Advance inspections around event venues aim to create a safe, clean festival environment ahead of September's fall festivals. Special patrols before, during and after the Seoripul Music Festival will help prevent accidents for residents and visitors alike.
Seoul's Seocho-gu is stepping up environmental patrols across the district this September to ensure a safe and clean festival environment for both residents and visitors as the fall festival season gets underway.
The current patrol campaign, themed "Inspection of Fall Festival Venues," is designed to go beyond same-day responses and operate a prevention-focused patrol system, given that September is the peak period for festivals and cultural events.
Earlier, the district conducted day-and-night environmental patrols at major festival sites, covering the Chem Street Gangnam Station Festival, the Jamwon Hagil Mystery Party and the Jamwon Naru Festival. Patrols extended beyond the event grounds to areas with heavy foot traffic, with teams checking pedestrian walkways, road facilities and the everyday living environment of nearby residents — ensuring both festival enjoyment and neighborhood comfort.
Particularly intensive preparations are planned for the Seoripul Music Festival, the district's flagship global festival, which runs for two days beginning Saturday. As a large-scale event expected to draw 300,000 visitors, special patrols will be carried out in three stages — before, during and after the festival.
The patrol zone centers on an approximately 900-meter stretch from Seocho Station to the Seocho 3-dong intersection. Before the event, teams will conduct advance checks of the surrounding area, back roads and various facilities. On Saturday and Sunday, when the festival is in full swing, patrols will focus on crowd-dense sections to prevent accidents involving nearby residents and visitors. Once the event concludes, inspectors will verify the removal of installations and the completion of cleanup, ensuring thorough management through the final stage.
Meanwhile, in August the district carried out environmental patrols under the theme "Operational Status of Heat-Wave Facilities." A total of 630 heat-relief installations heavily used by residents during the summer heat were inspected to minimize inconvenience — including 301 cooling chairs (refrigerated and covered types), 261 Seoripul rest shelters, 28 Seoripul cooling stations, 24 Seoripul parasol spots, seven smart eco-shelters, six eco-rest areas and three Seoripul oasis stations.
"Through these environmental patrols, we expect to create a festival environment where people can feel safe and comfortable not only at the event venues but also in the surrounding pedestrian areas and nearby residential zones," Seocho-gu District Mayor Jeon Seong-su said. "We will continue to prioritize resident safety, strengthen advance on-site inspections and work to ensure that every festival is held safely."
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