Busan’s district office has published the month’s programme: a forest village on the 14th, a castle with a laser show on the 21st, Avengers on the 28th. Nothing on the 7th. Times, length, and how to check for a cancellation before you go.
Written by the Kverything editors from the sources below. Photograph by Shibin Joseph on Unsplash. Last checked November 3, 2026.
The 광안리 M 드론라이트쇼 is a drone light show over Gwangalli beach in Busan, run by the district of Suyeong every Saturday night, with a different theme each week. In the winter months, October to February, the two shows are at 7 and 9 in the evening and last about twelve minutes each.
November’s programme, as posted by the district: 14 November, 가을빛 숲속 마을, an autumn forest village; 21 November, 성의 수호자, guardians of the castle, with a laser show; 28 November, Avengers. There is no show on 7 November.
The show started as a district project and became the reason to be at this beach after dark. On a show night the sand fills an hour before, the cafés along the strip sell their window seats, and the bridge is lit behind the drones.
The weekly theme is what brings people back. The district posts each one a few days ahead, and the special editions, like the three-thousand-drone show on the September harvest moon, are announced as events.
Gwangalli M Drone and Laser Show, 17 October 수영구TV. Plays on YouTube.Take Busan line 2 to Gwangan station, exit 3 or 5, and walk ten minutes to the beach. Arrive by half past six for the seven o’clock show and stand anywhere on the sand facing the bridge; the middle of the beach is the widest view.
Weather cancels shows. Check the district’s channels on the day, linked below, before you set out. On the 21st the laser show starts first and the drones follow a few minutes in, so do not leave when the lights begin.
Gwangalli beach, Busan. Bring a layer: the wind off the water in November is cold even when the day was not.
Is the drone show on tonight?