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Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival

인천펜타포트 락 페스티벌 · Incheon

2026/07/31 – 08/02 Past

This edition has finished. Korean festivals usually keep to roughly the same window each year, so the next one should land near those dates — but the organizer publishes the confirmed dates and they move, sometimes by weeks.
Last verified: 2026-08-22.

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Korea's longest-running rock festival, close to the airport.

Who it suits: Music travellers. Korea's longest-running rock festival, and the easiest big one to reach from Incheon Airport.

When, where, how much

From the organizer

Official site

Organized by Incheon Metropolitan City. These pages are the organizer's own and open on their site. They are usually Korean only — but that is where the confirmed programme, stage times and site map appear first, and times and prices read the same in any language.

Program: Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival, Penta Super Rookie, Pentaport Live Club Party, Pentaport Showcase

Photos: Korea Tourism Organization · visitkorea.or.kr · KOGL Type 3

Where it is

35 km south-west of Seoul, in Incheon (straight-line distance from Seoul City Hall, calculated from the venue's official coordinates).

We have not timed these connections ourselves, so rather than print a number we have not checked, here is the route on the two apps Koreans actually use — Songdo Moonlight Festival Park as the destination, already filled in:

• Directions on Kakao Map — live bus and train times, and which platform
• Naver Map — the stronger of the two in English

From Seoul, journeys to Incheon start at Seoul Station (KTX and regular rail) or the Express Bus Terminal. Which of the two wins depends on how many cities you are stringing together — our rail pass guide works through the break-even, and getting around Korea covers why these two apps beat Google Maps once you are on the ground.

Nearby, if you are making a trip of it

Within about 20 km of the venue, by distance:

• Songdo Dog Park (0.3 km)
• Incheondaegyo Bridge Observatory (1.3 km)
• National Museum of World Writing Systems (1.5 km)
• Arts Center Incheon (1.6 km)
• Incheon Urban History Museum (1.7 km)
• Songdo Hanok Village (2.0 km)

Places and distances from the Korea Tourism Organization's location data. We have not visited all of them.

Getting there and staying

For a bed near the festival, Klook's accommodation search for Incheon is the quickest way to see what is left — festival weeks fill local rooms earlier than you would expect.

Outside the big cities, wifi is not something to plan around. Shuttle stops, stage times and the day's program are posted on the organizer's Korean-language page or a Naver Map pin, and they change on the day. A Korean eSIM is the cheapest way to have it working before you land.

Planning a trip around it

On at the same time

If your dates are fixed, these run within ten days of Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival and are worth checking before you commit to a route.

• Boryeong Mud Festival — 2026/07/24 – 08/09, Boryeong, South Chungcheong, 145 km from Seoul.
• Jeongnamjin Jangheung Water Festival — 2026/07/25 – 08/02, Jangheung, Jeonnam-Gwangju, 321 km from Seoul.
• Andong National Heritage Night - Wolyeong Night Stroll — 2026/07/31 – 08/09, Andong, North Gyeongsang, 193 km from Seoul.
• Tongyeong Hansan Battle Festival — 2026/08/12 – 08/16, Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang, 330 km from Seoul.

Other festivals in

Same province, different times of year — useful if you are choosing when to visit rather than when to leave home.

• Pyeongchang Trout Festival — January, Pyeongchang, Gangwon
• Cheorwon Hantangang River Ice Trekking Festival — January, Cheorwon, Gangwon
• Daegwallyeong Snow Festival — February, Pyeongchang, Gangwon
• Gwangyang Maehwa Festival — March, Gwangyang, Jeonnam-Gwangju
• Gurye Sansuyu Festival — March, Gurye, Jeonnam-Gwangju

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