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ILLIT Inspire Arena Concert 2026: Dates, Tickets, and Access from Incheon Airport

Kim Taecheol, ReporterPublished KST
✓ Verified 2026-10-14 · against official sourcesOriginal source ↗A daily paper for first-time visitors to Korea · every morning · Korean · English · Japanese · Chinese
Photo: A performance at Inspire Arena (2024 Melon Music Awards) · Wikimedia Commons (TenAsia, CC BY 3.0)

Bottom line: ILLIT's encore show for their first solo tour, "PRESS START♥ ENCORE," runs October 17-18 (Saturday-Sunday) at Inspire Arena on Yeongjong Island, Incheon. Tickets go through NOL Ticket (nol.yanolja.com), and a free shuttle from Incheon Airport's Terminal 2 gets you to the arena in about 15 minutes, so you could fly in and head straight to the show.

If you didn't know: seats run 165,000 won for general admission, 220,000 won for a seat that includes the soundcheck, and 253,000 won for a meet-and-greet package, per an October 2, 2026 report. NOL Ticket requires the verified account name to match the ticket holder's real name exactly — buy through someone else or show up with a ticket under a different name, and you can be turned away at the door, losing over 250,000 won for nothing.

At a glance

show PRESS START♥ ENCORE in KOREA · dates October 17 (Sat) and 18 (Sun), 2026 · venue Inspire Arena, 127 Gonghangmunhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Incheon · prices general seat 165,000 won, soundcheck seat 220,000 won, meet-and-greet seat 253,000 won · tickets via NOL Ticket (nol.yanolja.com) · getting there: about 15 minutes by free shuttle from Incheon Airport Terminal 2, or roughly 60-70 minutes by taxi from downtown Seoul.

Inspire Arena opened on Yeongjong Island in November 2023 as Korea's first large-scale K-pop-dedicated venue, with a capacity of up to 15,000. ILLIT wrapped a successful first solo tour last year under the name "PRESS START♥" and has now added this encore run. Reports note that floor-level and some second-tier seats were still available at last check, but prices and sold-out status can shift as the date approaches, so confirm current availability on NOL Ticket's official page before you buy.

Flying in directly, the free shuttle from Terminal 2 drops you right at the resort entrance in about 15 minutes. Coming from downtown Seoul by taxi takes roughly 60-70 minutes, so booking a hotel near Yeongjong Island cuts your travel time substantially. Inspire Arena has consistently hosted major K-pop concerts since it opened in 2023, so more shows are likely to follow this one — check the venue's official site or NOL Ticket for what's coming next.

Journey stage: During the trip · Verified 2026-10-13 · Source Dailian

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