This post summarizes official announcements; it is not a review of a visit. Sources: the Geumcheon Cultural Foundation's website and the festival's official blog, Seoul's Fun Seoul (펀서울) festival listing, Geumcheon-gu Office's directions page, Geumcheon-gu's park information and a Geumcheon-gu public library notice, checked on October 7, 2026. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
- Dates
- Sat, Oct 17, 2026 ~ Sun, Oct 18
- Venue
- Around Geumcheon-gu Office & Geumnarae Central Park (금천구청·금나래중앙공원 일대)70 Siheung-daero 73-gil (Geumcheon-gu Office) & 53 Siheung-daero 79-gil (Geumnarae Central Park), Geumcheon-gu, Seoul (서울 금천구 시흥대로73길 70·시흥대로79길 53 일대)
- Fee
- Free
- Organizer
- Geumcheon-gu, Geumcheon Cultural Foundation
- Official
- Official notice (Korean) ↗
- Updated
- when we last re-checked the official notice
📅 Schedule at a glance
October 2026
Event daysHighlightsTodayKorean public holidays
Korea Meteorological Administration · 10/15, 11 AM issued · forecasts can change
📌 What's on each day
- 10/17Sat★ Show choirToday
- 10/18SunWappen TourToday
🔁 Daily · Hands-on booths · flea market · food & food trucks · busking
Geumcheon Harmony Festival 2026 in Seoul — Dates, Venue & Parking, Plus Fireworks and the Wappen Patch Tour with Kids
On an autumn weekend,
the area around Geumcheon-gu Office
fills up with a music festival 🎶
The 2026 Geumcheon Harmony Festival
(금천하모니축제)
runs for two days, Sat Oct 17 – Sun Oct 18,
around Geumcheon-gu Office
and Geumnarae Central Park.
It’s open to everyone,
and admission is free!
We put this together on October 7
from the Geumcheon Cultural Foundation’s website,
the festival’s official blog
and Seoul’s Fun Seoul (펀서울) listing.
🎪 What kind of festival is it?
Past festival — A festival scene with an aerial performance and gathered spectators (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
2024 festival — A nighttime festival with a light performance in front of Geumcheon-gu Office (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
Held every year since 2003,
for more than 20 years,
it’s Geumcheon-gu’s signature festival.
It’s built around ‘music’ —
a chance for residents to relax,
have fun and get together.
This year’s slogan is
”Harmony that resonates, a melody that connects hearts”.
The official poster calls it
’2026 Lively Geumcheon Harmony Festival’
(2026 활기찬 금천하모니축제).
Last year it was held around
Geumcheon-gu Office Plaza
and the Anyangcheon multipurpose plaza.
This year it centers on Geumcheon-gu Office,
using Geumnarae Central Park (금나래중앙공원),
the plaza in front of the office and more.
✨ What’s on, and when?
2025 festival — An outdoor nighttime performance stage and spectators (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
2025 festival — Outdoor spectators watching the performance stage (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
The main programs listed on Fun Seoul
are the citizen show choir ‘Sing for Harmony’,
guest singer performances, and fireworks.
Hands-on booths, a flea market,
a book festival and food trucks
run alongside as side programs.
Over the two festival days,
only two programs have dates so far.
Here they are in date order,
along with the tie-in event the week before.
| Date & time | Program |
|---|---|
| Oct 12 (Mon)–16 (Fri) | Harmony Week — tie-in event the week before the festival, library programs across Geumcheon-gu |
| Oct 17 (Sat), time not announced yet | Sing for Harmony — a show choir of local residents |
| Oct 18 (Sun) 11:00–17:00 | Harmony Wappen Tour — Geumnarae Central Park, decorate a pouch or name tag with patches |
| Date & time not announced yet | Guest singer performances · fireworks |
On the Wappen Tour, you collect stamps
around the festival grounds
and take a music-taste test
to find the wappen (embroidered patch)
that suits you.
With the patches you collect,
you decorate a pouch or name tag.
You’re also welcome to bring
a fabric item from home,
like a bag or a cap.
It may end early
if the prepared materials run out.
As of October 7, the guest singers
and the fireworks date and time
haven’t been announced yet.
During Harmony Week, Doksan Library (독산도서관) says
it will run drop-in crafts
like mother-of-pearl keyrings and bookmarks
throughout the week.
🍢 Market, food & busking?
2025 festival — Spectators gathered in front of festival booths (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
These hours come from
the call for booth participants.
They were application terms,
so the real hours may differ.
| Hours | Booths & performances |
|---|---|
| 11:00–17:00 | Hands-on booths — about 10 booths |
| 11:00–21:00 | Flea market · food · food trucks — about 12 flea-market and 10 food booths, plus about 5 food trucks |
| 13:00–17:00 | Busking — about 10 teen and young-adult teams, up to 15 minutes per team |
Food vendors were asked to list
the price per 100 g next to the selling price,
and reusable containers
are planned to be provided.
The call recruited groups
offering free hands-on activities,
but it also lists terms for paid ones.
Check each booth’s cost on site.
🚇 Getting there & parking
So this follows Geumcheon-gu Office’s
’Directions’ page.
| Getting there | How |
|---|---|
| Geumcheon-gu Office Station (Line 1) | Exit 1, 3 minutes on foot |
| Guro Digital Complex Station (Line 2) | From Exit 1, transfer to a bus toward Geumcheon-gu Office, get off at the Geumcheon-gu Office stop and walk 5 minutes |
| Bus | Trunk (blue) lines 150 and 500, branch (green) lines 5530, 5531 and 5617, among others |
If you’re driving,
there’s the Geumcheon-gu Office parking lot.
| Item | Fee & spaces |
|---|---|
| First hour | Free |
| After that | 500 won per 10 minutes |
| Compact cars, eco-friendly cars, Dadungi Card holders (Seoul’s multi-child family card) | 50% off |
| Regular parking spaces | 260 |
👨👩👧 Going with kids
2025 festival — An outdoor activity area where children are drawing pictures (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
2025 festival — A child playing with a large transparent play ball (Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3)
If hands-on activities for kids
are the goal,
Sunday the 18th is the day.
The Wappen Tour runs only that day,
from 11:00 to 17:00.
According to the call for booths,
the hands-on booths also close at 17:00.
Geumnarae Central Park (16,331 ㎡)
has a community center, restrooms and more.
With a Dadungi Card,
parking at the office is 50% off.
Just so you know:
‘I’m an Alien Looking for Friends’
and the ‘Just Resting? Youth’ wellness program
are pre-registration programs for young adults,
not events to join with kids.
and ends early if materials run out
Bring a bag or cap
to decorate with patches
⏳ Not announced yet
□ Stage timetable and daily hours
□ Guest singers
□ Fireworks date and time
□ Book festival details
□ Ages and costs for each hands-on booth
□ Office parking and road closures during the festival
□ Rain plans
□ Nursing room
As of October 7, none of these
are in the official information yet.
The Geumcheon Cultural Foundation says
it will post the detailed programs
on its website’s ‘Festival Programs’ page.
Last year, just before the festival,
the official blog posted
a separate road-closure notice.
If you’re driving, be sure to check before you go!
📞 Inquiries 070-4118-3420, 070-4114-6351
👍 Who we’d recommend it for
✔ Families looking for a craft activity with kids
(Wappen Tour on the 18th)
✔ Families who want to see performances
and even fireworks for free
✔ Families looking for an autumn weekend outing
near Geumcheon-gu Office Station (Line 1)
Hands-on booths and a market,
plus performances and fireworks —
a Geumcheon music festival over two days.
We’ll add the timetable
to this post as soon as it’s out!
We put this post together from official announcements before visiting ourselves. Event photos are from the Korea Tourism Organization, released under KOGL Type 3 (attribution, no derivatives) and shown unedited. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
📷 The festival in photos 8
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🔄 Updates
- One-week check
- First write-up
📎 Sources
- 한국관광공사 국문 관광정보(TourAPI) — 금천하모니축제 행사 사진 (contentid 2761411) 한국관광공사 · 관공서
- 금천하모니축제 소개 금천문화재단 · 주최
- 2026 금천하모니축제 금천하모니축제 공식 블로그(금천문화재단) · 2026.9.10 · 주최
- 2026 금천하모니축제 하모니어스 <하모니 와펜투어> 금천하모니축제 공식 블로그(금천문화재단) · 2026.9.29 · 주최
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- 싱 포 하모니 연습 현장 스케치 금천하모니축제 공식 블로그(금천문화재단) · 2026.9.16 · 주최
- 하모니어스 <쉬었음? 청년> 집 밖으로 한 발짝, 파자마로 시작하는 웰니스 신청 안내 금천하모니축제 공식 블로그(금천문화재단) · 2026.9.29 · 주최
- 하모니어스 <나 외계인인데 친구 찾는다> 신청 안내 금천하모니축제 공식 블로그(금천문화재단) · 2026.9.30 · 주최
- 금천하모니축제 축제프로그램 금천문화재단 · 주최
- 2026 금천하모니축제 서울특별시 펀서울 · 관공서
- 금천구청 찾아오시는길(교통·주차장 안내) 금천구 · 관공서
- 공원·하천 기타공원(금나래중앙공원) 금천구 · 관공서
- [독산] 활기찬 금천하모니축제 연계 <소리와 빛의 하모니> 금천구립도서관 · 2026.10.6 · 관공서
This is a guide based on official announcements, not a visit review. Schedules, programs and fees can change, so please re-check the official notice before you go.
Translated from our Korean post with AI assistance. Dates, times, fees, phone numbers and other numbers were checked against the Korean original on October 7, 2026. We did not check whether the festival offers guidance in English. Original post (Korean)