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Gimhae Buncheong Ceramics Festival 2026
- 📅 Dates
- Nov 6, 2026 – Nov 10, 2026
- 📍 Location
- Lotte Garden Park area (next to Lotte Premium Outlets Gimhae), Sinmun-dong, Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do
- 🎫 Admission
- Free (fees may apply to certain programs)
- 🎪 Venue
- Lotte Garden Park area in Jangyu, Gimhae (next to Lotte Premium Outlets Gimhae)
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Gimhae-si · Gimhae Pottery Association, Gimhae Cul-tour Foundation
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-55-330-3245
What's new this year
The 31st edition runs Nov 6–10, 2026 and, for the first time in its 31 years, moves out of Jillye (the Buncheong Ceramics Museum area) to Lotte Garden Park next to Lotte Premium Outlets Gimhae in Jangyu. Expect potters' exhibitions and sales, clay-shaping workshops, a traditional kiln firing and large-scale pottery demonstrations. Shuttle and parking details had not been announced as of Oct 14, 2026, and older pages on the festival site still describe the Jillye venue.
Sources: official festival site main page (festival.buncheong.co.kr); Newspim and Gimhae Ilbo, Oct 12, 2026.
Overview
*The information below is based on the 2025 festivals. Details for the 2026 festivals will be updated as they become available.*The Gimhae Buncheong Ceramics Festival highlights the excellence of Buncheong ceramics and their everyday appeal. The festival offers a chance to see a wide variety of ceramics and participate in hands-on activities such as traditional kiln firing.
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
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📊 How busy this area gets
Visitor-volume index for 김해시, 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 1.06 / Oct 1.15
🅿️ Nearby attractions — with actual parking capacity
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🏮 Traditional market days during the festival
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🎪 Other festivals nearby at the same time
Overlapping dates, within 60 km.
Nearby Attractions
Places within 12 km of the festival venue (straight-line distance), described in English by the Korea Tourism Organization. Travel time depends on roads and traffic, so only distance is shown.
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Lotte Water Park롯데워터파크 Attractionapprox. 0.3 km
Gimhae Lotte Water Park is the largest water park in Korea, featuring a Polynesian theme with 17 types and 43 water attractions. It includes a giant volcano-shaped…
Korean address for map apps경상남도 김해시 장유로 555 -
Jangyu Daecheonggyegok Valley장유대청계곡 Attractionapprox. 4.6 km
The 6-kilometer-long Jangyu Daecheonggyegok Valley is located at the foot of Bulmosan Mountain, where the water flowing into the valley divides into two principal…
Korean address for map apps경상남도 김해시 대청계곡길 170-27 (대청동) -
Museum of the ancient tombs in Daseong-dong대성동고분박물관 Cultural facilityapprox. 7.3 km
The Museum of the ancient tombs in Daseong-dong displays artifacts unearthed from the four excavations of the Daeseongdong Tumuli. Highlighting often overlooked relics…
Korean address for map apps경상남도 김해시 가야의길 126 -
Sureungwon Garden수릉원 Attractionapprox. 7.3 km
Sureungwon Garden is a place themed around the meeting between King Suro, the founder of Gaya, and Queen Heo, who was the princess of Ayuta Kingdom, known as India. The…
Korean address for map apps경상남도 김해시 분성로261번길 35 -
Tomb of King Suro수로왕릉 Attractionapprox. 7.4 km
King Suro founded the Garak Kingdom in AD 42 and married Heo Hwang-ok, a princess from the Indian country of Ayuta, in AD 48. He was the founder of the Gimhae Kim…
Korean address for map apps경상남도 김해시 왕릉길 26
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