‘Gangdong Baramkkot Family Festival’ Held Today

Gangdong-gu to Host ‘Gangdong Windflower Family Festival’ at Gangdong Art Center in May, the Month of Family

A Festival for the Whole Family to Enjoy at the Outdoor Windflower Yard of Gangdong Art Center

Various Programs Including Outdoor Screening of the Movie (Aladdin), Mobile Performances, and Hands-on Workshops

Gangdong-gu (Mayor Lee Soo-hee) announced that it will hold the ‘2023 Gangdong Windflower Family Festival’ on May 6, a festival for families, friends, and couples to enjoy together in celebration of Family Month.

The Gangdong Cultural Foundation (Chairman Lee Soo-hee, Mayor of Gangdong-gu) has been consistently presenting local festivals with residents every year at the outdoor Windflower Yard of Gangdong Art Center, including film festivals and book festivals.

This year’s festival is expected to be even more special by expanding the participation of artists active in the Gangdong-gu area and preparing diverse programs that practice the values of ESG management.

The foundation has devoted great effort to prepare this meaningful festival, held after the near-complete lifting of the mask mandate, so that the whole family can experience and enjoy various genres of culture and arts.

First, outdoor performances and free hands-on programs will be offered. Performances by the rural sentiment band ‘Samchiwa Igiri’ and the Korean traditional music crossover group ‘Eumyu Sain’, both based in Gangdong-gu, will be featured, along with experience booths hosted by artists and art instructors who have participated in the foundation’s cultural projects.

Through the performance ‘Harmony in Honey’ by the professional arts troupe Drama Namu, featuring giant insects made of plastic pipes and paper, attendees can reflect on the coexistence of nature and humans. Additionally, magician Ji Hye-jun, winner of the Merlin Award known as the ‘Oscar of Magic’, will perform magic and bubble shows with Showall.

Moreover, the festival will captivate visitors with various side events such as the flying bubble experience?the first of its kind in Korea?where bubbles float into the sky, VR experiences that encourage environmental awareness, photo booths like Life Four-Cut, and face painting.

As the festival reaches its peak in the evening, a movie screening will take place at the outdoor Windflower Yard. The live-action adaptation of the Disney animation ‘Aladdin (2019)’ will be screened starting at 6:30 PM. The 300-inch large LED screen on the outdoor lawn will provide an unforgettable viewing experience. Before the movie screening, a ‘Sing-Along’ stage will be held in collaboration with Gangdong-gu social enterprise ‘Broson Company’, where participants can learn and sing along to the movie’s soundtrack ‘A Beautiful World’.

Shim Woo-seop, CEO of the Gangdong Cultural Foundation, said, “Through this festival, we aim not only to provide cultural and artistic programs for residents but also to discover and collaborate with local artists. We have prepared a variety of timely performances and experience programs that showcase ESG management practices, so we hope everyone enjoys them to the fullest.”

The Gangdong Windflower Family Festival is free and open to all. For more details, please visit the Gangdong Cultural Foundation website or contact them by phone.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.