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What’s on in Busan: June 8-14
Haps Magazine Korea
June 8, 2026
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Here is what’s going on around the city this week.
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BTS @ Busan Asiad Main Stadium
The BTS World Tour takes over the city this weekend.
Dongnae-gu | Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m.
4th Cantante Busan Performance, Opera Highlight Concert: The Best of Opera @ Busan Cultural Center
A large scale concert with over a dozen performers paying tribute to opera classics.
Nam-gu | Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Dureraum Outdoor Concert @ Busan Cinema Center
The monthly free concert take place this Saturday.
Centum City | Saturday
Miroslav Kultyshev @ F1963
The popular Russian pianist performs a recital.
Suyeong-gu | Saturday, 5 p.m.
22nd Busan Harmony Choir Regular Concert @ Busan Concert Hall
Kim Kang-gyu and Kim Min-seon perform alongside the choir.
Busanjin-gu | Saturday, 5 p.m.
Live Music Nights @ Ol’55
A relaxed weekend vibe with open-stage performances featuring local musicians and guest acts. Expect an easygoing mix of genres and spontaneous sets every weekend.
Nam-gu | Friday–Saturday, After 7 p.m.
Haeundae Sand Castles @ Haeundae Beach
The popular sand castles remain at the beach until June 14. Haeundae-gu | Through June 14
Gwangalli Eobang Festival @ Gwangalli Beach
One of the year’s best festivals that pays homage to its traditional fishing culture. Gwangalli Beach | Friday through Sunday
World Cinema XXIII @ Busan Cinema Center
22 screenings over a month-long event with special lectures and more. Centum City | June 2 – July 1
The Red Moment @ Song Sang-hyeon Square
Enjoy a Korean cultural content festival as part of the BTS concert festivities. Busanjin-gu | Thursday through Saturday
Busan Port Village @ Busan Port Pier 1
Three weekends of food trucks, local goods and good vibes. Jung-gu | Thursday through Sunday, June 4-21
Busan Content Market @ BEXCO
A variety of programs are scheduled under the theme “Where K-Content Meets the World – Busan”. Haeundae-gu | Wednesday through Friday
Busan Design Festival @ BEXCO
A global design exhibition where domestic and foreign design brands, companies, and designers will participate and exhibit design content to lead design trends and strengthen the competitiveness of the design industry through mutual exchanges. . Haeundae-gu | Thursday through Sunday
2026 Excellent SME and Agricultural & Specialty Gift Fair @ BEXCO
A five-day event showcasing goods from across the nation. Haeundae-gu | Wednesday through Sunday
Children’s Cultural Performance @ Spo1
A fun family-centered activity taking place each Saturday through June 27. Busanjin-gu | Saturdays through June 27
Yeongdo Hiker M Market @ Bongnae-dong Waterfront Area and Blueport 2021
A weekend flea market with music performances and talk concerts. Yeongdo-gu | Saturday and Sunday
Gupo Dano Folk Festival @ Gupo Plaza
A traditional Korean folk arts festival with perfornances. Buk-gu | Saturday
Suyeong Green Festa @ Gwangalli Beach
The 7th Suyeong Green Festa is where you can learn about the importance of the environment while having fun with your children. Buk-gu | Friday through Sunday
Hongdang Hongdang Lantern Festival @ Lotus Pond in Jukjeon Village, Seondugu-dong
The inaugural event brings music and activities to Geumjeong-gu. Geumjeong-gu | Saturday
Dongnae Culture and Education Special Zone Festival @ Dongnae Culture Center
54 experiences, 11 participation & performances, and 4 cultural programs are on offer. Dongnae-gu | Friday and Saturday
Culture Camping @ Millak Waterside Park
The 2026 Millak Culture Camping offers weekend visitors a mix of relaxation spaces, hands-on activities, and live performances through early October.. Busanjin-gu | Through October 5
Can’t Resist Comics @ Busan Library
The exhibition, held across the second-floor gallery, lobby and Modullak Theater, will feature around 250 comics and webtoons, ranging from popular titles to graphic novels. Unlike traditional displays, the event allows visitors to handle and read the books directly. Sasang-gu | Through June 17
Free Movie Screenings @ Busan Cinema Center
Enjoy a free movie screening on select Tuesdays through the beginning of September. Centum City | Through September 1
A Romantic Light Journey Through the Park @ Busan Citizens Park
The park is illuminated nightly with large-scale light installations, including a 12-meter Eiffel Tower centerpiece. Busanjin-gu | Through June
40 Steps Flea Market @ 40 Steps Culture & Tourism Street
A recurring creative market featuring handmade goods, accessories, and craft items in a historic downtown setting. Nampo-dong | Tuesdays & Thursdays through November, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Gorilla Running Club @ Gorilla Beach
Community coastal run from Haeundae toward Gwangalli, bringing runners together along the seaside route. Haeundae-gu | Monday
Trivia @ HQ
Midweek pub quiz night featuring rotating categories and a lively Gwangalli crowd. Nam-gu | Wednesday, 9 p.m.
Gwangalli M Drone Light Show @ Gwangalli Beach
Enjoy two nighttime drone performances this weekend with two unique shows dedicated to the Eobang Festival and BTS. Gwangalli Beach | Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.
Dadaepo Dream Sunset Fountain @ Dadaepo Beach
Enjoy the nightly fountain and music shows at one of the city’s unique attractions. Saha-gu | Through September 30
What Kind of Bean Exhibition @ 18-1 Gallery
Artist Han Geu-ru’s paintings begin with simple sketches and notes before unfolding into landscapes filled with warmth and unexpected emotion. The exhibition offers a quiet and reflective viewing experience.
18-1 Gallery, Jung-gu | Through June 12
Standing Before the Earth: On a Fragile Boundary @ Geumsaem Art Museum
A climate-focused photography exhibition. Geumjeong-gu | Through June 14
Viewing Han Kang: Yeosu, Evening, Vegetarian @ Busan Gallery
This photography exhibition reinterprets the literary world of Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang through visual art. Three photographers use black-and-white, color, and fragmented imagery to explore themes from her novels and poetry, including The Vegetarian and Love in Yeosu.
Busan Gallery, Saha-gu | Through June 14
Art Busan 2026: ART ACCENT Prologue
Enjoy an Art Busan-linked exhibition showcasing artistic harmony between generations by combining the experimental nature of young artists with the depth of middle-aged artists. Suyeong-gu | Through June 21
SOUND, MELODY @ Livin Gallery
Ulsan-based artist Joo Han-kyung transforms natural elements such as grass, water, shadows, and light into rhythmic abstract compositions. Through repeating lines and dots, the exhibition creates a visual sense of movement and harmony.
Livin Gallery, Haeundae | Through June 24
2026 Digital Subculture: Narrative and Story in the Digital Era @ Domoheon
The 2026 Digital Subculture: Narrative and Story in the Digital Era exhibition wil take place through June 28 with participating artists Arvizu (Mexico), Charming Computer (United Kingdom), David Szauder (Hungary), Edd Carr (United Kingdom), iosif Gkinis (Greece), Kelly Boesch (United States), Liber (Japan), Lucia Pham (Vietnam), metronovon (Japan), Nicholas Dallwitz (Australia), niceaunties (Singapore), Pillart AI (France), Rin Haneda (Japan), and × Pillart AI (France). Suyeong-gu | Through June 26
Loop Lab Busan @ Busan Cultural Center
Now in its second edition, Loop Lab Busan centers on the theme of time and moving images, bringing together curated exhibitions, a citywide collaborative program, a curators’ forum, and an art fair. Busan Museum of Art, Busan Cultural Center, Domoheon, and partner institutions across the city | Through June 28
2026 Digital Subculture: Narrative and Story in the Digital Era @ Busan Museum of Art
An outdoor exhibition examining how digital culture shapes modern storytelling, featuring sculpture and installation works displayed across the museum’s open-air garden space.
Outdoor Sculpture Garden, Busan Museum of Art | Through June 28
TRANSPARENCY: Multiple Layers @ Gallery Haas
Paris-based artist Park Byung-hoon explores transparency and depth through layered acrylic works. Each translucent surface interacts with the next, creating changing perspectives and relationships that challenge traditional notions of painting.
Gallery Haas, LCT Podium, Haeundae | Through June 30
Light of Darkness @ Gallery Migo
Busan artist Park Yeon-kyung presents a collection of paintings and digital drawings inspired by personal experiences during the pandemic, childbirth, and parenting. The exhibition reflects on life, growth, and resilience through intimate visual storytelling.
Gallery Migo, Yeongdo | Through June 30
Layers & Textures @ Herman Gallery
The opening exhibition at Herman Gallery brings together four artists whose works examine the traces left by time, memory, materials, and human experience. Sculpture and mixed-media works reveal how layers of meaning accumulate over time.
Herman Gallery, Haeundae | Through July 18
Rhinoceros and Unicorn @ Busan Museum of Contemporary Art
A thematic exhibition reinterpreting folktales. Saha-gu | Through July 19
Collection Island: Testimony of the Body @ Busan Museum of Contemporary Art
Works exploring body, memory, and trace. Saha-gu | Through July 19
Busan MoCA Collection: Embodied Testimony @ Busan Museum of Contemporary Art
An exploration of the body as memory, featuring Kim Soun-Gui, Ana Mendieta, and Chris Burden. Saha-gu | Through July 19
Lingering Silence @ Johyun Gallery Haeundae
For more than four decades, Choi Byung-hoon has pushed the boundaries between sculpture and furniture design. This exhibition presents recent works from his “Afterimage of Beginning” series, inspired by the spirit and aesthetics of traditional Korean scholar culture.
Johyun Gallery Haeundae | June 11 – August 2
Where Threads Breathe @ Johyun Gallery Dalmaji
A survey of the work of the late Kim Hong-seok, one of Busan’s notable monochrome artists. Using thread, Hanji paper, and ink rather than conventional paint, his works explore space, texture, and the beauty of restraint.
Johyun Gallery Dalmaji, Haeundae | June 11 – August 2
Garden of Pungryu @ National Busan Gugak Center
Visual artist Nanan reimagines flowers and nature found in traditional Korean songs and poetry through intricate paper flower installations. The exhibition blends contemporary art with the beauty of Korean musical heritage.
Gugak Experience Hall, National Busan Gugak Center | Through August 29
Seed Stories @ GoEun Museum of Photography
A photography exhibition tracing themes of origin, growth, and transformation through the lens of seeds as a metaphor for life, memory, and the natural world.
GoEun Museum of Photography | Through August 30
Moon Journey: Busan Moon Jars @ Haeundae Dalmaji Park & Busan Museum
An exhibition celebrating the iconic Korean moon jar — the round, white ceramic vessels of the Joseon Dynasty — displayed across two locations including the scenic hillside setting of Haeundae Dalmaji Park overlooking the sea.
Haeundae Dalmaji Park & Busan Museum | Through August 30
Alice Dalton Brown Retrospective: Briefly, and Forever @ Village de Ananti
The first Busan exhibition by renowned American artist Alice Dalton Brown, known as the “Painter of Light and Wind.” The retrospective features approximately 120 paintings and 40 drawings spanning nearly seven decades, highlighting her masterful depictions of sunlight, movement, and everyday landscapes.
Culture Club, Village de Ananti, Gijang | Through September 27
Busan, Maritime Capital 2050: Beyond the Waves to the Future @ Geumgo Art Museum
Created to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of Busan Port, this exhibition imagines the future of Busan in a world shaped by climate change and rising sea levels. Through contemporary art, visitors are invited to explore floating cities, Arctic shipping routes, and the future of Korea’s leading maritime city.
Geumgo Art Museum, Busan Museum of Modern and Contemporary History | Through September 27
Arte Museum Busan
Immersive media art exhibition themed “CIRCLE,” highlighting the nature and culture of Busan. Yeongdo-gu | Ongoing
Lotte Giants vs. Doosan @ Sajik Stadium
The Giants play a mid-week series versus the Bears. Dongnae-gu | Tuesday through Thursday