23rd Jarasum Jazz Festival to be held October 9–11, offering free admission for elementary students and 50% discount for middle and high school students

The ‘23rd Jarasum Jazz Festival (hereinafter Jarasum Jazz)’ announced that it will provide free admission for elementary school students and below, a 50% discount for middle and high school students, and a 30,000 won ticket discount in connection with the Hometown Love Donation Program.

Main poster for the ‘23rd Jarasum Jazz Festival’

Through these benefits, Jarasum Jazz aims to reduce the burden of autumn outings for family audiences accompanied by children, while allowing festival attendees to support the Gapyeong region and enjoy the festival economically.

As a representative jazz festival in Asia, Jarasum Jazz will be held from Friday, October 9 to Sunday, October 11, around Jaraseom Island and Gapyeong-eup in Gapyeong.

Jarasum Jazz is an outdoor music festival where visitors can enjoy autumn while listening to jazz on mats spread across the grass, and it will also operate a dedicated zone for attendees accompanied by pets. Various food, relaxation spaces, and events provided by official sponsors are expected to enrich the family outings.

Sweet snacks and freshly baked pizza... KOPIKO, Bouchard, and Papa Johns' ‘Delicious Picnic’

Food to enhance the charm of outdoor performances has also been prepared. KOPIKO, a representative Indonesian candy brand, and Bouchard, a premium Belgian chocolate, participating as main sponsors, will add sweet joy to the autumn jazz picnic with coffee candy and chocolate giveaway events.

Papa Johns, participating as an official sponsor for the 14th time, will bake and sell its signature menu ‘John's Favorite’ directly from a pizza truck. It will take charge of picnic meals with pizzas that are easy for the whole family to share.

Pets also become protagonists of family photos... KB Insurance operates ‘Pet Family Photo Studio’

KB Insurance, which has sponsored Jarasum Jazz for 22 years since 2005, will provide a relaxation zone and photo zone where food and jazz can be enjoyed comfortably on-site. For attendees who come with pets, a ‘Pet Family Photo Studio’ will also be operated. Selected attendees through pre-event SNS activities and on-site drawings will be gifted pet family photos taken by professional photographers.

Meeting AI through jazz, a new experience with Yamaha Music Korea

Yamaha Music Korea, making its ninth sponsorship this year, will provide all the pianos used on the festival stage. In particular, as part of the ‘2026 New Technology Convergence Music Content Development Support’ project by KOCCA, it will support the ‘Jazz AI Lounge’ with the automatic playing piano ‘Disklavier’. Through the ‘Disklavier’, audiences can appreciate the collaboration between jazz artists and AI.

The excitement of the festival starting from reservation, YES24

The official reservation site, YES24, will conduct events for customers who reserve admission tickets. Participation methods and benefits can be found on the YES24 reservation page.

Detailed information regarding free admission and student discount conditions, pet accompaniment regulations, etc., is provided on the official Jarasum Jazz website and the YES24 reservation page. The discount method for tickets linked to the Hometown Love Donation Program can also be found on the official website.

Introduction to Jarasum Youth Jazz Center

Since its first hosting in 2004, the Jarasum Youth Jazz Center has been organizing and managing South Korea's representative jazz festival for three days every October. The Jarasum Jazz Festival takes place in the Jaraseom Island area, which possesses the beautiful natural environment of Gapyeong County, and has been branded as a festival with over 20 years of history featuring top-tier jazz artists from around the world and domestic jazz artists. Over the past 22 editions, performers from 60 countries and 1,493 teams have visited Gapyeong Jaraseom. It continues active international exchange, such as conducting focus programs that intensively introduce the jazz of one country each year and signing MOUs with leading overseas music festivals.

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◆ At a Glance

· Issuing Institution: Jarasum Youth Jazz Center

· Category: Festival, Music, Jarasum Youth Jazz Center

· Distribution: October 1, 2026, 11:00 AM

Source: Jarasum Youth Jazz Center Press Release (Newswire)

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