Imsil N Cheese Festival
임실N치즈축제
The Imsil N Cheese Festival honors Korea's cheese heritage, beginning in 1967 when Father Jeong Sung-hwan and local youth created the nation's first cheese. This major October event promotes Imsil cheese and the local industry through immersive experiences. Visitors create 1,000-meter strings of cheese, enjoy fondue tastings featuring 200 kg of aged cheese, and participate in gourmet rice pizza workshops led by professional chefs. The festival includes a global cheese fair with local and international products, a thematic parade, cheese auctions, and family events like cheese wheel rolling competitions.
- Dates
- Oct 8, 2026 → Oct 11, 2026
- Venue
- 50 Doin 2-gil, Seongsu-myeon, Imsil-gun, Jeollabuk-do · 🌾 Jeonbuk
- Price
- Paid
- Ticketing
- Official event site
Practical information
- Opening hours
- 09:00~20:00
- Exact location
- Imsil Cheese Theme Park, Imsil Cheese Village, Imsil-eup Area
- Organiser
- Imsil N Cheese Festival Committee
- Phone
- 063-643-3900
🎟️ How to book — Official event site
- 1
Most regional festivals are free entry
Korean municipalities fund a huge number of free festivals (flowers, food, light shows) — free entry is the norm, not the exception, sometimes with paid stalls or activities on site.
- 2
Check the event's official site
The link sits on the event's VisitKorea page — it's the most reliable source for the program, hours, and any last-minute changes.
- 3
Book via a Korean platform if a reservation is required
When a festival has paid premium activities or an attached concert, booking usually goes through NOL or YES24 — see the matching guide on this page.
- 4
Call 1330 when in doubt
Korea's tourism hotline answers in English, Chinese and Japanese, 24/7 — handy for confirming a time or address when the official site is Korean-only.
💡 Good to know
When a price shows as "see details", the organiser simply hasn't published one in advance: in almost all of those cases entry is free and only some on-site activities are paid. Bring a little cash — many stalls don't take cards.
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Source : TourAPI