Seongsan Ilchulbong hosts heritage festival until 18 October
Published on 10/18/2026 at 03:09 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Seongsan Ilchulbong is hosting a public festival site as part of the 2026 World Heritage Festival in Jeju, South Korea, through 18 October 2026. The programme links the coastal volcanic cone with the island's wider World Heritage landscape and remains open to residents and tourists during the stated period.
World Heritage Festival runs at Seongsan Ilchulbong until 18 October
The 2026 World Heritage Festival - Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes runs from 3 October to 18 October 2026. Its official programme lists Seongsan Ilchulbong Tuff Cone among the venues, alongside the Hallasan Nature Reserve, the Geomunoreum Lava Cave System, seven World Natural Heritage villages and the Jeju World Natural Heritage Center.
The festival site at Seongsan Ilchulbong and Manjanggul Cave operates from 5 June to 18 October 2026, with promotional halls, performances and experiences connecting natural and national heritage. The festival is hosted by the National Heritage Administration and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, with the National Heritage Promotion Agency and Jeju Heritage Village Future Value Research Institute as organisers, according to the official festival programme.
Why the festival setting matters at this volcanic cone
Seongsan Ilchulbong is a coastal tuff cone formed by a Surtseyan-type eruption from a shallow sea bed during the Late Pleistocene. UNESCO's technical evaluation records a height of 179 m and a bowl-shaped summit crater 570 m in diameter.
Wave erosion has exposed the cone's internal sedimentary structures and layers, giving the festival setting a direct connection to the geological story presented across Jeju. The site forms one component of the UNESCO-listed Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes property, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2007 under criteria concerning natural beauty and geological processes, as described by the UNESCO evaluation.
Visiting Seongsan Ilchulbong: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- The World Heritage Festival runs at Seongsan Ilchulbong from 3 October to 18 October 2026. The official programme identifies the festival site as a venue at Seongsan Ilchulbong and Manjanggul Cave.
- The festival site is listed for Jeju residents and tourists, with promotional halls, performances and experiences. Individual programmes elsewhere in the festival may have separate arrangements.
- The landmark is a coastal volcanic cone rising 179 m, with a bowl-shaped summit crater 570 m across. The exposed layers and structures are geological features of the site.
- Jeju is in South Korea, where Korean is the official language and the national currency is the South Korean won.
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Frequently asked questions about Seongsan Ilchulbong
When does the World Heritage Festival take place at Seongsan Ilchulbong?
The 2026 World Heritage Festival runs at the landmark from 3 October to 18 October 2026.
What is Seongsan Ilchulbong?
It is a coastal tuff cone on Jeju with a height of 179 m and a summit crater 570 m in diameter.
Where is Seongsan Ilchulbong and how do you get there?
Seongsan Ilchulbong is on Jeju Island in South Korea. It is one component of the UNESCO-listed Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes property.
