About Korea Almanac

What this site is

Korea Almanac is a practical reference for what is actually happening in Korea while you are there. It covers 976 festivals registered with the Korea Tourism Organization plus hand-picked concerts and live shows, with the details that matter when you are planning a trip: real dates, venues, admission fees, closed days, and how to get there. Filter by month or region, or browse the full calendar.

Where the data comes from

Festival data comes from the Korea Tourism Organization's official open-data service (TourAPI), published through Korea's public data portal. We merge the official English dataset with the much larger Korean dataset, translating entries that have never been available in English — which is why you will find hundreds of festivals here that do not appear on other English-language sites. Translated pages are labeled at the bottom of their description.

Concerts and live shows are a different case: no open dataset covers commercial shows in Korea, so we compile them by hand from official announcements and venue schedules, and note on each page when the listing was last checked. That list is deliberately selective rather than exhaustive, and past events disappear from the site automatically.

How it stays current

The whole site is regenerated every morning (KST) from the latest official data. Dates shown here reflect what organizers have registered — festivals do get rescheduled or cancelled, so for a long trip we recommend double-checking with the organizer contact listed on each page.

Accuracy principles

We show only what the data supports: no invented ratings, no fake review counts, no sponsored placement. When a number is missing from the official record, the row simply is not shown. This site is independent and not affiliated with the Korea Tourism Organization.