Seoul Weekend Oct 30–Nov 1: Jazz, Night Festival, Market, Festival, Classical

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Around the weekend of October 30 to November 1, there are five events in Seoul you can check out. Here are the times, places and admission info for each one. ━━━━━━━━━━ 🎷 Hangang Water-Light Jazz Cruise 2026 This is a festival in the culture and arts category. It takes place on October 31, 2026, from 13:00 to 21:00. The venue is Yeouido Hangang Park, specifically the area around the Water Stage (Mulbit Stage) and the waterfront plaza in Yeongdeungpo-gu. Admission is free. It is open to everyone who loves jazz. You can find more info at koreajazz.co.kr. 👉 For you: If you like jazz, you can stop by on Oct 31 without paying admission. You can find more info at koreajazz.co.kr. ━━━━━━━━━━ 🏮 Jeongdong Night Walk 2026 This festival in the tradition and history category takes place in the Jeongdong area around Deoksugung Palace in Jung-gu. The organizer is the Jung-gu District Office. Dates: Friday, Oct 30, from 18:00 to 22:00 and Saturday, Oct 31, from 14:00 to 22:00. There are hands-on experience programs to join. Some of them are paid. Prices are not given in the available information. 👉 For you: Plan a little budget for the hands-on programs, because some of them cost money. You can find more info at jeongdong-culturenight.kr. ━━━━━━━━━━ 🥘 Gocheok Night Market: Saejipdeuri Go-Go The night market takes place on October 31, 2026, from 13:00 to 22:00. The venue is the area around the Gocheok Market merchants' association (Gocheok Geunrin Market) and the parking lot in Guro-gu. Admission is free, and the event is open to everyone. 👉 For you: You can stop by on Oct 31 between 13:00 and 22:00 without paying admission. You can find more info on the blog through the event link. ━━━━━━━━━━ 🎪 Dongjak Bangdodong Festival 2026 This culture and arts festival is organized by the Dongjak Cultural Foundation. It takes place on Saturday, Oct 31, from 12:00 to 17:00. The venue is the Noryangjin soccer field (688 Nodeul-ro, Dongjak-gu). Admission is free, and the festival is open to everyone. 👉 For you: Admission is free, and the festival is open to everyone. You can find more info at idfac.or.kr. ━━━━━━━━━━ 🎻 Libitum Orchestra: Mozart & Mendelssohn The Libitum Orchestra is giving its 5th regular concert. The program includes Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4. The concert is on Sunday, Nov 1, from 17:00 to 19:00 in the Concert Hall of the Buk-Seoul Kumnamu Art Center (Bukseoul Kkum-ui Sup) in Gangbuk-gu. Admission is free, and it is meant for everyone. 👉 For you: If you like classical music, you can attend a concert on Sunday without paying admission. The source doesn't say whether you need to register. The best way to find out is through the event link. ━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 Sources Seoul Kulturkalender – 2026 한강 물빛 재즈 크루즈 https://koreajazz.co.kr/ Seoul Kulturkalender – 2026 정동야행(夜行) https://jeongdong-culturenight.kr/kor/ Seoul Kulturkalender – 2026 고척근린시장 새집들이 고고야시장 https://blog.naver.com/sunnycyber77/224447024071 Seoul Kulturkalender – [동작문화재단] 2026 동작 빵도동 축제 https://www.idfac.or.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=gallery_info&wr_id=309 Seoul Kulturkalender – 리비툼 오케스트라 제5회 정기연주회 : 모차르트 바이올린 협주곡 4번 & 멘델스존 교향곡 4번 https://libitumcau2023.wixsite.com/libitum/event-details/libitum-philomusica-orchestra-the-5th-concert ━━━━━━━━━━ 💬 Have you ever been to one of these festivals or concerts in Seoul, and which event would you recommend? 📲 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lebeninkorea_en/ 📸 Photos: arcticworks, Marek Piwnicki, Marissa Lewis (Unsplash); SeppH, 8minwoo, Pexels (Pixabay); Rtflakfizer (CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)