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Korean Folk Art Festival
- 📅 Dates
- Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 20, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 1958-27 Odaecheon-ro, Jinbu-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do
- 🎫 Admission
- Free
- 🕘 Hours
- 09:00-18:00
- 🎪 Venue
- Area of Jinbu-myeon Gymnasium
- 👥 Age
- Open to visitors of all ages
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism · Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-33-330-2856
⚠️ 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 Korean Folk Art Festival aims to encourage visitors to discover and preserve Korea’s traditional folk art while fostering the public’s awareness of traditional culture. The special characteristic of this festival is that a different city hosts the event every year to showcase talents from cities around the country. The festival features many intangible cultural heritages of Korea.
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
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📊 How busy this area gets
Visitor-volume index for 평창군, 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. · Oct 1.04 / Aug 1.35
🅿️ 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.
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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Pyeongchang Sightseeing Taxi Platform평창관광택시(관광택시 플랫폼 Attractionapprox. 2.6 km · ~5 min by car
The Pyeongchang Sightseeing Taxi offers a comprehensive package that includes visits to major attractions in Pyeongchang. This taxi tour covers destinations such as Farm…
Korean address for map apps강원특별자치도 평창군 진부면 송정길 110 -
Odaesan National Park오대산국립공원 Attractionapprox. 11.5 km · ~16 min by car
Odaesan National Park, home to the towering Birobong Peak at an altitude of 1,563 meters and five other significant peaks, is a treasure trove of natural beauty and…
Korean address for map apps강원특별자치도 평창군 진부면 오대산로 2 -
Odaesan Seonjaegil Trail오대산 선재길 Travel courseapprox. 13.6 km · ~20 min by car
Seonjaegil Trail, a course famous for its beautiful foliage along the valley in autumn, is a 9-kilometer forest road from Woljeongsa Temple to Sangwonsa Temple. It is a…
Korean address for map apps강원특별자치도 평창군 진부면 오대산로 374-8 -
INART Pyeongchang이나트(INART) 평창 Cultural facilityapprox. 14.8 km · ~20 min by car
INART Pyeongchang is a permanent immersive media art exhibition venue opened in September 2025. Located within Mona Yongpyong Resort at the foothills of Balwangsan…
Korean address for map apps강원특별자치도 평창군 대관령면 올림픽로 787
Google Maps cannot provide driving or transit directions inside South Korea. Paste the Korean addresses above into NAVER Map or KakaoMap — both work with these addresses and are what people here actually use.
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Taking the trip home
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