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2025 Yeongdong World Traditional Music & Arts Expo
- 📅 Dates
- Sep 12, 2025 – Oct 11, 2025
- 📍 Location
- 117 Yeongdong healing-ro, Yeongdong-eup, Yeongdong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do
- 🎫 Admission
- [On-site] Adults 10,000 won / Teenagers 7,000 won / Children 5,000 won [Advance reservation] Adults 5,000 won / Teenagers 4,000 won / Children 2,000 won
- 🕘 Hours
- 10:00-18:00
- 🎪 Venue
- Main event: Yeongdong Rainbow Healing Tourist Site Side events: Yeongdong Korean Classical Music Experience Village
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Chungcheongbuk-do, Yeongdong-gun · Yeongdong World Traditional Music & Arts Expo Organizing Committee
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-43-740-7417
⚠️ 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 Yeongdong World Traditional Music & Arts Expo showcases the industrial values of Gugak, traditional Korean music, sharing its joy and connecting diverse people, cultures, and regions. It features various exhibitions, traditional performances, and hands-on experience programs.
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
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📊 How busy this area gets
Visitor-volume index for 영동군, from Korea Tourism Organization big data. 1.00 = that area's own yearly average, so this compares the area against itself — not against Seoul.
Sep — 1.16
The index covers the whole district, not the festival ground itself. Use it to pick a month, not a day. · Aug 1.09 / Oct 1.31
🅿️ 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 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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Rainbow Healing Center레인보우 힐링센터 Attractionapprox. 0.1 km
When developing the Yeongdong Rainbow Healing Tourist Site, the Rainbow Healing Square was envisioned as a venue for four major festivals held in Yeongdong-gun. Later,…
Korean address for map apps충청북도 영동군 영동읍 영동힐링로 95 -
Yeongdong Wine Tunnel영동 와인터널 Attractionapprox. 0.6 km
Yeongdong Wine Tunnel is a 420 m-long tunnel within the Rainbow Healing Tourist Site. It was built as a wine storage because caves present ideal conditions for wine…
Korean address for map apps충청북도 영동군 영동읍 영동힐링로 30 -
Domaryeong Pass도마령 Attractionapprox. 10.7 km
Domaryeong Pass is an 800 m-long pass at the foot of Minjujisan Mountain, connecting the Hwanggang-myeon area of Yeongdong-gun with Muju. The name of the pass, "Doma,"…
Korean address for map apps충청북도 영동군 용화면 조동리 산 4-1 -
Yeongdong Bidangang Forest Village영동 비단강숲마을 Attractionapprox. 11.8 km
Yeongdong Bidangang Forest Village is a pure farming village which was at the historical border between the Silla and Baekje kingdoms. Also located nearby is Yeongguksa…
Korean address for map apps충청북도 영동군 양산면 수두1길 20-27
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