Every November, Seoul Lantern Festival lights up Cheonggye Plaza and sections of Cheonggyecheon Stream with a variety of colorful lights under different concepts. The festival first started in celebration of the 2009 Visit Korea Year and has since grown into Seoul’s main winter cultural tourist festival sought out by over 2.5 million spectators annually.

2019 Seoul Lantern Festival Overview
Theme: Your Seoul, Light through Dream
Date and Time: Nov. 1 – 17, 2019
Lights on at 17:00, lights off at 22:00 (23:00 on Sat., Sun.)
Venue: Cheonggye Plaza – Supyogyo Bridge, about 1.2km

Event Themes
Section 1: Seoul, Your Fairytale
Section 2: Seoul, Find Your Fairytale
Section 3: Seoul, Tales of the Olden Times
Section 4: Seoul, Our Fairytale Land

Additional Events
Experience programs including floating wish lanterns, making paper fairytale lanterns, making traditional lucky fortune lanterns

Additional Events