Pohang, a Vibrant City with Four-Season Festivals, Shines Again This Year with Diverse Celebrations

2024 Pohang International Fireworks Festival Highlights 1000-Drone Show and International Fireworks Competition

27th Homigot Sunrise Festival, Preparation Status Meeting on the 13th... Full-Scale Preparations Begin

Pohang City has enhanced its status as a cultural tourism city by hosting a variety of festivals throughout the year, creating unforgettable memories for both citizens and tourists.

2024 Pohang International Fireworks Festival.

The Pohang International Fireworks Festival, Pohang's representative festival, concluded spectacularly from May 31 to June 2, attracting over 330,000 visitors.

This year’s festival, themed around ‘light,’ drew significant attention with a dynamic vision of Pohang’s development showcased through a ‘Light Drone Show’ featuring 1,000 drones and an ‘International Fireworks Competition’ involving participants from the UK, Australia, and China.

According to the ‘2024 Pohang International Fireworks Festival Evaluation Meeting’ held in July, the festival achieved a direct economic effect of 18 billion KRW and an indirect economic effect of 88.5 billion KRW, marking over 23% growth compared to the previous year and firmly establishing itself as Pohang’s premier festival.

The Marine Corps Cultural Festival, held from April 27 to 28, was the largest-ever open base event, transforming the unique culture of the Marine Corps into content that created a distinctive festival exclusive to Pohang.

With diverse programs including experience booths for all age groups, a Marine Quiz Show involving citizens and soldiers, and busking performances by local artists on a temporary stage in the Marine street, approximately 55,000 people attended, making it the best festival jointly hosted by the civilian, government, and military sectors.

Now in its second year, the ‘Pohang Songdo Beach Retro Festival’ heated up the summer nights of August.

The festival, themed around retro sentiment, evoked nostalgia for the 70s and 80s generations and revived memories of the old Songdo, once the premier beach of Myeongsa Shipri. Its experiential programs fostered cultural exchange between the older generation and the MZ generation, raising anticipation for the reopening of Songdo Beach next year.

The ‘Healing Feeling Pohang Railway Forest Night Festival,’ held at Pohang Railway Forest at the end of September, offered visitors the charm and romance of autumn nights.

Under the slogan ‘An Emotional Resting Place Where I and Life Exist,’ the event featured the Railway Forest Film Festival, a musical gala show, forest healing yoga, and more. The festival added new tourist appeal to the Railway Forest with a media facade exhibition set against beautiful steel art installations and various exhibitions and experiential content.

The city has also begun preparations for the ‘27th Homigot Sunrise Festival,’ which will close this year’s festival season and mark the beginning of next year’s celebrations. Starting with a preparation briefing on the 13th, the city is planning diverse programs for citizens and tourists to welcome the new year at Homigot under the theme ‘Your and My Light, Coexistence 2025.’

Mayor Lee Kang-deok stated, “Pohang is becoming a rich cultural and tourism city with festivals in all four seasons. We will enhance Pohang’s status with unique content that reflects the region’s characteristics and inject new vitality into the local economy.”

Poster for the 27th Homigot Sunrise Festival.

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