Uljin snow crab and red snow crab festival
In Gyeokbuk Uljin, Uljin snow crab and red snow crab festival is held in Hupo port Hanmaeum Plaza from March~April to promote the sales of local products and to spread the superiority of the snow crab.
The Uljin snow crab Festival was first held in 2000 and has attracted not only local residents but also other local tourists with various experience programs and delicious food.
In Uljin snow crab Festival, performances are organized such as flash mob, gilnori, rope game, talent show, taekwondo demonstration, band performance, exhibitions such as photo exhibition, calligraphy, literary exhibition, yacht experience, recreation, And a variety of Events including participation auctions and making fragrant candle in a fishbowl.
There are also permanent booths such as Marinated Crab made with red snow crab, Uljin snow crab mega exhibition, and Uljin silk squid exhibition, so you can enjoy festivals in various ways.
- Term : Beginning of March Every year
- Location : Hupo Port Wangdolcho Plaza, Hupo port Hanmaeum Plaza
- Events: Permanent program (Find the treasure of the sea, Tourist talent show, snow crab chela recreation, Permanent playground, snow crab dance recreation, Street entertainment, Instant auction), Exhibition programs (calligraphy, literary painting, eco-cultural tourism, Uljin Experience, photo competition exhibition), Making traditional Korean sweets, face painting, making nanoblocks / kid legos, making caricatures, boarding yachts (sunrise), etc.), and other programs
- Contact Number: 054-789-5485 (Uljin-gun Festival Development Committee)
Uljin Waterpia Festival
Uljin Waterpia Festival is a summer festival in Uljin which is held at Yeomjeon Beach where the sea and river meets the Wangpicheon estuary and traditional technique to produce salt. We invite you to a festival place where you can enjoy a hot summer in Uljin, where you can enjoy the sea bathing at clean East sea beach, the forest bath that feels Phytoncide, and the hot spring bath you can enjoy with clean clear water all of the three bathes at once. It is a summer festival where you can enjoy performances during the night as well in yeomjeon beach.
- Term : End of July~ Beginning of August Every year
- Location : Yeomjeon beach area
- Events: Catching sweetfish, Windsurfing, Air bounce, swim in Wangpicheon
- Contact Number: 054-789-6900~3 (Culture and Tourism)
Uljin Geumgangsong Pine Mushroom Festival
Uljin-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, is the nation's largest Geumgangsong production area. Uljin-songgi is grown with the sea breeze on the east coast, and boasts the highest quality with abundant nutrients and unique fragrance. In order to promote the excellence of Uljin songgi and to promote the unity of the local residents, “Uljin,Geumgangsong Songgi Festival” is held in Uljin every September and October.
Geumganggong songgi Festival has a variety of programs related to Uljin's famous Geumgangsong songgi, grown in a clean natural environment. Including Uljin Geumgangsong songgi gathering experiences, Geumgangsong songgi sales, Songgi cooking tournament, exploring habitant of Uljin Guemgangsong, Songgi outlet, Songgi tasting(Songgi bread, songgi bibimbap, songgi soup, etc), songgi direct auction and so on, you can experience food, enjoyment, and attractions related to songgi.
- Term : End of September ~ beginning of Octuber
- Location : Expo Park Area
- Event: Seongryu religious festival, songgi culinary experience, national songgi festival fair, national calligraphy exhibition.
- Contact Number: 054-789-6820~2 (Forestry Greenery Section)
Pyeonghae Namdaecheon Dano Festival
It is folk festival held in the side of Namdaecheon of Pyeonghae-eup Uljin-gun Gyeongsangbuk-do Every May 5th Dano in Lunar Calender, closely one upon the other of dano days, In addition to the Jecheon ceremony to pray for the abundance, it reproduces various folk plays traditionally performed on the monk's day. The two-day Event begins with the Jecheon ritual and the march of the city. Traditional folk dances such as Samulnori, washing hairs on the water influenced with sweet flags, female Pungmulpae performances, Danohjangsa ssireum tournament, yunnori tournament are the main contents of the Event. In addition, there are various Events with tradition and modern elements including performances such as invitational performances of the Korean traditional orchestra, boasts of the people's songs and so on.
- Dano day’s various Events
- Samulnori, washing hairs on the water influenced with sweet flags, female Pungmulpae performances, Danohjangsa ssireum tournament, yunnori tournament are the main contents of the Event.
The Seongnyu Cultural Festival
Uljin-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, is the nation's largest Geumgangsong production area. Uljin-songgi is grown with the sea breeze on the east coast, and boasts the highest quality with abundant nutrients and unique fragrance. In order to promote the excellence of Uljin songgi and to promote the unity of the local residents, “Uljin,Geumgangsong Songgi Festival” is held in Uljin every September and October.
Geumganggong songgi Festival has a variety of programs related to Uljin's famous Geumgangsong songgi, grown in a clean natural environment. Including Uljin Geumgangsong songgi gathering experiences, Geumgangsong songgi sales, Songgi cooking tournament, exploring habitant of Uljin Guemgangsong, Songgi outlet, Songgi tasting(Songgi bread, songgi bibimbap, songgi soup, etc), songgi direct auction and so on, you can experience food, enjoyment, and attractions related to songgi.
- Event Content: Sungnyu sacrificial rite, 10 kinds of exhibitions and experiences, 11 kinds of literary Events and performances, 2 kinds of auxiliary Events.
- Term : Beginning of October every year
- Location : Seongnyugul Cave Entrance, Expo park area
