2026 Hyodon Citrus Flower Festival Guide: Dates, Venue, Programs in Seogwipo

The 2026 Hyodon Citrus Flower Festival was held over two days, from May 16 to 17, 2026, at the outdoor performance area of the Seogwipo Citrus Museum. The event is most useful to understand as a spring citrus-blossom festival rather than a standard Jeju citrus picking activity, with walking, performances, plant-themed programs, and citrus-scented hands-on experiences forming the core of the schedule.¹

For visitors researching Jeju citrus picking, the festival’s relevance is its close connection to citrus culture in Seogwipo. Instead of focusing on harvesting fruit, the 2026 program centered on the fragrance, flowers, local performances, and community setting around Hyodon’s citrus identity.

Hyodon Citrus Flower Festival: When and Where It Took Place

The confirmed festival period was May 16-17, 2026. Multiple listings gave the same venue: the outdoor performance area at the Seogwipo Citrus Museum.¹ The Jeju Tourism Newspaper also announced the same dates and location in a Seogwipo city guide-style notice, reinforcing the schedule before the event opened.²

The host was the Hyodon Citrus Flower Festival Committee, as listed by Visit Jeju.¹ PIC JEJU also published the event information on May 14, 2026, giving the same dates and venue and listing an inquiry number of 064-767-4623.³

Because the current date is May 24, 2026, the 2026 event has already ended. Readers looking for a future visit should treat the information here as a record of the first 2026 festival program and a guide to what was officially offered, rather than as an active booking notice.

What Visitors Could See and Do

The program was built around citrus blossoms and local participation. Visit Jeju listed key activities including Walking Along the Citrus Blossom Fragrance, Magic Balloon Show, Wollabong Plant Story, citrus bath bomb making, gyulhyang gwajeul experiences, and citrus flower tea experiences.¹ These activities suggest a festival designed for slow walking, family-friendly viewing, and small-format participation rather than a single main-stage event.

The Jeju Tourism Newspaper notice also listed Walking Along the Citrus Blossom Fragrance, Magic Balloon Show, village performances, invited performances, plant tours, and the Hyodon Music Festival.² Halla Ilbo separately reported that Hyodon-dong checked festival preparations on May 11, 2026, at the Hyodon-dong Community Service Center, and described planned programs including the citrus blossom walk, Magic Balloon Show, seminar, citrus bath bomb making, gyulhyang gwajeul, and citrus flower tea experiences.⁴

For practical planning, the clearest pattern across the sources is that the festival combined four types of programming: outdoor walking, stage or performance events, plant-related learning, and citrus-themed making or tasting experiences. Visitors interested in citrus culture would have found the strongest fit in the blossom walk, plant tour or plant story program, citrus bath bomb making, and the citrus flower tea experience.

NewsNJeju reported after the event that about 5,000 local residents and tourists participated, and that programs included Walking Along the Citrus Blossom Fragrance, Magic Balloon Show, village performances, the Hyodon Music Festival, and hands-on programs.⁵ That attendance figure indicates that the festival drew both community and visitor interest during its first year.

Planning Notes for Future Visitors

The main point for future planning is timing. Citrus blossom programming is different from fruit harvesting. The 2026 Hyodon Citrus Flower Festival took place in mid-May, while the source material does not provide any schedule for fruit picking, admission fees, reservations, transportation, or parking. It is therefore best to avoid assuming that a citrus picking program was included unless a future official listing states that directly.

The confirmed inquiry number published by PIC JEJU was 064-767-4623.³ If a later edition is announced, that type of official event listing would be the most useful place to confirm dates, operating hours, participation requirements, and whether hands-on programs require advance registration.

The festival also appears to have been framed as a local representative event in development. Kim Young-beom, chair of the Hyodon Citrus Flower Festival Committee, asked for continued interest and participation so that, beginning with this first year, the Hyodon Citrus Flower Festival could establish itself as a representative local festival.⁵ That statement is important because it positions the 2026 edition as a starting point, not merely a one-off event listing.

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