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Monthly performance market report (Oct 1 – 31, 2026)

2,366,072 tickets were sold at Korean performance venues between October 1, 2026 – October 31, 2026. 엘리자벳 sold the most, at 47,717. Popular Music took 29.0% of the total.

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Contents7
  1. Monthly summary
  2. Against the previous month
  3. Top 10 by tickets sold this month
  4. Busiest venues
  5. By genre
  6. By region
  7. What stood out

Monthly summary

Across 920 venues nationwide, 2,366,072 tickets were sold over 11,791 sessions between October 1, 2026 – October 31, 2026.

2,366,072
Tickets sold
11,791
Sessions staged
8,240
Productions
920
Venues reporting
October 1, 2026 – October 31, 2026 · reported by KOPIS venues

Against the previous month

Tickets sold moved +32.4% (1,787,579 → 2,366,072), and sessions staged +20.3%.

Top 10 by tickets sold this month

엘리자벳 led the month with 47,717 tickets.

Tickets sold by production

  1. 1위 엘리자벳, 블루스퀘어, Musical, 47,717, 2.0%, 42 sessions · 27 days, Aug 16 – Nov 15, 2026
  2. 2위 부산국제록페스티벌, 삼락생태공원, Popular Music, 40,056, 1.7%, 4 sessions · 3 days, Oct 2 – 4, 2026
  3. 3위 찰리 푸스 내한공연, Charlie Puth: Whatever's Clever! World Tour in Seoul, 고양종합운동장, Popular Music, 37,977, 1.6%, 1 session · 1 day, Oct 11, 2026
  4. 4위 EDC KOREA, 인스파이어 엔터테인먼트 리조트, Popular Music, 35,740, 1.5%, 2 sessions · 2 days, Oct 3 – 4, 2026
  5. 5위 드라큘라 [서울], LG아트센터 서울, Musical, 34,477, 1.5%, 23 sessions · 15 days, Jul 10 – Oct 18, 2026
  6. 6위 비더슈탄트, 링크아트센터드림, Musical, 29,126, 1.2%, 17 sessions · 10 days, Jul 23 – Oct 11, 2026
  7. 7위 AKMU CONCERT: 소문의 낙원 (Paradise of Rumors), 올림픽공원, Popular Music, 28,075, 1.2%, 3 sessions · 3 days, Oct 9 – 11, 2026
  8. 8위 디어 에반 핸슨 (Musical Dear Evan Hansen) [서울], 충무아트센터, Musical, 26,052, 1.1%, 38 sessions · 27 days, Aug 1 – Nov 1, 2026
  9. 9위 광화문연가 [서울], 디큐브링크아트센터, Musical, 25,032, 1.1%, 38 sessions · 27 days, Sep 6 – Nov 15, 2026
  10. 10위 JX TOUR CONCERT: CORE [인천], 인스파이어 엔터테인먼트 리조트, Popular Music, 23,569, 1.0%, 3 sessions · 3 days, Oct 9 – 11, 2026
Top 10 productions by tickets sold, October 1, 2026 – October 31, 2026. Rank movement is measured against the preceding month. 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 88% of the period's tickets are represented.

Busiest venues

Tickets sold by venue

  • 고양종합운동장: 147,786, 6.3%
  • 올림픽공원: 115,859, 4.9%
  • 킨텍스: 111,999, 4.7%
  • 예술의전당 [서울]: 108,318, 4.6%
  • 인스파이어 엔터테인먼트 리조트: 84,835, 3.6%
  • 세종문화회관: 69,006, 2.9%
  • 블루스퀘어: 57,530, 2.4%
  • 링크아트센터드림: 45,159, 1.9%
  • 롯데콘서트홀: 41,306, 1.8%
  • 삼락생태공원: 40,056, 1.7%
The 10 venues that sold most, October 1, 2026 – October 31, 2026

By genre

Tickets sold by genre

  • Popular Music: 685,833, 29.0%, 674 sessions
  • Musical: 642,587, 27.2%, 3,426 sessions
  • Classical Music: 306,451, 13.0%, 917 sessions
  • Theater: 248,544, 10.5%, 4,580 sessions
  • Dance: 64,686, 2.7%, 163 sessions
  • Korean Traditional Music: 61,716, 2.6%, 245 sessions
  • Circus/Magic: 40,770, 1.7%, 474 sessions
  • Multi-genre: 30,159, 1.3%, 116 sessions
  • Popular Dance: 495, 0.0%, 5 sessions
  • Unattributed: 284,831, 12.0%, 1,191 sessions
Tickets sold by genre, with share and sessions staged, October 1, 2026 – October 31, 2026

By region

Tickets sold by region

  • Seoul: 1,246,110, 52.7%, 7,851 sessions
  • Gyeonggi-do: 455,659, 19.3%, 891 sessions
  • Incheon: 139,634, 5.9%, 230 sessions
  • Busan: 129,775, 5.5%, 462 sessions
  • Daegu: 85,241, 3.6%, 504 sessions
  • Jeonnam-Gwangju: 50,246, 2.1%, 336 sessions
  • Gyeongsangnam-do: 43,536, 1.8%, 232 sessions
  • Gyeongsangbuk-do: 41,287, 1.7%, 161 sessions
  • Jeollabuk-do: 32,667, 1.4%, 180 sessions
  • Gangwon-do: 27,130, 1.1%, 142 sessions
  • Daejeon: 24,714, 1.0%, 313 sessions
  • Chungcheongbuk-do: 20,659, 0.9%, 133 sessions
  • Ulsan: 20,577, 0.9%, 97 sessions
  • Sejong: 19,768, 0.8%, 44 sessions
  • Chungcheongnam-do: 16,958, 0.7%, 81 sessions
  • Jeju: 12,111, 0.5%, 134 sessions
Tickets sold by region, with share and sessions staged, October 1, 2026 – October 31, 2026

What stood out

  • 77.8% of all tickets sold were for venues in the capital area (Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon).
  • The busiest day was Sat, October 17 with 201,548 tickets — 28.7× the quietest, Mon, October 12 (7,028).
  • Multi-genre rose 101.0% against the previous month.
  • Dance rose 76.2% against the previous month.

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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