'New Beginning' Ulsan Industrial Festival Fanfare... Parade from Gonggeoptap to Taehwagang National Garden

Opening at 7:30 PM on the 1st at Nam-gu Riverside

Celebratory Performances by Hadongjin, Shinyu, Gummy, Tei, and Younha

The 2023 Ulsan Industrial Festival opened on the 1st and will be held until the 4th along the Nam-gu riverside area of Taehwagang National Garden.

The Ulsan City government announced that it will present a new Ulsan Industrial Festival for the first time in 35 years under the theme "Ulsan has Ulsan people."

First, a parade departure ceremony will be held at the historic site of Gongyeoptap, the starting point of Ulsan's 60-year industrial history.

The departure ceremony will be attended by Kim Doo-gyeom, Mayor of Ulsan; Kim Ki-hwan, Chairman of the Ulsan City Council; Kim Cheol, Chairman of the Ulsan Industrial Festival Promotion Committee; and 23 representatives from labor and business sectors, who will perform the "New Beginning, Great First Step" performance together.

At the departure ceremony, Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom will read the "Chimney Declaration," which aims to restart the great history of the Republic of Korea based on Ulsan's valuable assets.

The parade, the core program of the Ulsan Industrial Festival, will proceed for about 3 km from Gongyeoptap to the Nam-gu riverside of Taehwagang National Garden over 2 hours and 10 minutes, featuring three themes: △Great Heritage △Rewriting Myth △New Beginning.

Specifically, 1,000 participants will sequentially proceed under five themes: △Ulsan People △Ecological Environment City △Diverse Neighbors △Ulsan Industry 1 △Ulsan Industry 2.

Under the theme "Ulsan People," parade floats will be accompanied by representatives from the five district and county festivals. The "Ecological Environment City" theme will showcase the history of mobility, and under "Diverse Neighbors," foreign resident performance teams will participate to add diversity to the parade.

For the "Ulsan Industry 1" and "Ulsan Industry 2" themes, workers will march alongside parade floats representing Ulsan's main industries: automobile, shipbuilding, and petrochemicals.

Additionally, at the City Hall intersection during the parade, singer Tae-i and over 130 Ulsan performers will perform a flash mob, delivering the festival's message to the music of "To Great Ulsan."

To accommodate the parade, the section from Daldong Intersection to Taehwa Rotary will be fully closed from 4 PM to 6 PM, operating as a car-free zone. Partial closures will occur on Samsan-ro, Dojil-ro, Wolpyeong-ro, and Paldeung-ro.

The opening ceremony will be held at the special stage on the Nam-gu riverside of Taehwagang National Garden, attended by about 5,000 people including Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom, Chairman Kim Ki-hwan of the Ulsan City Council, members of the National Assembly, and heads of organizations.

Performers for the congratulatory concert include singers Ha Dong-jin, Shin Yu, Gummy, Yoo Da-young, Kim Yong-pil, Tae-i, and Younha.

Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom said, "The goal of the Ulsan Industrial Festival is to create a grand festival where the 'Ulsan people' who made today's Republic of Korea possible come together," adding, "We will make it a festival that everyone can participate in, enjoy, and be satisfied with."

This festival features 32 performances held at the Nam-gu riverside of Taehwagang National Garden, the outdoor performance hall, and Wangbeodeul Madang, along with about 256 booths including the △Corporate Zone △Experience Zone △Food Zone.

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