Festivals


There are many festivals throughout the year that have been designated as cultural and tourism events, promoting everything from agricultural products and cuisine to arts and crafts. We have listed below just a few of the most popular festivals, for more details on alternative festivals, please contact our sales team.


Lotus Lantern Festival – April


Place: Jongno area, one of Seoul’s landmark traditional festivals The annual Lotus Lantern Festival celebrates Buddha’s birthday. The lighting of a lotus-shaped lantern in Buddhism traditionally symbolises a display of religious devotion to performing good deeds and lighting up the dark parts of the world that are filled with agony. The festival offers visitors the chance to make a lantern themselves, taste temple dishes and experience much more.


Lotus Latern festival


Andong Mask Dance Festival – September to October


Place: downtown Andong, Andong –si, Gyeongsangbuk-do The Andong festival aims to promote its tradition and culture through mask dances, mimes and marionette performances, providing plenty of entertainment.


Kimchi Festival – October


Gwangju Kimchi festival


Boryeong Mud Festival – July


Place: Daecheon Beach and downtown area, Boryeong-si, Chungcheongnam-do The mud festival offers a unique experience as one of Korea’s most famous and fun events. Boryeong mud is rich in minerals and is great for the skin. With its fun filled programmes such as a mega mud bath, mud wrestling, mud sliding and mud hand printing, the festival offers visitors opportunities to receive facial masks and massages with pure, well refined sea mud.


Place: Gwangju-si World Cup Park area The Gwangju Kimchi Festival celebrates what could be called Korea’s ‘National’ food, Kimchi. There is a sampling corner, a buffet of Kimchi and various complimentary dishes, and visitors can even learn how to make Kimchi. This popular festival is a must for visitors who are interested in Korea’s traditional foods.


Boryeong Mud Festival Call Korea Reservations 0844 472 316 7


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