Seoul – September 07, 2026 -- Tickets for the K-Royal Culture Festival Fall 2026 go on sale starting noon on Sept. 4 through the Ticketlink website, opening access to five days of performances, exhibitions and historical reenactments across four royal palaces and Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul.
The festival, hosted by the Royal Palaces and Tombs Center of the Korea Heritage Service and organized by the Korea Heritage Agency, runs Oct. 7-11 at Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Deoksugung and Changgyeonggung Palaces. The spring 2026 edition drew roughly 725,000 visitors, a record for the event.
A free K-pop performance kicks off the festival on Oct. 6
KBS2's "Immortal Songs" will stage a special free concert at Heungnyemun Square inside Gyeongbokgung Palace on Oct. 6, blending traditional Korean music with K-pop under the theme "Palaces Awaken the Arts." Attendance applications will open later through KBS's official "Immortal Songs" website, with 300 seats reserved specifically for international visitors.
Nighttime programs highlight each palace's autumn scenery
At Gyeongbokgung, the "Hanbok Royal Banquet (Yeonhyang)" runs the nights of Oct. 9-10 from 7-9 p.m., featuring a royal procession reenactment, a talk show on court attire and live hanbok-making demonstrations by National Intangible Cultural Heritage holders. Changdeokgung debuts the craft exhibition "Tracing Joseon Space: The Rhythm of Stillness," directed by WGNB CEO Baek Jong-hwan, alongside the new "Gyujanggak Chogye Munsin Workshop," an interactive history lecture hosted by creator Hyangachi running Oct. 9-11.
Deoksugung Palace marks the 100th anniversary of Emperor Sunjong's passing with the exhibition "From Gwangmu to Yunghui," an AI-powered conversation session and a traditional storyteller-led tour. A children's program at Junmyeongdang Hall, open to ages 7-10, runs three times daily and requires hanbok attendance. Changgyeonggung offers court-life reenactments and a horticulture program tied to the historic Jangwonseo office, while Jongmyo Shrine hosts a mission-based architectural tour for teenagers.
International visitors get reserved seats and English sessions
Organizers reserved 800 places across two days for international visitors at the Hanbok Royal Banquet and made the second daily session of "Awakening the Morning Palace" English-only. International bookings run through the Creatrip platform rather than Ticketlink.
A separate ticketed media-art show, "Moonlight Lotus Show," illuminates Changgyeonggung's Chundangji Pond nightly at 7, 7:30 and 8 p.m. from Oct. 7 through Nov. 1, with a new advance-reservation system limiting capacity. Tickets for that program and the "Palace Concert: Ballet × Sujecheon" go on sale Sept. 11.