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Traditional Korean performances

55 on now or coming up · Gugak, folk music, mask dance and other living Korean stage traditions — much of it at national institutions with regular weekend programmes.

Korea's national institutions run traditional performance as a regular programme rather than a rare event — the National Gugak Center in Seoul, for instance, stages weekend shows most weeks, and provincial centres do the same. Tickets are usually inexpensive and seats are rarely a fight, which makes this one of the easier authentic experiences to slot into a trip.

DadamNow
Sep 30, 2026 – Oct 28, 2026

Dadam

Umyeondang Hall, National Gugak Center · Seoul

다담D-30
Nov 25, 2026

다담

국립국악원 우면당 · Seoul

Source: Korea Culture Information Service Agency open data, refreshed daily. Korean-language listings are translated here — check the venue's official page before you go.

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