This post summarizes official announcements; it is not a review of a visit. Sources: the official notice from Seoul's Eastern Parks Leisure Center (September 29, 2026), Seoul city's October 2026 event plan (September 30), the Fun Seoul festival listing, and Seoul Media Hub's 2022 introduction of the park, checked on October 7, 2026. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
- Dates
- Sat, Oct 17, 2026
- Hours
- 10:00–20:00
- Venue
- Lawn plaza area, Yulhyeon Park (율현공원 잔디광장 일대)85 Bamgogae-ro 21-gil (Yulhyeon-dong 538), Gangnam-gu, Seoul (서울 강남구 밤고개로21길 85, 율현동 538)
- Fee
- Free
- Organizer
- Seoul Metropolitan Government, Eastern Parks Leisure Center
- Official
- Official notice (Korean) ↗
- Updated
- when we last re-checked the official notice
📅 Schedule at a glance
October 2026
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📌 What's on each day
- 10/17Sat★ Evening shows · Kids' café · Puppet show · CraftsToday
Yulhyeon Park Autumn Festival 2026 in Gangnam, Seoul — Schedule, Evening Lineup & Parking, Plus a Kids’ Café and Puppet Show
A one-day festival
is coming to Yulhyeon Park,
beside the Tancheon stream,
on an autumn Saturday 🍂
Yulhyeon Park Autumn Festival 2026
(2026 율현공원 가을축제),
‘Yulhyeon Sings the Autumn Night’,
runs Sat Oct 17, 10:00–20:00
around the park’s lawn plaza.
The shows and activities are all free —
just turn up and join in.
We put this together
from the official notice (September 29)
by Seoul’s Eastern Parks Leisure Center.
🎪 What kind of festival is it?
Yulhyeon Park sits
at the far edge of Gangnam-gu,
right beside the Tancheon stream.
It opened in November 2016
on some 47,000 pyeong
(about 155,000 m²),
with a rose garden, a sand playground
and a multipurpose sports field.
(per Seoul city’s 2022 introduction)
It’s organized by Seoul’s
Eastern Parks Leisure Center (동부공원여가센터),
and it’s also listed in Seoul’s
October event plan (September 30).
The festival comes in three parts.
Here are the times and places in a table.
| Date & time | Program |
|---|---|
| 10:00–15:00 | ‘Here & There’ Seoul Kids Café (여기저기 서울형 키즈카페) — lawn plaza |
| 10:00–18:00 | Book lounge programs — Yulhyeon Park’s book lounge (책쉼터) |
| 18:00–20:00 | Performances — from magic to trot |
🎈 What’s on during the day?
During the day, there’s the kids’ café
and the book lounge programs.
Here they are by time.
| Date & time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 10:00–12:00 | Kids’ café, session 1 — lawn plaza |
| 13:00–15:00 | Kids’ café, session 2 — lawn plaza |
| 10:00–13:00 | Flower frame making — book lounge |
| 14:00–15:00 | Hand-puppet show ‘Ttongdwaeji Wangbanggu’ (똥돼지 왕방구, roughly ‘The Pig’s Big Fart’) — book lounge |
| 15:30–18:00 | ‘Memories of Yulhyeon’ clear bookmark making — book lounge |
With an Olympic theme, the kids’ café
has bouncy castles, sports bounces,
swings, sand play, block play,
crafts and group games.
Here’s who can join
and how to sign up.
| Activity | Who & how to join |
|---|---|
| Kids’ café | Ages 4 to 9 (international age, born 2017–2022), with a parent or guardian · sign up on site |
| Book lounge programs | Anyone who drops by the book lounge |
| Puppet show | Some seats pre-booked · the remaining seats are open to walk-ins on the day |
Only the puppet show takes some seats in advance.
From 9:00 am on Thu, Oct 8,
you can pre-book on Seoul’s
public service reservation website
(서울시 공공서비스예약).
🎤 What time are the evening shows?
For two hours from 18:00,
five acts follow the opening.
| Date & time | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18:00 | Opening — MC Kim Byung-chan (김병찬) |
| 18:05 | Lian (리안) — Magic |
| 18:30 | Rimpak (림팍) — Popera |
| 18:50 | Yoon Ye-won (윤예원) — Fusion gugak / trot |
| 19:10 | Namgoong Ok-bun (남궁옥분) — Folk pop |
| 19:30–20:00 | Shin Yu (신유) — Trot |
Gugak is traditional Korean music,
and trot is a classic Korean pop style.
The notice lists both the shows
and the activities as
’free, just turn up and join’.
Magic comes first (18:05),
so the order works well with kids.
🚌 Getting there & parking
inside the park
That’s why the organizer
recommends public transport.
Here are the buses to take.
| From | Bus → stop |
|---|---|
| Suseo Station (Line 3 / Suin-Bundang Line) | Bus 402 or 3426 → Gangnam Hanyang Sujain Apartment (강남한양수자인아파트) |
| Jangji Station (Line 8) | Bus 402, 440 or 3426 → Gangnam Hanyang Sujain Apartment |
The notice image also spells
the stop name ‘수지안’.
🅿 If you’re driving,
use the public parking lot.
| Parking lot | Bamgogae-ro 21-gil Public Parking Lot (밤고개로21길 공영주차장) |
|---|---|
| Fee | 1,200 won per hour |
| Walk | About 4 minutes to Yulhyeon Park |
| Hours | Open 24 hours, year-round (per Seoul city’s 2022 introduction) |
On the official map,
the festival area is in the northern part of the park,
east of Gangnam Hanyang Sujain Apartment.
Across the road to the south
is the park’s Nest Garden (둥지정원).
👨👩👧 Going with kids
The kids’ café is only for ages 4 to 9.
If a younger sibling is coming along,
pair it with the flower frame making
(10:00–13:00), which is open to everyone.
If you’re making a day of it,
this order has no time clashes.
10:00 Kids’ café, session 1
14:00 Puppet show
15:30 Clear bookmark making
18:05 Magic show
Flower frame making runs until 13:00,
so you can still pop in
after kids’ café session 1 ends.
After the bouncy castles and sand play,
kids tend to get sandy.
Wet wipes and a change of clothes help.
The shows go on until 20:00,
so bring a jacket for the kids too.
overlaps with kids' café
session 2 (13:00–15:00)
To do both,
pick morning session 1 for the kids' café!
⏳ Not announced yet
□ What happens if it rains
□ Kids’ café places and play time per session
□ Number of pre-booking places for the puppet show
□ Food and food trucks
□ Toilet and nursing room locations
□ Number of spaces at the public parking lot
None of these are in the official information yet.
We’ll update this post when they’re out.
Questions: Eastern Parks Leisure Center,
Park Leisure Division 02-460-2943
👍 Who we’d recommend it for
✔ Families looking for a place where kids aged 4–9 can run around
✔ Families looking for free crafts and a puppet show
✔ Families who’d like to stay for the evening trot and folk shows
Hands-on fun for the kids by day,
live shows in the evening —
a festival that fits nicely into a full day out!
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
- [율현공원] 2026 율현공원 가을축제 '율현, 가을밤을 노래하다' 서울특별시 동부공원여가센터(정원도시 서울) · 2026.9.29 · 관공서
- 2026년 10월 주요 시민안내사항 및 행사계획 서울특별시 · 2026.9.30 · 관공서
- 2026 율현공원 가을축제 [율현, 가을밤을 노래하다] 서울특별시 펀서울 · 관공서
- 장미향이 솔솔~ 첫눈에 반할 '율현공원 장미원' 서울특별시 미디어허브(내 손안에 서울) · 2022.5.30 · 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, prices and other numbers were checked against the Korean original on October 7, 2026. The square-meter figure for the park is our own conversion from pyeong. We did not check whether the festival offers guidance in English. Original post (Korean)