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Gangnam District to host riverside picnic concert with car-free street festival
A promotional poster for the "2026 Gangnam Picnic Concert × Garosu-gil Design Week" / Courtesy of Gangnam District Office
By Jhoo Dong-chan
Gangnam District will host the "2026 Gangnam Picnic Concert x Garosu-gil Design Week" on Saturday, combining a free outdoor concert along the Han River with a daytime street festival on the district's iconic tree-lined boulevard.
The concert will run from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the multipurpose sports field in Sinsa-Jamwon Hangang Park, a public riverside greenway along the south bank of the Han River.
Seven acts are scheduled to perform, including rock band N.Flying, punk rock pioneers Crying Nut, K-pop vocal group SeeYa, singer-actress Bada, ballad singer Seo Young-eun, pop singer Kim Won-jun and trot singer Park Ji-hyeon. Trot is a Korean popular music genre with repetitive rhythms and emotional vocal delivery.
The 6,400-capacity venue features a picnic zone where attendees may spread blankets while watching the show, which concludes with a fireworks display. Admission is free, with entry wristbands distributed from 11 a.m. at on-site booths.
From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., a 430-meter stretch of Garosu-gil — a boutique-lined avenue in Sinsa-dong — will be closed to traffic for the "2026 Garosu-gil Design Week."
Food trucks operated by chefs from "Culinary Class Wars," the globally popular Netflix Korean cooking competition, will serve dishes including dakgangjeong (sweet-and-spicy fried chicken) and gungjung tteokbokki (palace-style rice cake dish).
Daytime stage performances will feature singer Park Mi-kyung, vocal group Ulala Session and Super Junior member Sungmin.
A retail promotion at approximately 160 participating Garosu-gil stores will run from June 10-14.
Gangnam District chief Cho Seong-myeong said the event was designed for visitors to experience the district's culture, food and shopping in a single day.
This article was published with the assistance of generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.