Jeju Olive Flounder Festival

Held every October since 2016, the Jeju Olive Flounder Festival is the only domestic event themed around olive flounder, promoting the consumption and excellence of Jeju's farmed olive flounder. It offers a variety of dishes made with olive flounder—such as sashimi, sushi, fish cakes, tteokbokki, and pajeon (green onion pancake)—at affordable prices, widely showcasing the taste and quality of Jeju olive flounder. As Jeju's representative seafood food festival, union members who farm olive flounder sell dishes made from the flounder they have carefully raised at low prices, earning favorable reviews from both residents and tourists. The festival also features a variety of hands-on events—including the Jeju Olive Flounder Singing Contest, a youth dance competition, a children's drawing contest, and bare-handed catching of olive flounder and marbled sole—offering a range of programs that residents, tourists, and children alike can directly participate in and enjoy.

The Jeju Olive Flounder Festival is the only domestic festival dedicated to olive flounder, run every October since 2016 in Jeju-si. Local aquaculture union members sell affordable sashimi, sushi, fish cakes, tteokbokki, and pajeon made from their own farmed flounder, alongside hands-on events like a singing contest, youth dance competition, children's drawing contest, and bare-handed catching of olive flounder and marbled sole.

Jeju is an island, so the standard route is a domestic flight from Gimpo Airport to Jeju International Airport (about 1 hour). From the airport, the festival venue on Yeonsam-ro in Ora-i-dong, Jeju-si, is a short taxi or local bus ride away.