Hadong Wild Tea Cultural Festival

About the Festival

*The festival content below is from the previous year (2025), and the content for the 2026 festival is currently being updated.* The Hadong Wild Tea Cultural Festival is a government-designated honorary culture and tourism festival held every May in Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, the first tea cultivation site in Korea. Hadong wild tea, cultivated in a pristine natural environment, has been known for its excellent taste and aroma since ancient times. After hosting the 2023 Hadong World Tea Expo, it enhanced its recognition as a 'Tea Healing Culture City' and the brand value of its tea industry and culture, celebrating its 28th anniversary in 2025. Visiting Hadong in May, when the fresh green adds to the vibrancy, you can fully experience the unique moments that make everyday life special with a cup of tea, and appreciate Hadong's flavors and charm, including spaces where music and art blend, such as 'Busking in a Teacup' and 'Moving Museum,' various healing programs like tea classes and book talks, and walking along the Cheonnyeon Dahyanggil (Thousand-Year Tea Fragrance Road). This year, especially for Children's Day on May 5th, the whole family can enjoy various Children's Day programs.

About the Festival

1. Official Events and Performances - Sibaeji Heondarye (Tea Offering Ritual at the First Cultivation Site), Opening Ceremony, Meotjarang Eoullim Hanmadang (Festival of Charm and Harmony), Chat-il Sori Madanggeuk (Tea Making Sound Folk Play), Busking in a Teacup, Moving Museum, Closing Ceremony 2. Competition Events - Tea Competition Programs: Korea Tea Ceremony Contest, Hadong Tea Blending Competition, This Year's Good Tea Evaluation, Korea's Most Beautiful Tea Table Competition - General Competition Programs: Kim Gyeong National Art Grand Prize Exhibition, 'Hamung-Chamung' Spacing Out Contest, Youth K-Pop Dance Competition 3. Exhibitions and Experience Events - Feel the Taste and Charm of Hadong: Wild Tea Museum Tea Utensil Special Exhibition, Rebirth of Local Food 2, Tea Culture & Dasik (Traditional Korean Confectionery for Tea) Exhibition, Busking in a Teacup, Tea Ceremony Experience, Tea Making Experience, Roasted Tea Experience with Foreigners, Byeolcheonji Hadong Goods Pavilion, etc. - Contain Hadong Tea: Free Tasting at Tea Making Booths, World Tea Experience Center, Hadong Tea Story with Masters (Tea Talk), Spring Day Tea Picnic - Contain Rest and Healing: Tea Cafe, Meditation Programs, Tea Classes, Green Tea Foot Bath Therapy, Book Talks, etc. - Contain Fun and Hadong's Special Flavors: Tea Garden Concert, Tea Garden Resolution Experience, KidZania Experience, Make Your Own Tea, Treasure Hunt Festa, Taking Life Photos, Matcha Experience, Local Artist Collaboration Experience, etc. - Walk the Cheonnyeon Dahyanggil: Walking the Cheonnyeon Dahyanggil and Byeolcheonjigil 4. Sales - Hadong Tea Market, Hadong Agricultural and Special Products Sales Booth, Flea Market, Tea Utensil Sales, Hadong Byeolmat (Special Flavor) Food Zone [Usage Fees] * Healing Special Program Tickets (Pre-booking and On-site Registration) - Episode Tea: 25,000 won - Tea Sommelier / Tea and Meditation: 5,000 won - World Tea Experience Center (by country): 5,000 won each * Green Tea Foot Bath Therapy - Foot Bath & Fermented Tea: 10,000 won * Outdoor Experience Booths, Tea Ceremony / Tea Making Experience, Portrait Caricature - 3-type experience ticket: 5,000 won - 1-type experience ticket: 2,000 won * KidZania 1-time experience ticket: 2,000 won * Free Experiences - Walking the Cheonnyeon Dahyanggil / Spring Day Tea Picnic Rental / 'Only Photos Remain' Smartphone Photo Printing