SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2023 Seolipul Festival, the biggest music festival in Seoul’s 25 “gu” districts, is happening for the first time in four years. The Seolipul Festival 2023, or SRPF 2023 for short. is taking place in Seocho-gu, the area where the Seoul Arts Center is located. t’s going down on [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Tongyeong International Music Festival (TIMF), an annual classical music gala, kicked off on Friday, a year after the annual event was canceled due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The 2021 festival will run through April 4 in Tongyeong, on the southern coast, presenting 23 classical concerts and performances [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Seoul Jazz Festival, a landmark annual outdoor jazz fest, has been postponed to become the latest springtime music festival to be derailed by the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The festival’s organizer, Private Curve, said Monday that the Seoul Jazz Festival 2020, originally slated for May 23-24 at Olympic [...]
INCHEON, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Tens of thousands attended the World Club Dome Korea 2017, generating economic spinoffs of billions of won for the local economy. According to the Incheon Metropolitan City Government, this year’s World Club Dome, which was held between September 22 and 24, attracted 120,000 people, with an economic impact of 128 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual international music fair will kick off in Seoul this month to showcase dozens of talented artists from South Korea and abroad, organizers said Friday. The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) announced a list of 64 local and foreign musicians who will appear onstage in the Seoul International [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Jisan Valley Rock Music & Arts Festival, one of South Korea’s biggest summer outdoor music festivals, saw its audience size decrease by more than 30 percent from a year ago, according to organizers Monday. The audience number at the three-day festival held at Jisan Forest Resort in Icheon, just [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – SBS’s annual end-year music festival, the SBS Gayo Daejeon, took place on Monday at Seoul’s COEX, celebrating the program’s 20th anniversary. The one-day show was highlighted by performances and musical collaborations between K-pop artists and producers from all genres and age groups, including Big Bang, BTS, AOA, EXO, Twice, [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Red Hot Chilli Peppers are back in Korea, for the first time in 14 years. “Everything was so staggering, new, and even mystical, when we first came to Korea,” said Flea, the band’s bassist, during a press conference held on Thursday at InterContinental Seoul COEX. “And everything is [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2014 Seoul Jazz Wonderland being held in Seoul almost reaches the peak. The six-month-long music festival which runs from July 19 through December 27 has now entered into the second season. The music festival consists of three seasons, each of which is held for two months with different [...]