Seoul

Festivals and Annual Events

The Insadong festival in April and October showcases the folk music or pungmulnori of Seoul. A delightful food court with a selection of countrywide cuisine is also set up as part of the celebrations. Traditional food contests are held. There are street exhibitions and pottery making demonstrations as well. Venue: Jongno-gu Website: http://asp.congnamul.com/seoul/english/map.jsp

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Festivals and events in Seoul

Showing 1–8 of 8 festivals

Plan around 8 festival seasons, public events, Ramadan/Eid periods, book fairs, art cycles, and winter food activity.

Boryeong Mud Festival

The Mud Festival is all about mud and its therapeutic qualities, and you can get mud massages as well as mud slides on the beach.

Insadong Festival

Lotus Lantern Festival

The celebration of Buddha's birthday consists of thousands of lanterns paraded in the streets of Seoul in a spectacular display of lights. In this festival lanterns are made of various shapes.

Hi Seoul Festival

This festival aims at preserving the city's unique history and tradition as well as diversity through numerous cultural events and performances that take place all over the city.

Dano Festival

One of the three largest holiday celebrations in the country, the Dano Festival is a traditional food festival where prayers are offered for a good and bountiful harvest in the coming year.

Icheon Rice Cultural Festival

This festival combines two of Icheon's symbols, rice and agriculture. In celebration of the good harvest, Icheon is lit up and a magnificent feast is set up to celebrate.

Seoul Drum Festival

Like the Japanese Taiko drums, the Koreans showcase their traditional drumming in this festival along with other art forms and percussion instruments from all over the world and promote experimental and crossov

Food Korea

This festival is when people enjoy traditional food and introduce new Korean food and culture. It is quite popular among tourists as a great opportunity to learn about Korean cuisine and culture.