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🇰🇷 Festivals in South Korea

35 festivals celebrated in South Korea, across 10 cities and towns.

Cities and towns

Seoul 10 Boryeong 1 Bucheon 1 Busan 1 Cheonan 1 Cheorwon 1 Daecheon Beach 1 Gangneung 1 Gwangju 1 Incheon 1

All Spiritual Cultural National days Seasonal Music Arts and film Sports

October 2026 1

Cultural 18Oct Double Ninth Festival🇨🇳 China and 7 more countriesIn 2 weeks

November 2026 1

Cultural 11Nov Singles' Day🇨🇳 China and 6 more countriesIn 6 weeks

March 2027 1

Cultural 14Mar White Day🇨🇳 China and 4 more countries

June 2027 1

Cultural 21Jun International Day of Yoga🇨🇳 China and 6 more countries

Usually in April, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Aprvaries Gangneung Danoje🇰🇷 Gangneung, South Korea

Usually in May, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Mayvaries Seoul Queer Culture Festival🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea

Usually in July, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Julvaries Boryeong Mud Festival🇰🇷 Boryeong, South Korea

Shared with much of the world

Celebrated in South Korea and in many other countries.

February 2027 2

Cultural 7Feb Chinese New Year🇨🇳 China and 30 more countries

Cultural 14Feb Valentine's Day🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 30 more countries

Usually in June, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Junvaries Father's Day🇩🇿 Algeria and 45 more countries

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

White Day: Flickr user mersy ( Masashi Yanagiya), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Seoul Queer Culture Festival: User:Piotrus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
International Day of Yoga: Tobias Spitaler, CC BY 3.0, source
Valentine's Day: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Double Ninth Festival: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Father's Day: Jjsarto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Chinese New Year: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Singles' Day: Chrionexfleckeri1350, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Gangneung Danoje: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Boryeong Mud Festival: Stinkie Pinkie, CC BY 2.0, source

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