Korea in May 2027

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

May is green season: comfortable temperatures, long evenings, and the lotus lantern festivities around Buddha's Birthday, when temples and downtown Seoul glow after dark. Rose, tea, and bamboo festivals fill the gaps — this is arguably the easiest month to travel Korea.

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Weather	Around 23°C by day and 13°C at night; with October, the best weather of the year.
The season	Lotus lanterns for Buddha’s Birthday, rose and tea festivals, and long evenings outdoors.
Public holidays	Children’s Day (5 May) and Buddha’s Birthday, which follows the lunar calendar and usually lands in May.

Guides for May

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

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.

How-to

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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Concerts in May

May 21, 2027 – May 30, 2027Bruno Mars Live in Korea · Goyang Stadium, Goyang

All concerts and venue guides →

Exhibitions and performances in May

Dec 17, 2026 – May 9, 2027Strangers in Paris · MMCA Deoksugung
Jun 15, 2023 – May 30, 2027Greece to Rome, Rome to Greece · Grand Auditorium, National Museum of Korea
Jun 26, 2025 – Jun 27, 2027MMCA Gwacheon Permanent Exhibition: Modern and Contemporary Korean Art II · MMCA Gwacheon
Feb 24, 2026 – Aug 29, 2027The Origin: Plaster Casts, the First Form · Changwon Masan Moonshin Art Museum
Apr 2, 2026 – May 30, 2027Interlude for the Body: Somok Jang Semi · Buk-Seoul Museum of Art
Apr 28, 2026 – Aug 29, 2027Andong Byeolgung: Layers of Time · Seoul Museum of Craft Art

All exhibitions → · All traditional performances →

1 festivals in May 2027

D-198

May 12, 2027 – May 14, 2027

Vegan & Halal Beauty Fair

Seoul

What ran last May

Few dates for May 2027 are published yet — the Korea Tourism Organization registers most festivals a few months ahead. These 153 ran in May 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 May 2027

Guides for May

How to see a baseball game in Korea

Korea on a budget: what things cost in 2026

Seoul after dark: where to go by neighbourhood

Concerts in May

Exhibitions and performances in May

1 festivals in May 2027

Vegan & Halal Beauty Fair

What ran last May

The Painters

Future Ground

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

CookieRun: Kingdom Art Collaboration Project Special Exhibition

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

Yeoju Ceramic Festival

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

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

2026 International Seon Meditation Conference

Move Salon: Salon Ground

Geumnam-ro Car-Free Street 'Geotjaing' 2026

Chungjang Raon Festa 2026