Things to do in Busan this weekend: Oct 2–4

Festivals in Busan

Now

Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026

Busan International Rock Festival

Busan

Now

Oct 1, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026

Busan International Performing Arts Market (BPAM)

Busan

Now

Sep 19, 2026 – Nov 7, 2026

Moonlit Night Exercise Busan Challenge

Busan

Now

Sep 19, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026

Bibliotheca Busan

Busan

Concerts in Busan

• Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026Busan International Rock Festival 2026 · Samnak Ecological Park

Exhibitions and traditional performances

• Aug 29, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026Collection Island — Shim Jun-seob: Circulation of Organs · Museum of Contemporary Art Busan
• Aug 29, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026Dissident Chorus · Museum of Contemporary Art Busan
• Sep 17, 2026 – Nov 17, 2026Jang Seung-taik: Layers of Perception · Soul Art Space
• Sep 17, 2026 – Feb 14, 2027But We Are Still on the High Waves of This Sea: 1945–1953 · Busan Museum of Art
• Sep 16, 2026 – Mar 14, 2027Dear All the Yesterdays · Busan Museum of Art
• Sep 17, 2026 – Mar 14, 2027Future Museology · Busan Museum of Art

Running for weeks, and on this weekend too:

• until Dec 31, 2026Museum Week: Full Skeleton of a Baird's Beaked Whale · Busan Marine Natural History Museum
• until Jan 31, 2027When Tigers Smoked Pipes · Sasang Life History Museum
• until May 30, 2027Safe Base · Busan Museum of Art
• until Jun 27, 2027Blue Heart: Mangroves · National Maritime Museum of Korea

Day trips: on near Busan

In Gyeongnam and Ulsan, an hour or so from Busan by train or bus: Jinju, Tongyeong, Gimhae and the Ulsan coast. See 2 days in Busan.

Now

Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026

Sancheong Medicinal Herb Festival

Gyeongnam

Now

Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026

Uiryeong Rich Rich Festival

Gyeongnam

Now

Sep 22, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026

Hadong Bukcheon Cosmos & Buckwheat Flower Festival

Gyeongnam

Now

Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026

Wangsaeng-ro Light Street Festival

Ulsan

Now

Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026

Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival

Gyeongnam

Now

Sep 22, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026

Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo

Gyeongnam

Now

Sep 19, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026

Ulsan Outdoor Library 'Picnic' at Seuldo

Ulsan

Now

Sep 18, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026

Gamaksan Flower & Star Journey

Gyeongnam

Elsewhere in Korea this weekend

Now

Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026

Baekje Cultural Festival

Chungnam

Now

Sep 23, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026

Wonju Yongsugol Autumn Flower Festival

Gangwon

Now

Sep 24, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026

Andong Maskdance Festival

Gyeongbuk

Now

Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026

Yeongcheon Korean Medicine Festival

Gyeongbuk

Now

Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026

Gunsan Time Travel Festival

Jeonbuk

Now

Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026

Gwangju Gastronomy Week

Gwangju

Now

Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026

Anseong Namsadang Baudeogi Festival

Gyeonggi

Now

Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026

Geumsan World K-Insam Festival

Chungnam

• Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026&TEAM Tour: BLAZE THE WAY — Seoul Encore · KSPO Dome, Olympic Park, Seoul
• Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026EDC Korea (Electric Daisy Carnival) · INSPIRE Arena, Yeongjong Island, Incheon
• Oct 3, 2026LANY: Soft — Seoul · KINTEX Hall 9, Ilsan, Goyang
• Oct 4, 2026PSY and guests: Gangnam Festival Concert · Dosan-daero (in front of Hyundai Motorstudio Seoul), Seoul
• Oct 4, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026Zara Larsson: First Solo Shows in Korea · Myeonghwa Live Hall, Yeongdeungpo, Seoul