Muju Firefly Festival

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Festival Information

The 29th Muju Firefly Festival
  • Date
    September 6 (Sat) – September 14 (Sun), 2025
  • Theme
    A Healing Trip to Muju – Korea’s Special City of Nature
  • Host
    Muju-gun (Muju County)
  • Organizer
    Muju Firefly Festival Committee
  • Supported by
    Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,
    Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province,
    Korea Tourism Organization
Festival
History
  • 2024
    ~2020

  • The 24th–28th

    Selected as Honorary Cultural Tourism Festival by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (5 times)

  • 2018
    ~2019

  • The 22nd–23rd

    Designated as Representative Festival by the Government of Korea (2 times)

  • 2013
    ~2017

  • The 17th–21st

    Designated as Best Festival by the Government of Korea (5 times)

  • 2003
    ~2012

  • The 12th–16th

    Designated as Excellent Festival by the Government of Korea (5 times)

  • 2002

  • The 6th

    Designated Festival for the Visit Korea Year (Ministry of Culture and Tourism)

  • 2001

  • The 5th

    Designated as Excellent Cultural Tourism Festival (Ministry of Culture and Tourism)

  • 2000

  • The 4th

    Designated as a Millennium Festival (Ministry of Culture and Tourism)

  • 1999

  • The 3rd

    Designated as a Cultural Tourism Festival (Ministry of Culture and Tourism)

  • 1998

  • The 2nd

    Designated as Outstanding Cultural Planning Festival (Korea Culture and Arts Foundation)

  • 1997

  • The 2nd

    Festival Inauguration