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Icheon Ceramics Festival
- 📅 Dates
- Apr 24, 2026 – May 5, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 109, Dojayesul-ro 5beon-gil, Sindun-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- 🎫 Admission
- Free
- 🕘 Hours
- 10:00-18:00
- 🎪 Venue
- Icheon Ceramics Village, Sagimakgol Pottery Village
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Icheon-si, Icheon Cultural Foundation · Icheon Ceramics Festival Committee
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-31-645-3683
⚠️ 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 40th Icheon Ceramic Festival is a celebration of ceramic culture held at Icheon Ceramics Village and throughout Sagimakgol Pottery Village in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do. Renowned for its high-quality clay and advanced kiln techniques, Icheon has long been one of Korea’s leading ceramic centers, preserving and advancing a ceramic tradition that bridges the past and the present. Marking its 40th anniversary, this year’s festival reflects on the history and significance of the Icheon Ceramic Festival while exploring new directions for the future of ceramic culture. During the festival, ceramic artis
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
What happens at Icheon Ceramics Festival
- Master Ceramic Artists’ Exhibition
- Contemporary Artists Competition
- Special Exhibition
- Invited International Artists Exhibition & Demonstrations
- Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology Exhibition
- Pottery Wheel Experience
- Ceramic Cup Making
- Wish Writing on Large Ceramic Pieces
- Ceramic Play Zone
- Exhibitions and Sales by Over 240 Pottery Studios
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 이천시, 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 1.04 / Oct 1.15
🅿️ 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.
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🎪 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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Gilsangyo Pottery Experience길상요 도자기체험 Attraction0.3 km straight · walkable
You can experience pottery making at Gilsangyo, run by Kim Jong-young, a potter who has won numerous awards for jiggering techniques of forming pottery using a spinning…
Korean address for map apps경기도 이천시 신둔면 도자예술로6번길 132 -
Seolbong Park설봉공원 Attractionapprox. 6.5 km · ~12 min by car
Nestled at the foot of Seolbongsan Mountain in Icheon, Seolbong Park is the venue for the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Icheon Ceramic Festival, and Icheon…
Korean address for map apps경기도 이천시 경충대로2709번길 128 (관고동) -
Deokpyeong Eco-Service Area덕평자연휴게소 Attractionapprox. 12.9 km · ~14 min by car
In episode 10 of Doctor Cha, the resolute Jung-suk, who never loses her kind disposition amidst countless adversities, is depicted as an angel, while her husband In-ho,…
Korean address for map apps경기도 이천시 마장면 덕이로154번길 287-76 -
Gwangju Gonjiam Ceramic Park광주 곤지암도자공원 Attractionapprox. 12.4 km · ~15 min by car
Located in Sam-ri, Gwangju in Gyeonggi-do, Gwangju Gonjiam Ceramic Park is largely comprised of a historic site from the Old Stone Age Era. This site was where porcelain…
Korean address for map apps경기도 광주시 곤지암읍 경충대로 727 -
Seolbong Oncheon Land이천설봉온천랜드 Attractionapprox. 7.8 km · ~16 min by car
Seolbong Oncheon Land is housed in a four-story building, featuring public baths, a jjimjilbang (Korean sauna), and private baths for family use. On the first floor,…
Korean address for map apps경기도 이천시 애련정로 67-16 (안흥동)
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