As of Sunday 18 October
Booking & sign-up
Every programme from our articles that you can still book or apply for, sorted by deadline. Each link goes to the institution's own booking system or the ticketing partner it names; negunde takes no bookings.
Closing soon
Sign-up or the event itself ends within a week.
- 4 Sept – 8 NovApply by 18 OctKorea Tourism Organization · Event · Six sites nationwide — Hongseong, Bonghwa, Nonsan, Yangyang, Mungyeong, CheongsongSix autumn food festivals in Korea — pine mushrooms 15–18 Oct, jeotgal, apples, and shrimp until 8 Nov
Free entry at all six festivals, per the Korea Tourism Organization festival calendar; the organisers' own sites print no admission line. Activities and food are paid (Yangyang pine-mushroom hunt or salmon catching KRW 30,000 per person, KRW 20,000 on Friday 16 October) · No booking for festival entry — all six are walk-in. Only Yangyang's paid activities (pine-mushroom treasure hunt, salmon catching, liquor making) are booked in the Korean-language GoGo Yangyang (고고양양) app, open since 28 September; we could not confirm whether the app accepts a foreign phone number, so treat those as Korean-resident activities unless a Korean friend books for you
On nowFreeLast day to sign up - 6 Sept – 25 OctKorea Tourism Organization · Event · Jamsugyo Bridge and Banpo Hangang ParkCar-free Jamsugyo Bridge festival, Seoul — last season, Sundays to 25 October
Free entry. Food-truck meals, craft stalls and the craft workshop are paid · Walk-in for the festival itself. The inflatable rides (BIG 3 / BIG 2) open on Naver Booking at 8pm on the Friday two days before and need a Naver account; the yoga session and picnic tents are booked on the Korean-only festival website
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Open now
You can book or apply right now.
- 7 Nov – 7 NovApply by 6 NovKorea Tourism Organization · Event · Gwangalli Beach, BusanBusan Fireworks Festival 2026 — seats, free spots, 7 November
Free to watch; reserved seats KRW 100,000 (R) / KRW 70,000 (S), 10% off for Busan residents · Only the reserved seats are booked. Non-residents can book in English on NOL World with passport verification, up to 4 tickets, until 17:00 on 6 November; the Busan Bank channels need a Korean bank app or a visit to a branch.
In 20 daysFree - 1 Oct – 30 NovKorea Tourism Organization · Notice · Nationwide (Korail, TMAP, Naver Flights, Carmore)Korea's autumn transport discounts (1 Oct – 30 Nov): rail, TMAP, flights, rental cars — and who can claim them
Free to join — the coupon, points or discount apply when you buy or book on each platform · No separate application, but every channel is a Korean-language app or site that verifies a Korean mobile number when you sign up (Korail membership, TMAP, Naver Pay, Carmore). Realistic for foreign residents with a Korean phone and card; not for short-stay visitors. Booking windows: rail packages 15 Sep – 26 Nov (Naeilro pass 24 Sep – 23 Nov), flights 15 Sep – 30 Nov, rental-car coupons 15 Sep – 31 Oct
On nowFree
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The event has not started yet. Booking may already be open, so follow the link; where we know the opening date, the row says so.
- 23 Oct – 15 NovKorea Tourism Organization · Event · Five towns — Hampyeong, Iksan, Buyeo, Yeongam and Masan (Changwon)Korea's autumn chrysanthemum festivals 2026 — five dates, one paid entry, and the weekend all are open
KRW 7,000 for adults at Hampyeong only (KRW 6,300 if booked by 22 October); free at Iksan, Buyeo, Yeongam and Masan according to the Korea Tourism Organization listings · No booking needed anywhere — all five are walk-in. Hampyeong's 10% advance ticket (23 September – 22 October) is sold on NOL and Naver Booking, which in practice need a Korean account and usually a Korean mobile number; a visitor can simply pay the gate price
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Booking portals by institution
The booking systems each institution runs all year, independent of any one event, with a note on what each handles.
How this list is made
- Only articles we wrote ourselves feed this page, and only those with a booking or application link. Each link was checked against the institution's official page when the article was written.
- Every link goes to the institution's own booking system or the ticketing partner it names. negunde does not take bookings and collects no personal data.
- Deadlines follow the official notice and can move earlier when places sell out, or later when dates change. Check the linked page before you apply.
- An article drops off the list automatically once its event has ended or its sign-up period has passed.