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Lynn Hershman Leeson’s First Asia Museum Survey Opens at SeMA Seoul (Oct 2026)

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Last updated: September 2026 Quick answer: Lynn Hershman Leeson — the American media artist and filmmaker whose 60-year career spans video, film, robotics, and AI — opens her first solo museum survey in Asia at the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA)‘s Seosomun Main Branch in October 2026. It’s the headline international show in SeMA’s 2026

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Yangju Nari Park’s Cheonilhong Festival 2026: Dates, Blooms & Getting There

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Last updated: September 2026 Quick answer: Nari Park in Yangju, Gyeonggi-do — about an hour from central Seoul — is open daily through October 25, 2026, with roughly ten million globe amaranth (cheonilhong) blooms plus fields of pink muhly grass and cosmos across its grounds. Admission is free. The city’s 2026 Cheonilhong Autumn Festa adds

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Charlie Puth Seoul 2026: Goyang Stadium Concert Date, Tickets & Where to Stay

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Last updated: September 2026 Quick answer: American singer Charlie Puth plays Goyang Stadium in Goyang, just northwest of central Seoul, at 7 p.m. on Sunday, October 11, 2026, as part of his Whatever’s Clever! world tour — his first stadium-level show in Korea in over two years. If a Seoul trip is starting to line

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Bupyeong Pungmul Festival 2026: Free Folk Percussion Near Incheon Airport

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Last updated: September 2026 Quick answer: The 30th Bupyeong Pungmul Festival runs October 2–4, 2026 around Bupyeong Station and Bupyeong Market Station in Incheon, plus nearby Sintri Park. It’s a free, no-reservation folk festival built around pungmul (traditional Korean farmers’ percussion and dance) — walkable straight from the subway, and one of the easiest traditional-culture

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Seoul Moon Chuseok Event 2026: Free Full Moon Wishes at Yeouido

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Last updated: September 2026 Quick answer: The Seoul Moon Chuseok event (“서울달 아래, 보름달 소원”) runs September 24 – October 5, 2026 at Yeouido Park, right beneath the city’s tethered helium balloon Seoul Moon. It’s a free, city-run program of Chuseok games and photo spots split into two weekly themes — giant yut nori and

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LANY Seoul 2026: KINTEX Concert Date, Tickets & Getting There

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Last updated: September 2026 Quick answer: American pop duo LANY play KINTEX in Goyang, just northwest of central Seoul, on Saturday, October 3, 2026. The show is booked into Exhibition Hall 2, Hall 9 — the same convention-center complex that hosts several other 2026 concerts and expos. If you’re planning a Korea trip around the

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Andong International Mask Dance Festival 2026: Dates, Venue & How to Get There

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Last updated: September 2026 Quick answer: The Andong International Mask Dance Festival runs September 24 – October 4, 2026, centered on Mask Dance Park and the old downtown of Andong, North Gyeongsang Province. It’s one of Korea’s biggest folk-culture festivals — 28 performance teams from 24 countries dancing in masks that carry Korea’s UNESCO-listed intangible

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Woljeong Bridge in Gyeongju, the reconstructed Silla-era bridge that serves as the festival's main nighttime backdrop

Gyeongju Silla Cultural Festival 2026: Dates, Programs & How to Get There

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Last updated: September 2026 Quick answer: Gyeongju’s 53rd Silla Cultural Festival runs October 9–11, 2026 (Friday–Sunday), centered on Woljeong Bridge and the old royal quarter downtown. It’s the city’s largest annual festival — a mix of Silla-era reenactments, court music and dance, and nighttime performances staged against the floodlit bridge and tomb park, and it’s

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Jongmyo Jeryeak, the royal ancestral ritual music and dance performed at Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul

Royal Culture Festival 2026 (Fall): 5 Palaces + Jongmyo, Oct 7–11

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Last updated: September 2026 Quick answer: Korea’s fall Royal Culture Festival (궁중문화축전) runs October 7–11, 2026, spread across all five of Seoul’s Joseon-dynasty palaces — Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Deoksugung, Changgyeonggung, and Gyeonghuigung — plus the royal ancestral shrine, Jongmyo. This is the second of the festival’s two annual runs (the spring 2026 edition drew a record

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Seoul's Olympic Park, the Songpa-gu venue hosting the Grand Mint Festival (GMF) 2026

Grand Mint Festival (GMF) 2026: Full Lineup at Seoul’s Olympic Park (Oct 17–18)

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Last updated: September 2026 Quick answer: The Grand Mint Festival (GMF) 2026 — Korea’s biggest annual indie and acoustic-leaning music festival — runs October 17–18 at Olympic Park in southeastern Seoul. The lineup was confirmed in two waves: a first announcement in July brought YOUNHA, Jang Kiha, CNBLUE, N.Flying, ONEWE, Thornapple, and Roy Kim, and

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