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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

On now 1

National days 3Oct Gaecheonjeol🇰🇷 South Korea and 1 more countryOn now

October 2026 1

National days 9Oct Hangul Day🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea and 1 more countryIn 6 days

March 2027 1

National days 1Mar Samiljeol🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea

June 2027 1

National days 6Jun Memorial Day🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea

August 2027 1

National days 15Aug National Liberation Day of Korea🇰🇵 Seoul, North Korea and 1 more country

Shared with much of the world

Celebrated in South Korea and in many other countries.

November 2026 1

National days 11Nov Remembrance Day🇨🇦 Canada and 29 more countriesIn 6 weeks

March 2027 1

National days 8Mar International Women's Day🇩🇿 Algeria and 32 more countries

Photo credits on this page

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

International Women's Day: Karl Maria Stadler (1888 – nach 1943), Public domain, source
Samiljeol: Korea.net, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
National Liberation Day of Korea: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Hangul Day: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Memorial Day: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Gaecheonjeol: KIYOUNG KIM, CC BY 2.0, source
Remembrance Day: Philip Stevens, Public domain, source

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