Bloom forecast | Ten days in late March and early April, with the opening ceremony on a Friday (23 Mar–1 Apr 2024 after a 22 Mar opening ceremony; 28 Mar–6 Apr 2025; 27 Mar–5 Apr 2026). Changwon City announces the dates in January or February. |
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| Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Sixteen days from the first Saturday of October to the third Sunday (5–20 October 2024, 4–19 October 2025, 3–18 October 2026). Jinju City confirmed the 2026 dates on 30 July 2026, so expect the 2027 dates in late July. |
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| Jirisan Piagol Autumn Foliage Festival | Organizer's annual decision | A Saturday and Sunday in early November: 4–5 Nov 2023, 1–2 Nov 2025 and, for the 50th edition, 7–8 Nov 2026. |
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| Jirisan Walking Festival | Organizer's annual decision | One Saturday in late October in the editions found: 26 Oct 2024 in Gurye and 24 Oct 2026 in Sancheong, both the fourth Saturday of the month. The host town moves between the counties around Jirisan. Registration for 2026 opened on 9 September; no 2025 edition was confirmed in the sources checked. |
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| K-Wave Dance Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Two or three days over a weekend in October (21–22 Oct 2023, 4–6 Oct 2024, 11–12 Oct 2025, 3–4 Oct 2026). The venue has changed between years: Banpo Hangang Park by the Han River for 2023–2025 (Yebitseom stage, then the stage in front of Sebitseom), and a car-free stretch of Itaewon-ro in 2026. |
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| Lighting Festival at the Garden of Morning Calm | Organizer's annual decision | About 100 days every winter, lit every day from the first Friday of December to a Sunday in mid-March: 1 Dec 2023–17 Mar 2024, 6 Dec 2024–16 Mar 2025, 5 Dec 2025–15 Mar 2026 (the 2016–17 run was 2 Dec–26 Mar). |
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| MAMF (Migrants' Arirang Multicultural Festival) | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, on a weekend in October: 21–23 Oct 2022, 20–22 Oct 2023, 11–13 Oct 2024, 24–26 Oct 2025, 23–25 Oct 2026. First held in Seoul in 2005 and in Changwon every year since 2010; the 2020 and 2021 editions were online only. |
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| Masan Gagopa Chrysanthemum Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Nine or ten days from a Saturday in late October or the first days of November, timed to the chrysanthemum bloom: 28 Oct–6 Nov 2023, 26 Oct–3 Nov 2024, 1–9 Nov 2025, 31 Oct–8 Nov 2026. Held every year since 2000; in 2020 it ran as a drive-through because of COVID-19. |
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| Miryang Spicy Food Festival | Organizer's annual decision | No pattern yet: the first festival under this name is Saturday 31 October–Sunday 1 November 2026. Before that, a spicy-food zone called Hot Miryang Food Festa ran inside the city's summer Miryang Super Festival on 8–10 August 2025. |
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| Mokpo National Heritage Night | Organizer's annual decision | Two or three evenings over a weekend between mid-October and early November: Friday–Sunday 18–20 October 2024 and 30 October–1 November 2026. In 2023 it ran in two rounds, one in October and one on 4–5 November. The 2025 dates were not confirmed. |
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| Moseulpo Southernmost Yellowtail Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Four days, Thursday to Sunday, in the second half of November: opened 23 Nov 2023, ran 28 Nov–1 Dec 2024 and 20–23 Nov 2025, and runs 19–22 Nov 2026 (dates confirmed on the organizer's site). In 2021 it ran for 15 days without face-to-face events and in 2022 for about a month; in the early 2010s it was held in early to mid November (4–7 Nov 2010, 10–13 Nov 2011). |
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| Muju Firefly Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Nine days from a Friday or Saturday in late August or early September (2024: late Aug–early Sep; 2025: 6–14 Sep; 2026: 4–12 Sep). The 2026 programme and firefly-tour booking details were announced on 20 August; tours are booked online only and sell out fast. |
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| Mungyeong Apple Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Opens on a Saturday in mid-October at Mungyeong Saejae Provincial Park, timed to the Gamhong apple harvest, and runs nine or 16 days: 14–29 Oct 2023, 19–27 Oct 2024, 18–26 Oct 2025 (apple sales continued to 2 Nov) and 17 Oct–1 Nov 2026. |
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| Mungyeong Chasabal (Tea Bowl) Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Nine or ten days from late April or the first days of May at the Mungyeong Saejae Open Set, spanning the early-May holidays: 27 Apr–6 May 2024, 3–11 May 2025 and 1–10 May 2026. It usually opened in late April until 2024; in 2025 it moved a week later. (In 2020 the edition was moved online to December because of COVID-19.) |
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| Mungyeong Yakdol Hanu Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, usually Friday to Sunday, between early October and early November at Mungyeong Saejae Provincial Park: 4–6 Nov 2022, 7–9 Oct 2023, 4–6 Oct 2024, 31 Oct–2 Nov 2025 and 9–11 Oct 2026. In 2016 it was held in September together with the Mungyeong Omija Festival (9–11 Sep 2016), a pairing begun in 2015. |
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| Namdo K-Garden Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Not fixed yet. The first edition ran in May 2025 in Jangseong (garden exhibition 9–18 May); the second runs for 51 days, 11 September to 31 October 2026, in Yeosu. Host county and season have changed each year so far. |
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| Namhansanseong Autumn Festa | Organizer's annual decision | Weekends and public holidays from late August or early September to late October or the first days of November, including the Chuseok holiday: 19 Aug–5 Nov 2023, 1 Sep–27 Oct 2024, 5 Sep–2 Nov 2025, 5 Sep–25 Oct 2026. Gyeonggi Province has announced it in late August each year. |
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| Namsan Night Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Fridays and Saturdays from late October to mid-November: seven evenings between 23 October and 14 November in 2026, the first edition found. With only one edition there is no pattern yet. |
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| Namwon Chunhyang Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Seven days at the turn of April and May: 10–16 May 2024, then 30 April–6 May in both 2025 and 2026. The festival began as a rite on Dano (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month), but its recent dates have not followed a lunar date. Dates are usually public by January or February. |
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| Naora Show | Organizer's annual decision | A season from late April to the end of October, on Saturdays and public holidays only, with no shows in July and August (the rainy season): 20 April–27 October 2024 (weekends), an autumn run of 6 September–25 October 2025 after the summer break, and 25 April–31 October 2026. There are no shows from November to mid-April. |
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| National Heritage Media Art at Jinnamgwan, Yeosu | Organizer's annual decision | First held in 2026: every evening from 9 October to 8 November, 19:30–21:30, closed on Tuesdays. The national heritage media-art programme picks its host sites each year (12 sites between August and November in 2026), so whether Yeosu hosts again, and when, is not fixed. |
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| Nowon Moonlight Walk | Organizer's annual decision | Three to four weeks from mid-October into November (13 Oct–5 Nov 2023, 17 Oct–16 Nov 2025, 16 Oct–8 Nov 2026), lit every evening. Held each autumn since 2020. |
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| Paju Jangdan Bean Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, in the second half of November: 18–20 Nov 2016, 25–27 Nov 2022, 22–24 Nov 2024 and 21–23 Nov 2025. Held at Imjingak since 1997; it returned in 2022 after a four-year break. In 2025 the dates were public by 20 October. |
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| Pocheon Hantangang Garden Festa | Organizer's annual decision | Seven to eight weeks from early or mid September to the end of October or the first days of November: 7 Sep–31 Oct 2024 (announced to 13 Oct), 6 Sep–2 Nov 2025, 12 Sep–1 Nov 2026. A separate spring season runs in May and June (1 May–7 June 2026). |
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| Pohang International Fireworks Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Since 2019 usually three days, Friday to Sunday, at the end of May or in June (31 May–2 Jun 2019, 26–28 May 2023, 31 May–2 Jun 2024, 20–22 Jun 2025 after an election postponement); before that it was a July summer festival. Held in November in 2021 (20–21 Nov, under COVID-19 rules) and in 2026 (19–21 Nov, Thursday to Saturday), when the edition planned for June was postponed because of the local elections. |
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| Pohang Steel Art Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Opens on a Saturday in October and runs from about nine days to a month, often into November: 13 Oct–11 Nov 2012 (1st edition), 1–30 Oct 2016, 7–21 Oct 2023, 19–27 Oct 2024, 25 Oct–23 Nov 2025 (one listing gives 9 Nov) and 24 Oct–15 Nov 2026. Held every year since 2012. |
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| Pyeongchang Trout Festival | Ice thickness and weather | About a month from late December or early January to late January or early February (2023–24: 29 Dec–28 Jan; 2025: 3 Jan–2 Feb; 2026: 9 Jan–9 Feb after a warm-weather delay). Dates are usually announced in December, and the opening can slip if the river ice is thinner than 20 cm. |
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| Sejong Hangeul Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three or four days from Hangeul Day, 9 October (9–12 Oct 2024, 9–11 Oct 2025, 9–11 Oct 2026). Held every year since 2013, as the Sejong Festival until 2024 and as the Sejong Hangeul Festival since 2025. |
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| Semiwon Water Lily Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Two months, 1 September to 31 October, in both 2025 and 2026, straight after Semiwon's summer lotus festival. In 2024 the garden held a shorter Victoria Water Lily Culture Festival, reported as 16 August to 1 September. |
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| Seocheon Migratory Bird Festival | Organizer's annual decision | A weekend at the end of November or start of December, when the winter flocks have arrived: 1–3 Dec 2023 (Fri–Sun) and 29–30 Nov 2025 (Sat–Sun). |
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| Seogwipo Canola Flower Festival | Organizer's annual decision | One weekend in late March or early April, timed to the canola bloom along Noksan-ro (2025: 29–30 Mar; 2026: 4–5 Apr; the 2023 edition ran until 2 Apr). The dates follow the bloom, so the window can shift from year to year. |
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| Seogwipo Chilsimni Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, between late September and late October: 2–4 Oct 2015 (with an eve event on 1 Oct), 27–29 Sep 2019, 17–19 Oct 2025 and 23–25 Oct 2026. Held every year, by its numbering: the 21st edition was in 2015 and the 31st in 2025. |
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| Seokchon Lake Cherry Blossom Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Five to nine days in late March or early April, set each year by the cherry bloom at the lake (5–9 Apr 2023, 27–31 Mar 2024, 2–6 Apr 2025, 3–11 Apr 2026). Songpa-gu announces the dates only about ten days ahead; the 2026 dates came on 24–25 March. |
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| Seomjingang International Experimental Art Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Autumn, with the main outdoor programme in the second half of October: 30 Oct–6 Nov 2021, 25–30 Oct 2022, and in 2026 an official run of 22 Sep–30 Oct with the opening weekend on 23–25 Oct. Dates of the 2023–2025 editions were not verified. |
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| Seosan Haemieupseong Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three or four days around a weekend in late September or early to mid October (6–8 Oct 2023, 2–5 Oct 2024, 26–28 Sep 2025, 9–11 Oct 2026). First held in 2000; not held in 2006, when the fortress was under restoration. The dates are usually announced in late summer, with the programme presented at a press briefing in early September. |
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| Seoul Design Week | Organizer's annual decision | Eleven or twelve days in mid to late October, ending on a Sunday: 17–27 Oct 2024 (branded 'Seoul Design 2024'), 15–26 Oct 2025 and 14–25 Oct 2026. First held in 2014, the year DDP opened; the 2026 edition is the 13th. In 2025 and 2026 the paid DDP Design Fair filled the first five days. |
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| Seoul International Fireworks Festival | Organizer's annual decision | One Saturday evening in early autumn: 8 Oct 2022, 7 Oct 2023, 5 Oct 2024, 27 Sep 2025 and 5 Sep 2026, when Hanwha moved it three weeks earlier to avoid the Chuseok holiday and suit overseas visitors. Hanwha announces the date between early August and early September. |
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| Seoul Lantern Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Mid-December into January since 2023 (2024: 13 Dec–12 Jan; 2025: 12 Dec–18 Jan after a two-week extension; 2026: 11 Dec–31 Jan). The companion Gwanghwamun Market runs 11 Dec 2026–10 Jan 2027. Until 2021 it was held in November (2021: 26 November–5 December); in 2022 it ran 19–31 December. The 2026 dates appeared on the official Seoul Winter Festival site in October 2026. |
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| Seoul Light DDP | Organizer's annual decision | About two weeks from a Thursday in the second half of December to the New Year's Eve countdown: 21–31 Dec 2023, 19–31 Dec 2024 and 18–31 Dec 2025; the 2026 run is set to open on 17 Dec. The first winter runs went into early January (20 Dec 2019–3 Jan 2020, 17 Dec 2021–2 Jan 2022). Since 2023 an autumn run has also been held around the start of September (3–13 Sep in 2026). |
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| Seoul Music Festival | Organizer's annual decision | One to four days in autumn, between late September and early November: 13–16 Oct 2022, 22–24 Sep 2023, 27–29 Sep 2024, 1–2 Nov 2025 and 24 Oct 2026 (one day). First held 28 Sep–6 Oct 2019 on Gwanghwamun Square; not held in person in 2020 and 2021. |
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| Seoul Petlympic | Organizer's annual decision | A weekend in autumn on Peace Plaza in World Cup Park: 20–21 September 2025 (the first edition, announced as Seoul's first dog sports competition) and 24–25 October 2026 (the second, the first under the Petlympic name). |
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| Seoul Silver Grass Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Seven days, Saturday to Friday, in mid to late October (14–20 Oct 2023, 19–25 Oct 2024, 18–24 Oct 2025, 17–23 Oct 2026). Held every year since Haneul Park opened in 2002, except 2020 (cancelled) and 2021 (online only). |
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| Seoul Winter Festa | Organizer's annual decision | Three to five weeks from a Friday in mid-December into January: 15 Dec 2023–21 Jan 2024 (38 days), then 13 Dec 2024–5 Jan 2025 and 12 Dec 2025–4 Jan 2026 (24 days each). Each programme keeps its own dates, so the lanterns and the Seoul Plaza ice rink run past the festa's official end. The city has announced each edition in the second half of November. |
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| Silla Culture Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, in early to mid-October: 13–15 October 2023, 11–13 October 2024, 10–12 October 2025 and 9–11 October 2026. The Silla Art Festival strand (신라예술제) runs on separate days a few days to two weeks earlier. Older editions were longer (3–9 October in 2019). The 2026 schedule was published on 6 May 2026. |
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| Sunchang Korea Tteokbokki Festa | Organizer's annual decision | Two days, Saturday and Sunday, in mid to late November: 16–17 Nov 2024, 15–16 Nov 2025, 21–22 Nov 2026. Held since 2024; the 2026 dates were on the organizer's site and in a county release of 14 October 2026. |
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| Suncheon Naganeupseong Folk Culture Festival | Organizer's annual decision | A weekend in mid to late October: 13–15 Oct 2023 (Friday to Sunday), 17–19 Oct 2025 (Friday to Sunday) and 24–25 Oct 2026 (Saturday and Sunday). KTO-based listings give 1994 as the first year and October as the usual month. |
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| Suseong International Biennale | Organizer's annual decision | Every two years in autumn, in even-numbered years: 15–27 October 2024 (1st edition, 13 days) and 27 October–22 November 2026 (2nd). Suseong-gu said after the first edition that the biennale would be held every two years. |
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| Suseong Light Art Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Over Christmas and New Year, opening between 20 and 24 December and closing on 31 December or in early January: 20 Dec 2019–12 Jan 2020 (1st edition), 22–31 Dec 2023, 23–31 Dec 2024, 24 Dec 2025–4 Jan 2026 (7th). Lit 17:00–22:00 daily in 2024 and 2025. Dates have reached the press only about a week before opening. |
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| Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Late September to mid-October, now eight days with the royal procession on a weekend: 4–6 Oct 2024, 27 Sep–4 Oct 2025, 4–11 Oct 2026. Programs and ticket sales are published in late August to mid-September. |
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| Taean World Tulip Festival | Organizer's annual decision | About four to five weeks from early or mid April to the first week of May, closing around Children's Day: 12 Apr–7 May 2023, 10 Apr–7 May 2024, 8 Apr–6 May 2025, 1 Apr–6 May 2026. Tulips usually peak in mid to late April. Dates have appeared between late February and late March. |
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| Taebaeksan Snow Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Usually nine or ten days between mid-January and mid-February, opening on a Friday or Saturday: 10–19 Jan 2020, 27–31 Jan 2023 (sculptures on show until 5 Feb), 26 Jan–4 Feb 2024, 7–16 Feb 2025 and 31 Jan–8 Feb 2026. The festival was not held in 2021 or 2022, and the 2011 edition was cancelled. |
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| Tamna Culture Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Five days in early-to-mid October (5–9 Oct 2024, 10–14 Oct 2025, 17–21 Oct 2026), with a pre-event in Seogwipo a few days to a week earlier (2024: 3 Oct; 2026: 10 Oct). The full program is published in late September or early October. |
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| Tongyeong Hansan Daecheop Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Five to nine days in early to mid-August, built around 14 August, the solar-calendar date of the 1592 battle (the 8th day of the 7th lunar month): 4–12 Aug 2023, 9–14 Aug 2024, 8–14 Aug 2025 and 12–16 Aug 2026. Dates are usually public by early July. |
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| Tripitaka Koreana Cultural Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Autumn, between early October and mid-November, for anything from 3 to 24 days: 28 Oct–13 Nov 2022, 27–29 Oct 2023 (with a flower display from 21 Oct to 5 Nov), 23–27 Oct 2024, 24 Oct–2 Nov 2025, 9 Oct–1 Nov 2026. Held at the Tripitaka Koreana Theme Park every year since 2022; not held in 2020 or 2021. |
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| Ulsan Jung-gu Heritage Night | Organizer's annual decision | Three evenings, Friday to Sunday, on the fourth weekend of October: 24–26 October 2025 and 23–25 October 2026, 17:00–22:00 both years. |
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| Ulsan Whale Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Four days, Thursday to Sunday, in late September or mid-October in recent years: 26–29 September 2024, 25–28 September 2025 and 15–18 October 2026. The month has moved before: the festival was held in spring until 2017, on 5–8 July in 2018, on 13–16 October in 2022 after a pandemic break, and on 11–14 May in 2023. |
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| UN Peace Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Two or three days over a weekend in the second half of October, around UN Day (24 October): 19–20 Oct 2024, 25–26 Oct 2025 and 23–25 Oct 2026 (Friday to Sunday), each time in Peace Park beside the UN Memorial Cemetery in Daeyeon-dong, Nam-gu. |
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| Wolchulsan Chrysanthemum Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Just over two weeks from the last days of October to mid-November, ending on a Sunday: 28 Oct–12 Nov 2017, 26 Oct–11 Nov 2018, 29 Oct–13 Nov 2022, 28 Oct–12 Nov 2023, 26 Oct–10 Nov 2024, 30 Oct–16 Nov 2025 (per a visitor's post) and 30 Oct–15 Nov 2026. Cancelled in 2020 because of COVID-19 and not held again until 2022. |
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| Wonju Mandu Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, on the fourth weekend of October: 25–27 Oct 2024, 24–26 Oct 2025 and 23–25 Oct 2026. The first edition in 2023 ran two days, 28–29 October. The 2026 dates were public by late August 2026, when the festival ambassador was appointed. |
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| World Heritage Joseon Royal Tombs Festival | Organizer's annual decision | About ten days in mid to late October, from a Friday to the Sunday of the following week, with the opening ceremony on the first Friday: 11–20 Oct 2024; opening 17 Oct, programmes 18–26 Oct 2025; opening 16 Oct, programmes 17–25 Oct 2026. Held every year since 2020. |
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| Yanggu Punchbowl Siraegi Apple Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, around the turn of October and November: 1–3 Nov 2024, 31 Oct–2 Nov 2025 and 6–8 Nov 2026. Earlier editions ran two days in late October (29–30 Oct 2016, 27–28 Oct 2018), and the 2014 festival was held in December. Yanggu County publishes its festival calendar in February, but the date can move: 2024 was announced for 26–27 October and held 1–3 November. |
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| Yangyang Pine Mushroom and Salmon Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three to five days in October, timed to the pine-mushroom harvest and the salmon run: 4–8 Oct 2023, 3–6 Oct 2024, 10–12 Oct 2025 (the salmon festival ran separately on 24–26 Oct 2025) and 16–18 Oct 2026. Before 2023 the song-i festival usually ran in late September (24–28 Sep 2010, 26–29 Sep 2019, 30 Sep–2 Oct 2022). 2026 dates were announced in early July. |
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| Yecheon Bow Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, at the turn of October and November since 2025, when it joined the Yecheon Agricultural Festival (31 Oct–2 Nov 2025, 30 Oct–1 Nov 2026). In 2023 and 2024 it ran four days in early May (4–7 May 2023, 3–6 May 2024). The first editions, as the Yecheon World Bow Festival, were held in mid-October in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019. |
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| Yeoju Ogok Naru Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, between mid-October and early November at the Silleuksa temple resort (20–22 Oct 2023, 18–20 Oct 2024, 31 Oct–2 Nov 2025, 23–25 Oct 2026). Gyeonggi-do describes it as held in mid-October each year. |
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| Yeon Deung Hoe (Lotus Lantern Festival) | Lunar calendar | Keyed to Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th lunar month, which falls between late April and late May). The Seoul lantern parade is on a Saturday four to nine days before Buddha's Birthday, the street festival is the next day, and lantern exhibitions run for two to three weeks around them; the year's schedule is announced in March (20 March in 2026). |
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| Yeoncheon Chrysanthemum Festival | Organizer's annual decision | About ten days in mid to late October, Friday to Sunday: 18–27 Oct 2024, 17–26 Oct 2025, 16–25 Oct 2026 (the 2023 exhibition ran 14–29 Oct). The 2021 edition was cancelled because of COVID-19. |
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| Yeoncheon Job's Tears Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, usually in late October on the final weekend of the Yeoncheon Chrysanthemum Festival at the same site: 28–30 Oct 2022, 25–27 Oct 2024, 24–26 Oct 2025 and 23–25 Oct 2026. The 2023 edition was announced for 10–12 November. |
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| Yeongdeungpo Seonyudo Garden Festival | Organizer's annual decision | A weekend in late October: 24–26 Oct 2025 (Friday to Sunday) and 24–25 Oct 2026 (Saturday and Sunday). First held in autumn 2024, so 2026 is the third edition. |
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| Yeongdo Bridge Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Three days, Friday to Sunday, between early September and the start of November: 2–4 Sep 2016, 11–13 Oct 2019, 13–15 Oct 2023 and 30 Oct–1 Nov 2026. The 2024 and 2025 dates could not be verified. |
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| Yeongdong Grape Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Four days, Thursday to Sunday, in the last week of August: 24–27 Aug 2023, 29 Aug–1 Sep 2024 and 27–30 Aug 2026. In 2025 it moved to 18–21 September because the Yeongdong World Gugak Expo was using the festival plaza. The 2026 dates were reported by late July. |
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| Yeongju Punggi Ginseng Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Nine days in October, from a Saturday to the following Sunday: 7–15 Oct 2023, 5–13 Oct 2024, 18–26 Oct 2025 and 3–11 Oct 2026. The 2026 dates were public by mid-September 2026. |
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| Yeouido Spring Flower Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Five or six days in late March or early to mid April, timed to the cherry bloom on Yeouiseo-ro: 4–9 Apr 2023, 29 Mar–2 Apr 2024, 8–12 Apr 2025 (moved from 4–8 Apr) and 3–7 Apr 2026. Yeongdeungpo-gu sets the dates in March from the bloom forecast. Held since 2005; in 2021 it was replaced by lottery-entry walks and an online festival. |
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| Yesan Apple Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Two to four days in late October or mid-November, at apple harvest time: 28–30 Oct 2022, 11–12 Nov 2023, 23–26 Oct 2025 (together with the Yesan Market Samguk Festival) and 30–31 Oct 2026. The venue changes from year to year: a market car park in 2022, the county stadium area in 2023, the market streets in 2025 and the Yedangho suspension bridge in 2026. |
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| Yesan Market Samguk Festival | Organizer's annual decision | Four days, Thursday to Sunday, in mid to late October since 2024 (17–20 Oct 2024, 23–26 Oct 2025, 22–25 Oct 2026); seven days, Friday to Thursday, in mid October in 2022 and 2023. Held every year since 2017; the 2021 edition (3–7 Nov) ran online and on site. |
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