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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

September 2027 2

Seasonal 15Sep Mid-Autumn Festival🇨🇳 China and 11 more countries

Seasonal 15Sep Chuseok🇰🇷 South Korea and 1 more country

Usually in February, date not yet confirmed 1

Seasonal Febvaries Korean New Year🇰🇷 South Korea and 1 more country

Shared with much of the world

Celebrated in South Korea and in many other countries.

December 2026 1

Seasonal 31Dec New Year's Eve🇦🇱 Albania and 36 more countries

January 2027 1

Seasonal 1Jan New Year's Day🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 57 more countries

Photo credits on this page

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

Korean New Year: Kang Byeong Kee, CC BY 3.0, source
New Year's Day: Ximeg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
New Year's Eve: Andreas Weith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Mid-Autumn Festival: Shizhao, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Chuseok: by Joseph Steinberg (Baltimoron in Korea) at Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, source

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