2026 DMZ OPEN Festival (2026 DMZ OPEN 페스티벌)

Name: 2026 DMZ OPEN Festival
Start: 2026-10-12
End: 2026-11-29
Location: Around the DMZ, Gyeonggi-do

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2026 DMZ OPEN Festival runs Oct 12, 2026 (Mon) ~ Nov 29, 2026 (Sun) at Around the DMZ, Gyeonggi-do.

2026 DMZ OPEN Festival — official poster — Photo: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 3 (attribution, no modification)

Dates · Venue

Dates: Oct 12, 2026 (Mon) ~ Nov 29, 2026 (Sun)
Venue: Around the DMZ, Gyeonggi-do (경기도 DMZ 일원)
Address: 148-40 Imjingak-ro, Munsan-eup, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do (경기도 파주시 문산읍 임진각로 148-40)
Hours: 10:00~18:00 * Varies by event
Admission: Free * some events are paid
Organizer: Gyeonggi-do (경기도)
Age / audience: All ages
Contact phone: 02-6288-9245

Dates and fees can change. Check the official website or call before you go.

About the event

The DMZ OPEN Festival is Gyeonggi-do's signature multi-genre cultural event, designed so that the peace, ecological and historical value of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) can be experienced in various ways, such as art and academic programs. Moving away from seeing the DMZ merely as a space of division and military tension, it reinterprets in today's cultural language the ecological environment preserved over a long time, its historical meaning, and the possibility of peace and coexistence.

Gyeonggi-do has expanded the concept of 'OPEN' to convey the transformation of the 'closed DMZ' into a space open to everyone, and the festival is run as a multi-genre cultural event that presents programs of many genres over a long period.

The DMZ OPEN Festival aims to be a festival that goes beyond looking at the DMZ, where people walk, listen, watch and think, experiencing it directly. By linking diverse programs such as art, academic and sports programs into one flow, it seeks to share the peace, ecological and historical value of the DMZ and to create an open cultural space where people together discover the meaning of a 'greater peace'.