Fun Korean

BeautySum Suwon (K-Beauty Expo)

뷰티썸 수원

A K-beauty trade show at the Suwon Convention Center that covers the whole industry: skincare, makeup, hair, nails, fragrance and derma products, plus ingredients, packaging and manufacturing. It's aimed mainly at the business side, but visitors can browse the newest products.

10:00–17:00. 10,000 won, or free with online pre-registration.

Sanbuk AI Gimjang Festival

산북AI김장문화축제

The 22nd Sanbuk Pumsil Festival is about gimjang, Korea's kimchi-making tradition (UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2013), made easy with new technology. Come empty-handed and make kimchi with salted cabbage and fillings from local farms. Kids can grind beans on a millstone and make injeolmi and kkakdugi.

Free entry. The kimchi-making experience needs booking and costs extra.

Ansan Science Valley (ASV) Science Festival

안산사이언스밸리(ASV) 과학축제

About 90 booths of future tech you can try, such as an AI baduk robot, humanoid robot missions, drone simulators and AR games, plus science talk concerts and robot shows. Made for kids and adults alike.

10:00–16:00. Free.

Gimpo Marine Corps Culture Festival at Daemyeong Port

김포 해병대 문화축제 in 대명항

Gimpo is home to the Marine Corps 2nd Division, and this one-day festival shows Marine equipment, military band and honor guard performances, and lets you make dog tags and Marine caps. At sunset a night market with seasonal seafood, local food and busking opens on the fish market rooftop.

11:00–19:00. Free.

Anseong TokTok Dalkom Festival

2026 안성맞춤 상설공연 “톡톡달콤 페스티벌”

A one-day family arts festival: a musical gala, magic and bubble shows, acoustic busking, play booths for kids, an art market and hands-on activities with local artists.

11:00–16:00. Free (some programs paid).

Pocheon Pet Star at Art Valley

포천펫스타

A pet festival at Pocheon Art Valley, a former quarry turned art park: mission games with your dog, a healing forest walk with dogs, dog pilates, a pet olympics, a pet etiquette quiz, a dog playground and performances.

10:00–18:00. Art Valley admission applies.

Gyeonggi Rice Dessert Festa

경기미 디저트 페스타

A fair for desserts made with Gyeonggi rice. This year the rice bakery and rice tteokbokki festas are held together: a rice dessert market, rice baking and rice tteokbokki contests, small rice bakeries and tteokbokki shops, and make-your-own tteokbokki and rice cookie classes.

Free. 11:00–17:00.

Paju Jangdan Bean Festival

파주장단콩축제

The 30th festival for Paju's Jangdan beans (Jangdan-kong), held at Imjingak near the inter-Korean border. Farmers sell beans and other local produce, stalls make fresh tofu, rice cakes and fried snacks on the spot, and there are hands-on activities and street artists.

K-Rice Festa (Korean Rice & Traditional Liquor)

우리쌀 우리술 K-라이스페스타

Korean rice and traditional liquors from all over the country in one hall: taste and buy rice snacks, rice-based foods and traditional drinks. Tastings, makgeolli brewing, cocktail and drinking-table contests and kids' activities.

Free. Nov 27–28 10:00–18:00, Nov 29 10:00–17:00.

Anyang Public Art Project (APAP) Artwork Tour

APAP 작품투어 (안양공공예술프로젝트)

Since 2005 the Anyang Public Art Project has filled the city's parks and streets with outdoor artworks. Guided tours start at Anyang Pavilion in Anyang Art Park, at the foot of Gwanaksan, and also visit Pyeongchon's Central Park. A relaxed 60 to 90 minutes of art and greenery.

Tours Tue–Sun at 10:30 and 14:00 (closed Mondays). Adults 3,000 won, ages 19 and under 1,000 won.

Ssokssokdeul-i Festival (National Theater of Korea)

국립극장 쏙쏙들이페스티벌

The National Theater of Korea's Stage Arts Support Center in Heyri Art Village runs free performances through the year in its small "Ssok" Experience Theater, with acts across popular genres for all ages. Free tickets are handed out at the information desk from noon on the day, first come, first served.

Shows usually 14:00–15:00. Tickets can run out early, so get there before noon.

Culture Day Youth Mic (Seoul region & Gangwon)

문화가 있는 날 청춘마이크 (수도·강원권)

From April to November, 40 young and senior performing groups bring street shows to the capital region and Gangwon: bands, circus, dance, gugak, vocals, popera and more, at places such as Sinchon Star Plaza, Seoul Forest and Jayu Park in Incheon.

Free. 15:00–19:30; places change, so check the official Instagram.

Gombaengi Teotta: Namsadang Nori in Anseong

곰뱅이텄다

Namsadang Nori, the art of Korea's traveling folk troupes, is on UNESCO's intangible heritage list. This weekend show in Anseong tells the story of Baudeogi, a 15-year-old girl who became the head of a Joseon-era troupe, in six acts: puppetry, pungmul drumming, plate spinning, ground acrobatics, tightrope walking and a mask play.

Weekends, about 90 minutes, all ages.

Culture Lounge Gyeonggi "Jang"

컬처라운지 경기, 장(場)

A cultural lounge that brings Gyeonggi-do's local culture together in one place. Plan a Gyeonggi trip to your own taste, try pottery and tea tasting at the Gyeonggi ceramics shop, color in artwork and catch live music and film screenings.

Free. 10:00–18:00.

Hwaseong Haenggung Night Opening "Dalbit Hwadam"

화성행궁 야간개장

Hwaseong Haenggung, the temporary palace built under King Jeongjo and the grandest of Korea's haenggung, opens at night with the theme "stories of flowers under the moon": flower sculptures, soft lighting, 3D holograms and lasers along the palace paths, plus palace walks led by local resident actors.

18:00–21:30. Adults 2,000 won, youth 1,500 won, children 1,000 won. Last night Sunday, Nov 1.

House of an Honest Official (Chunghyeon Museum)

청백리의 집, 오늘을 비추다

A family heritage program at the head house of Yi Won-ik, a Joseon statesman remembered as a model of an honest, modest official, and at Gwangamdang, the house King Injo gave him. Watch an interactive play, dye cloth with mulberries, explore the hanok with a guide and hear a gayageum concert. It runs on four days only; the last is Saturday, Nov 7.

11:00–15:00. Play 6,000 won, hanok tour 8,000 won, natural dyeing 10,000 won; the gayageum concert is free. Book ahead.

Hantangang Garden Festa

포천 한탄강 가든페스타

A seasonal garden and flower festival by the Hantangang River, part of a UNESCO Global Geopark. Walk through themed gardens made with local artists, cross the 410 m Y-shaped suspension bridge, browse the River Market for Pocheon produce and food, and ride electric bikes along the river.

Open 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:00). Admission is charged.

Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale

경기도자비엔날레

Korea's big ceramics show spreads across three pottery towns southeast of Seoul: Cerapia in Icheon, Gonjiam Ceramic Park in Gwangju and Yeoju Dojasesang. Expect exhibitions of contemporary ceramics, talks and hands-on classes for all ages.

Last day Nov 1. Open 10:00–18:00; combination ticket 11,000 won for adults.

DMZ OPEN Festival

DMZ OPEN Festival

Gyeonggi-do's festival that shows the DMZ, the border zone between the two Koreas, as a place of peace, nature and history and not only of division. The DMZ OPEN exhibition runs at Camp Greaves and Imjingak Pyeonghwa Nuri until Nov 29; the music festival and the eco-peace forum were held in October.

Mostly free (some programs paid). Usually 10:00–18:00; times vary by event.

Gyeonggi Yangju Dronebot Festival

경기·양주·지작사 드론봇 페스티벌

A festival hosted by Gyeonggi-do, Yangju and the Army's Ground Operations Command at Ganap-ri Airfield. Watch army drone-bot tactics demos, an army aviation flyover and a drone light show, see Korean and US military vehicles up close, and try drone flying, simulators and rides in a Surion helicopter or an armored vehicle.

Free (some activities paid). 09:00–21:00. Last day Sunday, Nov 1.

Goyang Urban Farming Festival

고양도시농업축제

Try a farmer's year in the city: collect stamps as you sow, care, harvest and use, and get a small gift at the end. Zones for urban farming, healing farming with herbs and flowers, future farming and farm culture, plus a farmers' market with eco-friendly produce and plants.

10:00–17:00. Free.

Unjeong Lake Park Fireworks Festival

운정호수공원 불꽃축제

A local festival started by residents in 2017. On Oct 31 there are street performances and activity booths in the afternoon, then a lighting ceremony and fireworks over the lake. The light garden stays on every evening until Dec 31.

Fireworks Oct 31, 19:30–19:50. Light garden lit every evening until Dec 31. Free.