Electric Daisy Carnival Korea is set to return in 2026 with a major change that shifts the festival into a new season. After reestablishing its presence in South Korea in April 2025 following several years away, Insomniac has confirmed that EDC Korea 2026 will take place on October 3–4 at Inspire Entertainment Resort in Incheon. The move pushes the globally recognised electronic dance music festival out of its previous spring slot and into early October for the first time, aligning the two-day event with Korea’s National Foundation Day holiday weekend and giving the next edition a stronger, more defined moment on the calendar.
Inspire as the Festival Base
EDC Korea will return to Inspire Entertainment Resort in Incheon for 2026, the same location that hosted the festival’s 2025 edition. Opened in late 2023, the large-scale development was built as an integrated entertainment and hospitality complex capable of accommodating international events. The property includes three hotel towers totaling more than 1,200 rooms, extensive convention and exhibition space, retail and dining areas, and expansive outdoor grounds designed to support large production builds. Located approximately fifteen minutes from Incheon International Airport’s Terminal 2, the venue combines accessibility with the physical scale required for a multi-day electronic music festival.
The broader complex also includes Inspire Arena, a 15,000-capacity indoor performance venue that contributes to the overall infrastructure available on-site. During the 2025 edition, the festival operated across the resort’s open-air grounds while leveraging the surrounding facilities to support staging, hospitality, and artist operations within the same property. The concentration of accommodation, production space, and performance infrastructure within a single footprint reduces logistical fragmentation and allows lighting rigs, stage builds, and technical installations to remain fully integrated across two days. That structural advantage distinguishes Inspire from temporary festival grounds, as the environment was purpose-built for sustained high-capacity events rather than adapted for short-term use, reinforcing why EDC Korea is able to maintain large-scale production standards at this location.
What Comes Next
With the dates and venue now confirmed, attention shifts toward what Insomniac will unveil in the months ahead. The lineup for EDC Korea 2026 has not yet been announced, and artist details remain under wraps, but previous editions have demonstrated how the Korean installment adapts the wider Electric Daisy Carnival format while reflecting its host market.
As further announcements begin to surface, focus will naturally turn toward stage concepts, production scale, and how this October edition will build upon last year’s return. For now, the framework is set.
Mark your calendars for October 3–4, 2026, as EDC Korea prepares for its first autumn edition at Inspire Entertainment Resort in Incheon.
