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Chuncheon Mime Festival
- 📅 Dates
- May 24, 2026 – May 31, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 112, Chuncheon-ro, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
- 🎫 Admission
- Free (fees vary by programs)
- 🎪 Venue
- Festival Theater MIME and other locations across Chuncheon
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Chuncheon Mime Festival, KBS Chuncheon Broadcasting Center
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-33-244-0585
⚠️ 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 Chuncheon Mime Festival is one of Korea’s leading performing arts festivals, connecting the city, art, and its people through mime, an art form that communicates through movement. Held every year during the last week of May in Chuncheon, the city of water and springtime, the festival is recognized as one of the world’s three major mime festivals, alongside France’s Mimos Mime Festival and the London Mime Festival in the United Kingdom. Over the years, it has developed a distinctive artistic identity that blends Chuncheon, mime, and festival culture into a genre of its own. Through wordless
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
What happens at Chuncheon Mime Festival
- Opening Nanjang: Ah! Surajang
- Art Nanjang X
- All-Night Nanjang: Dokkaebi Nanjang
- Theater Performances
- Walking Mime
- Dokkaebi Wandering Troupe
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 춘천시, 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 1.09 / Oct 1.18
🅿️ 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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Chuncheon Culture & Art Center춘천문화예술회관 Cultural facility0.1 km straight · walkable
Chuncheon Culture & Art Center (CCAC) is a leading performing and visual arts center located in the city of Chuncheon. The performance halls feature state-of-the-art…
Korean address for map apps강원특별자치도 춘천시 효자상길5번길 13 -
Chuncheon Myeongdong Dakgalbi Street춘천 명동 닭갈비 골목 Attraction0.7 km straight · walkable
This alley is lined with dakgalbi (spicy stir-fried chicken) restaurants in Myeong-dong, which is Chuncheon's main street. Chuncheon-style dakgalbi originates from the…
Korean address for map apps강원특별자치도 춘천시 조양동 52 -
Chuncheon Myeongdong Street춘천명동거리 Attraction0.8 km straight · walkable
The street, named after Seoul's Myeong-dong, has become the main thoroughfare in Chuncheon. Although it is not particularly large, it links to the Yungnimgogae Pass and…
Korean address for map apps강원특별자치도 춘천시 중앙로 55 -
Chuncheon Art Gallery춘천미술관 Cultural facilityapprox. 1.9 km · ~7 min by car
Chuncheon Art Gallery started from a simple exhibition at the Children’s Center in Samcheon-dong in 1995. Thanks to this exhibition and the continued efforts of the…
Korean address for map apps강원특별자치도 춘천시 서부대성로 71 (옥천동) -
KT&G SangsangmadangKT&G 상상마당 춘천 Cultural facilityapprox. 3.1 km · ~8 min by car
KT&G Sangsangmadang Arts Space Chuncheon is situated on the waterfront of Uiamho Lake , boasting beautiful scenery. The Sangsangmadang Arts Space Madang Chuncheon Art…
Korean address for map apps강원특별자치도 춘천시 스포츠타운길399번길 25
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Taking the trip home
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