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

Festivals in Seoul

Now

Oct 3, 2026

Dongdaemun Festival

Seoul

D-1

Oct 4, 2026

King Jeongjo's Royal Parade

Seoul

Now

Sep 30, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026

Dobong Hangeul Festival

Seoul

Now

Oct 3, 2026

Youth Mic Festival

Seoul

Seoul

Now

Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026

Gangnam Festival

Seoul

Now

Sep 24, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026

Changgyeonggung Palace Night Banquet

Seoul

Now

Oct 3, 2026

Korean Dream Hangang Festival

Seoul

D-1

Oct 4, 2026

Gumcheon Siheung Haenggung Cultural Festival

Seoul

Now

Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026

Seoul Hanok Week

Seoul

Seoul

Now

Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026

Bongsan Mask Dance

Seoul

Now

Sep 2, 2026 – Oct 24, 2026

Gyeongbokgung Palace Starlight Tour

Seoul

Now

Sep 9, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026

Deoksugung Palace: Night at Seokjojeon Hall

Seoul

Plus 17 more: see all festivals in Seoul.

Concerts in Seoul

• Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026&TEAM Tour: BLAZE THE WAY — Seoul Encore · KSPO Dome, Olympic Park
• Oct 4, 2026PSY and guests: Gangnam Festival Concert · Dosan-daero (in front of Hyundai Motorstudio Seoul)
• Oct 4, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026Zara Larsson: First Solo Shows in Korea · Myeonghwa Live Hall, Yeongdeungpo

Exhibitions and traditional performances

• Apr 4, 2026 – Nov 28, 2026Saturday Gugak Fairy Tales · Pungnyu Sarangbang, National Gugak Center
• Sep 5, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026Saturday Masterpieces (Toyo Myeongpum) · Umyeondang Hall, National Gugak Center
• Sep 5, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026Saturday Gugak Fairy Tales · Pungnyu Sarangbang, National Gugak Center
• Sep 30, 2026 – Oct 28, 2026Dadam · Umyeondang Hall, National Gugak Center
• Oct 3, 2026Namsan Moonlit Night · Outdoor yard, Seoul Namsan Gugakdang, Namsangol Hanok Village
• Oct 4, 2026Lee Seong-hyeon: Complete Pansori Simcheongga · Seoul Donhwamun Traditional Theater
• Aug 19, 2026 – Oct 3, 2026Kim Young-hun: Proxima · Gallery JJ
• Sep 10, 2026 – Oct 3, 2026Kim Hyun-joo: Neo Flower · Chung Gallery
• Sep 10, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026Lee Se-bin and Lee Chae-won: Where Small Things Shimmer · 16 Archive
• Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026A Landscape Becoming a Name · Gallery Jiha
• Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026Summer Breeze · Gallery Jiha
• Sep 8, 2026 – Oct 6, 2026We Do Not Know Each Other but Pass the Same Night · Yeongdeungpo Art Square, Times Square
• Sep 29, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026What Came Through: Printmaking School 12th Cohort Graduation Show, Part 2 · Print Art Research Center
• May 8, 2026 – Oct 10, 2026The Title Exhibition · Korean Film Museum

Running for weeks, and on this weekend too:

• until Oct 11, 2026Islamic Art: A Journey of Radiant Light · National Museum of Korea
• until Oct 31, 2026Net-Zero: The 1.5°C Warning · National Territory Development Museum
• until Oct 31, 2026Railways That Connect Time · National Territory Development Museum
• until Nov 21, 2026Lee Jung-yoon: The Singing House · Kim Chung-up Architecture Museum
• until Nov 22, 2026Gana Art Collection: Beneath Technology — Scenes at the Threshold · Seoul Museum of Art, Seosomun Main Branch
• until Nov 28, 2026House: Linking Two Sculptors · Seongbuk Choi Man-lin Museum
• until Dec 6, 2026Park No-soo Art Museum: Landscape and the Study of Things · Jongno-gu Park No-soo Art Museum
• until Dec 6, 2026MMCA Performing Arts 2026: The Time of the Detective · MMCA Seoul

Day trips: on near Seoul

In Gyeonggi and Incheon, most of them on the subway or within an hour. See day trips from Seoul.

Now

Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026

Anseong Namsadang Baudeogi Festival

Gyeonggi

Now

Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026

Samnangseong Historical & Cultural Festival

Incheon

Now

Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026

Yongin Cyber Science Festival

Gyeonggi

Now

Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026

Bupyeong Pungmul Festival

Incheon

D-1

Oct 4, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026

Suwon Hwaseong Festival

Gyeonggi

Now

Sep 26, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026

Yangju Globe Amaranth Autumn Festa

Gyeonggi

Now

Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026

Korea Joayong Festival

Gyeonggi

Now

Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026

Festival Gwangmyeong

Gyeonggi

Elsewhere in Korea this weekend

Now

Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026

Baekje Cultural Festival

Chungnam

Now

Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026

Busan International Rock Festival

Busan

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 11, 2026

Geumsan World K-Insam Festival

Chungnam

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