Korea's premier autumn music festival, Grand Mint Festival 2026 (GMF2026), will take place this weekend at Olympic Park in Seoul.

GMF2026 is scheduled for a two-day run on October 17 and 18. Organizer Mint Paper has finalized a lineup of 48 teams, including Lee Sora, Younha, Lee Seung-yoon, Sibran (10cm x Soran), Hong Isaac, and Lee Suk-won. The festival will also feature on-site programs such as live performances, public broadcast shows, autograph sessions, and an art zone.

On the first day, October 17, Lee Sora will headline the Mint Breeze Stage. Jang Kiha, Peppertones, Jukjae, Jung Joon-il, JisokuryClub, Hi-Fi Un!corn, and Yeonjung will also perform on the stage. Lee Seung-yoon will serve as the headliner for Club Midnight Sunset, joined by Touched, Lidoer, Car, the garden, Lacuna, O월O일, Leaveourtears, and FuturePeerClub. At Loving Forest Garden, Hong Isaac will take the final slot, alongside Bye Bye Badman, Aleph, Yura, Sumin, g0nny, love is cycle, and Confined White.

On the second day, October 18, Younha will close out the Mint Breeze Stage. CNBLUE, Roy Kim, Jeong Seung-hwan, BOL4, Dragon Pony, Shin Inryu, and Sanbo will also take the stage. The headliner for Club Midnight Sunset is Sibran. The organizers announced that the joint performance by 10cm and Soran has completely sold out. Thornsapple, N.Flying, THE SOLUTIONS, Far East Asia Tigers, ONEWE, LOW, and kwacamolee will perform on the same stage. Lee Suk-won will headline Loving Forest Garden, with Sunwoojunga, Kkachisan, Shin Ji-hoon, nib.archive, Rothy, Tokai, and Gugu rounding out the lineup.

Artists participating in Mint Paper's artist discovery project compilation album bright #15, including FuturePeerClub, love is cycle, Sanbo, and kwacamolee, will also take to the stage.

Programs outside the main stages are also prepared. The newly introduced RADAR zone will be set up between KSPO DOME and the swimming pool. Public radio-style programs, including a special live broadcast of the Sibran Public Broadcast Show and Lacuna's Comeback Report, will be held on October 17 and 18, respectively. Jigeumi Jeojeommaesu, where bright #15 participating artists share stories about their music and activities, will run across both days.

Close Signal Detection programs will also take place. On October 17, autograph sessions for Yeonjung, Hi-Fi Un!corn, and Sumin, as well as a high-touch and autograph session for O월O일, will be held. On October 18, autograph sessions for Shin Inryu and Far East Asia Tigers, alongside a high-touch session for ONEWE, are scheduled. At the ART ZONE in the Hanul Square, visitors can find Mint Shop collaboration merchandise, artist and label booths, vinyl records and accessories, photogrey booths, and photo zones, alongside on-site voting for the audience-participatory GMF2026 Awards.



(Photo: Yonhap News) (Reported by Kang Kyung-yoon, SBS C&M)