Korea in February 2027

2 festivals with confirmed dates · 1 concerts · exhibitions and performances · updated daily from official data

February straddles deep winter and the first hints of spring. Seollal often lands here, filling palaces and folk villages with ancestral rites, traditional games, and free hanbok programs, while ski-country events wind down. By late February the plum blossoms are already stirring on the south coast.

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Weather	Around 5°C by day and −3°C at night; the cold usually breaks in the last week.
The season	Seollal closes small businesses for three or four days; ski slopes are still full; plum blossom starts on the south coast.
Public holidays	Seollal 2027: 6–9 February, including a substitute holiday on the 9th.

Guides for February

Seasonal

Seollal 2027: 6–9 February

The lunar new year is a day later than China’s this year. What closes, what opens free, why the palace closing days flip, and why it is secretly a good week to be in Seoul.

Seasonal

Korea in winter 2026–27

Cold and dry rather than snowy — and Seollal lands on 7 February 2027, which moves the palace closing days. Ice festivals, ski timing, and the week to plan around.

Seasonal

Skiing in Korea 2026–27: which resort, and how to get there

Yongpyong and High1 for a proper trip; Vivaldi, Elysian Gangchon and Gonjiam for a day from Seoul. Shuttles, the KTX, day tours with gear, what lifts and rental cost, and the week to avoid.

Seasonal

Cherry blossom 2027: planning before the forecast

The forecast arrives in late February. Until then: how the front moves from Jeju to Seoul, what the last six years actually did, and how to book a trip to a date that does not exist yet.

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Concerts in February

Feb 20, 2027Freya Skye: Stars Align Tour — Seoul · Myeonghwa Live Hall, Yeongdeungpo, Seoul

All concerts and venue guides →

Exhibitions and performances in February

Aug 27, 2026 – Feb 9, 2027Do Ho Suh · MMCA Seoul
Aug 27, 2026 – Feb 14, 2027Oh Yoon · Art Archives, Seoul Museum of Art
Sep 3, 2026 – Feb 14, 2027ACC Future Prize 2026: Kim Young-eun — To Future Listeners, Sound in Motion · ACC Creation Space 1, Asia Culture Center
Sep 14, 2026 – Feb 14, 2027Wood That Crossed the Sea: Red Sandalwood, 50 Years of Korean Underwater Excavation · Mokpo Maritime Relics Exhibition Hall, National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage
Sep 15, 2026 – Mar 1, 20272026년 상주박물관 기증유물전 '당신이 건넨 시간, 상주의 역사가 되다' · 상주박물관
Sep 16, 2026 – Mar 14, 2027Dear All the Yesterdays · Busan Museum of Art

All exhibitions → · All traditional performances →

2 festivals in February 2027

D-58

Dec 23, 2026 – Feb 13, 2027

Korea Grand Sale

SeoulFree

20th Century Photography Masters: Light, Stopping Time

D-25

Nov 20, 2026 – Mar 28, 2027

20th Century Photography Masters: Light, Stopping Time

Seoul

What ran last February

Few dates for February 2027 are published yet — the Korea Tourism Organization registers most festivals a few months ahead. These 29 ran in February 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 February 2027

Guides for February

Seollal 2027: 6–9 February

Korea in winter 2026–27

Skiing in Korea 2026–27: which resort, and how to get there

Cherry blossom 2027: planning before the forecast

Concerts in February

Exhibitions and performances in February

2 festivals in February 2027

Korea Grand Sale

20th Century Photography Masters: Light, Stopping Time

What ran last February

Cat on the Rooftop

The Painters

The Barber of Seville

Future Ground

E-World Illumination

Gwangbok-ro Winter Light Tree Festival

Lighting Festival at The Garden of Morning Calm

Yangpyeong Icefish Festival

Oncheoncheon Light Festival

Pocheon Baegun Valley Jack Frost Festival

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

Yeongyang Frozen Winter Festival

Pyeongchang Trout Festival

Hongseong Namdang Port Cockle Festival

Anseong Dongmakgol Ice Fishing Festival

CookieRun: Kingdom Art Collaboration Project Special Exhibition

Yeongdong Dried Persimmon Festival

Daegwallyeong Snow Festival

Uljin Snow Crab & Red Snow Crab Festival