Weekly performance market report (Sep 7 – 13, 2026)
452,001 tickets were sold at Korean performance venues between September 7, 2026 – September 13, 2026. PLAVE World Tour: KEEP IT MANIC [인천] sold the most, at 41,987. Popular Music took 29.5% of the total.
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Weekly summary
Across 529 venues nationwide, 452,001 tickets were sold over 2,469 sessions between September 7, 2026 – September 13, 2026.
- 452,001
- Tickets sold
- 2,469
- Sessions staged
- 1,791
- Productions
- 529
- Venues reporting
- Weekday
- Weekend
Tickets sold by day
- Mon, 9/7: 5,267
- Tue, 9/8: 21,231
- Wed, 9/9: 37,150
- Thu, 9/10: 37,525
- Fri, 9/11: 58,405
- Sat, 9/12: 179,208
- Sun, 9/13: 113,215
Against the previous week
Tickets sold moved −12.8% (518,341 → 452,001), and sessions staged +5.7%.
Top 10 by tickets sold this week
PLAVE World Tour: KEEP IT MANIC [인천] led the week with 41,987 tickets — 3.1 times the runner-up.
Tickets sold by production
- 1위 PLAVE World Tour: KEEP IT MANIC [인천], 인천문학경기장, Popular Music, 41,987, 9.3%, 2 sessions · 2 days, Sep 12 – 13, 2026
- 2위 이슬라이브 페스티벌 [인천], 송도달빛축제공원, Popular Music, 13,366, 3.0%, 1 session · 1 day, Sep 12, 2026
- 3위 PARK JI HOON ASIA FANCON, RE: FLECT [서울 (앵콜) ], 잠실종합운동장, Popular Music, 11,118, 2.5%, 2 sessions · 2 days, Sep 12 – 13, 2026
- 4위 back number 내한공연: Grateful Yesterdays Tour [서울], 킨텍스, Popular Music, 10,244, 2.3%, 2 sessions · 2 days, Sep 12 – 13, 2026
- 5위 엘리자벳, 블루스퀘어, Musical, 9,800, 2.2%, 9 sessions · 6 days, Aug 16 – Nov 15, 2026
- 6위 드라큘라 [서울], LG아트센터 서울, Musical, 9,427, 2.1%, 9 sessions · 6 days, Jul 10 – Oct 18, 2026
- 7위 옥토버페스트, 문화비축기지, Popular Music, 7,609, 1.7%, 4 sessions · 2 days, Sep 12 – 21, 2026
- 8위 죽은 시인의 사회 [대학로], NOL 씨어터 대학로 (구. 대학로뮤지컬센터), Theater, 6,371, 1.4%, 9 sessions · 6 days, Jul 18 – Sep 13, 2026
- 9위 10CM with SPECIAL GUESTS, 올해도 글렀추, 서울어린이대공원, Popular Music, 5,733, 1.3%, 1 session · 1 day, Sep 13, 2026
- 10위 겨울왕국 [서울], 샤롯데씨어터, Musical, 5,693, 1.3%, 8 sessions · 6 days, Aug 13, 2026 – Mar 1, 2027
Busiest venues
Tickets sold by venue
- 인천문학경기장: 41,987, 9.3%
- 예술의전당 [서울]: 14,463, 3.2%
- 블루스퀘어: 13,666, 3.0%
- 송도달빛축제공원: 13,366, 3.0%
- LG아트센터 서울: 11,783, 2.6%
- 잠실종합운동장: 11,118, 2.5%
- 킨텍스: 10,244, 2.3%
- 롯데콘서트홀: 9,556, 2.1%
- 문화비축기지: 7,609, 1.7%
- NOL 씨어터 대학로 (구. 대학로뮤지컬센터): 6,371, 1.4%
By genre
Tickets sold by genre
- Popular Music: 133,204, 29.5%, 120 sessions
- Musical: 128,885, 28.5%, 703 sessions
- Classical Music: 73,697, 16.3%, 209 sessions
- Theater: 56,340, 12.5%, 936 sessions
- Korean Traditional Music: 15,989, 3.5%, 72 sessions
- Dance: 7,927, 1.8%, 46 sessions
- Circus/Magic: 5,242, 1.2%, 82 sessions
- Multi-genre: 2,598, 0.6%, 12 sessions
- Unattributed: 28,119, 6.2%, 289 sessions
By region
Tickets sold by region
- Seoul: 233,358, 51.6%, 1,635 sessions
- Incheon: 59,272, 13.1%, 46 sessions
- Gyeonggi-do: 50,353, 11.1%, 162 sessions
- Busan: 23,721, 5.3%, 108 sessions
- Daegu: 13,618, 3.0%, 88 sessions
- Gyeongsangbuk-do: 10,454, 2.3%, 42 sessions
- Gyeongsangnam-do: 10,001, 2.2%, 60 sessions
- Chungcheongnam-do: 8,874, 2.0%, 36 sessions
- Gangwon-do: 8,393, 1.9%, 62 sessions
- Gwangju: 7,353, 1.6%, 41 sessions
- Jeollabuk-do: 6,739, 1.5%, 28 sessions
- Jeollanam-do: 5,061, 1.1%, 25 sessions
- Chungcheongbuk-do: 4,347, 1.0%, 32 sessions
- Daejeon: 4,277, 0.9%, 69 sessions
- Jeju: 2,935, 0.7%, 15 sessions
- Ulsan: 2,619, 0.6%, 17 sessions
- Sejong: 626, 0.1%, 3 sessions
What stood out
- 75.9% of all tickets sold were for venues in the capital area (Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon).
- The busiest day was Sat, September 12 with 179,208 tickets — 34.0× the quietest, Mon, September 7 (5,267).
- Circus/Magic fell 63.7% against the previous week.
- Classical Music rose 40.6% against the previous week.
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.












