Ulsan Culture Expo

Under the slogan "My Ulsan, Our City," the 2026 Ulsan Culture Expo is a comprehensive cultural festival that shares the process of how the daily lives and stories of individual citizens come together to form the city's culture. With the inscription of the "Bangucheon Petroglyphs" as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2025, Ulsan is garnering attention as a city where ancient history and modern culture coexist. Just as prehistoric people carved their lives into rocks, today's people of Ulsan are carving the city's culture in their own ways and places. This year's expo focuses on the flow in which individual cultures, originating from "My Ulsan," lead to a collective asset known as "Our City." The core value of this expo is "Cultural Governance for Shared Growth." Citizens, local artists, cultural enterprises, universities, and public institutions participate together from planning to operation, moving beyond one-way exhibitions to create a cultural space built by everyone. Furthermore, through exchange programs with officials from cultural cities nationwide, the expo shares Ulsan's experiences as a cultural city and expands the scope of inter-regional cooperation. The 2026 Ulsan Culture Expo aims to establish itself as the representative cultural platform of Ulsan, a cultural city where citizens, as the agents of culture, shape the city's future.