Korvia
Fall Party 🍂
The Korvia Party Fall 2026 is a free party on Saturday, October 3, 2026 from 1:00 PM at the KORVIA and KFTRA booths on Dosan-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul — inside the 15th Gangnam Festival. KORVIA is based in Gangnam, so this fall we teamed up with our own neighborhood festival: free food, a quiz show, challenge games and a MacBook raffle. The Korvia Party Fall 2026 is for everyone — teachers, expats, and Korean school & hagwon partners alike.
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Key facts
- Event
- Korvia Party Fall 2026
- Date
- Saturday, October 3, 2026 — National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol)
- Time
- Check-in from 1:00 PM at the KORVIA or KFTRA booth (QR — either one works) · Raffle draw 5:30 PM · no set end time — stay for the festival night
- Venue
- KORVIA & KFTRA booths on Dosan-daero — Gangnam Festival grounds (Dosan-daero · Apgujeong · Bongeunsa area). Exact booth spots & map to be announced
- Price
- Free
- Who
- Everyone — Koreans and foreigners alike, all ages. English teachers (EPIK · GEPIK · SMOE · GOE · hagwon), expats, friends, and school & hagwon partners
- Hosts
- Korvia × Gangnam Festival · Festival host: Gangnam-gu (organized by the Gangnam Foundation for Arts & Culture)
- Registration
- Free RSVP opens early September — name & email, then QR check-in on the day. Early RSVP earns extra raffle tickets; walk-ins still get a standard ticket
- Language
- English
- Held during
- 15th Gangnam Festival 2026 — October 3–4 (Sat–Sun), National Foundation Day weekend, Dosan-daero area
Walk in free.
Walk out with a MacBook.
Check in from 1:00 PM to pick up your raffle ticket. RSVP early (form opens September) and QR-verify at the door for extra tickets. Winners are drawn live at 5:30 PM.
MacBook
★ Grand prize
iPad
Second prize
AirPods
Third prize
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And more
On-site giveaways
All raffle prizes sponsored by KORVIA
Exact models and quantities stay secret until the party. Raffle tickets are earned by joining the event — and the draw at 5:30 PM runs live, on stage, fairly.
RSVP opens early September
When the form opens, leave your name and email and we'll send your personal QR code. Show it at check-in and you'll get extra raffle tickets and early-bird perks on top of your standard entry ticket.
Walk-ins are welcome and still get a standard raffle ticket at the door — RSVP just gets you more. The announcement goes out on this page and Korvia channels the moment the form opens.
One party, a three-day weekend
October 3, 2026 is Gaecheonjeol — National Foundation Day, a Korean public holiday. It falls on a Saturday in 2026, so Monday, October 5 is a substitute holiday. That makes October 3–5 a three-day weekend across Korea — and the Gangnam Festival (Oct 3–4) sits right on top of it.
The StagesDosan-daero becomes the stage
Streets, parks and Bongeunsa — Gangnam's autumn festival takes over the city for the holiday weekend, and your party sits right in the middle of it.
KORVIA Booth · Dosan-daero
00 KORVIA STAGE
The party before the parade
Free food and drinks, the MacBook raffle, and hundreds of teachers and expats warming up for the festival's biggest day. Doors at 1 PM — the Grand Parade rolls at 4.
Along Dosan-daero
01 STAGE ／ 03
The night the street becomes a stage
A parade fills Dosan-daero from Apgujeong-ro and the festival begins. The Family Concert and the K-Pop Concert turn the heart of the city into a live venue.
Along Dosan-daero
02 STAGE ／ 03
The best of K-culture in a global city
Cover dance, the Fashion & Beauty Festa, a global food zone and a spicy challenge — everything the world loves about K-culture unfolds on Dosan-daero.
Bongeunsa · Bongeunsa-ro
03 STAGE ／ 03
Closing on a traditional note
The KBS gugak concert at Maru Park (Oct 3) and the temple music concert at Bongeunsa (Oct 5, an affiliated event) wind the holiday weekend down on a traditional note.
Festival signature programmes
Oct 3 · 16:00–18:00
Grand Parade
Seven G·A·N·G·N·A·M units fill Dosan-daero from Apgujeong Rodeo's Galleria to the Dosan Park intersection — with around 2,000 residents from 22 neighborhoods marching.
Apgujeong Rodeo → Dosan Park intersection
Oct 3 · 19:00–21:30
Family Concert
Six acts spanning generations — national hits, trot and dance — with an EDM afterparty when the main stage goes quiet.
Special stage, Dosan-daero
Oct 3 · 13:00–15:00
Global K-Pop Cover Dance Final
Ten finalist teams battle it out with famous choreographers on the judging panel — the top three take home prize money.
Special stage, Dosan-daero 45-gil
Oct 3 · Event 14:00–15:00
Beer Festival
Ten booths of beer, run together with the organizers of Korea's national beer festival.
Beer zone, Dosan-daero
Oct 3 · Challenge 18:00–19:00
K-Spicy Zone
Samyang Buldak and Goesan's red-hot flavors in one spicy district — challenges run across six booths.
Global food zone
Oct 3–4 · 10:00–20:00
Beer & Food Festa
Ten global chefs' booths plus Gangnam's favorite eateries in the K-Food zone — open all day, both days.
Near Hakdong intersection, Dosan-daero
Every festival programme — parades, concerts, zones and workshops — is free; a few workshops take advance sign-up with limited places.
Gangnam Festival 2026 official programme →
Festival programme is subject to official announcements by Gangnam-gu. Last verified: August 2026.
Oct 3–4 · Dosan-daero, Gangnam
15th Gangnam Festival × Korvia Party Fall 2026
Party first, festival all night
Check-in opens — KORVIA or KFTRA booth, Dosan-daero
QR check-in at either booth, grab your raffle ticket (extra tickets for early RSVP)
TERRA beer speed-drinking challenge
Open the party loud
Quiz Show — MC Kiseong Anderson
The Korvia Party MC returns — games, dalgona challenge and prizes on the spot
Grand Parade
Apgujeong Rodeo → Dosan Park intersection
Buldak fire-noodle speed-eating
Right before the draw — bring milk
Raffle draw — MacBook · iPad · AirPods & more
Sponsored by KORVIA · drawn live and fair
Family Concert & festival night
No closing time — stay as long as you like
Festival times are subject to official announcements by Gangnam-gu.
What happens at the party
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Food & drinks
On us. Come hungry, stay for the festival.
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Quiz Show · from 2 PM
Games, dalgona challenge and prizes — hosted by Korvia Party MC Kiseong Anderson.
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TERRA beer challenge · 1–2 PM
Speed-drinking showdown to open the party.
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Buldak challenge · 5:15 PM
Fire-noodle speed-eating right before the raffle draw.
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Busking stages
Live street performances around the party all afternoon.
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Raffle draw · 5:30 PM
MacBook, iPad, AirPods and more — sponsored by KORVIA, drawn fair and live.
Not just for native teachers — Korean school and hagwon partners are part of the party too. Koreans and foreigners, all ages — everyone celebrates together.
Your MC
Kiseong Anderson — the Korvia Party MC
The voice of the Korvia parties is back on the mic — running the quiz show from 2 PM and calling the raffle draw at 5:30. If you've been to a Korvia party before, you know the energy.
From the Korvia Spring 2026 party — 100+ teachers came, and it filled up. RSVP early.
Share your Moments — win gifts 🎁
Upload your photos to Korvia Moments and tag @korviaconsultingon Instagram — we'll draw winners for gifts. And Moments isn't just for party shots: it's where teachers share life in Korea— classrooms, weekend trips, festival days, everything in between. It's all part of the Korvia Alumni community.
Photos from party day will be collected in the Fall 2026 collection after the event.
Post your Moment →Venue & directions
The festival stages run along Dosan-daero — from Apgujeong down to Bongeunsa — and the KORVIA and KFTRA booths are right on Dosan-daero. Check in at either one from 1 PM.
Exact booth locations & directions coming soon
As soon as the festival map is final, this section gets the booth pin, the nearest subway station and exit, and walking directions — with Naver Map and Google Maps links.
KFTRA — the association behind fair teacher recruiting
KFTRA — the Korea Foreign Teacher Recruiting Association (한국원어민리크루팅협회) — is the industry association for native-teacher recruiting in Korea, founded in 2006. KORVIA is a certified KFTRA member.
Korean schools and hagwons that work with native teachers are invited through KFTRA — if you run a program, come meet the community your teachers belong to.
KFTRA (한국 원어민 리크루팅 협회) → (site in Korean)
Questions, answered
When and where is the Korvia Party Fall 2026?＋
The Korvia Party Fall 2026 takes place on Saturday, October 3, 2026 at the Gangnam Festival in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Check-in opens at 1:00 PM KST at the KORVIA or KFTRA booth on Dosan-daero — either one works. The quiz show starts at 2:00 PM, and the raffle is drawn at 5:30 PM. There is no set end time — stay for the festival night.
Is the party free?＋
Yes. Admission to the Korvia Party Fall 2026 is free for all guests, and food and drinks are provided.
Is October 3, 2026 a holiday in Korea?＋
Yes. October 3 is National Foundation Day (Gaecheonjeol), a Korean public holiday. Because it falls on a Saturday in 2026, Monday, October 5 is a substitute holiday — making October 3–5 a three-day weekend.
Do I need to register?＋
RSVP opens in early September — you'll register your name and email and receive a QR code. QR-verified guests get extra raffle tickets at check-in. Walk-ins are welcome and still get a standard raffle ticket at the door.
Who can attend?＋
Everyone. Koreans and foreigners alike, all ages — including English teachers on EPIK, GEPIK, SMOE, GOE, and hagwon contracts, their friends, and school and hagwon partners invited through KFTRA.
Is this the same as Chuseok?＋
No. Chuseok 2026 falls on September 24–26. The Gangnam Festival runs October 3–4, 2026 — a separate event on the National Foundation Day weekend.
What are the Gangnam Festival 2026 dates?＋
The 15th Gangnam Festival runs October 3–4, 2026 (Saturday–Sunday) in the Dosan-daero area of Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on the National Foundation Day weekend. Festival programmes are free.
What can I win at the raffle?＋
Raffle prizes at the Korvia Party Fall 2026 include a MacBook, an iPad, AirPods, and more — all sponsored by KORVIA. Exact models and quantities are revealed at the party. Tickets are earned by joining the event, early RSVP earns extra tickets, and the draw runs live and fair at 5:30 PM.
Do I need to speak Korean?＋
No. The Korvia Party Fall 2026 is run in English.
Can I come alone?＋
Absolutely. Most guests come solo — the party is built for meeting other teachers and foreign residents, and you'll leave with new people to explore the festival with.
Who is organizing this?＋
The party is co-hosted by KORVIA, a Korea-based recruiter for native English teachers operating since 2006, and KFTRA, the Korea Foreign Teacher Recruiting Association. The Gangnam Festival itself is hosted by Gangnam-gu.
See you at the festival 🍂
Free food, a MacBook raffle, the biggest teacher meetup of the fall — and a whole festival at your doorstep.
Don't watch it on Instagram. Be in the photos.
코비아와 한국원어민리크루팅협회(KFTRA)가 2026년 10월 3일(토·개천절) 오후 1시, 강남페스티벌 현장에서 외국인 원어민 교사와 외국인 거주자를 위한 무료 파티 Korvia Party × Gangnam Festival을 엽니다. 체크인은 오후 1시부터 도산대로의 코비아 또는 KFTRA 부스에서 QR로 진행하며(둘 중 어느 곳이든 가능), 퀴즈쇼(오후 2시~, MC 기성앤더슨)·버스킹· 맥주 빨리 마시기·불닭 챌린지가 이어지고 래플 추첨(맥북·아이패드·에어팟 등 — 코비아 후원)은 오후 5시 30분에 공정하게 진행됩니다. 종료 시간 없이 축제(10월 3~4일)를 자유롭게 즐기면 됩니다. 원어민뿐 아니라 학교·학원 관계자 등 모두가 함께 즐기는 자리입니다. RSVP(이름·이메일)는 9월 초 오픈 — 사전 신청 후 현장 QR 인증 시 래플 티켓 추가 혜택이 있습니다.