4th 2026 Yuseong Reading Festival

The 4th 2026 Yuseong Reading Festival is a free, two-day reading-culture event on Oct 10–11 around the east plaza of Yurim Park. A news report quoting the organizer says about 10,000 people attended last year; that is 2025 attendance, not a forecast for 2026. This year's program is described as 72 activities across 10 categories, including an outdoor library with 879 books, a 487-book exhibition, book exchange, reading activities and a reading quiz. The opening program is announced for 18:00 on Oct 10 with popera, poetry, performances and fireworks. Event-guide listings give overall hours of Sat 11:00–21:00 and Sun 10:00–17:00, while the official library page specifically confirms the outdoor library closes at 21:00 Saturday and 17:00 Sunday. General admission is free; selected author talks required separate applications. As checked at 18:00 KST on Oct 9, applications for Sonmi (Oct 10, 11:00), Lee Bohyun (Oct 10, 12:00), Im Eunhyeok (Oct 10, 14:00) and Jung Jiwoo (Oct 11, 11:00) were closed; Choi Eun-young's Oct 11 talk was also closed, and the Godaeyoung children's session and waitlist were full. Walk-in or cancellation seats were not confirmed; call Yuseong-gu Integrated Library at +82-42-611-6629 before going. The park address is confirmed as 27 Eoeun-ro, Yuseong-gu, although one secondary guide lists 22; search for “Yurim Park East Plaza” on a map. Guides estimate an 11–13-minute walk from Wolpyeong Station and describe limited parking, so transit is preferable. Naver search was blocked by robots.txt during this check. Three independent non-Naver advance guides were compared, but they predate the event and do not provide firsthand crowd or onsite reports.