Apgujeong Rodeo Street to host world food, music festival Sunday

The 2026 Apgujeong Rodeo Festa will take place Sunday from 2 to 8 p.m. on Apgujeong Rodeo Street in Seoul’s Gangnam District. The annual event, hosted by the Apgujeong-dong community service center and organized by a local merchants’ group, will feature world cuisine, music and hands-on activities. Twelve food booths and programs across the street are intended to bring merchants, residents and visitors together and help revitalize the local commercial area.

The festival opens with foreign K-pop cover dancers, followed by street karaoke, relay DJ performances and a DJ set by Hyebin of Momoland.

Visitors can take part in nail art, bookmark making, miniature gardening, beaded bracelet making and calligraphy.

An exhibition will show 50 works by participants in a September AI photo class, where they learned to turn faded photographs into moving video clips.

The Apgujeong Rodeo Development Committee is a local merchants’ group, and the festival is described as the neighborhood’s signature event.

Published Oct 23, 2026 11:24 am KST

A promotional poster for the 2026 Apgujeong Rodeo Festa / Courtesy of Gangnam District Office

A street festival featuring food and music from around the world will be held on Apgujeong Rodeo Street in Seoul’s Gangnam District, Sunday, according to the district office.

The 2026 Apgujeong Rodeo Festa will run from 2 to 8 p.m. along the street’s main strip, a fashion, shopping and dining hub in one of the capital’s most affluent neighborhoods.

The annual festival is hosted by the Apgujeong-dong community service center — the neighborhood-level branch of the district office — and organized by the Apgujeong Rodeo Development Committee, a local merchants’ group. It is billed as the neighborhood’s signature event, bringing together merchants, residents and visitors from Korea and abroad.

This year’s edition takes world cuisine as its theme and turns the entire street into a stage. It opens with a performance by a team of foreign K-pop cover dancers, who recreate the choreography of K-pop songs. Other programs include a street "noraebang," or Korean-style karaoke, where residents can sing live, as well as relay DJ performances and a DJ set by Hyebin, a member of girl group Momoland.

Visitors can also try hands-on activities such as nail art, bookmark making, miniature gardening, beaded bracelet making and calligraphy.

A special exhibition will display 50 works by participants in an artificial intelligence (AI) photo class held at the community service center in September. Participants learned to use AI to turn faded old photographs into moving video clips.

Twelve food booths, including some run by local restaurants, will also be set up, which the district expects to help revitalize the local commercial area.

“The world food culture pop-up store is a place of unity prepared by Apgujeong Rodeo merchants,” the committee’s chairman said. “We hope residents and tourists alike will come together through world cultures.”

The head of the community service center said the festival “shows at a glance the charm and dynamism of Apgujeong, a Gangnam hot spot.”

This article was published with the assistance of generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.

2026年狎鸥亭罗德奥节将于周日下午2点至8点在首尔江南区狎鸥亭罗德奥街举行。这项年度盛事由狎鸥亭洞社区服务中心主办，当地商户团体承办，将汇聚世界美食、音乐和互动体验活动。街对面设有12个美食摊位和各种活动，旨在促进商户、居民和游客之间的交流互动，并助力振兴当地商业区。

音乐节以外国 K-pop 翻唱舞者的表演拉开帷幕，随后是街头卡拉 OK、接力 DJ 表演以及 Momoland 成员 Hyebin 的 DJ 表演。

游客可以参加美甲、书签制作、微型园艺、串珠手链制作和书法等活动。

本次展览将展出 9 月份人工智能摄影课程学员的 50 件作品，他们在课程中学习了如何将褪色的照片转换成动态视频片段。

狎鸥亭牛仔竞技发展委员会是一个当地商户团体，该节日被誉为该地区的标志性活动。

发布于2026年10月23日上午11:24（韩国标准时间）

2026年狎鸥亭牛仔竞技节宣传海报 / 由江南区政府提供

据区政府消息，周日将在首尔江南区狎鸥亭罗德奥街举办一场以世界各地美食和音乐为主题的街头节。

2026 年狎鸥亭牛仔竞技节将于下午 2 点至晚上 8 点在狎鸥亭主街举行，该街道是首都最富裕的街区之一，也是时尚、购物和餐饮中心。

一年一度的狎鸥亭洞节由狎鸥亭洞社区服务中心（区政府的社区级分支机构）主办，并由当地商户团体狎鸥亭牛仔竞技发展委员会承办。该节日被誉为狎鸥亭洞的标志性活动，吸引了来自韩国和海外的商户、居民和游客齐聚一堂。

今年的活动以世界美食为主题，将整条街道变成了一个舞台。活动以一支外国K-pop翻跳舞团队的表演拉开帷幕，他们将重新演绎K-pop歌曲的舞蹈。其他节目还包括一个街头“练歌房”（韩式卡拉OK），居民可以在这里现场演唱；此外还有接力DJ表演以及女子组合Momoland成员惠彬的DJ set。

游客还可以尝试美甲、书签制作、微型园艺、串珠手链制作和书法等动手活动。

本次特别展览将展出50位学员在9月份于社区服务中心举办的人工智能（AI）摄影课程中的创作作品。学员们学习了如何运用人工智能技术将褪色的老照片转换成动态视频。

还将设立十二个食品摊位，其中一些由当地餐馆经营，该地区希望这将有助于振兴当地商业区。

“世界美食文化快闪店是由狎鸥亭牛仔竞技表演的商户们共同打造的团结之地，”委员会主席表示，“我们希望当地居民和游客能够通过世界文化相聚一堂。”

社区服务中心负责人表示，该节日“一眼就能看出江南热门景点狎鸥亭的魅力和活力”。

本文由生成式人工智能协助发布，并由《韩国时报》编辑。