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Andong Maskdance Festival
- 📅 Dates
- Sep 24, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 239, Yuksa-ro, Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
- 🎫 Admission
- Free (fees vary by programs)
- 🕘 Hours
- 10:00 ~ 22:00
- 🎪 Venue
- Jungang Line 1942 Andong Station, Mask Dance Park, and Andong Old Downtown
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Korea Foundation for Cultures and Ethics
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-54-840-3400
⚠️ This festival's listed dates have passed
The dates above are from the most recent official schedule. Many Korean festivals are annual events held around the same time each year, but the next date has not been officially confirmed yet — please check the official website or a Google search below before planning a trip.
Overview
The Andong Maskdance Festival is a global celebration where the memories carried by masks come to life through dance. Visitors can experience Korea’s mask dance traditions, inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list, alongside mask dances from around the world. A wide range of performances, parades, the Tallori Daedongnanjang community celebrations, and the World Maskplay Competition create opportunities for people to come together and share in the festival experience. The 2026 Andong Maskdance Festival seeks to connect the stories preserved in masks with contemporary
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
What happens at Andong Maskdance Festival
- Korean & International Mask Dance Performances
- Madanggeuk & Original Plays
- Mask Play Troupe Performances
- World Mask Play Competition
- Mask Talent
- World Creative Mask Contest
- Mask Dance Drawing Contest
- Tallori Daedongnanjang
- Street Parade
- Mask Making
- Learn Mask Dance
Official programme as registered with the Korea Tourism Organization for the most recent edition. Details can change — check with the organizer before you go.
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📊 How busy this area gets
Visitor-volume index for 안동시, from Korea Tourism Organization big data. 1.00 = that area's own yearly average, so this compares the area against itself — not against Seoul.
The index covers the whole district, not the festival ground itself. Use it to pick a month, not a day. · Aug 1.02 / Oct 1.26
🅿️ Nearby attractions — with actual parking capacity
Most sites only say "parking available." These are official figures from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, so you can judge before you drive.
Names and addresses here stay in Korean on purpose. Google Maps cannot give directions inside South Korea, and NAVER Map / KakaoMap find these places only under their Korean names — copy an address above and paste it straight in.
🏮 Traditional market days during the festival
Korean country markets open only on days ending in fixed digits — every 5 days. These are the actual dates they open while the festival runs, so you can add one to the same trip.
Names and addresses here stay in Korean on purpose. Google Maps cannot give directions inside South Korea, and NAVER Map / KakaoMap find these places only under their Korean names — copy an address above and paste it straight in.
🎪 Other festivals nearby at the same time
Overlapping dates, within 60 km.
Nearby Attractions
Places near the festival venue, described in English by the Korea Tourism Organization. Distances and times are road-based driving estimates from NAVER route search — useful for taxi trips — and can change with traffic. Places under 1 km in a straight line are marked “walkable”. Anything more than 15 km away by road is left out.
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Grasswon Park그라스원 Attraction0.1 km straight · walkable
Grasswon Park is located on the banks of the Nakdonggang River as it cuts through downtown Andong. The park, north of Yeonggadaegyo Bridge, features walking trails…
Korean address for map apps경상북도 안동시 운흥동 -
Andong Market Jjimdak Alley안동시장 찜닭골목 Attraction0.6 km straight · walkable
Since the 1970s, there has been a chicken alley in Andong Old Market where both raw chicken and fried chicken are sold. But, as seasoned spicy chicken became popular,…
Korean address for map apps경상북도 안동시 번영길 30 -
Traditional Culture Contents Museum전통문화콘텐츠박물관 Cultural facility0.8 km straight · walkable
Andong's Traditional Culture Contents Museum is the first digital culture museum in Korea, exhibiting digitalized content only, called "digital relics." The…
Korean address for map apps경상북도 안동시 서동문로 203 (동부동) -
Sinse-dong Mural Village신세동 벽화마을 Attraction0.8 km straight · walkable
Sinse-dong Mural Village is located in Dongmun-dong, Andong. Originally an informal settlement, the introduction of the Maeulmisul Art Project in 2009 and subsequent…
Korean address for map apps경상북도 안동시 동문동 -
Head House of the Tapdong Branch of the Goseong Yi Clan법흥동 고성이씨탑동파종택 Attractionapprox. 2.4 km · ~5 min by car
Head House of the Tapdong Branch of the Goseong Yi Clan, located in Andong, serves as a residential house of the Yi descendents even to this day. Constructed in 1685,…
Korean address for map apps경상북도 안동시 임청각길 103
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Taking the trip home
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