Fall performance peak season begins... From Megadeth's visit to Korea to The Weeknd and Jaraseom Jazz Festival, there are a variety of stages to be enjoyed.

Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Seon-woo = To welcome fall, there will be a variety of stages throughout the month of October, from pop stars' performances in Korea to music concerts and music festivals of various genres such as rock and jazz.

In particular, on the first weekend of October, major performances and festivals are held one after another across the country, including Seoul, Incheon, and Busan, opening the peak fall performance season.

According to the performance world on the 3rd, the 'Busan International Rock Festival' will be held at Samnak Ecological Park in Busan from the 2nd to the 4th. The main character of this year's festival is definitely American heavy metal legend Megadeth.

Megadeth will appear on stage as headliners on the 3rd as well as on the 2nd. Originally, Megadeth was scheduled to perform for only one day on the 3rd, but Avenged Sevenfold, who were scheduled to be the headliners on the 2nd, suddenly canceled their appearance the day before the event, forcing them to perform for two days.

Megadeth announced their retirement last January and are conducting a farewell tour. In fact, this is the last performance in Korea.

In addition, many domestic and foreign teams will appear, including Korean singers such as Songolmae, Jannabi, Jang Beom-jun, Kwon Jin-ah, N.Flying, Woods, and Lucy, and Japanese singers such as Aina the End and Hanabie.

In Incheon, the Korea-Japan joint music festival 'XMF' will be held at the Culture Park in Paradise City from the 3rd to the 4th.

On the first day, Japan's 'faceless singer' Ado will be the headliner, and on the second day, popular Japanese rock band One Oak Rock and popular Korean band Day6 will be the headliner. YB, Uber World, Younha, FT Island, etc. will also appear at the festival.

A performance by a welcome pop star in Korea will also continue. On the 3rd, American pop band Rainie will meet domestic fans at Hall 9 of the 2nd exhibition hall at KINTEX in Goyang. A day later, on the 4th, Swedish pop star Zara Larson will hold her first solo performance in Korea at Myeonghwa Live Hall in Seoul.

Boy group N'Team under Hive will hold an encore performance of the concert 'BLAZE THE WAY' at the KSPO Dome in Seoul Olympic Park on the 3rd and 4th. This is their first time entering the KSPO Dome.

The excitement of the first weekend continues even afterward. World-renowned pop star The Weeknd will hold a concert in Korea at Goyang Sports Complex on the 7th and 8th, and another pop star, Charlie Puth, will perform at the same venue on the 11th.

The 23rd Jaraseom Jazz Festival will be held at Jaraseom Island in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, from the 9th to the 11th. Domestic and foreign jazz artists, including Nate Smith, winner of two Grammy Awards, Tigran Hamasian, and Song Young-ju Trio, will fill the Jarasum area and add to the atmosphere of the fall music festival.

During the same period, JX (Kim Jae-joong and Kim Jun-su) will hold the concert 'CORE' at Inspire Arena in Incheon, and AKMU will perform 'Rumor's Paradise' at KSPO Dome at Seoul Olympic Park.

Stages for music fans will continue throughout October. At the 'Grand Mint Festival 2026 (GMF)' held in the Seoul Olympic Park area from the 17th to the 18th, Lee So-ra, Jang Ki-ha, Lee Seung-yoon, Peppertones, Jukjae, Card the Garden, etc. will appear on the first day.

On the second day, Younha, CNBLUE, Roy Kim, Jung Seung-hwan, Bolbbalgan Adolescence, etc. will take the stage. Lee Seok-won, the leader of the band Unni Barbershop, which celebrates its 30th debut anniversary this year, also appears.

Singer-songwriter Kim Dong-ryul will hold a total of 7 concerts, ‘Old Songs’, at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts from the 17th to the 25th.