Korea Craft Week · Hub City
Korea Craft Week 2026 Hub City, Buyeo
Under the theme "Buyeo, where craft stays," we propose a new craft journey of staying in the time and space of a region through craft. Beginning with Craft Week from June 19 to 28, 2026, and continuing for a year centered on 123 Sabi Craft Village, this is a journey of walking and lingering with craft — and encountering people, place, and living relationships along the way.
What is Korea Craft Week?
Korea Craft Week is the country's flagship craft event, hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and organized by the Korea Craft & Design Foundation, run to share the joy of craft. Exhibitions, markets, hands-on sessions, and educational programs unfold simultaneously across the country. A Hub City is the lead city that intensively runs Craft Week, drawing on the region's craft infrastructure and curatorial capacity. After Goseong, Jinju, Buan, and Jeonju in 2024, and Gangwon Goseong, Jeonbuk Buan, and Jeonju in 2025, Buyeo-gun was chosen as the 2026 Hub City.
Korea Craft Week Hub City, Buyeo
Buyeo-gun and the Baekje Cultural Foundation operate a year-round program under the concept "Buyeo, where craft stays," reframing craft as a cultural strategy that designs staying rather than mere experience. In the first half, the focused Craft Week event "Seasonal Craft, the Taste of Gyuam" unfolds as a craft journey across 123 Sabi Craft Village from June 19 to 28 — exhibitions, classes, markets, and runcations. In the second half, weekend programs at Youth Storage, evening tea at Subukjeong, craft pop-ups at the Baekje Cultural Festival, and Craft Connect networking weave craft and Buyeo tourism naturally together throughout the year.
A cycle that craft makes
Visitors becoming stay-ers, stay-ers becoming a population of relationships — this is the new face of craft culture that 2026 Korea Craft Week Hub City Buyeo is building.
