This week in Seoul: a new, free Martin Parr photography show opens the SeMA Photography Museum in Dobong. 8 Top Picks, 6 Deep Dives, 528 listings in the Full Listings.
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Cover Story · Exhibitions

A New Photo Museum Opens in Dobong, and It's Free

Seoul spends this week indoors, and for once that's the point.

We Are Martin Parr — the inaugural exhibition at the new SeMA Photography Museum in Dobong

A New Photo Museum Opens in Dobong, and It's Free

The heat is on, the arena tours have moved out of town, and the city's cultural weight shifts to rooms with air conditioning and something worth looking at. The one to build the week around is brand new.

In Dobong — the far north of the city, not a neighborhood most residents think of for art — the Seoul Museum of Art's new Photography Museum opens its doors, and its inaugural show is We Are Martin Parr. It opened on July 16 and runs all the way through October 18, and admission is free. Because it's photography, there is nothing to translate — this is a show you can walk into cold, in any language, and read on sight.

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This Week's Top Picks

Editor's Selection · 8
Cho Seong-jin Recital, Lotte Concert Hall

1. Cho Seong-jin Recital (Lotte Concert Hall)

The week's marquee ticket. One of the most recognized Korean pianists on the international circuit plays a solo recital in Songpa — a name that needs no context and a program that needs no language. [Top Pick]

Sun Jul 19, 2026 · Lotte Concert Hall (Jamsil, Songpa) · Price on official page · Classical
Opera Turandot, Seoul Arts Center

2. Opera: Turandot (Seoul Arts Center Opera Theater)

Puccini's grand spectacle opens the week's opera slot at the SAC. Sung in Italian with Korean surtitles — go for the staging and the voices, not the supertitle screen.

Jul 22–26, 2026 · Seoul Arts Center Opera Theater (Seocho) · R 200,000–D 30,000 won · Classical/Opera
KBS Symphony 70th Anniversary with Lim Yunchan, Lotte Concert Hall

3. KBS Symphony 70th Anniversary, with Sohn Min-soo & Lim Yunchan

The KBS Symphony marks 70 years with Lim Yunchan — the Van Cliburn gold medalist and the biggest draw in Korean classical music right now — as concerto soloist. [Top Pick]

Wed Jul 22, 2026 · Lotte Concert Hall (Jamsil, Songpa) · R 190,000–C 30,000 won · Classical
Robert Mapplethorpe: The Poetics of Form, Kukje Gallery

4. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Poetics of Form (Kukje Gallery)

Closing Sunday July 19 — this is your last chance. A master's black-and-white photography inside Samcheong-dong's hanok gallery space. [Closing Soon]

Through Jul 19, 2026 · Kukje Gallery hanok space (Samcheong-dong, Jongno) · Check official page · Exhibition
The Cubists: Inventing Modern Vision, Centre Pompidou Hanwha

5. The Cubists: Inventing Modern Vision (Centre Pompidou × Hanwha)

The summer's big modern-art show at the newly opened Pompidou Hanwha in Yeouido, and a centerpiece of the Korea–France 140th-anniversary season.

Through Oct 4, 2026 · Centre Pompidou Hanwha, 63 Building (Yeouido) · Paid · Exhibition
National Ballet, KNB Movement Series 10, Seoul Arts Center

6. National Ballet — KNB Movement Series 10

The national company's experimental, choreographer-driven program in the intimate Jayu Theater — the face of the week's dance lineup. [Top Pick]

Jul 18–19, 2026 · Seoul Arts Center Jayu Theater (Seocho) · Price on official page · Performing Arts
Seoul Botanic Park — Plants Frida Loved

7. Seoul Botanic Park — 'The Garden Is a Museum: Plants Frida Loved'

A summer theme show at the Botanic Park's plant center, freshly opened for the season — an easy family outing on the west side of the city.

Jul 15–Aug 17, 2026 · Seoul Botanic Park, Plant Culture Center (Gangseo) · Paid · Festival/City Event
Sound Naru at Seoul, Korea-Japan Musician Story Showcase

8. Sound Naru @ Seoul: Korea–Japan Musician Story Showcase

With the big arena tours gone, the week's live music runs free and small. This Korea–Japan showcase in Mapo is the pick of it — one evening, no cover charge. [Free]

Fri Jul 17, 2026, evening · Seogyo Square (Mapo) · Free · K-Pop/Popular Music

Deep Dives by Genre

Longer reads · 6 · full text on open
The Cubists: Inventing Modern Vision, Centre Pompidou Hanwha

Exhibitions

140 years of France, spread across the summer city

2026 marks 140 years of Korea–France relations, and the anniversary has seeded shows across central Seoul — from craft to modern painting.

Read the full story →
Cho Seong-jin Recital, Lotte Concert Hall

Classical / Gugak / Jazz

The back half of the week belongs to the concert hall

A run of young musicians' debut recitals early, then a wall of marquee names from Wednesday on — Cho Seong-jin, Lim Yunchan, Turandot.

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Wol (Moon), Yun Sung-joo Dance Academy, National Gugak Center

Performing Arts

A weekend of dance, mostly traditional

With the drama season quiet, the week's stages belong to movement — and to Korean dance in particular. Being dance, it reads without a word of Korean.

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Seoul Summer Beach 2026, Gwanghwamun Square

Festivals / Pop-ups / City Events

Summer moves to the water's edge

As the heat peaks, the city's outdoor programs migrate toward water and evening cool — and most of them are free.

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Sound Naru at Seoul, Korea-Japan Musician Story Showcase

K-Pop / Popular Music

The arena empties, the streets fill in

The big touring shows have left town, so this week's pop runs free, small, and scattered across public squares and lunch-hour stages.

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Sports

Sports

A quiet week, with one home match to anchor it

Pro sport is in its summer lull, but football gives the week a fixed point — FC Seoul host Pohang Steelers on Wednesday.

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Culture & Heritage Experiences

A standing weekly section · 6 picks
Changing of the Royal Guard, Gyeongbokgung Palace

Changing of the Royal Guard, Gyeongbokgung Palace

The full ceremonial set at the city's grand palace: the guard-changing ceremony at 10:00 and 14:00, the Gwanghwamun gate-watch ceremony at 11:00 and 13:00, and a public drill of the palace guard at 09:35 and 13:35 — costumed, drummed, and free. Held daily except Tuesdays.

Gyeongbokgung, Heungnyemun gate (Jongno) · Free
Changing of the Royal Guard, Deoksugung Palace

Changing of the Royal Guard, Deoksugung Palace

The smaller, more intimate counterpart downtown, ringed by the business district: the royal guard changes at 11:00 and 14:00, free, daily except Mondays. Easy to fold into a City Hall / Jeong-dong walk.

Deoksugung, Daehanmun gate (Jung-gu) · Free
Bukchon Traditional Culture Center

Bukchon Traditional Culture Center

A free, hanok-set home base for Korean traditional culture in the heart of Bukchon, pairing an exhibit on hanok architecture with hands-on tea, craft, and gugak sessions. Open Tue–Fri 09:00–18:00 and Sat–Sun 09:00–17:00, Wednesdays extended to 20:00; closed Mondays.

37 Gyedong-gil, Jongno-gu · Free
NANTA (Myeongdong resident show)

NANTA (Myeongdong resident show)

Seoul's signature non-verbal comedy — percussion, knives, and kitchen chaos with zero Korean required. A long-running open-run production you can catch on almost any day this week.

Myeongdong NANTA Theater (Jung-gu) · VIP 70,000 / S 60,000 / A 50,000 won
SEOULDAL (tethered balloon, Yeouido)

SEOULDAL (tethered balloon, Yeouido)

A tethered helium balloon that lifts you over the Han River from Yeouido Park for a city view — a good pairing with the 63 Building shows across the water. Open 12:00–22:00, closed Mondays.

Yeouido Park (Yeongdeungpo) · Adults 25,000 / youth & seniors 20,000 won
Jingwansa Temple — Overnight Templestay

Jingwansa Temple — Overnight Templestay

A one-night stay at a mountain temple in Eunpyeong: lotus-lantern making, an evening offering meal, bell-tolling, tea, and dawn prayer. By reservation, and one of the more accessible temple programs for non-Korean speakers.

Jingwansa (Eunpyeong) · ~70,000 won/adult (confirm on booking)

Upcoming (2026.07.17 – 2026.07.23)

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Exhibitions (104)

Jun 9 – Jul 17

Shin Jae-eun: GAIA — Book of Feeding (Emerging Artists Program)

FREE Free · Hall 1, Jung-gu

Jun 16 – Jul 17

Cache Memory: Rereading the MMCA New Media Collection

[unconfirmed] · MMCA Seoul, Jongno

Jul 4 – Jul 17

Mishiro Fumiko: Alone, Quietly

[unconfirmed] · Koso Gallery, Jung-gu

Jun 19 – Jul 18

Hansot 33rd Anniversary: Bapsim — A Landscape in Every Bite

FREE Free · Hansot Art Space, Gangnam

Jun 19 – Jul 18

Bapsim: A Landscape in Every Bite

[unconfirmed] · Gangnam Cultural Foundation, Gangnam

Jun 25 – Jul 18

What Is More Frightening Than a Snake

FREE Free · Seoripul Youth Art Gallery, Seocho

Jul 1 – Jul 18

Heo Su-in: Private Protocol (Emerging Artists Program)

FREE Free · The Reference, Jongno

Apr 20 – Jul 19

A Heart That Shares Beauty — Newly Donated Relics I

[unconfirmed] · National Museum of Korea, Yongsan

May 22 – Jul 19

Dissonant Waves, Trembling Time: Oh Min, Camille Norment

[unconfirmed] · Arko Art Center, Jongno

Jun 9 – Jul 19

Robert Mapplethorpe: The Poetics of Form

[unconfirmed] · Kukje Gallery hanok space, Jongno

Classical (75)

Jul 17

Quartet Sum Regular Concert

[unconfirmed] · Yeongsan Art Hall, Yeongdeungpo

Jul 17

Kitamura Asami Piano Recital

[unconfirmed] · Sejong Chamber Hall, Jongno

Jul 17

Trio Artistry 7th Concert: Tchaikovsky vs Tchaikovsky

[unconfirmed] · Kumho Art Hall Yonsei, Seodaemun

Jul 17

KT Classic With Heart at SAC (July)

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall, Seocho

Jul 17

Kim Dong-min Trumpet Recital

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center Recital Hall, Seocho

Jul 17

Ensemble VoRA 7th Project: Memory

[unconfirmed] · Kumho Art Hall Yonsei

Jul 17

Salon de Musique — Myrten's Salon 6: Rossini's Saturday Salon

[unconfirmed] · Salon de Musique

Jul 17

1178th House Concert, July Festival: Satie to Les Six — The Aesthetics of Restraint

[unconfirmed] · House of Artists

Jul 17

Soprano Yang Gwi-bi & Mezzo-Soprano Kim Mi-young: Innovation

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center

Jul 18

Yongsan History Museum Monthly Listening Session, July

FREE Free · Yongsan History Museum 1F lobby, Yongsan · (15:00)

Theater (137)

Jul 15 – Jul 17

Where the Wind Rests

[unconfirmed] · Cheongnyeon Art Space SAPY

Jul 17

The Smaller Theater: Red Fruit (Geumcheon)

[unconfirmed] · Geumcheon Musical Center

Jul 17 – Jul 18

Teardoll on a Drunken Boat (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Polar Bear Small Theater

Jul 18

Story Solvers, Assemble! (July)

[unconfirmed] · Bibistudio

Jul 18

Gangbuk Festa: Dear Santa

[unconfirmed] · Gangbuk Culture & Arts Center

Jul 18

Aqua Show: Bubble Kingdom Under the Sea (non-verbal, Yeongdeungpo)

[unconfirmed] · Yeongdeungpo Art Hall

Jul 18

Yeowoorak Festival: Country Gongbang × Jung Yun-hyung, Nol:eum

[unconfirmed] · National Theater of Korea

Jul 8 – Jul 19

1st Exit Theater Festival, Troupe 76: Offending the Audience

[unconfirmed] · Daehangno Freedom Theater

Jul 11 – Jul 19

Huirakwonjeon (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Biyu Art Hall

Jul 14 – Jul 19

Actually,

[unconfirmed] · Dakei Theater

Dance (12)

Jul 16 – Jul 17

Dance Company: Chum, Hwachan

[unconfirmed] · National Gugak Center Pungnyu Sarangbang, Seocho

Jul 16 – Jul 17

National Gugak Center Dance Company: Chum, Hwachan

[unconfirmed] · National Gugak Center

Jul 17

Ballet Blossom

FREE Free · Songpa Art Hall, Songpa · (17:00)

Jul 18

Sinabro: Goblins' Sports Day

Paid · Seoul Donhwamun Gugakdang, Jongno · (Sat 11:00/15:00)

Jul 18

Goblins' Sports Day (Jongno)

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Donhwamun Gugakdang

Jul 16 – Jul 19

Think the Sync

[unconfirmed] · TINC (This is Not a Church)

Jul 18 – Jul 19

Yoon Sung-joo Dance Academy Founding Performance: Wol (Moon)

Paid · National Gugak Center Yeakdang, Seocho

Jul 18 – Jul 19

National Ballet: KNB Movement Series 10

Floor 40,000 / 2nd tier 20,000 won · Seoul Arts Center Jayu Theater, Seocho

Jul 18 – Jul 19

Yoon Sung-joo Dance Academy Founding: Wol

[unconfirmed] · National Gugak Center

Jul 19

23rd Seoul International Dance Competition: Contemporary & Choreography Festival

[unconfirmed] · Naru Art Center

Gugak & Heritage (22)

Jul 17

Restored Music 3rd Concert: Kim Jeong-rim's Haegeum, the Roots of Sinawi (lecture concert)

[unconfirmed] · Seonleung Art Hall, Gangnam

Jul 18

Sonagi Project 20th: Samchae

Paid · Seoul Namsan Gugakdang Crown Haitai Hall, Jung-gu · (15:00)

Jul 18

Kumho Young Artist: Shin So-yeon Daegeum Recital

[unconfirmed] · Kumho Art Hall Yonsei, Seodaemun

Jul 18

20th Sonagi Project: Samchae

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Namsan Gugakdang

Jul 15 – Jul 19

Children's Madang Play: Who's There

Paid · Jongno Children's Theater, Jongno · (14:00)

Jul 19

27th Haegeum Research Society Concert: Bowing On

[unconfirmed] · National Gugak Center Umyeondang, Seocho

Jul 19

Yeowoorak Festival: Kim Baek-chan × Kim Banjang & Saenggibokdeok — A Lively Rhythm Life

[unconfirmed] · National Theater of Korea

Jul 19

Jeong Su-yeon Composition Recital: Another Sky

[unconfirmed] · National Gugak Center

Jul 21

5th Ji Young-hee-style Haegeum Sanjo Preservation Society Concert

[unconfirmed] · National Gugak Center Umyeondang, Seocho

Jul 22

Yeongsan: The Story of the Ceramic Pyeongyeong

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Namsan Gugakdang

Musical & Opera (76)

Jul 4 – Jul 18

Guro Dreaming Theater — Family Musical

Paid · Kkumnamu Theater, Guro · (Sat 11:00/14:00)

Jul 18

Apple Boom! (Nowon)

[unconfirmed] · Nowon Community Hall

Jul 18

Peter Pan (Guro)

[unconfirmed] · Guro Community Hall

Jul 18

Let's Play, Pinocchio! (Guro)

[unconfirmed] · Kkumnamu Theater

Apr 30 – Jul 19

Seopyeonje (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · Gwangrim Art Center

May 5 – Jul 19

Oz (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · TOM Theater Hall 2, Jongno

May 5 – Jul 19

Oz (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · TOM Theater

May 13 – Jul 19

Doodle Pop Ver.2: Poly Pop (children's, Gwangjin)

[unconfirmed] · Sangsangnara Theater

Jun 2 – Jul 19

Musical: Gongmyeong

[unconfirmed] · Bricks Theater Hall 3, Jongno

Jun 2 – Jul 19

Gongmyeong (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Bricks Theater

K-POP · Pop & Jazz (81)

Jul 1 – Jul 17

Open-Call Selection: Performance Spring Days

FREE Free · Seoul Arts Education Centers & Dream Forest Arts Center, Seocho and others

Jul 17

Sound Naru @ Seoul: Korea–Japan Musician Story Showcase

FREE Free · Seogyo Square, Mapo · (18:00)

Jul 17

Wondrous Friday: Melody Rush Week

[unconfirmed] · Umuji

Jul 17

Today Old Sneakers Solo: COMMA,

[unconfirmed] · Saenggi Studio

Jul 17

Skaiwater Live in Seoul: Summer Skais

[unconfirmed] · Musinsa Garage

Jul 17

Je-PUNK-jeol: Keep the Law, Rip the Guitar

[unconfirmed] · Ajito Live Hall

Jul 17

JACOB 1st Asia Showcase: More Than Words Tour (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · Cube Convention Center

Jul 17

Brand Tunes Festa: Meet Us on Stage Again

[unconfirmed] · Alive Hall

Jul 17

Wax Concert 3579: Wagter Bomb

[unconfirmed] · Dool Studio

Jul 17

The Novembers Tour: The Singing Engines (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · KT&G Sangsangmadang Live Hall, Mapo

Festivals & Pop-ups (18)

Jul 23 – Aug 2

ASSITEJ International Summer Festival 2026

Paid · Arko theaters & more, Jongno

Jul 20 – Aug 9

Seoul Summer Beach 2026

[unconfirmed] · Gwanghwamun Square & Sejongno Park, Jongno

Jul 15 – Aug 17

Seoul Botanic Park: The Garden Is a Museum — Plants Frida Loved

Paid · Seoul Botanic Park, Plant Culture Center, Gangseo · (closed Mon)

Jul 1 – Aug 30

Seoul Botanic Park Water-Play Area

FREE Free · Seoul Botanic Park lakeside, Gangseo · (6 sessions/day)

Jul 1 – Aug 31

Moonlight Urban Yoga

FREE Free · Gwanghwamun Square, Jongno · (Tue/Wed/Thu 19:30)

Jun 27 – Sep 27

Demon Slayer: Total Concentration Exhibition

Paid · Seongsu S-Factory D 1F, Seongdong

May 1 – Oct 27

Seoul International Garden Show 2026

FREE Free · Seoul Forest, Seongdong

Apr 2 – Nov 1

Konkuk Flea Market

FREE Free · Cheongchun Tteurak, Gwangjin · (16:00–21:00)

Apr 23 – Nov 1

Seoul Outdoor Library 2026

FREE Free · Seoul Plaza, Gwanghwamun & Cheonggyecheon, Jung-gu

Apr 26 – Nov 1

Seoro Market 2026

FREE Free · Seoul Plaza, Seoul Forest & more, Jung-gu

Sports (2)

Jul 19

FC Seoul vs Bucheon FC (K League 1, away)

Paid · Bucheon Stadium (outside Seoul) · (19:30)

Jul 22

FC Seoul vs Pohang Steelers (K League 1, home)

Paid · Seoul World Cup Stadium, Mapo · (19:30)

Community & Talks (1)

Jul 18

Grown-up: Immersive Jazz Performance × Social Meetup

Paid · Blue Train Jazz Club, Gwangjin · (18:00–20:30)

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Cover Story · Exhibitions

A New Photo Museum Opens in Dobong, and It's Free

We Are Martin Parr — the inaugural exhibition at the new SeMA Photography Museum in Dobong

Parr is the British documentary photographer — a member of Magnum — who spent a career turning the ordinary into something you can't look away from: package holidays, supermarket queues, sunburned shoulders, food on paper plates, all shot in loud, saturated, deadpan colour. His subject was never the exotic; it was leisure, consumption, and crowds — the way ordinary people actually spend an ordinary day off. The show's title makes the point directly. We Are Martin Parr turns the camera back on the room: the tourists, the shoppers, the people fanning themselves in a queue are the exhibition. You come to look, and find you're also being looked at.

That makes it an unusually good lens for a Seoul summer. Aim Parr's eye at late July here and you get the whole scene — the plastic stools outside a convenience store, the parasols and clip-on neck fans, the crowds packed into a shaded plaza, the queue for shaved ice. His pictures hand you a way of seeing the season you're already living in, and a reason to spend a scorching afternoon somewhere cool doing exactly that. For a resident, that's the appeal over any single famous image: it reframes the everyday city you already move through.

The opening also matters beyond the one show. Seoul's art infrastructure has long clustered downtown and south of the river; a full public photography museum in Dobong plants serious, permanent exhibition space on the city's northern edge — and it opens free, which is not nothing in a summer of paid blockbusters. If you live up here, this is your new default for a hot afternoon. If you don't, it's worth the trip out: the museum keeps long hours — weekdays 10:00–20:00, weekends and public holidays 10:00–19:00 — so an evening visit, after the worst of the heat has passed, is easy to plan around dinner in the north of the city.

Around that opening, the week fills out along a clear line: this is a music-and-galleries week, not a stadium one. Downtown, a season of exhibitions marking 140 years of Korea–France relations runs across the center of town, while over in Yeouido the 63 Building has quietly turned into a museum floor of its own — a Cubism blockbuster at the new Pompidou Hanwha, with a permanent AI-media installation in the same lobby.

The Cubists: Inventing Modern Vision — Centre Pompidou × Hanwha at the 63 Building, Yeouido

The Cubists: Inventing Modern Vision — Centre Pompidou × Hanwha at the 63 Building, Yeouido

On the concert side, the back half of the week is unusually stacked: pianist Cho Seong-jin plays a Lotte Concert Hall recital, Lim Yunchan joins the KBS Symphony's 70th-anniversary program, Puccini's Turandot opens at the Seoul Arts Center, and the National Ballet takes over a black-box stage. So the week has a natural shape for anyone planning it: a gallery in the cool of the afternoon, a hall in the evening. Start in Dobong with Parr, and the rest of Seoul's summer falls into place around it.

DatesJul 16 – Oct 18, 2026
VenueSeMA Photography Museum (Dobong)
AdmissionFree
StatusOn schedule

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Top Pick 1
Cho Seong-jin Recital, Lotte Concert Hall

Cho Seong-jin Recital (Lotte Concert Hall)

The week's marquee ticket. One of the most recognized Korean pianists on the international circuit plays a solo recital in Songpa — a name that needs no context and a program that needs no language. [Top Pick]

DatesSun Jul 19, 2026
VenueLotte Concert Hall (Jamsil, Songpa)
PricePrice on official page
CategoryClassical

Official page →
Top Pick 2
Opera Turandot, Seoul Arts Center

Opera: Turandot (Seoul Arts Center Opera Theater)

Puccini's grand spectacle opens the week's opera slot at the SAC. Sung in Italian with Korean surtitles, it's the most accessible large-scale opera on the calendar — go for the staging and the voices, not the supertitle screen.

DatesJul 22–26, 2026 (confirm exact performance dates on official page)
VenueSeoul Arts Center Opera Theater (Seocho)
PriceR 200,000 – D 30,000 won
CategoryClassical / Opera

Official page →
Top Pick 3
KBS Symphony 70th Anniversary with Lim Yunchan, Lotte Concert Hall

KBS Symphony 70th Anniversary, with Sohn Min-soo & Lim Yunchan

The KBS Symphony marks 70 years with Lim Yunchan — the Van Cliburn gold medalist and the biggest draw in Korean classical music right now — as concerto soloist. Instrumental music, zero language barrier, a genuinely hard ticket. [Top Pick]

DatesWed Jul 22, 2026
VenueLotte Concert Hall (Jamsil, Songpa)
PriceR 190,000 – C 30,000 won
CategoryClassical

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Top Pick 4
Robert Mapplethorpe: The Poetics of Form, Kukje Gallery

Robert Mapplethorpe: The Poetics of Form (Kukje Gallery)

Closing Sunday July 19 — this is your last chance. A master's black-and-white photography inside Samcheong-dong's hanok gallery space; nothing to read, just look. [Closing Soon]

DatesThrough Jul 19, 2026
VenueKukje Gallery hanok space (Samcheong-dong, Jongno)
PriceCheck official page
CategoryExhibition

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Top Pick 5
The Cubists: Inventing Modern Vision, Centre Pompidou Hanwha

The Cubists: Inventing Modern Vision (Centre Pompidou × Hanwha, 63 Building)

The summer's big modern-art show at the newly opened Pompidou Hanwha in Yeouido, and a centerpiece of the Korea–France 140th-anniversary season. Broadly accessible — no art-history background needed.

DatesThrough Oct 4, 2026
VenueCentre Pompidou Hanwha, 63 Building (Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo)
PricePaid (check official page)
CategoryExhibition

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Top Pick 6
National Ballet, KNB Movement Series 10, Seoul Arts Center

National Ballet — KNB Movement Series 10 (Seoul Arts Center)

The national company's experimental, choreographer-driven program in the intimate Jayu Theater — the face of the week's dance lineup. Dance carries no language load. [Top Pick]

DatesJul 18–19, 2026
VenueSeoul Arts Center Jayu Theater (Seocho)
PricePrice on official page
CategoryPerforming Arts

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Top Pick 7
Seoul Botanic Park — Plants Frida Loved

Seoul Botanic Park — 'The Garden Is a Museum: Plants Frida Loved' (Gangseo)

A summer theme show at the Botanic Park's plant center, freshly opened for the season — an easy family outing on the west side of the city, and a break from the concert halls.

DatesJul 15 – Aug 17, 2026 (closed Mondays)
VenueSeoul Botanic Park, Plant Culture Center (Gangseo)
PricePaid — check program pricing on official page
CategoryFestival / City Event

Official page →
Top Pick 8
Sound Naru at Seoul, Korea-Japan Musician Story Showcase

Sound Naru @ Seoul: Korea–Japan Musician Story Showcase (Seogyo Square, Mapo)

With the big arena tours gone, the week's live music runs free and small. This Korea–Japan showcase in Mapo is the pick of it — one evening, no cover charge. [Free]

DatesFri Jul 17, 2026, evening
VenueSeogyo Square (Mapo)
PriceFree
CategoryK-Pop / Popular Music

Official page →
Deep Dive 1 · Exhibitions

140 years of France, spread across the summer city

The Cubists: Inventing Modern Vision, Centre Pompidou Hanwha

The season's connective thread runs through the galleries. 2026 marks 140 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and France, and the anniversary has seeded shows across central Seoul — from craft to modern painting. It's a self-guided route you can walk over a week, and being visual art, none of it asks you to read Korean.

Craft and portraiture, in the center

Start at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art in Jongno, where The Hybrid, a 140th-anniversary craft exhibition, runs free through July 26 — one of the last weeks to catch it. Nearby at the Seosomun Shrine History Museum, the anniversary special THE FACE: Facing Each Other is free and runs through September 6.

The Hybrid, Seoul Museum of Craft Art

The Hybrid · Seoul Museum of Craft Art

THE FACE: Facing Each Other, Seosomun Shrine History Museum

THE FACE: Facing Each Other · Seosomun Shrine History Museum

A palace show, and the Yeouido blockbuster

At Deoksugung Palace, Banhwa: An Auspicious Heart, a Korea–France 140th-anniversary special in the Dondeokjeon hall, runs through August 30 — the exhibition itself is free, though palace admission is charged separately. And the headline of the season sits in Yeouido: The Cubists: Inventing Modern Vision at the new Pompidou Hanwha, through October 4. From a craft museum to a palace hall to a 63-Building blockbuster, the French thread ties the summer's galleries into one route.

Banhwa: An Auspicious Heart, Deoksugung Dondeokjeon

Banhwa: An Auspicious Heart · Deoksugung Dondeokjeon

Events in this story

through Jul 26The HybridSeoul Museum of Craft Art (Jongno) · Free
through Sep 6THE FACE: Facing Each OtherSeosomun Shrine History Museum (Jung-gu) · Free
through Aug 30Banhwa: An Auspicious HeartDeoksugung Dondeokjeon (Jung-gu) · Free (palace admission separate)
through Oct 4The Cubists: Inventing Modern VisionCentre Pompidou Hanwha (Yeongdeungpo) · Paid
Deep Dive 2 · Classical / Gugak / Jazz

The back half of the week belongs to the concert hall

Cho Seong-jin Recital, Lotte Concert Hall

This is the densest stretch of stage music in weeks, and it splits neatly in two: a run of young musicians' debut and homecoming recitals early, then a wall of marquee names from Wednesday on. All of it instrumental or sung — the language barrier is effectively zero.

Young players, mid-week

The first half belongs to newcomers. At Kumho Art Hall Yonsei in Seodaemun, the Kumho Young Artist series runs back to back: Shin So-yeon's daegeum recital and Kim Ha-kyung's piano recital both on July 18, followed by Cho Seong-eum's homecoming violin recital on July 19. These are the kind of low-cost, high-ceiling programs — a first-rate hall, tickets far below a marquee concert — that reward a walk-in.

Kumho Young Artist, Shin So-yeon Daegeum Recital, Kumho Art Hall Yonsei

Kumho Young Artist: Shin So-yeon Daegeum Recital · Kumho Art Hall Yonsei

Marquee names, from Wednesday

Then the week turns heavyweight. Cho Seong-jin's recital at Lotte Concert Hall (Jul 19) leads into three Songpa/Seocho headliners: Puccini's Turandot opens at the Seoul Arts Center (from Jul 22, R 200,000 – D 30,000 won), the KBS Symphony's 70th-anniversary concert with Lim Yunchan lands at Lotte on July 22 (R 190,000 – C 30,000 won), and the Seoul Phil's Schubert 'Great' closes the week at Lotte on July 23.

Seoul Phil, Susanna Mälkki's Schubert Great, Lotte Concert Hall

Seoul Phil: Schubert 'Great' · Lotte Concert Hall

And one for the jazz column

The week's lone jazz entry closes it out: the Gangnam Cultural Foundation's Thursday Arts Stage, OST & JAZZ Concert, at Gangnam Theater on July 23 — film-score standards played by a jazz orchestra, an easy evening on the south side of the river.

Gangnam Cultural Foundation, OST and JAZZ Concert, Gangnam Theater

OST & JAZZ Concert · Gangnam Theater

Events in this story

Jul 18Kumho Young Artist: Shin So-yeon Daegeum RecitalKumho Art Hall Yonsei (Seodaemun) · unconfirmed
Jul 19Cho Seong-jin RecitalLotte Concert Hall (Songpa) · Price on official page
Jul 22–26TurandotSeoul Arts Center (Seocho) · R 200,000–D 30,000 won
Jul 22KBS Symphony 70th, w/ Lim YunchanLotte Concert Hall (Songpa) · R 190,000–C 30,000 won
Jul 23OST & JAZZ ConcertGangnam Theater (Gangnam) · unconfirmed
Deep Dive 3 · Performing Arts

A weekend of dance, mostly traditional

Wol (Moon), Yun Sung-joo Dance Academy, National Gugak Center

With the drama season quiet, the week's stages belong to movement — and to Korean dance in particular. Being dance, it reads without a word of Korean.

Seocho: two nights of dance

The center of gravity is the National Gugak Center in Seocho. Wol (Moon), the founding performance of the Yun Sung-joo Dance Academy, plays the Yealak Theater on July 18–19 (R 50,000 / S 30,000 won) — traditional Korean dance built into a full-evening program. The same weekend, the dance program Chum, Hwachan runs in the center's Pungnyu Sarangbang through July 17 (30,000 won).

Chum, Hwachan, National Gugak Center Pungnyu Sarangbang

Chum, Hwachan · National Gugak Center Pungnyu Sarangbang

And the national company, in a black box

The lineup's marquee is the National Ballet's KNB Movement Series 10 at the Seoul Arts Center's Jayu Theater (Jul 18–19) — the company's experimental, choreographer-led series, staged small and close. From traditional dance to contemporary ballet, the week's stages move without language.

National Ballet, KNB Movement Series 10, Seoul Arts Center Jayu Theater

KNB Movement Series 10 · Seoul Arts Center Jayu Theater

Events in this story

Jul 18–19Wol (Moon)National Gugak Center Yealak Theater (Seocho) · Paid
Jul 16–17Chum, HwachanNational Gugak Center Pungnyu Sarangbang (Seocho) · unconfirmed
Jul 18–19National Ballet: KNB Movement Series 10Seoul Arts Center Jayu Theater (Seocho) · unconfirmed
Deep Dive 4 · Festivals / Pop-ups / City Events

Summer moves to the water's edge

Seoul Summer Beach 2026, Gwanghwamun Square

As the heat peaks, the city's outdoor programs migrate toward water and evening cool — and most of them are free. This is the week's most walk-up-friendly track.

A downtown beach opens

The new arrival is Seoul Summer Beach, which sets up a downtown beach across Gwanghwamun Square and Sejongno Park from July 20 through August 9 — free, in the dead center of the city. Out west in Gangseo, the Seoul Botanic Park water-play area runs free through August 30, six sessions a day.

Seoul Botanic Park Water-Play Area

Seoul Botanic Park Water-Play Area · Seoul Botanic Park lakeside

Evenings, outdoors and free

After dark, Moonlight Urban Yoga fills Gwanghwamun Square every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening through August 31 — a free downtown session under the lights. And for the daytime, the Seoul Outdoor Library lays out free reading seats across City Hall Plaza, Gwanghwamun, and Cheonggyecheon through November 1 (daytime hours; the after-dark sessions pause in July–August).

Moonlight Urban Yoga, Gwanghwamun Square

Moonlight Urban Yoga · Gwanghwamun Square

Seoul Outdoor Library

Seoul Outdoor Library · City Hall Plaza, Gwanghwamun & Cheonggyecheon

Events in this story

Jul 20–Aug 9Seoul Summer Beach 2026Gwanghwamun Square (Jongno) · unconfirmed
through Aug 30Seoul Botanic Park Water-Play AreaSeoul Botanic Park (Gangseo) · Free
through Aug 31Moonlight Urban YogaGwanghwamun Square (Jongno) · Free
through Nov 1Seoul Outdoor Library 2026City Hall Plaza & more (Jung-gu) · Free
Deep Dive 5 · K-Pop / Popular Music

The arena empties, the streets fill in

Sound Naru at Seoul, Korea-Japan Musician Story Showcase

The big touring shows have left town, so this week's pop runs free, small, and scattered across public squares and lunch-hour stages. It's a different density than a dome finale — and a good week to stumble into live music by accident.

The weekend showcase

The pick is Friday's Sound Naru @ Seoul: Korea–Japan Musician Story Showcase at Seogyo Square in Mapo (Jul 17) — a free cross-border showcase, and the marquee of a quiet week.

Daily and free, around town

Underpinning it all are the standing free stages. DDP Busking runs every day through July 31 (three sets daily, noon / 2 / 4 p.m.) in Dongdaemun, while Culture Flows at Seoul Plaza brings free early-evening concerts to City Hall's lawn. Over in Dongjak, the community-hall series Kkamangdol Cantabile plays a free afternoon program on July 18. No cover, no ticket queue — just turn a corner and there's a stage.

DDP Busking, July

DDP Busking · DDP Eoullim Plaza & Palgeori

Kkamangdol Cantabile 7th, Kkamangdol Eoulmadang Art Hall

Kkamangdol Cantabile · Kkamangdol Eoulmadang Art Hall

Events in this story

Jul 17Sound Naru @ SeoulSeogyo Square (Mapo) · Free
through Jul 31DDP BuskingDDP (Jung-gu) · Free
through Dec 31Culture Flows at Seoul PlazaSeoul Plaza (Jung-gu) · Free
Jul 18Kkamangdol CantabileKkamangdol Eoulmadang Art Hall (Dongjak) · Free
Deep Dive 6 · Sports

A quiet week, with one home match to anchor it

FC Seoul: home & away

Pro sport is in its summer lull, but football gives the week a fixed point. FC Seoul plays twice in the K League — once on the road, once at home — and the home date is the one to circle.

Home: Wednesday night in Mapo

On Wednesday July 22, FC Seoul host Pohang Steelers at Seoul World Cup Stadium in the Hana Bank K League 1 — a midweek home match, and the easiest live-sport option in the city this week. Catching a K League game is a low-barrier, quintessentially local night out; check ticket prices on the official page.

Away: the Sunday before

Three days earlier, on Sunday July 19, the same side play away at Bucheon FC — outside Seoul, at Bucheon Stadium, so it's a travel match rather than a home night. Between the two, the home fixture is the one worth the trip to Mapo.

DatesWed Jul 22, 2026 (home)
VenueSeoul World Cup Stadium (Mapo)
PricePaid
CategorySports

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Exhibitions

The remaining 94 beyond the first 10 shown (branch total: 104)

Jun 23 – Jul 19

Yoo Su-jin: Digging Earth, Planting Seeds, Watering

FREE Free · Art Space Boan 3, Jongno

Jun 24 – Jul 19

Yoo Hyo-jin: Outside the Eye, In the Hand, Beside the Claw

FREE Free · Chamber, Seongbuk

Jul 1 – Jul 20

Young Artists × Hongik University: To Name What Passes

FREE Free · Mapo Art Center Gallery MAC, Mapo

Jul 1 – Jul 20

When Technology Meets People: Connection Toward the Heart

FREE Free · DDP Showroom, Design Lab 1F, Jung-gu

Jul 2 – Jul 20

Lee Sun-hee: Nomadism

[unconfirmed] · Insa Art Center, Jongno

Jul 9 – Jul 21

K-Arts Space: The Room Outside

[unconfirmed] · K-Arts Space, Seongbuk

Jul 3 – Jul 22

Kim Min-ho: Grain — A Fluid Landscape

FREE Free · On Air Gallery, Seodaemun

Jul 2 – Jul 23

Lee Sara: A Girl From Wonderland

[unconfirmed] · Rho Gallery, Jongno

Jul 10 – Jul 23

Shin Ye-ji: Tight Knit

FREE Free · Crisp Wedge, Mapo

Jun 18 – Jul 25

A Layered Moment

FREE Free · Doam Gallery 3F, Seoul Art Center Doam, Jongno

Jun 24 – Jul 25

Lee Taek-su: Still — The Unrecorded

FREE Free · Gallery Jiwuheon, Jongno

Jul 1 – Jul 25

Themed Library, July: Ice Mountain Bingsu Shop

FREE Free · Jeungsan Public Library, Eunpyeong

Mar 12 – Jul 26

SeMA Project V _ Yalu

FREE Free · SeMA West Seoul, Geumcheon

Mar 26 – Jul 26

To Alexa

FREE Free · SeMA Art Archive, Jongno

Apr 28 – Jul 26

The Hybrid (Korea–France 140th Anniversary)

FREE Free · Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Gallery 3F, Jongno

May 14 – Jul 26

West Seoul's Transparent |Teenage| Machine (opening media show)

FREE Free · SeMA West Seoul, Geumcheon

Jun 9 – Jul 26

K-Heritage Art: Mibaek

FREE Free · 2F, Songpa

Jul 1 – Jul 27

Library Walk, July original-art show: Infected Animals

FREE Free · Jeungsan Public Library, Eunpyeong

Jul 14 – Jul 28

Kang Mi-mi: To Find What Is Lost, You Must Go Down

FREE Free · Juseok Collection, Jongno

Jul 3 – Jul 29

Noh Woo-chan & Lee Gi-chan: When Breath Turns to Wind

FREE Free · Space Catalog, Jung-gu

Jul 1 – Jul 30

Book Insight July: Summer Stories

FREE Free · Jeungsan Public Library, Eunpyeong

May 22 – Jul 31

Atelier Nodeul: The Origin of All Beginnings (media façade)

FREE Free · Nodeulseom media façade, Yongsan

Jun 18 – Jul 31

Baby Shark Secret Invitation: Becoming Shark

Paid · Museum Hall 2 (DDP), Jung-gu

Jul 9 – Jul 31

Solo Show "911" — Ground Concerto no.1, op.5

FREE Free · YK Presents, Jung-gu

Jun 24 – Aug 1

Doosan Humanities Theater: Trilingual

FREE Free · Doosan Gallery, Jongno

May 12 – Aug 2

Full Bloom of Color: Kwon Soon-hyung Donation Special

FREE Free · Seoul Museum of Craft Art, lobby, Jongno

Jun 29 – Aug 2

Kim Colin: THE UNSTILL LIFE TOUR (Dig Up Jongno)

FREE Free · Kimi Art, Jongno

Jul 14 – Aug 6

Choi Geum-gon: Rhythm of Memories

[unconfirmed] · Decrescendo, Yangcheon

Jun 24 – Aug 8

Gangbuk Festa 2026 Exhibition

FREE Free · Gangbuk Jindallae Hall Gallery, Gangbuk

May 15 – Aug 9

Wars Have Limits

FREE Free · Seoul Museum of History, lobby, Jongno

Jun 9 – Aug 14

Merikokeb Berhanu solo

[unconfirmed] · Esther Schipper Seoul · (Tue–Sat)

Jul 17 – Aug 17

Naru Artist × Lotte: An Art Stroll in Daily Life

FREE Free · Lotte Dept. Store Konkuk Star City 10F, Gwangjin

Feb 24 – Aug 20

Ko So-mi: Manifold

FREE Free · Space Tone, Mapo

May 21 – Aug 21

12 Workshops Joint Exhibition: Gongdeurim

FREE Free · National Intangible Heritage Training Center 2F, Gangnam

Jul 18 – Aug 22

Gallery Graf: Yu Ga-wol & Marino Funahashi — Filtered Landscape

FREE Free · Gallery Graf, Gangnam

Jun 4 – Aug 23

Giuseppe Vitale: Mondo Animale — The World of Animals

Paid · Gangdong Arts Center Artrang 1–3F, Gangdong

Jun 23 – Aug 23

Eunpyeong Craft Open Call: Structure of Awe

FREE Free · Samgaksan Geumam Museum, Eunpyeong

Apr 7 – Aug 30

Pollution Code 404: Find the Non-Point Source

FREE Free · Seoul Sewerage Science Museum 1F lobby, Seongdong

Jun 2 – Aug 30

Hanseong Baekje Museum Donation Special: Records & History I — Hanwon

FREE Free · Hanseong Baekje Museum, Songpa

Jun 3 – Aug 30

Banhwa: An Auspicious Heart (Korea–France 140th)

Palace admission (exhibition free) · Deoksugung Dondeokjeon, Jung-gu

May 1 – Aug 31

Ogansu Bridge Media Façade: Cheonggye LIVE — Green Spring

FREE Free · Ogansu Bridge, Jongno

Jul 1 – Aug 31

Atelier Gwanghwa 2: Deepening Light

FREE Free · Sejong Center exterior media façade, Jongno · (19:00–23:00)

Apr 17 – Sep 6

Sculpture Dreams+Frame (Olympic Sculpture Project #02)

Paid · SOMA Museum Hall 2, Songpa

Apr 17 – Sep 6

Picture Books Come Alive!

Paid · SOMA Museum Hall 2, Songpa

Apr 25 – Sep 6

Kikuni Special: Between the Drawn and the Ordinary

Paid · Museum Hall 1, Jung-gu

Apr 30 – Sep 6

Nanji Studio 20th Anniversary: The Origin of Love

FREE Free · SeMA Seosomun main, Jung-gu

May 13 – Sep 6

Eunpyeong History Hanok Museum: A Universe of 1.5m

FREE Free · Eunpyeong History Hanok Museum 3F, Eunpyeong

May 26 – Sep 6

Art District: Nature into Art, Art for the Earth

FREE Free · Seoul Art Book Bogo, Guro

Jun 6 – Sep 6

THE FACE: Facing Each Other (Korea–France 140th)

FREE Free · Seosomun Shrine History Museum, Jung-gu

Jun 16 – Sep 6

Earth's Pulse

FREE Free · Seoul Science Center 3F, Nowon

Jun 19 – Sep 6

Love's Fatal Fandom: The World After Love

FREE Free · Seoul Art Book Bogo gallery, Guro

Jul 1 – Sep 12

Summer Table: Six Hands, One Table

FREE Free · National Heritage Experience Center, KEIT Gallery 1F, Seongdong

Apr 28 – Sep 26

Waking Math: An Industrial Playground

FREE Free · G-Valley Industry Museum, Guro

Sep 27

Kids Archive Room: Winding Record Adventure

FREE Free · Seoul Archive 2F, Eunpyeong

May 15 – Sep 27

At University, We

FREE Free · Seoul Museum of Everyday Life, Nowon

Sep 29

Strolling Through Records: Seoul's Parks

FREE Free · Seoul Archive 2F, Eunpyeong

Jul 1 – Sep 30

Children's Gallery Q3: Tomorrow Will Be Clear

FREE Free · Mapo Seogang Library 4F, Mapo

Jun 4 – Oct 4

The Cubists: Inventing Modern Vision

Paid · Centre Pompidou Hanwha, 63 Building, Yeongdeungpo

Oct 11

Islamic Art: A Journey of Radiant Light

FREE Free · National Museum of Korea, Islamic Gallery, Yongsan

Jun 6 – Oct 11

National Geographic: OCEAN — The Greatest Record

Paid · Chungmu Art Center Gallery, Jung-gu

Jun 13 – Oct 11

Nomura Motoyuki, the Star of Cheonggyecheon

FREE Free · Cheonggyecheon Museum, Seongdong

Jul 14 – Oct 11

Curation Shelf 4: A Dialogue With Earth

FREE Free · Seoul Art Book Bogo, Guro

Jul 16 – Oct 18

Martin Parr: We Are Martin Parr

FREE Free · SeMA Photography Museum, Dobong

May 19 – Oct 25

Yoo Young-kuk: The Mountain Is Within Me

[unconfirmed] · SeMA Seosomun main, Jung-gu

Jul 11 – Oct 25

Imagine Tok Tok: In Search of Passi

Paid · Dream Forest Imagine Tok Tok Museum, Gangbuk

Jul 14 – Oct 25

With the People We Defend

FREE Free · Seoul Museum of History, Gallery B, Jongno

Apr 28 – Oct 31

Possibility of Play: See

FREE Free · Seoul Imagine Nara 1F lobby, Gwangjin

May 7 – Oct 31

Relay Solo Series 3: Intersection

FREE Free · Songpa Young Artist Center, Songpa

Nov 11

Connect

FREE Free · Seoul Imagine Nara permanent hall, Gwangjin

May 18 – Nov 14

Yuksa Fieldwork

FREE Free · Yi Yuksa Cultural Space 3F, Seongbuk

Nov 15

The Shape of Loving

Paid · Seoul Imagine Nara Kids Cafe 2F, Gwangjin

Apr 27 – Nov 15

Public Art: Wonder Street

FREE Free · One-Bailey public walkway (Picasso Mural Street), Seocho

Nov 16

Cotton-Candy Elephant (citizen public art)

FREE Free · Seoul Grand Park

Apr 16 – Nov 22

Gana Art Collection: Beneath Technology — Scenes at the Edge

FREE Free · SeMA Seosomun main 2F, Jung-gu

Jun 8 – Nov 30

Lee Han-yeol Memorial: Such Prisoners of Conscience

FREE Free · Lee Han-yeol Memorial Hall 3F, Mapo

Dec 6

Park No-soo Museum 12th Anniversary: Landscape · Study of Things

Paid · Jongno Park No-soo Museum, Jongno

May 15 – Dec 6

Fragrance Colors the Landscape (Park No-soo collaboration)

Paid · Jongno Park No-soo Museum, Jongno

Dec 31

Online Exhibition: Private Game Archive

FREE Free · Online (Songpa Cultural Foundation)

Jan 2 – Dec 31

Now for Zero-Waste Vol.2: New Zero

FREE Free · Seoul Upcycling Plaza 1F, Seongdong

Jan 2 – Dec 31

DDP Architecture Tour

FREE Free · DDP Museum 1F Tour Desk, Jung-gu

Jan 9 – Dec 31

Dream in Light

FREE Free · DDP frontage, Jung-gu

Mar 27 – Dec 31

Sindang Creative Arcade: Craft, By Chance, on Nodeulseom

FREE Free · Nodeulseom, Art Space Edge 1F, Yongsan

Jun 4 – Dec 31

Eight-Color Splendor: A Land Full of K

FREE Free · Cheong Wa Dae Sarangchae 1F, Jongno

Jun 25, 2026 – Apr 11, 2027

The Universally Valid You — Shim Idaeun

FREE Free · SeMA Buk-Seoul 2F lounge, Nowon

Apr 22, 2027

Waterfront Gallery: Seonyu Damdam

FREE Free · Seonyudo Park, Yeongdeungpo

Jun 11, 2026 – May 16, 2027

Kwon Byung-jun: You Are in My Heart

[unconfirmed] · SeMA Buk-Seoul, Nowon

Jun 23, 2026 – May 16, 2027

Tender Balance: Reflecting Each Other

Paid · Seoul Botanic Park, Plant Culture Center, Gangseo

May 30, 2027

Greece to Rome, Rome to Greece

FREE Free · National Museum of Korea, Ancient Greece·Rome Gallery, Yongsan

Apr 2, 2026 – May 30, 2027

Interlude for the Body — Somok Jangsemi

FREE Free · SeMA Buk-Seoul 1F lounge, Nowon

Jun 18, 2026 – May 30, 2027

Again, Arirang

FREE Free · Seoul Museum of Korean Folk Song, annex, Jongno

Jul 4, 2026 – May 31, 2027

Picture-Book Studio: Trivial and Special

Paid · Seoul Imagine Nara B1, Gwangjin

Apr 28, 2026 – Aug 29, 2027

Craft Collaboration: Andong Byeolgung, Layers of Time

FREE Free · Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Gallery 3F, Jongno

Aug 31, 2028

A City's Boarding Log

FREE Free · Seoul Archive 2F, Eunpyeong

Ongoing

Refik Anadol: Korea's First Permanent Installation

FREE Free · 63 Building 1F east lobby, Yeongdeungpo · Ongoing

Classical

The remaining 65 beyond the first 10 shown (branch total: 75)

Jul 18

Cha Min-sun Baroque Violin Recital: Monologue in Harmony

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center Recital Hall, Seocho

Jul 18

LUME 3rd Concert: The Third Lamp — Leap

[unconfirmed] · University of Seoul Music Hall, Dongdaemun

Jul 18

Kumho Young Artist: Kim Ha-kyung Piano Recital

[unconfirmed] · Kumho Art Hall Yonsei, Seodaemun

Jul 18

Aether Symphony Orchestra 2nd Concert

[unconfirmed] · Gwangrim Art Center Jangcheon Hall, Gangnam

Jul 18

Tenor Kim Seung-jik Solo Recital: Dichterliebe

[unconfirmed] · Sejong Chamber Hall, Jongno

Jul 18

Lee Su-min Viola Recital

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center IBK Chamber Hall, Seocho

Jul 18

3rd Myeon Sarang Emerging Artist Award Concert

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center IBK Chamber Hall, Seocho

Jul 18

Shin Jae-a Violin Recital

[unconfirmed] · Classica Seoul, Seocho

Jul 18

Zelkova Chamber Choir 2nd Concert: Ode to Life

[unconfirmed] · Dream Forest Arts Center Concert Hall, Gangbuk

Jul 18

SAC Saturday Concert — Preview Beethoven (July)

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall, Seocho

Jul 18

Na Jae-ryeong Flute Recital: Enchanting

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center

Jul 18

Salon de Musique: The Flutes Spectrum

[unconfirmed] · Salon de Musique

Jul 18

Salon de Musique: A Midsummer Night's Dream

[unconfirmed] · Salon de Musique

Jul 18

Pianist Son Min-young: 88, The Essence

[unconfirmed] · Fiore Art & Enter (Fioreum)

Jul 18

Music Beside You Series 18: Yoo Ju-yeon & Park Ga-yeong Duo — Song, Story, and Free Classical Cabaret

[unconfirmed] · House of Music

Jul 18

Shall We Draw a Score Today: Live Concert II

[unconfirmed] · Credia Classic Club

Jul 18

1178th House Concert, July Festival: French Light, Les Six 3 — Two Hearts: Poulenc & Milhaud

[unconfirmed] · House of Artists

Jul 18

SAC Saturday Concert: Preview Beethoven (July)

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center

Jul 18 – Jul 19

George Harliono Piano Recital

[unconfirmed] · Prugio Art Hall, Jung-gu

Jul 19

Cho Seong-eum Homecoming Violin Recital

[unconfirmed] · Kumho Art Hall Yonsei, Seodaemun

Jul 19

Cello An So-yeon & Flute Cha Min-kyung Duo Recital

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center Inchun Art Hall, Seocho

Jul 19

Cho Yu-ri Violin Recital: Beethoven Sonata Cycle II

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center Recital Hall, Seocho

Jul 19

Lotte Concert Hall In-House Artist II: Cho Seong-jin Recital

Price on official page · Lotte Concert Hall, Songpa

Jul 19

Seo Ye-eun Violin Recital

[unconfirmed] · Kumho Art Hall Yonsei, Seodaemun

Jul 19

Salon de Musique: Classical Balance and Romantic Depth

[unconfirmed] · Salon de Musique

Jul 19

KG Philharmonic World-Class Vocalist Series, K-Opera Gala: Voices Korea Gave the World

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center

Jul 19

Monthly Chamber Music: Ensemble Aubaine (July)

[unconfirmed] · Gallery di Arte Cheongdam

Jul 19

Pianist Im Jae-han: Beethoven Sonata Cycle 3

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center

Jul 19

1179th House Concert, July Festival: Lecture 3, Messiaen

[unconfirmed] · House of Artists

Jul 20

George Harliono — Q&A with Friends

[unconfirmed] · Prugio Art Hall, Jung-gu

Jul 20

Kim Ji-hye Violin Recital: Grieg Sonata Cycle

[unconfirmed] · Sejong Chamber Hall, Jongno

Jul 20

George Harliono Fan Concert: Q&A with Friends

[unconfirmed] · Prugio Art Hall

Jul 20

1180th House Concert, July Festival: Artist in Focus 3, Moon Ji-yeong

[unconfirmed] · House of Artists

Jul 21

Park Ju-young Piano Recital

[unconfirmed] · Sejong Chamber Hall, Jongno

Jul 21

1181st House Concert, July Festival: Debussy Piano 3, Before Speaking

[unconfirmed] · House of Artists

Jul 22

Rayul Prodigy & Young Artist: Cho Jung-woo Clarinet Recital

Paid · Rayul Art Hall, Seocho · (19:30)

Jul 22

KBS Symphony 70th Anniversary with Sohn Min-soo & Lim Yunchan

R 190,000 – C 30,000 won · Lotte Concert Hall, Songpa

Jul 22

Hyun Jun-hee Violin Recital

[unconfirmed] · Sejong Chamber Hall, Jongno

Jul 22

Prugio Wednesday Invitation 31: Guitarist Kim Jin-taek with CMS Round-Table

[unconfirmed] · Prugio Art Hall, Jung-gu

Jul 22

Hyun Jun-hee Violin Recital: A Sentimental Night II — Abyss

[unconfirmed] · Sejong Center

Jul 22

1182nd House Concert, July Festival: Debussy & Ravel Ensemble 3, Quartet Horizons

[unconfirmed] · House of Artists

Jul 22

Prugio Wednesday Invitation 31: Guitarist Kim Jin-taek with CMS Round-Table

[unconfirmed] · Prugio Art Hall

Jul 23

Mozart Piano Concerto Complete Series VIII

Paid · Simsan Memorial Culture Center, Banpo Simsan Art Hall, Seocho · (19:30)

Jul 23

Seoul Classical Symphony Orchestra Gala Concert

[unconfirmed] · Gwangrim Art Center Jangcheon Hall, Gangnam

Jul 23

Ministry of Defense Military Band Concert: HERITAGE

[unconfirmed] · National Gugak Center Yeakdang, Seocho

Jul 23

Bunt Clarinet Ensemble 2nd Concert

[unconfirmed] · Sejong Chamber Hall, Jongno

Jul 23

ArtM Concert 192: Lee Young-eun Cello Recital

[unconfirmed] · Shinyoung Chamber Hall, Yeongdeungpo

Jul 23

Seoul Classical Symphony Orchestra Gala Concert

[unconfirmed] · Gwangrim Art Center

Jul 23

Fleur Trio Concert

[unconfirmed] · Yeongsan Art Hall

Jul 23

1183rd House Concert, July Festival: Debussy & Ravel Ensemble 3, Quartet Horizons

[unconfirmed] · House of Artists

Jul 23

Seocho Cultural Foundation & Seocho Symphony: Mozart Piano Concerto Complete Series 8

[unconfirmed] · Banpo Simsan Art Hall

Jul 23

Beautiful Thursday Young Odyssey: Beethoven II — Yun Hae-won, Park Won-min & Jin Yeong-hun (violin)

[unconfirmed] · Kumho Art Hall Yonsei

Jul 23 – Jul 24

Seoul Phil: Susanna Mälkki's Schubert 'Great' ①②

Paid · Lotte Concert Hall, Songpa · (19:30)

Jul 23 – Jul 24

Seoul Phil: Susanna Mälkki's Schubert 'Great'

[unconfirmed] · Lotte Concert Hall, Songpa

Jul 23 – Jul 24

Seoul Phil: Susanna Mälkki's Schubert — The Great

[unconfirmed] · Lotte Concert Hall

Jul 11 – Jul 25

First Encounter with Classical Music (July)

[unconfirmed] · Concert Hall Nanu

Jul 22 – Jul 25

Turandot (Jul 22, 23, 25)

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center

May 22 – Jul 31

MU&A Studio Series: Night Read by Ear

[unconfirmed] · Music & Art Studio

Jun 17 – Aug 12

Hong Jin-ho's Way Back Home Cello Recital

[unconfirmed] · Pyeongchang-dong Ilbeonji Art House

Jul 11 – Oct 11

Musical Play: Donga-jul

[unconfirmed] · Dinner Theater, Songpa

Apr 16 – Oct 15

Yeongdeungpo Art Hall Matinee Concert with Keum Nan-se

Paid · Yeongdeungpo Art Hall, Yeongdeungpo · (11:00)

Mar 5 – Nov 5

Lotte Concert Hall Matinee: Danny Koo's Playlist

[unconfirmed] · Lotte Concert Hall

Feb 25 – Dec 16

Organ Odyssey

[unconfirmed] · Lotte Concert Hall

Jun 4 – Dec 23

11th Mapo M Classic Festival

Paid · Mapo Art Center, Mapo

Apr 7 – Dec 29

Seoul Arts Education Center Seocho: Spirio Recital Matinee

FREE Free · Seoul Chamber Hall, Seocho · (Tuesdays)

Theater

The remaining 127 beyond the first 10 shown (branch total: 137)

Jul 14 – Jul 19

Mission

[unconfirmed] · Open Theater

Jul 14 – Jul 19

1st N-Muse Festival: That Woman's Room

[unconfirmed] · Nine-Jin Hall

Jul 15 – Jul 19

Re: cycle

[unconfirmed] · One-Act Theater

Jul 15 – Jul 19

Red Melancholy (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Hyehwadang Small Theater

Jul 15 – Jul 19

Indomitable Nina

[unconfirmed] · Dongsung Stage Small Theater

Jul 15 – Jul 19

R&J Theater New Directors: Dream Fantasy Novel

[unconfirmed] · R&J Theater

Jul 16 – Jul 19

13th Korea New Directors: Lee Ju-yeong — No Witness

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Theater Creation Center

Jul 16 – Jul 19

Where Do Cats Go When They Die?

[unconfirmed] · Seongmisan Village Theater Hyang

Jul 16 – Jul 19

Ordinary Days (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Platform74 Small Theater

Jul 16 – Jul 19

28 Light-Years From Now (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Seondol Theater

Jul 16 – Jul 19

11th Everlasting Theater Festival: The Golden Dragon

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Theater Creation Center

Jul 18 – Jul 19

Olive & Jjinkong: Pinocchio Trial (children's/family)

Paid · Dream Forest Arts Center Performance Hall, Gangbuk · (Sat 11:00/15:00, Sun 14:00)

Jul 18 – Jul 19

13th Korea New Directors: Son Seung-myung — Boy B

[unconfirmed] · Samil-ro Warehouse Theater

Jul 18 – Jul 19

PlayTicket Reading Showcase: Sand Umbrella & Yeonseon

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Theater Center

Jul 18 – Jul 19

Pinocchio Trial (children's/family)

[unconfirmed] · Dream Forest Arts Center

Jul 21 – Jul 23

14th Seoul Short Play Festival: Hydrangea / Gapsuni

[unconfirmed] · Dongsung Stage Small Theater

Jul 22 – Jul 23

13th Korea New Directors: Kim Min-young — Peonia

[unconfirmed] · Samil-ro Warehouse Theater

Jul 22 – Jul 23

PlayTicket Reading Showcase: The Whales

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Theater Center

Apr 4 – Jul 25

Cardician — Kim Seul-gi's Darwin's Masterpiece (magic)

[unconfirmed] · Cardician

Jul 23 – Jul 25

ASSITEJ Summer Festival: A Perfect Day (children's)

[unconfirmed] · Arko Kkumbat Theater

Apr 1 – Jul 26

Kim Seul-gi's Tazza (magic)

[unconfirmed] · Cardician

Jun 5 – Jul 26

NEW Oh My Ghost

[unconfirmed] · Arutto Small Theater

Jun 5 – Jul 26

Dangerous People: Boeing Boeing 10 Years Later (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Daehangno Starit Hall

Jun 5 – Jul 26

A Tender Farewell

[unconfirmed] · KT&G Sangsangmadang Daechi Art Hall

Jun 16 – Jul 26

Unchain

[unconfirmed] · YES24 Stage

Jul 4 – Jul 26

Galaxy Robot Park Robot Show (July) (robot/visual)

[unconfirmed] · Galaxy Robot Park

Jul 14 – Jul 26

One Morning I Woke Up as an AI (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Daehangno Sky Theater

Jul 15 – Jul 26

Saving Director Kim

[unconfirmed] · Mimaji Art Center

Jul 18 – Jul 26

Immigration

[unconfirmed] · Sogang Univ. Mary Hall

Jul 19 – Jul 26

Sarah's Planet (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Foundation Daehangno Theater Quad

Jul 22 – Jul 26

Bank Bang Lesson

[unconfirmed] · Dakei Theater

Jul 22 – Jul 26

NIGHT NIGHT (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Platform74 Small Theater

Jul 22 – Jul 26

10th Mystery Thriller Series: Sherlock Holmes

[unconfirmed] · Hyehwadang Small Theater

Jul 22 – Jul 26

CODA (Seongbuk)

[unconfirmed] · Seongbuk Oreum Small Theater

Jul 22 – Jul 26

6th Playwright Series, Seon Uk-hyeon: Chamomile and Bibim-myeon

[unconfirmed] · Open Theater

Jul 23 – Jul 26

I Don't Want to Sleep! (Czech company)

[unconfirmed] · Arko Arts Theater Grand Hall, Jongno

Jul 23 – Jul 26

My Strange A-list

[unconfirmed] · Theater Lab Hyehwa-dong 1beonji

Jul 23 – Jul 26

The Maids

[unconfirmed] · Theater Dongguk

Jul 23 – Jul 26

1st N-Muse Festival: A Place to Live

[unconfirmed] · Nine-Jin Hall

Jul 23 – Jul 26

13th Korea New Directors: Kwon O-yun — In Car 6-1

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Theater Creation Center

Jul 23 – Jul 26

That Night and Friends

[unconfirmed] · Seondol Theater

Jul 23 – Jul 26

11th Everlasting Theater Festival: Seopjari

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Theater Creation Center

Jul 23 – Jul 26

ASSITEJ Summer Festival: I Don't Want to Sleep! (Czech company)

[unconfirmed] · Arko Arts Theater

Mar 20 – Jul 31

Sseol: The Friend Story

[unconfirmed] · Red Rose Theater

Jul 15 – Jul 31

Reading Play Project: The Proposal & The Bear (Chekhov)

[unconfirmed] · Render Seongsu Hope Platform

Jun 4 – Aug 2

Stars Are Out in Daytime Too (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Gwangbok Theater

Jun 12 – Aug 2

Rental Apartment

[unconfirmed] · Hanseong Art Hall

Jul 3 – Aug 2

Uncle Vanya: the original play (Chekhov)

[unconfirmed] · Anton Chekhov Theater

Jul 10 – Aug 2

Gender-Free Reading Series: CROSSFADE (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Sangmyung Art Hall

Jul 17 – Aug 2

The Seagull (Chekhov, Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Theater Joy

Jul 21 – Aug 2

Woo Seok-hun Comedy Shorts (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · R&J Theater

Jul 23 – Aug 2

Assassins II: An Eung-chil Workshop (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Yeonwoo Small Theater

Jul 23 – Aug 2

Jjamppong

[unconfirmed] · Theater Kum

Oct 24 – Aug 9

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show (children's)

[unconfirmed] · NOL Theater Hapjeong

Jul 8 – Aug 9

The Merchant of Venice

[unconfirmed] · National Theater of Korea

Jul 21 – Aug 9

1st Exit Theater Festival: Cherry Blossom Graduation & Youth Radio & Bangmyeongnok

[unconfirmed] · Daehangno Freedom Theater

Jun 3 – Aug 17

The Theater Restaurant

[unconfirmed] · Nam Theater

Jun 12 – Aug 23

Jekyll and Hyde (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Link The Space

Jun 16 – Aug 23

As Flowers and Stars Pass (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · NOL Seogyeong Square

Jul 17 – Aug 23

The Rabbit Who Went to the Dragon Palace (family)

[unconfirmed] · Lotte World

Jul 3 – Aug 29

Aesop's Animal Friends: Aesop (children's)

[unconfirmed] · Songpa Children's Culture Center

Apr 4 – Aug 30

The Hundredth Review

[unconfirmed] · Olympic Park

May 1 – Aug 30

Ghost Story: The Dangerous Hashtag

[unconfirmed] · Mirae Art Hall

Jun 12 – Aug 30

Danforth Was Right (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · YES24 Stage

Jul 1 – Aug 30

Sillim Ghost Story Season 3: Subakdeung

[unconfirmed] · Haebom Rehearsal Room

May 21 – Aug 31

Inside the Play: Swarm (Sindaebang)

[unconfirmed] · Lotte Cinema Sindaebang

Jun 18 – Aug 31

Dating Bucket List (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Bomnal Art Hall

Jun 19 – Sep 6

Fleabag

[unconfirmed] · Doosan Art Center

Jun 21 – Sep 6

Iolaus (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · YES24 Art One

Jun 23 – Sep 6

Brokeback Mountain (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · YES24 Art One

Jul 9 – Sep 13

The Night Before the Wedding (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Huam Stage

Jul 18 – Sep 13

Dead Poets Society (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · NOL Theater Daehangno

Ongoing

NANTA — non-verbal percussion comedy

Paid · Myeongdong NANTA Theater, Jung-gu · Ongoing (daily this week)

May 1 – Sep 30

I Love You, Mom (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Art House

Jul 15 – Oct 5

My Funeral

[unconfirmed] · Ollae Hall

Jul 2 – Oct 11

The MacGuffin Story

[unconfirmed] · MacGuffin Seogyo

Jul 9 – Oct 11

The Helmet

[unconfirmed] · Hongik Univ. Daehangno Art Center

Jul 17 – Nov 1

Inside the Play: Death Game (Jung-gu)

[unconfirmed] · Lotte Cinema Avenuel

Apr 5 – Nov 23

1st Eungok Village Music Festival: ENCOUNTER

[unconfirmed] · Yagi Studio

Jan 27 – Dec 24

Raum Matinee Concert

[unconfirmed] · Social Venue Raum

Apr 2 – Dec 31

Return (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Siyun Art Hall

May 1, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027

Matryoshka (Jung-gu)

[unconfirmed] · Myeongbo Art Hall

Aug 31

Hangover

[unconfirmed] · Jeong Theater

Jul 31

Shear Madness (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Contents Box

Jul 31

Beautiful Life

[unconfirmed] · JTN Art Hall

Aug 30

The Shop That Sells Time

[unconfirmed] · Parang Theater

Jul 31

Polar Bear's Art Journey (children's)

[unconfirmed] · Polar Bear Small Theater

Jul 31

Living Alone

[unconfirmed] · Daengro Hall

Aug 31

Play Ramen

[unconfirmed] · Happy Theater

Aug 31

A Hand's Breadth Apart (Raon Art Hall)

[unconfirmed] · Raon Art Hall

Jul 31

Story of Old Thieves (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Art Forest Art Hall

Aug 31

Hot Six

[unconfirmed] · Dotori Theater

Jul 31

I Can Hear Your Voice

[unconfirmed] · Dotori Theater

Aug 31

Oh My God (resident venue, magic)

[unconfirmed] · Oh My God Theater

Sep 30

A Killer Story

[unconfirmed] · Jiin Theater

Jul 19

Future Imagination Magic Show (Daehangno, magic)

[unconfirmed] · Parangsae Theater

Jul 31

Puberty Medley (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Ara Art Hall

Jul 31

My PS Partner (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Maru Art Hall

Aug 31

500/30 (JTN Art Hall)

[unconfirmed] · JTN Art Hall

Jul 31

Office Romance Report

[unconfirmed] · Jena Art Hall

Sep 27

Tomorrow to Tomorrow (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Chorok Theater

Jul 31

Fragment: Lost Memory

[unconfirmed] · Daengro Hall

Jul 31

Scent of Soap

[unconfirmed] · Seoyeon Art Hall

Jul 31

Guy Friend, Girl Friend

[unconfirmed] · Seu Art Center

Jul 31

Room 701 (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Uri Small Theater

Aug 2

Drip Boys (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Sketch Hall

Aug 1

Lunch King: The Lunch Disappeared (family)

[unconfirmed] · Sketch Hall

Jul 31

Liar Part 1

[unconfirmed] · Sangmyung Art Hall

Jul 25

Kim Seul-gi: Cardician and Everyday Life (magic)

[unconfirmed] · Cardician

Jul 31

Scar (Hongdae)

[unconfirmed] · Hongdae Theater Yun

Jul 31

Forest of Memory (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Jizzle Small Theater

Jul 31

Zero Hour (Seongsu)

[unconfirmed] · Seongsu Small Theater

Jul 31

Treasure Hunt (Daehangno, family)

[unconfirmed] · Art Forest Art Hall

Jul 31

Father and Daughter (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Seu Art Center

Aug 2

Take Care of the Male Lead

[unconfirmed] · Sketch Hall

Jul 31

As It Happens

[unconfirmed] · Shabondi Theater

Jul 31

Mafia Game (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Ara Art Hall

Jul 29

Round and Round, Dorahui

[unconfirmed] · Seongsu Small Theater

Jul 31

Ppippi: A Little Box of Memory (Daehangno, family)

[unconfirmed] · Daehangno Maronnier Small Theater

Aug 30

Gumiho Restaurant

[unconfirmed] · Chorok Theater

Aug 30

The Uncomfortable Convenience Store 2

[unconfirmed] · Huam Theater

Aug 30

The Uncomfortable Convenience Store 1 (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Always Theater

Jul 31

When I Do It, It's Romance (Hama Theater)

[unconfirmed] · Hama Theater

Jul 31

My Gap-Mate

[unconfirmed] · Daehangno Maronnier Small Theater

Jul 31

Switch (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Asgard Theater

Jul 31

Flirting (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Raon Theater

Aug 2

Hidden Puzzle (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Culture Theater

Dance

The remaining 2 beyond the first 10 shown (branch total: 12)

Jul 23 – Jul 24

4th Yeonmu Traditional Festival: Masters & Next-Gen Artists

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Donhwamun Gugakdang

Jan 12 – Dec 28

Han Yeong-suk Style, Lee Cheol-jin's Dance: Only Seungmu

[unconfirmed] · Seongkyun Small Theater

Gugak & Heritage

The remaining 12 beyond the first 10 shown (branch total: 22)

Jul 3 – Jul 25

Yeowoorak Festival 2026

[unconfirmed] · National Theater of Korea, Haneul/Daloreum Theater, Jung-gu · (weekly programs; this week Jul 18–19)

May 9 – Oct 18

Seoul Taekwondo Performance

FREE Free · Namsangol Hanok Village, DDP & more, Jung-gu

Apr 4 – Oct 31

Yeonhui Panpan

[unconfirmed] · National Gugak Center

Apr 11 – Oct 31

Uijeongbuji Historic Site Traditional Martial Arts

Paid · Uijeongbuji Historic Site Plaza, Jongno

Feb 25 – Nov 25

Dadam

[unconfirmed] · National Gugak Center

Apr 4 – Nov 28

Saturday Gugak Fairy Tales

[unconfirmed] · National Gugak Center

Jan 3 – Dec 26

Saturday Masterpieces

[unconfirmed] · National Gugak Center

Feb 25 – Dec 30

Samcheonggak Wednesday Resident Performance

Paid · Samcheonggak Ilhwadang, Seongbuk · (Wed 18:30, dinner + show)

Feb 25 – Dec 30

Samcheonggak Wednesday Resident: Samcheong

[unconfirmed] · Samcheonggak

Jun 13, 2025 – Dec 31, 2026

Jinyeon (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · Jijidaeak

Ongoing

Changing of the Royal Guard at Deoksugung

FREE Free · Deoksugung, Daehanmun gate, Jung-gu · Ongoing daily (closed Mon), 11:00 & 14:00

Ongoing

Gyeongbokgung Royal Guard-Changing & Related Ceremonies

FREE Free · Gyeongbokgung, Heungnyemun gate, Jongno · Ongoing (closed Tue)

Musical & Opera

The remaining 66 beyond the first 10 shown (branch total: 76)

Jul 19

KG Philharmonic World-Class Vocalist Series — K-Opera Gala

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall, Seocho

Jul 26

Musical: Billy Elliot

Paid · Blue Square Woori Bank Hall, Yongsan

Dec 3 – Jul 26

Tomorrow Morning (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Q Theater

Apr 12 – Jul 26

Billy Elliot

[unconfirmed] · Blue Square

May 1 – Jul 26

Off at Six (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Yegreen Theater

May 7 – Jul 26

Outcast

[unconfirmed] · Link Art Center Dream

May 14 – Jul 26

Club Seolhwa (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Theater ON

Jul 22 – Jul 26

2026 Seoul Arts Center Opera: Turandot (Italian, Korean surtitles)

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center Opera Theater, Seocho

Jul 17 – Jul 27

Butler TV Season 2, Part 2: The Endless Doors of the Mansion (Seodaemun)

[unconfirmed] · Yonsei Univ. Centennial Hall

Jan 15 – Jul 31

The Man Alive: Choice

[unconfirmed] · The Seoulitium

Jun 12 – Aug 2

The Pied Piper (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · Jeongdong Theater

Jul 1 – Aug 2

The Little Mermaid (children's, Yangcheon)

[unconfirmed] · KOBACO Hall

Mar 14 – Aug 9

The Fairy of Jangsu Bathhouse (children's, Gwangjin)

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Children's Grand Park

Apr 8 – Aug 9

Midnight: Actor-Musician (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Uniplex

Jun 9 – Aug 9

The Last Man 2nd Run (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Link The Space

Jun 18 – Aug 9

Black Mary Poppins

[unconfirmed] · Link Art Center

Jun 9 – Aug 11

Beethoven (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · Sejong Center

Jul 3 – Aug 17

The 100-Story House in the Forest (children's, Jongno)

[unconfirmed] · Sungkyunkwan Univ. New Millennium Hall

Jun 9 – Aug 18

Musical: Beethoven

Paid · Sejong Grand Theater, Jongno

Jul 23 – Aug 20

Here Comes SG (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Bora Art Hall

Jun 9 – Aug 23

Those Days (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · D-Cube Link Art Center

Jun 30 – Aug 23

Yumi's Cells (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · Seoul Arts Center

Jul 10 – Aug 23

The Story of Under the Sea (children's)

[unconfirmed] · Olympic Park

Jul 10 – Aug 23

Rina, Superhero (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · KEPCO Art Center

Apr 17 – Aug 29

The Screwtape Letters (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Myeongryun Art Hall

Mar 29 – Aug 30

The Magic Candies (children's)

[unconfirmed] · The Seoulitium

Apr 25 – Aug 30

HUNKY SHOW

[unconfirmed] · Star Stage

Jun 4 – Aug 30

Sidereus (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Plus Theater

Jun 9 – Aug 30

Eoduksini (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · NOL Seogyeong Square

Jun 9 – Aug 30

MAD HATTER: The Mad Hatter's Tale (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · TOM Theater

Jun 20 – Aug 30

Musical: Paganini

Paid · Hongik Univ. Daehangno Art Center Grand Theater, Jongno

Jun 20 – Aug 30

Paganini (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Hongik Univ. Daehangno Art Center

Jul 1 – Aug 30

Palace, Appear! The Five Palaces of Seoul (children's)

[unconfirmed] · Gyeongbokgung Art Hall

Jul 4 – Aug 30

Grandma's Summer Vacation: CC Shop (children's)

[unconfirmed] · National Museum of Korea Theater Yong

May 12 – Sep 6

The Brothers Karamazov (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · NOL Theater Daehangno

Jun 10 – Sep 6

Park Yeol (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Link Art Center Dream

Jun 16 – Sep 6

Praise of Death

[unconfirmed] · Link Art Center

Jun 25 – Sep 13

The Dream Interpreter (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · YES24 Stage

Jun 30 – Sep 13

Stravinsky (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · YES24 Art One

Jun 23 – Sep 20

Origin of Species (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Dongduk Women's Univ. Performing Arts Center

Jul 1 – Sep 27

Western Story (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Uniplex

Jul 21 – Sep 27

Blue Marlin (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · et theatre 1

Jul 9 – Oct 11

Roulette

[unconfirmed] · Lotte Cinema Dogok

Jul 11 – Oct 11

Donga-jul

[unconfirmed] · Dinner Theater

Jul 21 – Oct 11

On Death

[unconfirmed] · Link Art Center Dream

Jul 23 – Oct 11

Widerstand

[unconfirmed] · Link Art Center Dream

Jul 10 – Oct 18

Dracula (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · LG Arts Center Seoul

Apr 10 – Oct 31

Resistance: Those Who Became a Hymn

[unconfirmed] · Gwangya Art Center

Jul 1 – Nov 29

SEXY MEN STANDING

[unconfirmed] · Red Rose Theater

Jun 11, 2026 – Feb 21, 2027

Bballae (Laundry): 32nd Production

[unconfirmed] · Uniplex

Aug 29

The Pilgrim's Progress

[unconfirmed] · Myeongryun Art Hall

Jul 31

Someday (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Daehangno Muha Art Center

Aug 30

Let's Play, Pinocchio! (children's, Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Seoyeon Art Hall

Aug 31

PAINTERS (non-verbal, Gyeonghyang Art Hill)

[unconfirmed] · Gyeonghyang Art Hill

Apr 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2026

NANTA (non-verbal, Hongdae)

[unconfirmed] · Hongdae NANTA Theater

Jun 5, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026

PAINTERS (non-verbal, Seodaemun resident venue)

[unconfirmed] · NH Art Hall

Jul 14, 2024 – Jul 26, 2026

Three Little Pigs: Wolf Forest Expedition (children's, Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Raon Theater

Oct 1, 2024 – Aug 31, 2026

JUMP (non-verbal)

[unconfirmed] · Myeongbo Art Hall

Nov 8, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026

TOUCH FIVE

[unconfirmed] · Touch Five Theater

Mar 1, 2025 – Aug 17, 2026

Twinkle Twinkle Rapunzel (children's, Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Dalbamen Theater

Jul 24, 2025 – Jul 31, 2026

Sleep No More Seoul (immersive)

[unconfirmed] · McKittrick Hotel

Aug 28, 2025 – Jul 31, 2026

Spotlight (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Spotlight

Mar 7 – Jul 31

Finding Kim Jong-wook (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Tintin Hall

Mar 28 – Aug 30

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Lumina Art Hall

Jun 6 – Jul 31

Sexy Men Standing

[unconfirmed] · Red Rose Theater

Jul 17 – Sep 27

A Late Spring Day

[unconfirmed] · Black Box 1357

K-POP · Pop & Jazz

The remaining 71 beyond the first 10 shown (branch total: 81)

Jul 17

LOUD BRIDGE SUMMER

[unconfirmed] · Rolling Hall

Jul 10 – Jul 18

TOUCHED Acoustic Concert: at HOME

[unconfirmed] · Mapo Art Center

Jul 16 – Jul 18

HONNE 10th Anniversary Tour (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · Lotte Concert Hall

Jul 18

Kkamangdol Cantabile 7th: Samyang Fairytale

FREE Free · Kkamangdol Eoulmadang Art Hall, Dongjak · (14:00)

Jul 18

Seoul Gallery Lunch Stage: Singer-Songwriter Jang Yeoreum

FREE Free · Seoul Gallery B1, Jung-gu · (14:00)

Jul 18

WOO!AH! Fan Concert WXW: Wave

[unconfirmed] · Songhae Art Hall

Jul 18

Petit SETi FES Vol.1

[unconfirmed] · SETI Live Hall

Jul 18

Genre Clash: OTS Special

[unconfirmed] · Umuji

Jul 18

Sup-Sekwon Live, Void Solo: Lime Tree

[unconfirmed] · Sup-Sekwon Live

Jul 18

idol wave, The Starlight Orbit: JULY ORBIT

[unconfirmed] · WestBridge Live Hall

Jul 18

Son Ha-eun Summer Solo: A Summer's Letter

[unconfirmed] · Salon Moonbow

Jul 18

hathaw9y 2nd Album LOVERS Release Show (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · Vel.R

Jul 18

Kiss & Ride: Summer Special Live Night

[unconfirmed] · Grand Hyatt Seoul

Jul 18

Jazz Pianist Kim Han-eol Recital: 1920, Rhapsody in Jazz 2

[unconfirmed] · Concert Hall Nanu

Jul 18

DNB SEOUL: DJing with Live Instrument

[unconfirmed] · XIMXIM

Jul 18

TONE STUDIO LIVE: Poser Squad

[unconfirmed] · Tone Studio Seoul

Jul 18

Jeong Feeling On the Wave

[unconfirmed] · CLUB bender

Jul 18

Hongdaegwang Solo Concert: Refreshing Advisory

[unconfirmed] · Onmam Theater

Jul 18

Band 831 World Tour: Wingless (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · Musinsa Garage

Jul 18

Shin Seong Fan Concert: Serenade

[unconfirmed] · Gureum Arae Small Theater

Jul 18

Vital Degree 1st Album Showcase

[unconfirmed] · Ajito Live Hall

Jul 18

SS: umic Festival #7

[unconfirmed] · Seobo Art & Culture Space (Seoul)

Jul 18

Choi Jeong-cheol Concert: RE: BORN

[unconfirmed] · Sowol Art Hall

Jul 10 – Jul 19

Broccoli, You Too? Special: Early Tropical Night (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · KOCCA CKL Stage

Jul 17 – Jul 19

BOYNEXTDOOR Tour: KNOCK ON Vol.2 (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · Olympic Park

Jul 17 – Jul 19

U-KNOW Project 26: SCENE#1 (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · Olympic Park

Jul 17 – Jul 19

Yeoyu & Seolbin on Sync Next 26

[unconfirmed] · Sejong Center

Jul 18 – Jul 19

WE ARE FESTIVAL Vol.2

[unconfirmed] · Lion Super Club

Jul 18 – Jul 19

Jang Gyeong-min Concert: Noise of the Forest

[unconfirmed] · CJ Azit Gwangheungchang

Jul 18 – Jul 19

XLOV Asia Tour: Serving-X (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · Blue Square

Jul 18 – Jul 19

DKB Fan-Con: BLACK OUT (Encore)

[unconfirmed] · Sungshin Women's Univ. Unjeong Green Campus

Jul 18 – Jul 19

Na Yoon-kwon Small Concert: Summer Walk 2 (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · KT&G Sangsangmadang Live Hall, Mapo

Jul 18 – Jul 19

EPEX 4th Concert: ECHO

[unconfirmed] · Ticketlink 1975 Theater

Jul 18 – Jul 19

82MAJOR Fan-Concert, 82 Office: Vacation

[unconfirmed] · XSCALA

Jul 18 – Jul 19

THE PLAYER Season 3: LUCY × Hong Isac

[unconfirmed] · KBS Sports World Arena

Jul 18 – Jul 19

Goddess of Victory: NIKKE — Band Live: Full Burst

[unconfirmed] · YES24 Live Hall

Jul 18 – Jul 19

Reol Oneman Live "Bijigaku" in SEOUL

[unconfirmed] · YES24 Wonderlock Hall

Jul 18 – Jul 19

natori One-Man Live Tour: Koshin (March) (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · Olympic Park

Jul 19

NEKIRU.net Vol.19: Day & Night

[unconfirmed] · SETI Live Hall

Jul 19

9 and the Numbers: 99%, Best — Listening Party

[unconfirmed] · Gorani Special Forces

Jul 19

Song Ha-ye Solo Concert: WHITE SONG 3

[unconfirmed] · Gureum Arae Small Theater

Jul 19

Sup-Sekwon Live, Kanto Solo: Attention

[unconfirmed] · Sup-Sekwon Live

Jul 19

STILL ROLLING Vol.4

[unconfirmed] · CLUB bender

Jul 19

Music Beside You Series 19: Iruri Quartet — Serendipity

[unconfirmed] · House of Music

Jul 19

Colorful Stage #18: FLEET, LIF

[unconfirmed] · Umuji

Jul 19

CARAMEL CANDiD Live in Seoul

[unconfirmed] · Rolling Hall

Jul 20

Monday Project Season 9: Cheon Jin-woo Folk Concert

[unconfirmed] · Yeonnam Space

Jul 20

The Neighbourhood Live (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · YES24 Live Hall

Jul 21

Monday Project × Sup-Sekwon: SOOP — Moher Solo Concert

[unconfirmed] · Sup-Sekwon Live

Jul 21

Indie Village Vol.1: Erotic Worms Exhibition

[unconfirmed] · Salon Moonbow

Jul 22

Seoul Gallery Lunch Stage: Harmonicist Lee Han-gyeol

FREE Free · Seoul Gallery B1, Jung-gu · (12:30)

Jul 9 – Jul 23

Groove Jazz Day: Midsummer Night's Jazz Club Concert

[unconfirmed] · Jazz Club Groove

Jul 23

Gangnam 1016th Thursday Arts Stage: OST & JAZZ Concert

[unconfirmed] · Gangnam Theater, Gangnam

Jul 23

1016th Thursday Arts Stage: Lee Ji-yeon Jazz Orchestra — OST & JAZZ Concert

[unconfirmed] · Gangnam Theater

Jul 23

78LIVE: Chanmin

[unconfirmed] · MPMG

Jul 23

Monday Project × Sup-Sekwon: SOOP — I-oneul Solo Concert

[unconfirmed] · Sup-Sekwon Live

Jul 23

9th 29CM STAGE: Sumin & Joo Hye-rin

[unconfirmed] · Musinsa Garage

Jul 23 – Jul 24

Indiscovery: CHALLENGE (Stage 05–06)

FREE Free · Mapo Art Center Play MAC, Mapo · (19:30)

Jul 17 – Jul 26

Annyeongshin Gayoung Solo: 6 Days of Summer

[unconfirmed] · Kind Seoul

Jun 4 – Jul 31

The Manderley Experience (immersive)

[unconfirmed] · McKittrick Hotel

Jul 1 – Jul 31

DDP Busking, July

FREE Free · DDP Eoullim Plaza & Palgeori, Jung-gu · (daily 12:00/14:00/16:00)

Jul 4 – Aug 2

Hye Eun-i Summer Party (Daehangno)

[unconfirmed] · Good Theater

Jul 18 – Sep 19

SS: umic Festival #7, #8

[unconfirmed] · Seobo Art & Culture Space (Seoul)

Apr 4 – Oct 31

Narurang Busking 2026

FREE Free · Cheongchun Tteurak & Achasan Saturday stage, Gwangjin

Mar 27 – Nov 27

Wine et Melody

[unconfirmed] · Seonongdan History & Culture Center

Jul 18 – Dec 9

Kkamangdol Cantabile, Second Half 2026

FREE Free · Kkamangdol Eoulmadang Art Hall, Dongjak · (2nd Wed / 3rd Sat)

May 1 – Dec 31

Seoul Street Performance: Every Corner Live

FREE Free · Various, citywide

May 6 – Dec 31

Culture Flows at Seoul Plaza

FREE Free · Seoul Plaza, Jung-gu · (18:00–19:30)

May 13, 2026 – May 13, 2036

Trans-Empire: Sean Tyas (Seoul)

[unconfirmed] · XIMXIM

Oct 30

The entry to Jazz (Seongsu)

[unconfirmed] · entry55, Seongsu

Oct 31

Special GIG (Seongsu)

[unconfirmed] · entry55, Seongsu

Festivals & Pop-ups

The remaining 8 beyond the first 10 shown (branch total: 18)

Ongoing

Dialogue in the Dark

Paid · Gahoe-dong (Bukchon), near Anguk Station, Jongno · Ongoing (closed Mon)

Jun 3

International Seon Center Templestay: Luminous Lotus / Engraving Serenity

[unconfirmed] · International Seon Center, Yangcheon · )

Ongoing

SEOULDAL — tethered balloon

Paid · Yeouido Park, Yeongdeungpo · Ongoing (12:00–22:00, closed Mon)

Ongoing

Korean Temple Food Culture Experience — Saturday Session

[unconfirmed] · Korean Temple Food Culture Experience Center · Saturdays 10:30–12:00 (foreigners-only, one-day)

Ongoing

Jingwansa Overnight Templestay

Paid · Jingwansa, Eunpyeong · Overnight, by reservation

Ongoing

Geumsunsa Overnight Templestay

Paid · Geumsunsa (near Bukhansan) · Overnight, by reservation

Ongoing

Bongeunsa Temple Day Programs

[unconfirmed] · Bongeunsa, Gangnam · Ongoing, programs vary by day

Ongoing

Bukchon Traditional Culture Center

FREE Free · Bukchon Culture Center, Jongno · Ongoing, Tue–Sun (closed Mon)