Festivals · Seoul
Lotus Lantern Festival (Yeondeunghoe) 2027
2027 연등회
The lantern parade lights up Jongno on the evening of 8 May 2027.
Tentative date
- Dates
- Sat 08 to Sun 09 May 2027
- Date status
- Tentative date, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Jongno and Jogyesa Temple
- City
- Seoul
- District
- Jongno-gu
- Region
- Seoul
- Category
- Festivals
- Tickets
- Free
- When it runs
- Annual festival, the weekend before Buddha's Birthday
- Checked
- Tue 27 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The Lotus Lantern Festival (Yeondeunghoe), a UNESCO-listed tradition ahead of Buddha's Birthday, holds its 2027 lantern parade along Jongno from Heunginjimun to Jogyesa Temple on Saturday 8 May 2027 from 19:00 to 21:30, with a street festival in front of Jogyesa on 9 May from 11:00 to 19:00. The festival is free. Basis: the 2027 dates and programme times published in Seoul festival guides drawing on the organiser (the Yeondeunghoe Preservation Committee); the organiser's own page was not opened in this pass, so the record grades expected.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking options for this event are being checked and will be added here.
Official source: https://www.theseoulguide.com/festivals/. Dates checked Tue 27 Oct 2026.