List of music festivals in South Korea


The following is a list of music festivals in South Korea. This list may have overlap with list of music festivals and festivals of Korea. Music festivals in South Korea may focus on Korean musicians or international musicians, and may be either in a concert or music competition format, or both. South Korea has folk festivals incorporating Korean traditional music, which includes combinations of the folk, vocal, religious and Korean ritual music styles of the Korean people, practiced since prehistoric times. Music of South Korea in contemporary times incorporates diverse genres, and South Korea has many ongoing rock festivals dedicated to pop music, Korean rock, and K-pop.

Festivals

Festival nameTypeCity/venueYearsNotes
Asia Song FestivalPop festivalSouth Korea2004–presentInternational Asian pop festival
Busan Rock FestivalRock festivalBusan2000–presentRock, metal, and indie
Daegu International Opera FestivalOpera festivalDaegu2003–presentMultiple features beyond main opera
Dongducheon Rock FestivalRock festivalDongducheon1999–presentEdgier rock
DMZ Peace Train Music FestivalMusic festivalCheorwon2018–presentRock, world, folk
Dream ConcertPop festivalSeoul1995–present
ETPFESTRock festivalSeoul2001–presentFounded by Seo Taiji
Great Mountains Music Festival & SchoolClassical music festivalPyeongChang2004–presentChamber music festival
Hiphopplaya FestivalHip-Hop festivalSeoul2016-present
Incheon Korean Music WavePop festivalIncheon2009–present
Isang Yun CompetitionClassical music festivalTongyeong2003–present
IT'S A FEST!Punk festivalMuuido2019–presentDIY punk festival
Jarasum International Jazz FestivalJazz festivalGapyeong-gun2004–present
Jecheon International Music & Film FestivalFilm festivalJecheon2004–present
Jeonju International Sori FestivalFolk festivalJeonju2001–present
Jeju International Wind Ensemble FestivalClassical music festivalJeju City1995–present200,000+ attend for wind ensembles
Jisan Valley Rock FestivalRock festivalAnsan2009–present
K-Pop World FestivalPop festivalChangwon2011–presentOrganized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs
New Generation of Ska FestivalSka festivalSeoul2014–2017
Pangyo Techno Valley FestivalEDM festivalPangyo Techno Valley2014Crowd incident led to cancellation
Pentaport Rock FestivalRock festivalIncheon2006–present
:simple:Seoul Fringe Festival|Seoul Fringe FestivalExperimental music festivalSeoul1988–presentIndie culture focus, renamed in 2002
Seoul Jazz FestivalJazz festivalSeoul2007–present
Seoul World DJ FestivalEDM festivalSeoul2007–present
Ssamzi Sound FestivalRock festivalSeoul1999–present
Summer BreezeRock festivalSeoul2008Cancelled for low sales
Supersonic FestivalPop festivalSeoul2012–present
Tongyeong International Music FestivalClassical music festivalTongyeong2002–presentContest
Ultra KoreaEDM festivalSeoul2012–presentSpin-off of Ultra Miami
Zandari FestaMusic showcase/conferenceSeoul2012-presentMultiple venues around Hongdae

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