Festival and Outdoor Event Permit Checklist — Disaster Response Plan 14 Days Before, Safety Management Plan 3 Weeks Before, Park Occupancy and Drone Flight Approval

Procedure

1. 1. Finalize the event outline and list the permits that apply

   First fix the venue (urban park, private land, performance facility, etc.), the period, the expected number of spectators (peak attendance), structures such as stages, tents and booths, whether food or drinks will be sold, whether fireworks or flammable gas will be used, and whether drones will film the event. Different laws apply to each item, so a single event outline is used to list the reports, permits and responsible agencies. The filing office differs by item, for example the park management department for an urban park, the building department for structures, the sanitation department for food and the culture department for performance safety.

2. 2. Prepare the performance disaster response plan and the local festival safety management plan

   A performance outside a performance hall expected to draw 1,000 or more spectators requires a disaster response plan to be reported jointly with the venue operator by 14 days before the performance starts, and changes must be reported by 7 days before the performance. The plan covers the management organization and duties, prevention of crowd crush accidents, safety management when installing and dismantling stage facilities, emergency measures and contacts, fire prevention, the plan for securing and deploying safety personnel, and the performance plan. If a privately organized local festival meets the size criteria, the organizer hears the opinions of the local government, fire station and police in advance and submits a local festival safety management plan by 3 weeks before the opening day, with changes submitted by 7 days before the opening day.

3. 3. Park occupancy permission and temporary building construction report

   Installing short-term temporary buildings or temporary structures in an urban park for competitions, gatherings, exhibitions, expos, performances or film shoots requires occupancy permission from the park management authority, and the application must be accompanied by a business plan (including a location map and floor plan), a construction plan and a restoration plan. Temporary entertainment and exhibition venues, tents or lightweight structures for temporary tourism and cultural events in amusement areas and similar places, and outdoor exhibition and filming facilities are subject to a temporary building construction report and may only be installed after the report. The construction report is accompanied by a site plan and floor plan and, for land owned by another person, a land use consent form, and acceptance is notified within 5 days of the report (within 20 days if consultation under other laws is needed).

4. 4. Check food sales and drone filming procedures

   A business that has already reported an instant food manufacturing and processing business or a rest restaurant, general restaurant or bakery business may operate temporarily for up to 1 month at a place other than its reported premises by submitting its business report certificate and other documents; a business with no prior report must file a new business report. Even a powered unmanned aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of 25 kg or less needs flight approval to fly in a control zone or no-fly zone or at an altitude of 150 m or more (measured from the top of the highest nearby obstacle in areas crowded with people or buildings). Flying over a crowd in a way that may endanger people or property and flying at night are prohibited, and night flights and similar operations are only allowed within the scope of a special flight approval.

5. 5. File backward from the deadlines and manage change reports

   Schedule backward from the procedures with the earliest deadlines, such as the local festival safety management plan (3 weeks before the opening day) and the performance disaster response plan (14 days before the performance starts), and file the construction report and occupancy permission so that they are completed before installation work. If performers, stage layout or audience size change, submit the changes to the disaster response plan by 7 days before the performance and to the local festival safety management plan by 7 days before the opening day. If the city, county or district requests supplementation, the plan must be supplemented and reported again unless there is a justifiable reason, so time for responding to supplementation requests is also built into the schedule.

Required documents

• Performance disaster response plan report form (Enforcement Rule of the Performance Act, Annex Form No. 13-3, filed jointly with the venue operator)
• Local festival safety management plan (festival outline, safety manager and organization, fire prevention and measures against casualties from crowding, safety personnel deployment plan, emergency response procedures and contacts)
• Urban park occupancy permission application (Enforcement Rule of the Act on Urban Parks, Greenbelts, etc., Annex Form No. 1) with a business plan (including location map and floor plan), construction plan and restoration plan
• Temporary building construction report form (Enforcement Rule of the Building Act, Annex Form No. 8) with a site plan, floor plan and land use consent form (for land owned by another person)
• Ultra-light flying device flight approval application (Enforcement Rule of the Aviation Safety Act, Annex Form No. 122, where the flight requires approval)
• Food sales: for existing businesses, the business report certificate (with self-quality inspection results for instant food manufacturing and processing businesses); without a prior report, a business report form (Enforcement Rule of the Food Sanitation Act, Annex Form No. 37)
• Performance plan, plan for securing and deploying safety personnel, and event site layout
• Venue use contract or use consent document, and letter of authorization (when filed by an agent)

Fees

Typically in the range of several hundred thousand won per permit across the industry; when several permits are handled together, the fee depends on the event size and the number of reports and permits. We provide a quote after reviewing the event plan. Government fees and occupancy charges are separate.

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Legal basis and review date

• Performance Act, Article 11
• Enforcement Decree of the Performance Act, Article 9
• Enforcement Rule of the Performance Act, Article 6-3
• Framework Act on the Management of Disasters and Safety, Article 66-11
• Enforcement Decree of the Framework Act on the Management of Disasters and Safety, Article 73-9
• Act on Urban Parks, Greenbelts, etc., Article 24
• Enforcement Decree of the Act on Urban Parks, Greenbelts, etc., Article 20
• Enforcement Decree of the Act on Urban Parks, Greenbelts, etc., Article 22
• Enforcement Rule of the Act on Urban Parks, Greenbelts, etc., Article 14
• Building Act, Article 14
• Building Act, Article 20
• Enforcement Decree of the Building Act, Article 15
• Enforcement Rule of the Building Act, Article 13
• Enforcement Rule of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 42
• Aviation Safety Act, Article 127
• Aviation Safety Act, Article 129
• Enforcement Rule of the Aviation Safety Act, Article 308
• Enforcement Rule of the Aviation Safety Act, Article 310

Checked against the statutes on 2026-10-13

Statutes and public notices change, so each case needs to be checked individually. Statute titles are given in English for reference. The Korean statutes are the authoritative text.

Check these first

• The earliest deadlines are 3 weeks before the opening day for the local festival safety management plan and 14 days before the performance starts for the performance disaster response plan, so the schedule should be set based on the event outline even before the stage contractor and performers are confirmed.
• Temporary buildings may only be installed after the construction report, so coordinate with the contractor so that stage and tent installation does not start before the report is accepted.

Frequently asked questions