Arts & performanceDaegu

Daegu International Musical Festival 2024 in Daegu, South Korea

대구국제뮤지컬페스티벌 2024

Jun – Jul2024
21 –8
Fri–Mon
Past edition

21 June 2024 to 8 July 2024

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2024 festival offered. The current information is on the Daegu International Musical Festival page (Expected Jun/Jul 2027).

Dates21 Jun – 8 Jul 2024
WeatherJune average 29/19 °C (84/66 °F), 129 mm of rain
July average 31/23 °C (87/73 °F), 224 mm of rainMonthly averages, not a forecast: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020, Daegu station.
VenueDaegu Culture & Arts Center, Kolon Outdoor Music Hall (Duryu Park) and theatres across Daegu대구광역시 달서구 공원순환로 201 (대구문화예술회관)
Admission'Happiness for ₩10,000' ticket: ₩10,000 · University Musical Festival and the special production Dreamers: Free
Next edition2025: 20 Jun – 7 Jul 2025

Program

  • 21–23 Junopening production Holiday, a French jukebox musical of Madonna songs first staged in France in 2023, at the Daegu Opera House (its first run outside France)
  • Sat 22 Jun 18:30opening gala concert, planned for Kolon Outdoor Music Hall, moved indoors to Palgong Hall at the Daegu Culture & Arts Center because of heavy rain; KBS1 broadcast it on 29 Jun
  • 27–30 JunThe Lion (UK) at Culture & Arts Theater CT; 28–30 Jun: Slapstick-Scherzo (Netherlands) at Suseong Artpia; 3–7 Jul: Missing Link at Palgong Hall
  • 4–6 JulSingin' in the Rain (US) at the Daegu Opera House and 5–7 Jul: Feitian (비천, China) at Ayang Arts Center, the co-closing productions
  • Mon 8 Jul 19:30DIMF Awards at the Daegu Opera House; grand prize to Feitian
  • DIMF Fringe street performances, Star Date with ambassador Choi Jae-rim, open lectures and fan signings

Prices

ItemPriceNote
'Happiness for ₩10,000' ticket₩10,000On sale from 15 June at the booth in front of CGV Daegu Hanil on Dongseong-ro (the scheme's 16th year)
Family package (three people)—Brought the per-person price from ₩70,000 to ₩20,000–30,000
University Musical Festival and the special production DreamersFreeFree

Notes on the 2024 edition

18th edition: 25 productions and 85 performances from seven countries, the most to that date. The organizer set prices at about half those of comparable musicals, with discounts of up to 50% per work. Fans queued from the day before the opening gala, some overnight in tents.

About the festival

The Daegu International Musical Festival (DIMF) is an 18-day festival of Korean and overseas musicals staged in theatres across Daegu each June and July, with an outdoor opening gala at Kolon Outdoor Music Hall in Duryu Park and an awards night at the end. The 20th edition ran 19 June–6 July 2026 with 34 productions from seven countries; 2027 dates had not been announced as of 19 October 2026, but the last three editions opened on the third Friday of June. Tickets are sold show by show: the 2026 opening production was on NOL Ticket, which links to its English site NOL World, and foreigners got 30% off with a passport, while a festival booth sells ₩10,000 tickets to the main shows and the University Musical Festival is free. The main venue, the Daegu Culture & Arts Center, is in Duryu Park, reached by KTX to Dongdaegu (₩39,000 from Seoul Station) and Daegu Metro.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Daegu International Musical Festival page, which covers every edition.

Source

Facts checked
19 October 2026, against the sources listed below.

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