Icheon Ceramics Festival
이천도자기축제 · Icheon, Gyeonggi
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About two weeks of open kilns and extra hands-on programs at Sagimakgol.
Who it suits: Buyers more than spectators — open kilns and two weeks of hands-on programs, so it suits anyone who wants to bring a piece home rather than just look.
When, where, how much
From the organizer
Organized by Icheon-si, Icheon Cultural Foundation. These pages are the organizer's own and open on their site. They are usually Korean only — but that is where the confirmed programme, stage times and site map appear first, and times and prices read the same in any language.
Program: Master Ceramic Artists’ Exhibition, Contemporary Artists Competition, Special Exhibition, Invited International Artists Exhibition & Demonstrations, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology Exhibition, Pottery Wheel Experience…
Photos: Korea Tourism Organization · visitkorea.or.kr · KOGL Type 3
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Where it is
Where it is in the country — 47 km south-east of Seoul
About 120 km across — 16 other places we cover sit inside it. The pick of them is listed below.
47 km south-east of Seoul, in Icheon, Gyeonggi (straight-line distance from Seoul City Hall, calculated from the venue's official coordinates).
Getting there, from our own checks:
- Intercity bus from Seoul Express Bus Terminal to Icheon Terminal — about 1h (then a local taxi — the village is outside the town center)
Nearby, if you are making a trip of it
Within about 20 km of the venue, by distance:
- Icheon Ye's Park (0.0 km)
- Gilsangyo Pottery Experience (0.3 km)
- Seolbong Park (3.9 km)
- Gwangju Gonjiam Ceramic Park (8.3 km)
- Icheon Sansuyu Village (8.6 km)
- Hwadam Botanic Garden (10.1 km)
Places and distances from the Korea Tourism Organization's location data. We have not visited all of them.
What it is actually about
We have written about celadon, buncheong and baekja, and which pieces survive a suitcase — read that first if you want to know what you are looking at before you go, rather than after.
Getting there and staying
For a bed near the festival, Klook's accommodation search for Icheon is the quickest way to see what is left — festival weeks fill local rooms earlier than you would expect.
Outside the big cities, wifi is not something to plan around. Shuttle stops, stage times and the day's program are posted on the organizer's Korean-language page or a Naver Map pin, and they change on the day. A Korean eSIM is the cheapest way to have it working before you land.
Planning a trip around it
On at the same time
If your dates are fixed, these run within ten days of Icheon Ceramics Festival and are worth checking before you commit to a route.
- Yeoju Ceramic Festival — 2026/03/19 – 05/01, Yeoju, Gyeonggi, 67 km from Seoul.
- Hampyeong Butterfly Festival — 2026/04/24 – 05/05, Hampyeong, Jeonnam-Gwangju, 282 km from Seoul.
- Boseong Green Tea Festival — 2026/05/01 – 05/05, Boseong, Jeonnam-Gwangju, 317 km from Seoul.
- Hadong Wild Tea Cultural Festival — 2026/05/01 – 05/05, Hadong, South Gyeongsang, 267 km from Seoul.
- Mungyeong Chasabal Festival — 2026/05/01 – 05/10, Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang, 132 km from Seoul.
- Ulsan Onggi Festival — 2026/05/01 – 05/03, Ulju, Ulsan, 314 km from Seoul.
Other festivals in Gyeonggi
Same province, different times of year — useful if you are choosing when to visit Gyeonggi rather than when to leave home.
- Yeoju Ceramic Festival — March, Yeoju, Gyeonggi
- Suwon Hwaseong Festival — October, Suwon, Gyeonggi
- Bucheon International Comics Festival — September, Bucheon, Gyeonggi
- Siheung Gaetgol Festival — September, Siheung, Gyeonggi
- Anseong Namsadang Baudeogi Festival — October, Anseong, Gyeonggi
Other museums within reach
- Mok-A Museum — Gangcheon-myeon, Yeoju, Gyeonggi, about 27 km away.
- National Museum of Korea — Yongsan, Seoul, about 45 km away.
A mountain in the same trip
Korea's national parks charge nothing to enter, and these are close enough to pair with the rest of this trip rather than needing one of their own.
- Bukhansan Hiking — about 51 km away.
Filmed near here
- Seoul Drama Filming Locations — Itaewon, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, about 45 km away.
- KPop Demon Hunters — Namsan, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, about 46 km away.