Korea Festivals 2026–2027: Dates and Real Costs
The festival calendar with a cost chart for each → Busan Fireworks → autumn foliage → Seoul Winter Festa and the Lantern Festival → Christmas and New Year's Eve → Hwacheon and the January ice festivals. 6 parts, each priced per person from Seoul.
Festival guides tell you what is pretty. This series tells you what it costs: every festival is priced per person from Seoul in the same four parts — transport, tickets, a bed, food — for a budget day trip and a comfortable overnight, with dates marked confirmed or expected. Fares are the post-September-2026 KTX prices; ticket prices come from the organisers or the official sellers; hotel and food figures are clearly labelled estimates. Korea changes dates late and prices often, so each page shows when it was last checked.
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Korea Festival Calendar 2026–2027Korea's festivals Oct 2026–Dec 2027 with confirmed vs expected dates and the per-person cost from Seoul: ₩11,100 for Seoul's lights to ₩448,800 for Busan. · 14 min read
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Busan Fireworks Festival 2026 (Sat, Nov 7)Busan Fireworks Festival: Sat 7 Nov 2026 at Gwangalli, 19:00–20:00. Free from the beach; seats ₩100,000/₩70,000. Sea-view rooms run 3–4× a normal Saturday. · 13 min read
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Korea Autumn Foliage 20262026 peaks: Seoraksan ~Oct 20, ginkgo ~Oct 30, Naejangsan ~Nov 4. Budget day trips from Seoul ₩23,100–₩50,500; Nami is ₩19,000 incl. ferry. · 15 min read
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Seoul Winter Festa & Lantern Festival 2026–27Seoul Light Gwanghwamun runs Dec 11, 2026–Jan 3, 2027; lantern dates TBA (last season to Jan 18). Entry is free; the ice rink is ₩1,000 an hour. · 14 min read
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Christmas and New Year's Eve 2026 in KoreaDec 25, 2026 is a Friday holiday. Seoul's lights, markets and Bosingak bell are free; hotel buffets run ~₩218,000. Late trains, +40% taxis, Busan sunrise. · 14 min read
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Korea Winter Festivals 2027Hwacheon ice festival runs Jan 9–31, 2027: foreigners fish for ₩10,000 and get ₩5,000 back. Pyeongchang, Taebaek, Cheorwon: 2026 fees, fares and budgets. · 15 min read