100,000 people will come to EDM Festival World DJ Festival
Peace, DMZ Pistrain Festival
Celebrating 140th Anniversary of Korea-France Diplomacy, French Music Festival
Music Picnic on the Grass, Seoul Park Music Festival
Before the full-fledged heat wave begins, June has come, which is a good time to enjoy the summer sensibility. It is a good season to take a glass of cold beer and take care of yourself to music.
Ahead of June, large music festivals have begun final preparations in various parts of Korea. From the representative EDM festival in Korea, which marks its 20th anniversary, to the landing of the representative French music festival in Korea, genres and atmospheres vary. In early summer nights, we gathered a representative music festival in June that will make you drunk on music.
Korea’s representative EDM festival celebrating its 20th anniversary, World DJ Festival
The World DJ Festival (Waldepe), Korea’s leading EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festival, will be held at Seoul Land in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province from June 13 to 14.
Waldepe first started in 2007 and celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. It boasts the longest history among existing domestic EDM festivals and recorded about 100,000 audiences last year.
This year’s stage will feature various genres such as trans, techno, hard techno, dubstep, drum and base, and big room.
It also introduced a colorful lineup of headliners to mark its 20th anniversary. Marshmello and Grammy-winning producer Zedd, who have elevated EDM to the center of global pop music with sensuous melodies and popular sounds, will appear.
Amin van Buuren, who is the only DJ magazine to have ranked No. 1 in the world for four consecutive years, will also be with him. △Eric Prydz, famous for his overwhelming visual production, △ Amelie Lens, who leads the global technology scene, △ I Hate Models, a representative player of hard technology, will appear together.
In addition, world-class DJs such as △Excision △ SLANDER △ Loud Luxury △ D-Block & S-te-Fan will be on the stage.
Waldife also plans to expand into a global festival brand by promoting licensing collaborations with Japan and other Asian countries.
Message of Peace at DMZ, DMZ Pistrain Music Festival
The DMZ Pistrain Music Festival, which sings peace with music, will also return.
Peacetrain will be held from June 12 to 14 in Goseokjeong, Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon-do. It is Korea’s representative global music festival held near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and has the concept of “singing peace through music.”
This year’s theme is ‘human activity’. It contains the message that “being alive is peace.”
Famous Korean artists such as △Insooni △ Lee Seung-yeol △ E-yang △ Peppertons △ Baek Hyun-jin △ The Balluntius △ Galaxy Express will appear at this event.
The participation of foreign artists is also eye-catching. Thurston Moore Group of the United States, △ Japan’s tricot △ Australia’s Mildlife △ Britain’s DEADLETTER △ French musician Lewis OfMan will be on the stage.
During the festival, a separate special stage is operated near the Labor Party. Folk duo Moher and singer-songwriter Haepa will participate in a special performance in a space with the history of division.
This year, it added content by operating a fountain stage DJ stage, a special stage reflecting the DMZ’s location, and a late-night program “Peace Camp” as well as domestic and foreign artist performances.
The biggest music festival in France is in Korea, Pet de la Musique
France’s representative music festival “Fête de la Musique 2026” will visit Korea.
The event, which will be held to commemorate the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and France, will run for a month from June 1st to 30th. It operates more than 40 programs in 11 cities across the country, including Seoul, with more than 25 French artists and music industry officials participating.
Starting in France in 1982, Pet de la Musique started with the aim of making music a culture that anyone can enjoy freely. It has now grown into a global music festival held in more than 100 countries around the world.
The Korean event will include △ French psychedelic rock band Meule △ Garage rock band La Flemme △ Electronic pop artist Lewis OfMan △ DJ IAMBP (I Am Black Panther).
Creative workshops are also held with performances. The “Bogging Atelier” with the theme of ballroom culture and bogging, the Korea-France joint songwriting camp “K-POP Atelier,” and the “DJ Atelier” for women and gender minorities were prepared.
The Seoul Park Music Festival, a downtown music festival enjoyed on the lawn
If you want to enjoy music in a park in the city center, the Seoul Park Music Festival is waiting.
The Seoul Park Music Festival will be held from June 20 to 21 at Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul.
A total of 12 teams will appear this year, including Jannabi and Silica Gel, △10cm △ Jung Seung-hwan △ Kwon Jin-ah. Additional lineups will also be revealed in turn.
The organizers switched from the existing 12 and older viewing area to all-age viewing areas for the first time this year. The operation method has been changed so that family visitors can enjoy it together.
