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What’s on in Busan: June 15-21
Haps Magazine Korea
June 14, 2026
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Here is what’s going on around the city this week.
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Busan One Asia Festival @ Hwamyeong Ecological Park
The first weekend of the huge K-pop festival begins with the free park concert.
Buk-gu | Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m.
First Place Winners @ BEXCO Auditorium Two concerts from the nations top singers this year take place this Saturday.
Centum City | Saturday
Thomas Ospital @ Busan Concert Hall
Thomas Ospital performs an organ recital.
Busanjin-gu | Saturday, 5 p.m.
Ron Brantton @ Busan Concert Hall
The popular pianist holds a recital concert.
Nam-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.
Busan Port Festival @ North Port Waterfront Park
The popular summer festival returns with food, music, and fun. Dong-gu | Friday and Saturday
World Cinema XXIII @ Busan Cinema Center
22 screenings over a month-long event with special lectures and more. Centum City | Through July 1
Korea International Ocean Film Festival @ Busan Cinema Center
Under the theme ” Standing Before the Sea,” this year’s festival is a special event to explore stories of the environment, ecology, culture, and community surrounding the ocean through film. Centum City | Thursday through Sunday
Korea International Streaming Festival @ Busan Cinema Center
Korea’s largest festival dedicated to streaming platforms, covering a wide range of content including OTT series, variety programming, short form media, music, and FAST services. Centum City | Thursday through Sunday
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 Sea Library @ Millak Waterside Park
A special collection of 3,000 books focusing on themes such as openness, inclusion, Busan, and maritime culture will be available for visitors to browse and read along the waterfront. Busanjin-gu | Weekends through July 5
Busan Tea & Craft Fair @ BEXCO
Check out the best in tea and crafts under one roof. Haeundae-gu | Thursday through Sunday
BWC Wedding Fair @ BEXCO
All your wedding needs in one place. Haeundae-gu | Friday 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
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
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