Enjoy an "Arts Road Picnic" with Children in Daehakro and Naju: Free Performances and Experiences for All

October 10-31: Three Events in Seoul, One in Naju

A Family Street Arts Festival

From Puppet Shows, Musical Fairy Tales, and Bubble Performances to Silk Screen Printing and Calligraphy

To celebrate autumn, a street arts festival where children and families can enjoy performances and art activities together will be held in Daehakro, Seoul, and Naju, Jeollanam-do.

Poster for the "2026 Arts Road Picnic – Autumn," hosted by the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service from October 10 to 31 in Daehangno, Seoul, and Naju, Jeollanam-do. Free performances and experiential programs for children and families, including puppet shows, musical fairy tales, bubble performances, silkscreen printing, and calligraphy, will be available. Korea Arts & Culture Education Service

On September 30, the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service announced that it will host the family-friendly street arts festival "2026 Arts Road Picnic - Autumn" four times from October 10 to 31, in Daehakro, Seoul, and Naju, Jeollanam-do.

"Arts Road Picnic" is an event designed to offer children the experience of fully enjoying the arts, now in its fourth year. This autumn's edition will take place three times in the front yard of Arko Arts Theater in Daehakro, Seoul, on October 10, 17, and 31, and once in the front yard of the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service in Bitgaram-dong, Naju, on October 24.

In Seoul, a different performance will be showcased on each date: on the 10th, the marionette puppet show "Wooden Doll Madang" by the Haeseul Art Community; on the 17th, the musical fairy tale play "Wolf, Let's Be Friends!" adapted from Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" for children; and on the 31st, a musical and bubble performance called "Bubble Salon."

In between performances, hands-on experience programs will be available for children to participate in. These include "Komulkomul Puppet Playground," where children create stories using hand and shadow puppets; "Magic Balloons in the Sky," where they send balloons into the air; a silk screen activity themed around the environment called "Hello, Planet Earth?"; an art experience where children can exhibit their own coloring works; and, on the 31st, a calligraphy program with a professional artist where children turn their names into works of art.

The event in Naju on the 24th will feature the traditional Korean music puppet play "Grandma Red Bean Porridge and the Tiger" and "Ummagaenggaeng Puppet Theater," which interprets traditional performances as a puppet show. There will also be a street performance called "Harmony in Honey" featuring giant insects made of plastic and paper, as well as "Rabbit," a five-minute pansori musical in the form of a small puppet show, based on "Sugungga."

In Naju, in addition to the performances, there will be more than eight experience programs, including puppet-making, silk screening, balloon play, calligraphy, making wooden pot holders, the spatial cognition creativity activity "I'm an Architect, Too!", and block play. Some programs allow onsite participation on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Korea Arts & Culture Education Service organized the performances and activities in collaboration with the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People Korea Center. Staff volunteers and the Arko & Daehakro Arts Theater citizen journalist team "Performance Riders" will also take part in running and documenting the event.

All performances and experience programs are free of charge. In case of rain, the Seoul event will move to the Theater Square on the first floor of Daehakro Arts Theater, and the Naju event will take place indoors at the main building of the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service.

Beomheon Lee, Chair of the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service, said, "Culture and the arts are the greatest nourishment for nurturing creativity and imagination in children, the future generation," adding, "We will continue supporting initiatives to ensure that everyone across the country can equally enjoy culture and the arts without discrimination."

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