Ulsan Industrial Festival Opens Oct. 8 on Taehwa River Banks

Events Concentrated at Taehwa River National Garden's Nam-gu Riverside

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2025 Ulsan Industrial Festival parade. Photo courtesy of Ulsan Metropolitan City - Seoul Economic Daily Society News from South Korea
2025 Ulsan Industrial Festival parade. Photo courtesy of Ulsan Metropolitan City

ULSAN — The 2026 Ulsan Industrial Festival will run for four days from Oct. 8 to 11 along the Nam-gu riverside section of the Taehwa River National Garden.

This year's festival is built around the vision "AX Transformation, All In! Ulsan," referring to artificial intelligence transformation, and is designed as a citizen-participation event blending industry, history and culture.

The opening ceremony on Oct. 8 will feature a six-chapter themed performance tracing Ulsan's growth, congratulatory stage performances by popular singers, a swarm drone show involving 1,000 drones and a fireworks display. Throughout the festival, a citizens' festival ground and a youth U-Culture Festival will be held alongside a permanently operating AI experience zone featuring generative AI and robots, as well as a future expo. The event closes on Oct. 11 with a traditional culture-themed finale performance.

Original reporting by Jang Ji-seung for Seoul Economic Daily.

AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.

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