2026 DMZ OPEN Festival

The DMZ OPEN Festival is a representative complex cultural event of Gyeonggi Province designed to let people experience the peace, ecological, and historical values of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) through various means such as art and academia. Moving beyond simply viewing the DMZ as a space of division and military tension, it reinterprets the long-preserved ecological environment, historical significance, and the possibility of peace and coexistence in today's cultural language.
Gyeonggi Province has expanded the concept of 'OPEN' to convey the meaning of transforming the 'closed DMZ' into a space open to everyone, and the festival is operated as a complex cultural event that presents programs of various genres over a long period.
The DMZ OPEN Festival goes beyond simply looking at the DMZ; it aims to be a festival that is directly experienced by walking, listening, seeing, and thinking. By connecting diverse programs in art, academia, and sports into a single flow, it seeks to share the peace, ecological, and historical values of the DMZ, and further, to create an open cultural venue where the meaning of 'greater peace' is discovered together.

Program

1. DMZ OPEN Exhibition
- Duration: Monday, October 12, 2026 - Saturday, November 29, 2026
- Location: Camp Greaves / Imjingak Peace Park
DMZ OPEN International Music Festival
Dates: October 23rd (Fri) - October 25th (Sun), 2026
Venue: Aram Music Hall, Goyang Aramnuri
DMZ OPEN Eco Forum
- Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Venue: Sonokam Goyang