Spring Festivals

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Enjoy right now!Spring Festivals

B-Boy Grand Prix

B-boy culture is one of the mainstays of the Korean wave. Jeonju is the special village called ‘Mecca of B-boys.’ The Jeonju B-Boy Grand Prix is held in Jeonju, is a one of the hip-hop festivals for the youth in Korea, and is the representative B-boy contest in Korea. The Jeonju B-Boy Grand Prix is the competition with the longest history where the leading B-boys of Korea compete in teams. The top-notch B-boy festival advances the quality of B-boy culture in Korea and is acquiring global recognition.

  • Every May
  • Unit No. 201, Jisan Garden, 10, Bonggok 3-gil, Wansan-gu, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do

Jeonju Dano Festival

On the fifth day of the fifth month, according to the lunar calendar, when it is said that the male energy is the highest, Jeonju Deokjin Park hosts the Dano Festival. The festival provides art programs including Dano Washing, Dano Craftwork, and traditional games and matches, including Dano Wrestling and folk games. Various folk dances from other countries and exciting traditional performances are presented. As you are touring around Jeonju, make a wish to get rid of bad luck and the excessive heat of summer at the Jeonju Dano Festival.

  • Dano (5th day of the 5th month, according to the lunar calendar)
  • Around Deokjin Park (390, Gwonsamdeuk-ro, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do)

Spring of Seohak-dong

The Spring of Seohak-dong presents a wide range of events and diverse spaces. Seohak-dong Art Village includes galleries, workshops, craftwork studios, and a bookstore. This spring festival also hosts a variety of exhibitions, including member exhibitions and individual exhibitions. During the festival, visitors can fully enjoy the simple, valuable, and interesting works and events held by residents and artists operating art studios in Seohak-dong. Diverse programs, including concerts, lectures on humanities, and auctions, make visitors to Seohak-dong excited. Moreover, the variety of experience events enables visitors to directly learn from artists. Let’s indulge in the spring of Seohak-dong.

  • Spring
  • Seohak-dong Art Village, Seohak 3-gil, Wansan-gu, Jeonju

Jeonju International Film Festival

The spring in Jeonju has reached its climax with Jeonju International Film Festival since 2000. Since the first film festival, the Jeonju International Film Festival has brightened the spring of Jeonju and kept its identity as ‘Young Film Festival.’ Pursuing free expression, independence from social norms, and communication with the world through movies, the Jeonju International Film Festival became a film festival drawing global attention.

  • Held between Apr. and May.
  • 063-288-5433
  • 2nd Floor, Jeonju Film Production Center, 22, Jeonjugaeksa 3-gil, Wansan-gu, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do

Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival

When we talk about ‘paper,’ everyone is reminded of Jeonju Hanji. The tradition and values of Jeonju Hanji are the best in Korea. The Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival widely acknowledges the superiority of Jeonju Hanji, the durable and fine paper inheriting the tradition of a thousand years.

  • Around May
  • 063-271-2503
  • 1st Floor, Hanji Industry Support Center, 20, Hyeonmu 1-gil, Wansan-gu, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do

Power of Flowering, Jeonju Garden Culture Expo

The grey-colored city is dyed with various colors in spring, and Jeonju blooms more brilliantly. When the ‘Power of Flowering, Jeonju Garden Culture Expo’ is hosted, every corner of Jeonju is decorated with flowers and trees. The Expo held around Jeonju introduces the Korean style and Jeonju style gardens. The Expo includes a variety of programs enabling visitors to see, feel, and experience plants and healing gardening, the experience program for visitors to make a memory while being healed.

  • Around June.
  • Jeongju Stadium, around Nosong-dong, Jeonju tree nursery, Palbok Art Factory
  • Jeonju Garden culture Expo (061)751-6045

Jeonju Traditional Performing Arts Competition

The Jeonju Traditional Performing Arts Competition is the leading gateway for the traditional Korean music world, which has been carrying on the legacy of Korean sound for over 200 years, since the late Joseon period. The best Korean musicians are selected in various fields, including master singers in Pansori, farmers’ music performances, instrumental music, dance, folk music, singing with the Gayageum, general Pansori, lyrical songs, archery, new Pansori singers, new traditional folk singers, and new dancers and dance masters.

  • Around May
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