ROUND Festival (ASEAN-Korea Music Festival): Dates, Tickets & Venue (Incheon)

Two nights, one indoor arena

ROUND runs across a single November weekend. The festival is branded ROUND, and its full name, the ASEAN-Korea Music Festival, explains the idea: Korean pop acts share a bill with artists from the ten ASEAN member states.

The 2026 edition takes place on Saturday November 7 and Sunday November 8. Both days are at Namdong Gymnasium, an indoor sports arena in Namdong-gu, the southeastern district of Incheon. Because it’s indoors, the show goes ahead whatever November does outside.

Inside, the layout is the usual Korean gymnasium concert setup:

• tiered fixed seating wrapped around the arena floor
• a stage at one end
• floor sections laid out on the court

The audience reflects the bill. Korean fan clubs are there with lightsticks, and so are fans from Southeast Asia who came for acts that rarely tour Korea.

Reaching Namdong Gymnasium

Namdong-gu sits in Incheon’s residential and civic southeast. Incheon City Hall, in the Guwol-dong neighbourhood, is in the same district. From central Seoul, most visitors take Seoul Subway Line 1 west to Bupyeong and change to Incheon Subway Line 1, which runs south through Namdong-gu.

Travellers flying in land at Incheon International Airport on Yeongjong Island. From there, a taxi crosses to Namdong-gu without changes. The AREX airport railway links to the wider subway network for anyone staying in Seoul.

One T-money card pays for buses, the subway and most taxis in both Seoul and Incheon. Taxi queues outside arenas build quickly when a show ends, so many fans walk to a main road before hailing a cab.

Concert-night habits at Korean arenas

K-pop crowds in Korea follow some well-worn routines, and ROUND is no different.

• Ticket pickup: foreign buyers on Korean ticketing platforms usually collect tickets at an on-site booth and show their passport. These lines form well before doors.
• Merch: official goods booths usually open hours ahead of the show. Popular items often sell out on the first day.
• Lightsticks and chants: fans bring the official lightstick for their group and know the fan chant for each song. You’ll hear it shouted in unison during the verses.
• Filming rules: policies differ from show to show. Staff at Korean venues enforce them, so most attendees film only when announcements say it’s allowed.
• Seating: seats are assigned by section, row and number, and ushers check tickets at each gate.

In early November, Incheon evenings are cold and the wind comes in off the Yellow Sea. Fans usually wear layers they can carry once they’re in the heated arena.

Making a weekend of it

Two show days make an Incheon base practical. Many visitors stay near Bupyeong or in Songdo International Business District. Others go back to Seoul each night on the subway.

Daytime options within Incheon:

• Chinatown and Jayu Park: both are by Incheon Station at the western end of Seoul Line 1.
• Wolmido: a seafront promenade near Chinatown.
• Songdo Central Park: a canal park lined with high-rises.

The organiser publishes the lineup for each day, the ticket tiers and the entry rules on the official ROUND site, and that’s where the authoritative details sit.