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Monthly performance market report (Sep 1 – 30, 2026)

1,782,236 tickets were sold at Korean performance venues between September 1, 2026 – September 30, 2026. 임영웅 콘서트: IM HERO, THE STADIUM 2 sold the most, at 95,602. Musical took 30.3% of the total.

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Contents6
  1. Monthly summary
  2. Top 10 by tickets sold this month
  3. Busiest venues
  4. By genre
  5. By region
  6. What stood out

Monthly summary

Across 839 venues nationwide, 1,782,236 tickets were sold over 9,789 sessions between September 1, 2026 – September 30, 2026.

1,782,236
Tickets sold
9,789
Sessions staged
6,928
Productions
839
Venues reporting
September 1, 2026 – September 30, 2026 · reported by KOPIS venues

Top 10 by tickets sold this month

임영웅 콘서트: IM HERO, THE STADIUM 2 led the month with 95,602 tickets — 1.9 times the runner-up.

Tickets sold by production

  1. 1위 임영웅 콘서트: IM HERO, THE STADIUM 2, 고양종합운동장, Popular Music, 95,602, 5.4%, 3 sessions · 3 days, Sep 4 – 6, 2026
  2. 2위 드라큘라 [서울], LG아트센터 서울, Musical, 49,444, 2.8%, 40 sessions · 26 days, Jul 10 – Oct 18, 2026
  3. 3위 엘리자벳, 블루스퀘어, Musical, 44,095, 2.5%, 40 sessions · 26 days, Aug 16 – Nov 15, 2026
  4. 4위 PLAVE World Tour: KEEP IT MANIC [인천], 인천문학경기장, Popular Music, 42,614, 2.4%, 2 sessions · 2 days, Sep 12 – 13, 2026
  5. 5위 NCT 127 5TH TOUR, NEO CITY: THE REDLINE [서울], 올림픽공원, Popular Music, 31,916, 1.8%, 3 sessions · 3 days, Sep 18 – 20, 2026
  6. 6위 Vaundy ASIA ARENA TOUR HORO IN SEOUL, 인스파이어 엔터테인먼트 리조트, Popular Music, 29,641, 1.7%, 2 sessions · 2 days, Sep 19 – 20, 2026
  7. 7위 옥토버페스트, 문화비축기지, Popular Music, 28,304, 1.6%, 20 sessions · 10 days, Sep 12 – 21, 2026
  8. 8위 겨울왕국 [서울], 샤롯데씨어터, Musical, 23,033, 1.3%, 35 sessions · 26 days, Aug 13, 2026 – Mar 1, 2027
  9. 9위 웨스턴 스토리 [대학로], 유니플렉스, Musical, 20,502, 1.1%, 37 sessions · 24 days, Jul 1 – Sep 27, 2026
  10. 10위 광화문연가 [서울], 디큐브링크아트센터, Musical, 18,660, 1.1%, 28 sessions · 21 days, Sep 6 – Nov 15, 2026
Top 10 productions by tickets sold, September 1, 2026 – September 30, 2026. Each venue-and-date sales figure is attributed to the production that filled it; dates where several productions shared a hall cannot be split between them and are excluded, so 93% of the period's tickets are represented.

Busiest venues

Tickets sold by venue

  • 고양종합운동장: 95,602, 5.4%
  • 올림픽공원: 83,930, 4.7%
  • LG아트센터 서울: 54,624, 3.1%
  • 블루스퀘어: 50,629, 2.8%
  • 예술의전당 [서울]: 46,365, 2.6%
  • 인천문학경기장: 42,549, 2.4%
  • 세종문화회관: 38,581, 2.2%
  • 인스파이어 엔터테인먼트 리조트: 36,154, 2.0%
  • 문화비축기지: 33,101, 1.9%
  • 롯데콘서트홀: 32,297, 1.8%
The 10 venues that sold most, September 1, 2026 – September 30, 2026

By genre

Tickets sold by genre

  • Musical: 540,445, 30.3%, 2,833 sessions
  • Popular Music: 525,745, 29.5%, 402 sessions
  • Classical Music: 234,289, 13.2%, 704 sessions
  • Theater: 217,138, 12.2%, 3,847 sessions
  • Korean Traditional Music: 58,531, 3.3%, 265 sessions
  • Dance: 36,403, 2.0%, 139 sessions
  • Circus/Magic: 27,823, 1.6%, 367 sessions
  • Multi-genre: 14,548, 0.8%, 81 sessions
  • Popular Dance: 549, 0.0%, 4 sessions
  • Unattributed: 126,765, 7.1%, 1,147 sessions
Tickets sold by genre, with share and sessions staged, September 1, 2026 – September 30, 2026

By region

Tickets sold by region

  • Seoul: 1,026,425, 57.6%, 6,846 sessions
  • Gyeonggi-do: 259,387, 14.5%, 631 sessions
  • Incheon: 125,942, 7.1%, 185 sessions
  • Busan: 75,519, 4.2%, 387 sessions
  • Daegu: 56,920, 3.2%, 338 sessions
  • Jeonnam-Gwangju: 42,379, 2.4%, 244 sessions
  • Gyeongsangnam-do: 34,531, 1.9%, 194 sessions
  • Chungcheongnam-do: 29,608, 1.7%, 108 sessions
  • Gangwon-do: 28,303, 1.6%, 148 sessions
  • Gyeongsangbuk-do: 27,538, 1.6%, 121 sessions
  • Jeollabuk-do: 18,932, 1.1%, 111 sessions
  • Chungcheongbuk-do: 17,082, 1.0%, 93 sessions
  • Daejeon: 14,772, 0.8%, 240 sessions
  • Ulsan: 11,176, 0.6%, 59 sessions
  • Jeju: 9,116, 0.5%, 66 sessions
  • Sejong: 4,606, 0.3%, 18 sessions
Tickets sold by region, with share and sessions staged, September 1, 2026 – September 30, 2026

What stood out

  • 79.2% of all tickets sold were for venues in the capital area (Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon).
  • The busiest day was Sat, September 5 with 205,099 tickets — 54.6× the quietest, Mon, September 28 (3,756).
  • Musical alone took 30.3% of tickets sold.

Method: tickets sold and sessions staged as reported per venue to the Korea Performing Arts Box Office Information System (KOPIS), summed by performance date in Korea Standard Time. Revenue is not part of that feed and is therefore not covered. Genre and the production ranking are attributed only where a single production occupied the hall on that date; halls shared by several productions on one day are counted as unattributed.

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