2026 Local Ground Yeonnam

Local Ground Yeonnam is a local culture festival staged across the alleys and neighborhood shops of Yeonnam-dong. It ties the district's one-of-a-kind spaces, shops, and cultural content together into a single festival, offering visitors a new experience of walking, lingering, and enjoying every corner of the alleys. Rather than a festival you simply watch, it features a colorful lineup of content — flea markets, busking performances, hands-on programs, and special events — designed to help local shops and visitors meet and connect naturally. In particular, it pairs Yeonnam-dong's free-spirited, stylish mood and the picnic culture that has grown up around the Gyeongui Line Forest Trail with the festival programming, aiming to create an in-city alley festival that anyone can enjoy at ease. For visitors, it offers a chance to discover a new side of Yeonnam-dong's charm, while for local shops it opens up a point of connection that leads to new visits and spending. Through a festival where local spaces, people, shops, and culture all come together, it seeks to spread Yeonnam-dong's distinctive local culture and bring fresh vitality to the alley shopping district.