The British Museum Brings London's First Korean Food Festival In for a Free Korea Late on 6 November
JUNG Festival takes over the British Museum on Friday 6 November 2026 from 17.15 to 20.15 with K-pop DJ sets, folk-painting workshops and tastes of Korean food history, free and drop-in.
One free evening, Fri 6 Nov from 17.15
The British Museum is staying open late on Friday 6 November for a Korea Late with JUNG Festival, which the museum describes as London's first Korean food festival. It's free, it runs from 17.15 to 20.15, and almost all of it is drop-in, so you can turn up for half an hour or stay the whole evening. It's aimed at adults, 16 and over.
It starts at 17.15 in the Great Court with a live performance by Korean calligraphy and folk-art performer glsssi, with electronic producer DJ Lambs on Hill playing alongside. After that, DJs Hotsoopot and Edith play three sets tracing Korean pop music from 1980s classics to today's K-pop. Around the corners of the Great Court there are drop-in workshops in minhwa (Korean folk painting) with Leasanbang, crafts with Cherish Toppery, and decorating vegan hangul letter cookies with Yummy Hangul. Actor Si-yun Leem brings characters from Korea's past to life in Room 67, and the Clore Centre has small tastings of Korean flavours from different periods of history.
The two ticketed sessions, a fermentation talk and demonstration with chef Audrey Park and a session on traditional Korean brewing with Chang Lee, have already sold out. The museum suggests booking a free timed entry ticket for updates and priority entry if it gets busy. That ticket doesn't include the Korea exhibition, which stays open during the evening and runs until 31 January 2027.
JUNG Festival launched in May 2026 at Canopy Market in King's Cross, styled after a 1990s Korean traditional market, and the museum says it sold out early. It's named after jeong, the Korean idea of warmth in connection. The evening is supported by CJ foods and Nongshim.
