I'll update as we go, so feel free to add others or add corrections as a comment.
* Andong Mask Dance Festival (2009안동국제탈춤페스티벌): Originally scheduled for September 25th - October 4th.
* Angyeon Art Festival (안견기념사업회)
* Anheung Steamed Bread Festival (안흥찐빵축제): Originally deliciously scheduled for October 9th - 11th (cancellation notice).
* Anseong Baudeogi Festival (안성남시당바우덕이축제): Originally scheduled for September 22nd - 27th.
* Anseong Grape Festival (안성마춤포도축제): Originally scheduled for September 11th - 20th.
* A-Rim Art Festival (아림예술제): Originally scheduled for September 24th - 27th (cancellation notice).
* Baekje Cultural Festival (공주부여백제문화제): Originally scheduled for October 9th - 18th.
* Bonggye Bulgogi Festival (봉계불고기축제)
* Boseong Jeoneo Festival (보성전어축제)
* Bonghwa Pine Mushroom Festival (봉화송이축제): Originally scheduled for September 24th - 27th.
* Bucheon World Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo (부천무형문화엑스포): September 18th - October 7th.
* Buyeo World Samulnori Festival (2009 부여세계사물놀이대축제): Originally scheduled for October 9th - 11th (cancellation notice). How in the hell can you have a World Samulnori Festival?
* Changwon Festival (창원페스티벌): Originally scheduled for October 24th (notice).
* Cheolma Hanwoo Bulgogi Festival (철마한우불고기축제): Originally scheduled for October 22nd - 26th.
* Cheonan Heungtaryeong Dance Festival (천안흥타령축제2009): Originally scheduled for September 23rd - 27th.
* Cheongdo Flat Persimmon Festival (청도반시축제)
* Cheongwansan Pampas Grass Festival (천관산억새축제)
* Cheongwon Organic Life Festival (청원생명축제): Originally scheduled for September 20th - October 1st (cancellation notice).
* Choi Seung-hee Dance Festival (최승희춤축제): Originally scheduled from October 22nd - 25th.
* Chungju World Martial Arts Festival (충주세계무술축제): Originally scheduled for September 23rd - 27th.
* 당진 쌀사랑 음식축제
* Danyang Culture Festival (단양온달문화축제): Originally scheduled for October 10th - 12th.
* Donghae Mureung Festival (동해무릉축제)
* Donghae Squid Festival (동해오징어축제)
* Fairy Tale Town Sangju Storytelling Festival (동화니라 상주, 이야기축제): Originally scheduled for October 8th - 11th. This sounds like a festival I'd like to have attended, and the organizers get extra credit for posting a notice in English.
* Gaeryong Military Culture Festival (개룡군문화축제): Originally scheduled for October 7th - 11th.
* Gamyeong Festival (강원감영문화축제): Originally scheduled for September 23rd - 27th (cancellation notice).
* Ganghwa Gaecheon Festival (강화개천대축제)
* Ganghwa Goindol Culture Festival (강화고인돌문화축제): Originally scheduled for November.
* Ganghwa-do Pickle Shrimp Festival (강화도새우젓축제): Originally scheduled for October 10th - 12th.
* Gokseong Seomjingang Science Festival (곡성섬진강과학축제)
* Gimhae Ceramics Festival: Originally scheduled for October 23rd - November 1st, then abbreviated to October 27th - November 1st.
* Gimpo Art and Culture Festival (김포문화예술제): Originally scheduled for October 10th - 11th (cancellation notice).
* Gimpo Grape Festival (김포포도축제): Originally scheduled for September 19th - 20th.
* Goyang Lake-Park Arts Festival (고양호수예술촉제): Originally scheduled for October 8th - 11th.
* Gwangju Photonics Expo: Officially delayed, but hasn't been rescheduled, and was originally to run from October 9th - November 5th.
* Gwangreung Forest Culture Festival (광릉숲문화축제): Originally scheduled from October 24th - 25th.
* Gwangyang Barbecue Festival (광양전통숯불구이축제): Originally scheduled for October 8th - 11th.
* Gyeongnam Sacheon Aerospace Expo (경남사천항공우주엑스포): Originally scheduled for November 13th - 15th.
* Hampyeong Kkotmureut Festival (한평꽃무릇큰잔치): Originally scheduled for September 18th - 27th.
* Hamyang Watermill Festival (물레방아축제): Originally scheduled for October 9th - 13th.
* Hanseong Baekje Culture Festival (한성백제문화축제): Originally scheduled for September 25th - 27th.
* Hi Seoul World Walking Festival (하이서울국제걷기대회): Originally scheduled for November 14th-15th.
* Hoengseong Hanu Festival (횡성한우축제): Originally scheduled for October 16th - 20th.
* Hongcheon Ginseng Festival (홍천인삼축제)
* Hongseong Naepo Festival (홍성내포축제)
* Icheon Peach Festival (이천시햇사레장호원복숭아축제) (cancellation notice).
* Iksan National Stone Culture Festival (전국돌문화제): Originally scheduled for October 29th - November 1st.
* Iksan Jewelry Expo 2009 (익산주얼리엑스포): Originally scheduled for October 29th - November 1st.
* Iksan Seodong Festival (익산서동축제): Originally scheduled for October 29th - November 1st.
* Jangseong Arirang Festival (장성아리랑축제): Originally scheduled for October 15th - 18th.
* Jeju Horse Festival (제주마축제). Perhaps best known for the horse fighting.
* Jeju Pampas Grass Festival (제주억새꽃축제)
* Jeonju Bibimbap Festival (전주비빔밥축제): Originally scheduled for October 22nd - 25th.
* Jeonju Sori Festival (전주세계소리축제): Originally scheduled for September 23rd - 27th.
* Jindo Arirang Festival (진도아리랑축제): Originally scheduled for October 31st - November 3rd.
* Jinju Lantern Festival (진주남강유등축제): Originally scheduled for October 1st - 12th.
* Jirisan Piagol Maple Leave Festival (지리산피아골단풍축제)
* Jisang Military Festival (지상군페스티벨): Originally scheduled for October 7th - 11th.
* Maryang Harbor Festival (마량미향축제). Held in Maryang, a cute little port in Gangjin county.
* Naju Yeongsangang Culture Festival (영산강문화축제)
* Neungheodae Festival (능허대축제): Originally scheduled for October 10th - 11th.
* Onggi Expo Ulsan 2009 (울산세계옹기문화액스포2009)
* 오륙도축제
* Pine Nuts Festival (가평잔축제): Originally scheduled for September 19th - 20th (cancellation notice).
* Pocheon Myeongseong Pampas Grass Flower Festival (포천명성산억세꽃축제)
* Seocheon Hongwon Harbor Jeoneo Festival (서천홍원향전어축제)
* Seoul Camping Festival (서울캠핑페스티벌)
* Seoul International Fireworks Festival (2009서울국제불꽃축제): Originally scheduled for September 26th.
* 서신6년근인삼축제
* Sunchang Hot Sauce Festival (순창장류축제): Originally scheduled for October 8th - 11th cancellation notice).
* Suncheon Bay Reeds Festival (순천갈대축제): Originally scheduled for October 17th - 24th.
* Uljin Songi Mushroom Festival (울진금강송송이축제): Originally scheduled for September 25th - 27th.
* Ulsan World Music Festival (처용문화제): Originally scheduled for October 9th - 11th.
* World Choir Champtionship Korea 2009 (월드콰이어챔피언십코리아2009): Originally scheduled for July 13th - 17th, but cancelled halfway through when participants were discovered with the flu.
* Yangsan Sab-ryang Festival (2009 양산삽량문화축제): Originally scheduled for October 9th - 11th.
* Yangju International Folk Art Festival (2009양주세계민속극축제): Originally scheduled for September 24th - 27th.
* Yeosu International Youth Festival (여수국제청소년축제): Originally scheduled for July 23rd - 25th.
* Yeosu World Fireworks Festival (여수국제불꽃축제): Originally scheduled for November 27th.
11 comments:
THis post is almost like a community service announcement for foreigners living in Korea. Seriously, the Korean Tourism Organization should be giving you some kind of commision...
Is there any other way to interpret this stampede of cancellations other than mindless panic?
Worst. Autumn. Ever.
I want my Lantern Festival!
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Hey, thanks for making the list. By the way, could you tell me which festival is still going on from now till the end of the year?!
Because i planned going there and since everything's cancelled... Is The 6th Chungjang Recollection Festival cancelled also?!
Thank you in advance ;)
Julien, it would take a very long time to make a list of all the festivals through the rest of the year. I keep track of all the big Jeollanam-do ones, so if you check back on this site you'll be able to see them (also, check the "upcoming events" box on the top right-hand side). There are still a couple big ones in Jeollanam-do that I'll be writing about next week.
Can you read Korean? If so, click the Naver search link I put in the post. You can see festivals organized by month, and also by a number of other categories (food, flowers, music, etc.) That will tell you what's happening when. Of course, sometimes the dates aren't exact, because festivals don't decide until late when the festival will happen. So often you'll see a site saying the festival will be held in November, or mid-October, or something. Likewise, many sites haven't updated in years, so you'll only get information from 2006.
The Chungjangno Festival was originally cancelled, but it was then un-cancelled. It will take place this year from October 13th through the 18th.
Thanks for your answer. Unfortunatlly, i barely read korean, but i'll try to watch over it... The Chungjangno Festival interested me cause it says it's about 70-80's and i like korean music from that period, but i don't know if they includes it in the program... Do you know?
"Iksan: Amazing"
I've been to Iksan. As a matter of fact, I was there before they changed the name from 이리 (Iri). Something about the Japanese had renamed the city so the Koreans had to set the world straight and rename it. There is nothing amazing about Iksan. If I am wrong, please tell me. They should have a slogan for their province: Chollabuk-do: Nobody wanna marry our people outside here and Kyoungsan people hate us...but we have a the spicy food!
I forgot to say... If i go to that Chungjangno Festival, i can't before 16th and it will be more sure on 18th so the last day... Will there be some musical event on the last days? Also; is that place this >> http://wiki.galbijim.com/Chungjangno ? Thanks ^^
Great work Brian - though I have to say I'm glad most of the ones around Seoul / Gyeonggi-do are still on for the masses. Ironic that the bigger ones are on while the smaller ones close down...
Yes, Julien, that's the same Chungjangno. Actually, I was the one who wrote that article (I'm "Smee" on a lot of the Korea forums). It, like most of that wiki unfortunately, hasn't been updated in years, and there are a ton more coffee shops and restaurants down there.
Even if you barely read Korean, you can still probably get the gist of a lot of the upcoming festivals by reading the name. If something is taking place nearby, then it might be worth seeing. If you're in Gwangju/Jeollanam-do, there are only a few left this season (starting later in the month), and I'll be posting about them later.
I've been to the Chungjangno festival, and I'm sorry to say that it's really not a festival. They set up some tents, and there's a stage with some singing and some breakdancing, but I wouldn't exactly call it anything to get excited about. However, that area is kind of a neat part of Gwangju, so it will be a pleasant way to spend a day. I enjoyed looking at the old pictures they had on display, and there was a "walk down memory lane" display set up in an old building downtown---recreating homes and shops from the 50s-70s, quite interesting---though that building was bought by a church earlier in the year.
Anyway, you can find a program on the official website.
http://www.cjr7080.com/
Unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to link to the individual pages there. THere will be stages set up both in front of the old provincial office (the big white building, can't miss it), and the post office, in the center of the pedestrian area. Through out the day and night they'll have singing and dancing, and I hope some of it whets your appetite for trot and 7080 stuff.
Checking page shows me the "walk down memory lane" (as I called "시간여행") will take place at the site of the old Joongang Church.
Thanks. Breakdancing.. ahah.. Did they breakdance in 70-80's? Seriously... 70-80's festival should not have MODERN music -__-;; The "commercial" video doesn't look exciting (to be honnest it quite sucks) and apparently there won't be any sound i like. However it could still be interesting to see some of the things as you said if i'm around.
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