DMZ OPEN Festival
- Performing Arts
148-40 Imjingak-ro, Munsan-eup, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do
Festival dates
D+33Mon, Oct 12, 2026 – Sun, Nov 29, 2026
49 days · Ongoing
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Things to do
- Hours
- 10:00~18:00 ※ Varies by event
- Venue
- DMZ area in Gyeonggi-do
- Program
- 1. DMZ OPEN Exhibition - Period: Oct. 12 (Mon) - Nov. 29 (Sun), 2026 - Venue: Camp Greaves / Imjingak Peace Nuri 2. DMZ OPEN International Music Festival - Period: Oct. 23 (Fri) - Oct. 25 (Sun), 2026 - Venue: Goyang Aramnuri Aram Music Hall 3. DMZ OPEN Eco-Peace Forum - Period: Oct. 28 (Wed), 2026 - Venue: Sonoclam Goyang
- Admission
- Free ※ Some parts are paid
- Contact
- 02-6288-9245
- Website
- Visit
- Source
- Korea Tourism Organization
The DMZ OPEN Festival is Gyeonggi Province's representative multi-cultural event designed to allow visitors to experience the peaceful, ecological, and historical values of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) through various means, including art and academics. Moving beyond simply viewing the DMZ as a space of division and military tension, the festival reinterprets its long-preserved ecological environment, historical significance, and the potential for peace and coexistence through the language of contemporary culture. Gyeonggi Province has expanded the concept of "OPEN" to embody the meaning of transforming the "closed DMZ" into a space open to everyone, and the festival operates as a multi-cultural event showcasing programs across various genres over an extended period. The DMZ OPEN Festival aims to be a festival that goes beyond merely observing the DMZ; it seeks to be an event where visitors walk, listen, see, and think, directly experiencing it. By connecting diverse programs—including art, academics, and sports—into a single flow, the festival seeks to create an open cultural arena where the peaceful, ecological, and historical values of the DMZ are shared, and furthermore, where the meaning of "greater peace" is discovered together.