GOYANG — KINTEX opened the outdoor plaza at its second exhibition hall for a nighttime cultural festival that drew about 10,000 visitors.
Visitors streamed into the "2026 KIN Night" event held on the 4th and 5th to provide an open urban retreat, KINTEX said on the 7th. Unlike a typical night market, the convention center fully opened its wide outdoor lawn plaza, spacing out picnic-blanket areas and tables while offering a range of performances.
Now in its third year, the event is a community-partnership festival built around the idea of an open retreat in the city. The outdoor lawn plaza was fully opened, with picnic-blanket areas and tables set up alongside scheduled performances.
KINTEX said it expanded the venue space and program lineup to the largest scale yet this year.
The site was divided into four zones: a food zone with 17 kinds of food, a flea market zone selling handicrafts and eco-friendly products, a play-and-experience zone with programs for children, and a sharing camp zone.
Social economy enterprises, young entrepreneurs and small business owners from the city took part in the flea market and sharing camp zones.
Programming was divided by age group. A family sports day and insect and maze activities were offered for children, while adult visitors could attend billiards lessons taught by professional players at the PBA lounge inside the exhibition hall.
The stage featured saxophonist Danny Jung, a traditional Korean military band parade, a dog frisbee show, the Uncle Kid circus and a balloon art show by Clown Jin. Musical actors Lee Sun-woo and Lim Kang-sung and the band Kakimazem also performed.
Attendees included Goyang Mayor Min Kyung-sun, Gyeonggi Provincial Council Vice Chair Ko Eun-jung, Goyang City Council Chair Kim Mi-su and Gyeonggi Provincial Council member Lee Ki-dae.
"It is a meaningful value for KINTEX to become an open cultural space where residents can communicate comfortably, beyond being a business venue," KINTEX CEO Lee Min-woo said. "We will continue to expand cultural partnership programs that add vitality to daily life."
