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Gwangju ACE Fair
- 📅 Dates
- Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 30 Sangmunuri-ro, Seo-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City
- 🎫 Admission
- Free with advance online booking* Refer to the official website for details
- 🕘 Hours
- 10:00-17:00
- 🎪 Venue
- Kimdaejung Convention Center
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Gwangju Metropolitan City · Gwangju Tourism Organization, Gwangju Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency, Korea Cable TV Broadcasting Association, Gwangju Design Promotion Agency, KOTRA
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-62-611-2242
⚠️ This festival's listed dates have passed
The dates above are from the most recent official schedule. Many Korean festivals are annual events held around the same time each year, but the next date has not been officially confirmed yet — please check the official website or a Google search below before planning a trip.
Overview
Held at the Kimdaejung Convention Center, the 2026 Gwangju ACE Fair is a comprehensive cultural content festival where broadcasting, animation, characters, games, and webtoons converge. This dynamic event serves as both a professional business hub for industry networking and a vibrant playground for the public. While domestic and international companies showcase the latest trends in the exhibition halls, visitors can enjoy a rich array of participatory programs, including an illustration fair featuring unique artist goods, lively cosplay competitions, and stage events with popular creators. Th
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
What happens at Gwangju ACE Fair
- Main program: Cultural Content Exhibition
- Sub-events and programs: Illustration Fair / Cosplay Contest / Board Game Zone
Official programme as registered with the Korea Tourism Organization for the most recent edition. Details can change — check with the organizer before you go.
🅿️ Nearby attractions — with actual parking capacity
Most sites only say "parking available." These are official figures from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, so you can judge before you drive.
Names and addresses here stay in Korean on purpose. Google Maps cannot give directions inside South Korea, and NAVER Map / KakaoMap find these places only under their Korean names — copy an address above and paste it straight in.
🏮 Traditional market days during the festival
Korean country markets open only on days ending in fixed digits — every 5 days. These are the actual dates they open while the festival runs, so you can add one to the same trip.
Names and addresses here stay in Korean on purpose. Google Maps cannot give directions inside South Korea, and NAVER Map / KakaoMap find these places only under their Korean names — copy an address above and paste it straight in.
🎪 Other festivals nearby at the same time
Overlapping dates, within 60 km.
Nearby Attractions
Places near the festival venue, described in English by the Korea Tourism Organization. Distances and times are road-based driving estimates from NAVER route search — useful for taxi trips — and can change with traffic. Places under 1 km in a straight line are marked “walkable”. Anything more than 15 km away by road is left out.
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Taking the trip home
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