All Performing Arts

Known as one of the world’s best performance venues, the Sejong Center is a multipurpose arts center.

The Cheongdo Bullfighting Festival celebrates the long tradition of bullfighting in the Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. Drawing over half a million visitors annually since its inception in 1999, the festival is the largest bullfighting championship in the country. In addition to the bullfighting championship, the festival offers a number of exciting events Read more [...]

“Jeongseon Arirang Performance” is a dramatized version of Jeongseon Ariang, the origin of the Korean folk song Arirang designated as Intangible Cultural Asset No. 1 of Gangwon province. This performance with Korea’s characteristic composition is meaningful in that it introduces the artistic superiority of the folk song and Korean traditional Read more [...]

The Korea House was opened in 1981. It is a traditional Korean building that introduces the culture and lifestyle of Koreans, where you can experience traditional architecture and a classical atmosphere. The building was built in the style of the Joseon Dynasty’s Jagyeong-jeon building at the Gyeongbok Palace. It is Read more [...]

Daehangno Street, known as the street for young people, is the former location of Seoul National University. In the 1980s, many theater groups started moving to Daehangno, and it soon developed into a cultural center. In a short period of time, movie theaters, live-cafes, regular cafes, and pubs sprung up, Read more [...]

Ever since first hitting the stage in July 2003, Jump has been incredibly popular in Korea. It also has had remarkable international success; in 2005 and 2006 it took the Edinburgh Fringe Festival by storm, and then went on to tour around the world, ending up on London’s West End Read more [...]

Chongdong Theater’s “Korean Traditional Stage” performance has been running ever since 1997. Here the audience can enjoy a selection of some of Korea’s most famous traditional performing arts, such as pansori, a traditional percussion quartet, a fan dance, and dance that was once performed in a shamanism exorcism ritual. Detailed Read more [...]

This is a legendary jazz bar already known to jazz manias. With ‘All That Jazz’ and ‘Chunnyeondongando,’ it is one of the top 3 famous jazz bars in Seoul. It moved from Sinchon, to Daehangno to Cheongdam-dong to present day Seocho-dong. The live jazz performance begins after 9 p.m. and Read more [...]

Seoul Lantern Festival is an annual festival held in Cheonggye Plaza in Jongno-gu, Seoul and Cheonggyecheon stream, with lanterns as the theme. Beautiful lanterns that flow along the Cheonggyecheon stream shines light to hearts. There are other experience events such as making lanterns, afloating lanterns, etc. People who want to Read more [...]

Since it is the National Theater of Korea, the main goal is to introduce traditional performance arts. It is composed of different types of facilities such as the Main Hall ‘Hae,’ a synthesized stage where all genre of performances are possible and the Small Hall ‘Dal,’ where daily performances by Read more [...]

This jazz festival is held in dazzling spring. Top Korean and foreign artists come to perform. The four stages are installed in the Olympic Park so people can enjoy the performance of artists they like. In 2013, Mika, Damien Rice, Ramsey Lewis, and Jeff Bernat came to perform. (Website https://www.seouljazz.co.kr)

It is a music festival held in Nanji Hangang Park in Seoul. With the mild breeze and warm sunshine, rich and diverse music by different genre musicians spread up in the air. (website https://greenplugged.com)

It is an outdoor music festival held in Olympic Park in Seoul. Variety of singers, from indie bands to rock bands, perform all day long. Performances are continuously held on five different stages at the same time and people can choose the performance they like. It is a popular festival Read more [...]

It is a complex culture space constructed by connecting 28 container boxes and the space itself sprays out its charm of creativity. Over the classical meaning of pure art, it presents video art, street art, programming, and club culture. It turned out to be the hot place in Gangnam among Read more [...]

This space was constructed by KT as a cultural and social movement. People can enjoy café, taking walks, playing, and performances at in one place. People can have a chance to operate IT machines used in everyday life and see performances at a reasonable price. The entrance fee of the Read more [...]

Bibap is a non verbal performance based on the Korean representative dish – bibimbap. Makes one of traditional dish into a treasure and exciting. The actors mimic the sound of making bibimbap with beat-boxing and a cappella, demonstration of motions through b-boying, and acrobatics and martial arts.   Performance time Read more [...]

Eland Cruise can let you enjoy shows while cruising Hangang. English, Japanese, and Chinese subtitles for baking program. Buffet cruise, Hangang tour cruise, live music cruise are also operated.     Tickets: – Baking Experience + Performance Cruise – 48,000 won (Adults) (Mar~Nov) 38,000won (Adults) (Dec~Feb) -Performance Cruise – 29,000 Read more [...]

Drum Cat whips people into a frenzy of rhythm and fun. Drum Cat was created in 2003 and this is an all female percussion group that has moved into its own exclusive theater just 7 years after its first performance. Drum Cat received the ‘2008 Edinburgh Festival Herald Angel’ award and the ‘2008 Read more [...]

Jump has been incredibly popular in Korea.  It also has had remarkable international success. In 2005 -2006s, it took the Edinburgh Fringe Festival by storm, and then went on to tour around the world, ending up on London’s West End and New York’s off-Broadway, proving that this musical comedy has Read more [...]

 If you like watch traditional performance. You can watch Miso. Miso means “beautiful smile” in Korean. This is the level of Satisfaction No.1 Performance Award Chosen by Foreign Audience (Survey of Regular Performances in 2012, Korea Tourism Organization) Jeongdong Theater has been presenting dignified masterpieces for 17 years since 1997 for the popularization, Read more [...]

NANTA (난타) is the first non-verbal performance produced in Korea that comically depicts happenings in kitchen by integrating Korea’ s traditional rhythm, Samulnori. NANTA has been running since October 1997 and is the most popular show ever in Korea. It also has achieved outstanding international success having performed on Broadway Read more [...]

A place where you can watch K-pop stars’ hologram performances anytime, just opened on the 9th floor of Lotte FITIN in Seoul on 2014. At the standing area, audiences will be able to see three-dimensional images of singers on stage as if they are in front of an actual concert stage. This Read more [...]