This post summarizes official announcements; it is not a review of a visit. Sources: Nowon-gu's press release (October 6, 2026), the Nowon Cultural Foundation's festival website, and Seoul city's culture calendar and Fun Seoul festival listing, checked on October 7, 2026. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
- Dates
- Fri, Oct 16, 2026 ~ Sun, Nov 8
- Hours
- 17:30–22:00 daily
- Venue
- Danghyeoncheon Stream, from Danghyeon Bridge 1 (Junggye Station) to Yangji Bridge, around Danghyeon Maru (당현천)Around Danghyeon Maru, 1322-70 Dongil-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul (서울 노원구 동일로 1322-70 당현마루 일대)
- Fee
- Free
- Organizer
- Nowon Cultural Foundation, Nowon-gu Office
- Official
- Official notice (Korean) ↗
- Updated
- when we last re-checked the official notice
📅 Schedule at a glance
October 20261/2
November 20262/2
Event daysHighlightsTodayKorean public holidays
Korea Meteorological Administration · 10/15, 2 AM issued · forecasts can change · later days are added as forecasts come out
📌 What's on each day
- 10/16Fri★ Opening · LightingToday
- 10/20TuePlaygroundToday
- 10/22ThuPlaygroundToday
- 10/29ThuPlaygroundToday
🔁 Daily · Lights on 17:30–22:00 · Moonlight Tour 19:30–20:30 (from Oct 17)
🔁 10/17~11/8 every Sat·Sun · Fountain plaza weekend shows
Nowon Moonlight Walk 2026 in Seoul — Schedule, Moonlight Tour & Parking for the Light-Sculpture Night Walk Along Danghyeoncheon
On autumn nights,
the Danghyeoncheon (당현천) stream
turns into a gallery of light sculptures 🌙
Nowon Moonlight Walk 2026: A New Moon
(노원달빛산책 — “dalbit sanchaek” means moonlight walk)
runs for 24 days,
Fri Oct 16 – Sun Nov 8.
The lights come on
every day from 5:30 pm
until 10 pm,
and admission is free!
We put this together from
Nowon-gu’s press release (October 6)
and the website of the organizer,
the Nowon Cultural Foundation.
🎪 What kind of festival is it?
It’s a public-art light sculpture festival
that turns the walking path
along Danghyeoncheon into a gallery.
This is its 7th year.
This year’s theme is ‘A New Moon’.
24 artist teams from Korea
are showing about 30 works.
The works are grouped
under three messages:
a prayer for all living things,
a wish for peace and coexistence,
a wish for a better world.
According to Nowon-gu,
about 1.32 million people
came last year.
You’re welcome to photograph the works
and post them on social media.
There’s an audio docent (guide)
on Podbbang (팟빵), a Korean podcast app,
linked from the festival website.
✨ What’s on, and when?
We gathered the programs of all 24 days
into a table by date and time.
| Date & time | Program |
|---|---|
| Oct 16 – Nov 8, daily 17:30–22:00 | Lights on — the light sculptures along Danghyeoncheon |
| Fri Oct 16, 18:30 | Opening ceremony — opening declaration, around Danghyeon Maru (당현마루) (the organizer’s website lists the opening ceremony as running until 19:10) |
| Fri Oct 16, 19:20 | Lighting ceremony — per Nowon-gu’s press release |
| Oct 17 – Nov 8, daily 19:30–20:30 | Moonlight Tour — a guided tour explaining the works (about 1 hour), starting from the ‘Moonlight Tour starting point’ at Danghyeon Bridge 1, Junggye Station Exit 6 |
| Every Sat & Sun from Oct 17 | Weekend arts performances — around the Danghyeoncheon floor fountain |
| Tue Oct 20, Thu Oct 22, Thu Oct 29 | Guerrilla pop-up playground — Danghyeoncheon floor fountain plaza |
You sign up for the Moonlight Tour on the organizer’s website.
Tailored tours are run separately, too.
| Tour | Who it’s for & sign-up |
|---|---|
| Moonlight Tour | Each session has a set number of places — sign up with the form on the organizer’s website |
| Custom group tours | School and organization groups — run separately |
| Tailored commentary | People with disabilities or limited mobility — run separately |
🌙 What artworks are there?
Pulse of the Earth (Gadget Gongbang)
A pavilion 11 m across and 6.5 m high
holding 100 ‘Everyone’s Chairs’
and 1,000 balance blocks.
Most days it’s an open rest area;
on the three playground days
it becomes a pop-up playground.
Moonlight Gate (Da Vinci Bridge)
A tunnel artwork at Yangji Bridge (양지교),
the entrance to the festival section.
Artist Kim Chang-kyum (김창겸)
A work that reimagines dancheong —
the painted patterns on traditional Korean buildings —
as digital video.
Artist Eom Hyeok-yong (엄혁용)
A huge stainless-steel book sculpture,
up to 4.6 m tall and 9 m around.
🚇 How to get there & parking
We gathered the suggested routes
into a table by way of getting there.
| Getting there | Stop · exit · walk |
|---|---|
| Subway | From Junggye Station (Line 7), take Exit 1 or 6 and go straight to Danghyeon Bridge 1 (당현1교); a downhill path leads into the exhibition section (about 499 m from Exit 1, per Seoul’s Fun Seoul site) |
| Stroller / wheelchair | Take the elevator from floor 2 of the platform area up to Exit 5 |
| Bus | Listed stops: Junggye Station Exit 1, Sanggye-dong Gas Station, Sanggye-dong 119 Safety Center, Children’s Traffic Park, Kolon Apt. / Yangji Daelim Apt. |
There’s no dedicated parking for the festival.
The organizer expects traffic congestion
and asks visitors to walk or use public transport.
👨👩👧 Going with kids
According to the organizer’s FAQ,
strollers and wheelchairs can get in.
But for safety reasons,
you can’t ride bikes or kick scooters
in the exhibition section.
The artworks stay on display even when it rains.
If the weather turns bad,
the schedule and programs may change.
Lost something?
Ask at the festival control room
or the operations office.
is on Oct 20, 22 and 29 only —
just three weekdays!
Other days it's an open rest area
⏳ Not announced yet
□ Pop-up playground hours
□ Weekend performance times and performers
□ Moonlight Tour places per session
□ This year’s artwork map (website says ‘coming soon’)
□ Rules for strong winds
None of these are in the official information yet.
The website’s ‘Programs’ timetable
and ‘Artworks’ pages
still show last year’s content.
We’ll update this post when they’re out.
📞 For questions by phone, call these numbers.
| Contact | Phone |
|---|---|
| Nowon Cultural Foundation | 02-2289-3461 |
| Moonlight Tour | 02-2289-3488·3489 |
| Nowon-gu Culture City Division | 02-2116-7143 |
👍 Who we’d recommend it for
✔ Families looking for a free night walk after dinner
✔ Families who want to see light art with a stroller
✔ Families who’d like to hear about the works too (Moonlight Tour)
On the same weekend, Sat Oct 17 – Sun Oct 18,
from 12:00 to 20:00, also in Nowon-gu,
the Nowon Outdoor Library ‘Nangman Bojang’ (낭만보장)
is held on the Gyeongchun Line Forest Trail
(in front of the Hagye 2-dong Community Center).
Our summary → Read it here
Danghyeoncheon lights up when the sun goes down —
a path of light, open every evening for 24 days.
We put this post together from official announcements before visiting ourselves. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
🔄 Updates
- One-week check
- First write-up
📎 Sources
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- 2026 노원달빛산책 서울특별시 펀서울 · 관공서
- 새로운 달 - 노원달빛산책 2026 노원문화재단 · 주최
- 노원달빛산책 2026 달빛투어 노원문화재단 · 주최
- 노원달빛산책 오시는 길 노원문화재단 · 주최
- 노원달빛산책 자주 묻는 질문 노원문화재단 · 주최
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 and other numbers were checked against the Korean original on October 7, 2026. We did not check whether the festival or the Moonlight Tour offers guidance in English. Original post (Korean)