September 19, 2026 – September 20, 2026

For two days Banpo-daero — a ten-lane road through Seocho — closes to traffic and around forty performances take over the asphalt, from classical programmes to K-pop stages. Free, and built from the district itself: residents, music students and performers Seocho supports. Seocho Station (Line 2) sits at one end of the closed stretch. Hosted by Seocho-gu.

Ten lanes, closed to cars, open to music

For two days in September, Banpo-daero — a ten-lane road through Seocho — is shut to traffic and handed to musicians. Around forty performances run across the closed road and the streets around it, from classical programmes to K-pop stages, and the whole thing is free.

The festival is built out of the district itself: people who live in Seocho, people learning music there, and performers the district supports. That gives it a different texture from a touring festival — you are watching a neighbourhood play to itself, on a road it does not normally own.

Getting there

The stretch runs from Seocho Station to the Seocho 3-dong intersection, so Seocho Station (Line 2) puts you at one end of it. Because the road is closed, walking the length of the festival is the point — start at one end and let the programmes change as you go.

Hosted by Seocho-gu. Official site: seoripul.org