Siheung Gaetgol Festival

Festival Highlights
- Korea's representative ecological festival
- Carbon-zero eco-friendly festival

The Siheung Gaetgol Festival is Korea's representative ecological festival held at Siheung Gaetgol Eco Park, Gyeonggi Province's only inner bay tidal creek. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the festival offers an experience where nature and people come together through various programs to rest, learn, and enjoy amidst the salt flats and wetlands. It operates as an eco-friendly festival with "zero carbon, zero waste," meaning no single-use items or trash cans, and reinforces a car-free festival by optimizing shuttle bus services. Furthermore, it contributes to local economic revitalization through local currency discounts and the sale of various character merchandise, progressing as a sustainable festival that grows with its citizens.
1. Representative Programs: Memory of Salt, Dance of Water2. Participatory Programs: Hope Paper Airplane, Forest of Pianos, Sea Pool Party3. Performance Programs: Gaetgol Busking, Gaetgol Chunmong (Spring Dream), Forest Music Festival, 100 Guitars "Dung-dung," Wind Music Festival, Salt Warehouse Puppet Theater4. Eco-friendly Programs: Gaetgol Walking Map, Sustainability Monitoring, Children's Flea Market5. Special Programs: Gaetgol Wood Painting, Gaetgol Yoga, Gaetgol Slow Post Office, Gaetgol National Art Competition6. Experiential Programs: Hot Air Balloon Experience, Sound Path of Wind, Shrimp Falling into Salt, Salt Playground, Autumn Flower Playground, Reed Playground, Bird Playground, Gaetgol Wetland Playground, Gaetgol Photo Studio of Memories
Gaetgol Eco Park (287 Dongseo-ro, Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do (Janggok-dong))
Free (Some experiential programs are paid)
*The festival content below is from the previous year (2025); the content for the 2026 festival is currently being updated.*The Siheung Gaetgol Festival is Korea's representative ecological festival held at Siheung Gaetgol Eco Park, Gyeonggi Province's only inner bay tidal creek. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the festival offers an experience where nature and people come together through various programs to rest, learn, and enjoy amidst the salt flats and wetlands. It operates as an eco-friendly festival with "zero carbon, zero waste," meaning no single-use items or trash cans, and reinforces a car-free festival by optimizing shuttle bus services. Furthermore, it contributes to local economic revitalization through local currency discounts and the sale of various character merchandise, progressing as a sustainable festival that grows with its citizens.
1. Representative Programs: Memory of Salt, Dance of Water2. Participatory Programs: Hope Paper Airplane, Forest of Pianos, Sea Pool Party3. Performance Programs: Gaetgol Busking, Gaetgol Chunmong (Spring Dream), Forest Music Festival, 100 Guitars "Dung-dung," Wind Music Festival, Salt Warehouse Puppet Theater4. Eco-friendly Programs: Gaetgol Walking Map, Sustainability Monitoring, Children's Flea Market5. Special Programs: Gaetgol Wood Painting, Gaetgol Yoga, Gaetgol Slow Post Office, Gaetgol National Art Competition6. Experiential Programs: Hot Air Balloon Experience, Sound Path of Wind, Shrimp Falling into Salt, Salt Playground, Autumn Flower Playground, Reed Playground, Bird Playground, Gaetgol Wetland Playground, Gaetgol Photo Studio of Memories
1. Representative Programs: Memory of Salt, Dance of Water2. Participatory Programs: Hope Paper Airplane, Forest of Pianos, Sea Pool Party3. Performance Programs: Gaetgol Busking, Gaetgol Chunmong (Spring Dream), Forest Music Festival, 100 Guitars "Dung-dung," Wind Music Festival, Salt Warehouse Puppet Theater4. Eco-friendly Programs: Gaetgol Walking Map, Sustainability Monitoring, Children's Flea Market5. Special Programs: Gaetgol Wood Painting, Gaetgol Yoga, Gaetgol Slow Post Office, Gaetgol National Art Competition6. Experiential Programs: Hot Air Balloon Experience, Sound Path of Wind, Shrimp Falling into Salt, Salt Playground, Autumn Flower Playground, Reed Playground, Bird Playground, Gaetgol Wetland Playground, Gaetgol Photo Studio of Memories
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