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Festival
October 6, 2026
Busan International Film Festival 2026 (BIFF)
Asia's largest film festival and the premier platform for new Asian cinema. Over 200 films from 70+ countries screen across the Busan Cinema Center, CGV, and Lotte Cinema venues. Opening ceremony tickets are hard to get but most screenings are publicly bookable from 7,000 KRW. The Haeundae beachfront BIFF Square fills with outdoor screenings and...
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October 7, 2026
Royal Culture Festival 2026 — Autumn Edition
For five days, October 7–11, 2026, Seoul's four main palaces and Jongmyo Shrine are handed over to performances, night programmes and hands-on events. Organised by the Royal Palaces and Tombs Center of the Korea Heritage Service — the one week of the year when the palaces are used rather than only visited.
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Holiday
October 9, 2026
Hangeul Day
Hangeul Day (October 9) is a public holiday celebrating the invention of the Korean alphabet by King Sejong the Great in 1443. Government offices and banks are closed; most tourist attractions, restaurants, and shops operate normally. The National Hangeul Museum near the National Museum of Korea in Yongsan often holds special programs. It is a...
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Festival
October 9, 2026
Jarasum International Jazz Festival 2026
Korea's premier jazz festival, held on a small island in the North Han River surrounded by mountains and pine trees. International and Korean jazz artists perform across three stages simultaneously for three days. A day pass is 88,000 KRW and the three-day pass is 198,000 KRW; camping on the island is the authentic experience. Gapyeong...
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October 16, 2026
Nowon Moonlight Walk 2026 — A Light Sculpture Festival on Danghyeoncheon Stream
A public-art light festival along Danghyeoncheon, an ordinary neighbourhood stream in Nowon, northeast Seoul. From 16 October the Nowon Cultural Foundation lines the walkway with hanji paper lanterns, sculptures, media art and laser works, under the 2026 title "A New Moon". Sources disagree on the end date — Seoul's festival portal lists 18 November, 2026...
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October 17, 2026
Seoul Silver Grass Festival 2026 — Haneul Park
Haneul Park's silver grass field turns the colour of dry silver every October, and from October 17 to 23, 2026 the park runs its festival around it — opening ceremony, busking, hands-on booths and evening opening. Free, and one of the few places in Seoul where a whole hilltop is given over to one plant.
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October 23, 2026
Hanseong Baekje Cultural Festival 2026
Songpa-gu's festival for the Hanseong Baekje period — when today's southeastern Seoul was the capital of the Baekje kingdom — returns to Olympic Park from October 23 to 25, 2026, in its 25th edition, with opening and closing performances, experience booths and food markets.
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General
November 11, 2026
Pepero Day
Pepero Day is celebrated on November 11, 2026. The unofficial observance is marked by exchanging chocolate-coated biscuit sticks. It has become a popular commercial and social celebration in Korea.
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Holiday
December 25, 2026
Christmas Day
Christmas Day (December 25) is a public holiday in Korea and one of the most commercially celebrated dates of the year. While Korea is not a predominantly Christian country, Christmas is widely observed as a festive cultural event — shopping districts like Myeongdong, Hongdae, and Gangnam are heavily decorated and packed with shoppers and couples....
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