1. Start the new year with a glimpse of 2017’s first sunrise at the Seongsan Sunrise Festival.

Title: 24th Seongsan Sunrise Festival
Date: December 30 - January 1
Venue: Seongsan Sunrise Peak
Info: 760-4282
Details: Traditional games, performances, etc.


2. Jeju Folk Village is holding a “New Year’s Sunrise Festival” complete with traditional rice cake soup.

Title: New Year’s Sunrise Festival
Date: January 1
Venue: Danke Port
Info: 787-4501
Details: Concert, rice cake soup, etc.


3. Four island poets will read their works about the four seasons this Thursday at the (김만덕) Kim Man-duk Memorial Hall.

Title: 2016 Jeju Poetry Reading
Date: December 29, 7 PM
Venue: Kim Man-duk Memorial Hall
Info: 759-6090
Details: 4 poets


4. Four local calligraphers are displaying their creations at Gallery Cafe Dari.

Title: ‘Writing Slowly and Carefully’
Date: Through December 31
Venue: Gallery Cafe Dari
Info: 724-2662


5. (심헌) Simheon Gallery is showcasing the work of five potters from December 17th through the 31st.
Title: ‘Earth in Five Stories’
Date: December 17-31
Venue: Simheon Gallery
Info: 702-1003
Details: Pottery


6. (김미령) Kim Mi-ryeong is displaying her paintings inspired by the beauty of the natural world at Seokhwa Gallery.

Title: ‘Sound of Nature’
Date: Through December 31
Venue: Seokhwa Gallery in Seogwipo
Info: 762-0031
Details: Paintings by Kim Mi-ryeong