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Gokseong International Rose Festival
- 📅 Dates
- May 22, 2026 – May 31, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 232 Gichamaeul-ro, Ogok-myeon, Gokseong-gun, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City
- 🎫 Admission
- Adults 5,000 won / Children 4,500 won
- 🕘 Hours
- 08:00-22:00
- 🎪 Venue
- Gokseong Seomjingang Train Village
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Gokseong-gun · Gokseong Festival Organizing Committee
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-61-360-8471
⚠️ 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 Gokseong International Rose Festival is a vibrant spring celebration featuring 1,004 varieties of roses, including rare European species and famous roses from around the globe. Held at the landmark Gokseong Train Village, the festival is filled with the romantic fragrance of roses.
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
What happens at Gokseong International Rose Festival
- Rose garden, Ttukbang market, rose waltz party, etc.
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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🅿️ Nearby attractions — with actual parking capacity
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🏮 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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Gokseong Leisure Culture Center곡성 레저문화센터 Cultural facilityapprox. 1.4 km · ~2 min by car
Gokseong Leisure Culture Center was built to provide culture, education, and leisure facilities to the public. There are three concert and lecture halls, Dongak Art…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 곡성군 곡성읍 곡성로 855 -
Gokseong Seomjingang Astronomical Observatory곡성섬진강천문대 Attractionapprox. 12.8 km · ~17 min by car
Gokseong Seomjingang Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory located along the Seomjingang River, equipped with a 600mm astronomical telescope and…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 구례군 구례읍 섬진강로 1234 -
Maewoldang매월당 Attractionapprox. 13.1 km · ~17 min by car
Maewoldang is a caf that sells traditional Korean tea made from hand-picked tea leaves harvested in the wild. Their signature drink is Goryeo dancha (fermented wild…
Korean address for map apps전북특별자치도 남원시 금지면 매촌길 47-34
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Taking the trip home
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