Jeju Music Hall to Open in 2028; 66.4% of Survey Respondents Say Attracting High-Quality Performances Should Be a Priority

【Financial News, Jeju | Reporter Jeong Yong-bok】 In an online survey about Jeju Music Hall, which is scheduled to open in 2028, 66.4% of respondents named ‘attracting high-quality performances’ as a priority before opening. Among respondents living in Seogwipo City, 56.5% selected transportation and parking as factors that would make visiting burdensome, making performance programming and accessibility key challenges.
According to Jeju Special Self-Governing Province on the 23rd, an online survey on preparations for the opening and the operating direction of the provisionally named ‘Jeju Music Hall’ was conducted from the 8th to the 21st, and 2,679 responses were analyzed.
Attracting high-quality performances ranked highest among priorities before opening, at 66.4%. Reasonable ticket prices followed at 40.9%, convenient transportation and parking at 31.4%, and excellent concert hall acoustics at 29.2%.
Program content was the most frequently cited criterion for choosing a performance, at 78.9%. Performers were cited by 46.2%, and ticket prices by 26.2%.
Performances by world-class orchestras were the most popular choice among those respondents hoped to attend, at 45.1%. They were followed by performances by top domestic orchestras at 35.7%, and crossover performances combining film music and classical music at 34.3%.
As for expected attendance, 41.6% said they would attend three to five times a year, while 33.4% expected to attend once or twice a year. Among respondents who expected to attend at least once a month, 72.8% selected attracting high-quality performances as a priority before opening.
Concerns about access to the concert hall were also identified. The most commonly anticipated difficulty when visiting was a lack of performances of interest, at 49.9%, followed by transportation and parking at 44.8% and ticket prices at 44.0%.
Notably, 56.5% of respondents living in Seogwipo City selected transportation and parking as a burden, 14.4 percentage points higher than the 42.1% of respondents living in Jeju City who did so. This indicates that concerns about access to the concert hall vary by area of residence even within Jeju Island.
Jeju Music Hall is being built as part of the private-sector special project for Odeungbong Urban Park in Orai-dong, Jeju City. The project has a construction budget of 76 billion won and will include a 1,200-seat concert hall dedicated to classical music and a 300-seat small performance hall near Jeju Arts Center. The venue is scheduled for completion in October 2027, followed by trial operations, and is expected to open in the second half of 2028.
Transportation and parking concerns were also raised at the Jeju Provincial Council. At the council’s administrative audit on the 6th, concerns were voiced that traffic congestion could occur if performance schedules at neighboring Jeju Arts Center and Jeju Music Hall overlap and residents move into the nearby 1,401-unit apartment complex. The need to secure performing arts professionals and establish an operating system was also noted.
Based on the survey results, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province will hold a ‘Jeju Music Hall Operating Plans Discussion’ at 3 p.m. on the 26th in the main auditorium of the Jeju Literature Center. Around 100 people, including cultural and arts organizations, venue operations experts, and residents, are expected to take part and discuss performance programming, audience development, and operating systems.
Ryu Il-sun, director of the Culture, Sports and Education Bureau of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, said, “We will consider together the views presented in the survey and at the discussion and make preparations so that residents can use the venue conveniently.”


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