There are many Korean festivals perfect for escaping the scorching summer heat. Lose yourself in the music at a rock festival, enjoy a refreshing picnic of chicken and beer, or cover your whole body in sun-blocking mud! Whatever your preference, visiting one of these festivals will make for an unforgettable summer in Korea!

Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival

• Period: August 4-6, 2023
• Venue: Songdo Dalbit Festival Park in Incheon
  350, Central-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon (인천광역시 연수구 센트럴로 350)
• Website: pentaport.co.kr
  
  Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival, Korea’s largest rock festival, has been uniting the world through music for 18 years. Bands from all over the world take over the stage to put on passionate and energetic live performances. This year’s line-up is fantastic, featuring U.S. rock band The Strokes, Japanese punk-rock band Ellegarden, U.K. rock band Ride, as well as Korean artists Kim Yoon Ah, Chang Kiha, The Black Skirts, Se So Neon, and more. Behind the Standing Zone, a Picnic Zone is available for guests to put up tents or spread out picnic mats and enjoy the music. In exciting news, we’re giving away tickets to this year’s festival in celebration of the brand new VISITKOREA travel platform grand opening! Click on the event link below to enter for your chance to win!
• Link: VISITKOREA Renewal Relay Event

Gangneung Culture Night

• Period: July 8-10, 2023
• Venue: Areas of Gangneung-daedohobu Government Office and Seobu Market in Gangneung
  6, Imyeong-ro 131beon-gil, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do (강원특별자치도 강릉시 임영로131번길 6)
• Instagram: @culture_tour_
  
  Enjoy a night of historical entertainment on the eastern coast of Korea at Gangneung Culture Night. Hosted at a designated cultural historic site, the festival schedule is filled with exhibitions, performances, and experience programs. The street parade performance is a recreation of an event from the Joseon period when local citizens would welcome a new government official arriving in the city. Other vibrant events include a drone show featuring over 500 drones, a media façade show on the walls of Gangneung-daedohobu Government Office, and a citizen’s hanbok fashion show.

Boryeong Mud Festival

• Period: July 21 – August 6, 2023
• Venue: Daecheon Beach Mud Square in Boryeong
  5, Haesuyokjang 10-gil, Boryeong-si, Chungcheongnam-do (충청남도 보령시 해수욕장10길 5)
• Website: mudfestival.or.kr (English, Japanese, Chinse, Spanish)
  
  At Boryeong Mud Festival, mud is the name of the game! This festival is very popular among international visitors, with around 390 thousand foreign attendees in 2019. The general area features fun play activities like a large mud slide, while the family zone is suitable to visitors of all ages, with activities like covering your whole body in mud and making shapes with mud. Enjoy experiences you can only try here, such as a mud self-massage, colored-mud body painting, followed by a night of watching busking performances and a fireworks show on the beach

Jeongnamjin Jangheung Water Festival

• Period: July 29 – August 6, 2023
• Venue: Areas of Tamjingang River & Cypress Forest Woodland in Jangheung
  741-6, Geonsan-ri, Jangheung-gun, Jeollanam-do (전라남도 장흥군 장흥읍 건산리 741-6)
• Website: festival.jangheung.go.kr
  
  Korea’s largest water festival, you’ll have a blast shooting water guns and enjoying water sports. The festival uses the pure water of the Tamjingang River as it cuts its way through Jangheung. The main event is the Salsu Battle Street Parade, a large water gun fight that takes place on the road. When the sun goes down, enjoy the clubbing atmosphere created by famous DJs performing at the Water Music Pool Party.

Daegu Chimac Festival

• Period: August 30 – September 3, 2023
• Venue: Area of Duryu Park Baseball Field in Daegu
  7, Gongwonsunhwan-ro, Dalseo-gu, Daegu (대구광역시 달서구 공원순환로7)
• Website: www.chimacfestival.com (English, Japanese, Chinese)
  
  Daegu Chimac Festival combines two of Koreans’ favorites – chicken and beer! The festival takes place in Daegu, where many of Korea’s fried chicken franchises got their start, including Mexicana Chicken and Kyochon Chicken. The festival is the best way to enjoy all these different brands. If you get too hot on the grassy field, head to the ice pub to soak your feet in cool water while you eat. You’ll surely spend a long time here, filling up on chicken, beer, and enjoying the many famous artists performing on stage.

By Visit Korea