Seollal Things to Do: Folk Games, Concerts, Traditional Rituals, Exhibitions and more!

Here are 33 things you can do during Korea’s Seollal holiday. Happy new year, everyone!

■ Concerts

Name	Details
	Date	Location	Description
Olympic Live	2. 15 13:00~20:00	Outside Dongdaegu Station	• Screening live Pyeongchang Olympic games & local artists performance
Kim Gwangseok Music Bus Event	2.14.~28 (exceot 2.15~16) 11:00~20:00	Outside Dongdaegu Station	• Try geting on the bus, mini concert, photo zone
Seollal Video Concert	2. 17 14:00	Daegu Concert House	• Video Concert of Swan Lake
Mini Concert	2. 14 14:00~15:00	Lotte Mart (Chilseong)	• Opera Concert by Vocal Ensemble, “Free Soul” • It performs popular vocal works
Railway Concert	2. 16 15:30~16:10	Inside Dongdaegu Station	•Traditional and classical vocal and trumpet performances
Street Musical	2.17 14:00∼16:00	Dongseongro	•Lincensed and creative musicals
World Movie	2. 14 14:00, 18:30	Beomeo Library	•Featured movies: Tosca and Miss Granny
World Music with Professor Park	2. 14 16:00 ~ 18:30	Yonghak Library	•Claude Debussy “La Mer”
Movie	2. 14 14:00	Gosan Library	•Featured movie: The Age of Shadows
Hanbija	2. 14 11:00~13:00	Suseong Artpia	•Justful and Rational Leadership by Yoonho Lee
Amateur Concert	2.17~18 14:00~17:00	Inside Dongdaegu Station	• Vocal, instrumental, ocarina, flute, etc

■ Exhibitions

Name	Details
	Date	Location	Description
‘Literature Salon, monami’	‘17.9.26~’18.2.18 09:00~18:00	Daegu Literature Museum	•Recreation of Hanchondong, a central place for refugee literary artists and exhibition of modern literature.
Donghui Yoon	2017. 10. 31 ~ 2018. 4. 8	Hyangchon Cultural Center	•Transformation of Hanchondong in a unique interpretation
Memory Garden	2017. 10. 18 ~ 2018. 3. 18 * Cloase on Feb 16	Daegu Jung-gu Downtown Regeneration & Culture Foundation	•Arts by 8 artist including Gurim Kim
Glass box- Art Star Ver.1 Jeongwook Hong	2017.1.12~3.18	Bongsan Art Center	•Artists who’s transitioning from 2D to 3D art.
Samgungnyusa	‘17.12.29 ~ `18.2.25.	Daegu National Museum	•Reenforcing the important of Samgungnyusa as a record •170 items including a national treasure. 삼
Solo Exhibition by a Residence Artist	2017.12.29. ~ 2018.02.27.	Art Factory	•Realy solo exhibitions by 7 residence artists.
2018 Collection	1.9. ~ 4.29.	Daegu Art Museum	• A glimpse at Daegu Art Museum’s collection
Renegades in resistance and challenge	1.16. ~ 5.13.	Daegu Art Museum	•Korean avant garde and Daegu contemporary art
From lines to landscape	1.23. ~ 5.7.	Daegu Art Museum	•Art by Chunmo Nam known in Korea and Europe
Dongjae Lee, love dog	2.5.~2.28	Ayang Art Center	• Dog exhibition

■ On-hand Experience

Name	Description
	Date	Location	Details
Seollal Folk Games	2.16~18 (12:00~17:00)	Daegu Arts Center	•yutnori , jegichagi(kicking shuttlecock), tuho, rolling Korea hoop, etc
Seollal Folk Games	2.15~2.18 (09:00~18:00)	Hyangchon Arts Center	•yutnori , jegichagi(kicking shuttlecock), ddakjichigi, yut fortune telling
Seollal Folk Games	2.15~2.18 (09:00~17:30) *Close on Feb 16	Gyesan Yega	•Folk games such as yutnori and tuho and hanbok try-ons
Seollal Yutnori Tournament	2. 5 (09:30~13:00)	Seojae Culture and Sports Center	•Team yutnori tournament
Folk Game Party	2. 8 (09:30~13:00)	Olympic Memorial Center	•yutnori
Folk Game Party	2. 9 (11:00~18:00)	Beommeo Station Underground	•yutnori , tuho, etc
Seollal Folk Games	2.12~2.23 (09:00~18:00)	Outside Dongdaegu Station	•yutnori , spinning Korea top, tuho, etc
Folk Game Party	2.13~2.14 (10:00~18:00)	Underground Shopping Areas	•yutnori , spinning Korea top, tuho, etc
Traditional Clothes Try-on	2.16 ~ 2.17 (12:00~17:00)	2.28 Memorial Park	•traditional clothes try-ons and photo
Folk Game Party	2.15 ~ 2.17 (12:00~17:00)	2.28 Memorial Park	•folk games
Photo Time	2.16 (12:00~17:00)	2.28 Memorial Park	•Photo with traditional police cheif
Send a Postcard	2.15 ~ 2.17 (12:00~17:00)	2.28 Memorial Park	•send a postcard to family