Korea in August 2027

0 festivals with confirmed dates · exhibitions and performances · updated daily from official data

August is Korea at full summer heat: sea festivals along every coast, big outdoor music events, and night openings at palaces and heritage sites to dodge the daytime sun. Evening programming is where this month shines.

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Weather	Around 30°C by day and 23°C at night; the hottest month, with typhoon risk late on.
The season	Sea festivals on every coast, the big outdoor music festivals, and palace night openings.
Public holidays	Liberation Day (15 August).

Guides for August

How-to

How to see a baseball game in Korea

The cheering, the chicken, the ₩15,000 seats and the honest way for a foreigner to get a ticket. Ten teams, nine stadiums, plus a note on K League football.

How-to

Everland or Lotte World? Choosing a Seoul theme park

An hour out to the big outdoor coasters and safari, or indoors at a subway station in Seoul. Getting there, the paid queue passes, cheaper tickets, and the weeks the school trips take over.

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Korea on a budget: what things cost in 2026

Real prices for transport, food, beds and sights, three daily budgets from ₩60,000, and honest verdicts on the passes — most of the best things here are free or nearly.

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Seoul after dark: where to go by neighbourhood

Hongdae, Itaewon, Gangnam, Seongsu, Euljiro and the river — what each is for, what it costs, the 19+ passport rule, and how to get home after the last train.

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Exhibitions and performances in August

Feb 24, 2026 – Aug 29, 2027The Origin: Plaster Casts, the First Form · Changwon Masan Moonshin Art Museum
Apr 28, 2026 – Aug 29, 2027Andong Byeolgung: Layers of Time · Seoul Museum of Craft Art
Sep 15, 2026 – Aug 22, 2027Turns Out It's Heritage?! · Bupyeong History Museum
Nov 24, 2026 – Dec 31, 2028Unified Silla in Gangwon · Chuncheon National Museum
Mar 1, 2027 – Dec 31, 2027Art Center White Block: 2027 Exhibition Space Applications · Art Center White Block

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0 festivals in August 2027

What ran last August

Few dates for August 2027 are published yet — the Korea Tourism Organization registers most festivals a few months ahead. These 118 ran in August 2026; the great majority are annual, so they give you a fair picture of the month. Trip Planner will pick up the new dates as they land.

Korea in August 2027

Guides for August

How to see a baseball game in Korea

Everland or Lotte World? Choosing a Seoul theme park

Korea on a budget: what things cost in 2026

Seoul after dark: where to go by neighbourhood

Exhibitions and performances in August

0 festivals in August 2027

What ran last August

The Painters

Royal Guard-Changing Ceremony at Deoksugung Palace

Sungnyemun Gate Guard Ceremony 2026

Gugak Performance Jinyeon

DDP Architecture Tour

Namsan Beacon Ceremony and Traditional Culture Events

Walk of the Royal Family

2026 Visit Korean Islands Year

Jindo National Gugak Center’s Saturday Show ‘I Love Gugak’

Buyeo-gun Chungnam Gugak Group’s Saturday Show

APAP Artwork Tour

2026 Culture Day: Cheongchun Mic (Jeolla & Jeju)

Ssokssokdeul-i Festival

Daejeon Yeonjeong Korean Traditional Music Group’s Saturday Gugak Show

K-Gugak Stage

Comma: Empty, Stay, Fill (Choi Young-wook)

2026 Culture Day: Cheongchun Mic (Seoul, Gyeonggi & Gangwon)

2026 International Seon Meditation Conference

Geumnam-ro Car-Free Street 'Geotjaing' 2026

Chungjang Raon Festa 2026

Raftman

Goheung Nokdong Port Drone Show 2026

Gombaengi Teotta

ARI-The Spirit of Korea