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Siheung Gaetgol Festival
- 📅 Dates
- Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 20, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 287, Dongseo-ro, Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do
- 🎫 Admission
- Free (fees vary by programs)
- 🕘 Hours
- 10:00 ~ 22:00
- 🎪 Venue
- Siheung Gaetgol Eco Park
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Siheung-si
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-31-310-2916, 19~20
⚠️ 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 information below is based on the 2025 festivals. Details for the 2026 festivals will be updated as they become available.*By incorporating games and activities, Siheung Gaetgol Festival aims to raise awareness about ecology, the environment, and family. “Gaetgol” refers to the water channels flowing through tidal flats during low tide, home to various halophytes, wetland creatures, and over 60 species of birds, making it an ecological treasure trove. The festival features a wide range of exciting programs. The activities include the “Eco-orienteering Mission Game,” where participants wea
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
What happens at Siheung Gaetgol Festival
- Memories of Salt, Dance of Water; Fantasy Hot-Air Balloon Experience; Salt Warehouse Puppet Theater; Salt Worker Experience
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 시흥시, 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 1.15
🅿️ 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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Wolgot Harbor월곶포구 Attractionapprox. 4.7 km · ~9 min by car
"Got" in the name of Wolgot means peninsula and the area was considered an important strategic point during the Joseon dynasty. In 1991 a land reclaimation project…
Korean address for map apps경기도 시흥시 월곶동 -
Murwanghosu Lake물왕호수 Attractionapprox. 5.5 km · ~11 min by car
Murwanghosu Lake, also known as Heungbu Reservoir, is the largest lake in Siheung-si. Visitors can immerse themselves in nature while strolling along the deck encircling…
Korean address for map apps경기도 시흥시 물왕동 -
Sorae Marsh Ecological Park소래습지생태공원 Attractionapprox. 6.1 km · ~12 min by car
Sorae Marsh Ecological Park is located on a vast plot of land in Incheon. The park first opened in June 1999 at the site of an old saltern on a 660,000 ㎡ plot but has…
Korean address for map apps인천광역시 남동구 소래로154번길 77 -
Sorae Port소래포구 Attractionapprox. 6.1 km · ~14 min by car
Sorae Port is located in Namdong-gu, Incheon, and is one of the most accessible places to feel the sea in the metropolitan area. It has a painful past and is also a…
Korean address for map apps인천광역시 남동구 포구로 2-6 -
Sorae History Museum소래역사관 Cultural facilityapprox. 6.3 km · ~14 min by car
The Sorae History Museum, which opened in 2012, is the first public museum in Namdong-gu, Incheon, built to preserve the history and culture of Sorae, which is…
Korean address for map apps인천광역시 남동구 아암대로 1605
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Taking the trip home
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