“The Theme is Time Travel” Next Month’s ‘Daejeon 0 O’clock Festival’ Program Confirmed

The theme and main programs of the ‘Daejeon 0 o’clock Festival’ to be held next month have been finalized. Preparations for the festival have been completed.

On the 25th, Daejeon City held the final report meeting for the operation service of the ‘2023 Daejeon 0 o’clock Festival’ at Daejeon City Hall.

Daejeon City held the final report meeting for the 'Daejeon Midnight Festival' agency service at Daejeon City Hall on the 25th. After the meeting, the attendees are taking a commemorative photo. Photo by Daejeon City

The report meeting was conducted with General Director Jang Jin-man introducing the event venue setup and programs, and Mayor Lee Jang-woo of Daejeon along with the festival promotion committee members reviewing the progress.

First, the festival theme was set as ‘Time Travel.’ According to the set theme, Daejeon City plans to divide the festival site into past, present, and future zones, producing programs for each area.

The Past Zone will recreate the appearance of Daejeon from the 1950s to the 1980s in the form of immersive performances. Here, visitors and professional actors will blend together around themes such as Yankee Market, tailor shops, Seongsimdang, and music cafes, offering fresh and unique entertainment that people do not usually experience, according to Daejeon City.

In the Present Zone, street culture and art performances by local Daejeon artists and university students, a K-POP concert featuring top domestic musicians, and an EDM party will be held daily throughout the festival period.

The Future Zone will be designed as a space expressing Daejeon’s status as the science capital of South Korea through video and light.

In particular, immersive realistic media art will promote Daejeon’s four core industries: nano semiconductors, aerospace, bio-health, and defense industries. The advanced 3D hologram video (media facade show) utilizing building exteriors will provide visitors with unforgettable memories on midsummer nights, Daejeon City emphasized.

There will also be three parades running through the entire festival site. On August 11 and 17, parades themed ‘Time Travel’ will be held, and on August 15, a citizen-participation parade reflecting on the significance of Liberation Day will take place.

'Daejeon 0시 Festival' logo. Provided by Daejeon City

Busking performances will simultaneously take place in commercial areas such as the underground shopping mall in Eunhaeng-dong, Jung-gu, and Euneungjeongi Street, allowing visitors participating in the festival to enjoy busking anywhere.

In addition to busking, Daejeon City will remake the popular song ‘Daejeon Blues,’ which inspired the Daejeon 0 o’clock Festival, into a dance version to be used as the event’s theme song. A flash mob dance with choreography planned to match the theme song will also be held for visitors to participate together. The Daejeon Blues National Creative Song Contest will also be held on-site.

Performances by skilled singers invited to the festival will continue from the opening day to the closing day, greatly enhancing the festival atmosphere.

The invited performers by date are ▲ August 11: Kim Beom-su ▲ August 12: Apink, Fromis_9, HOOK, Kim Jong-kook ▲ August 13: Ulala Session ▲ August 14: Ailee ▲ August 15: Forestella ▲ August 16: Jang Yoon-jeong ▲ and Koyote.

Additionally, the festival site will feature enjoyable programs such as a beer party, night market, ‘Noodle Daejeon’ themed on garak-guksu (noodle soup), a prize draw for customers purchasing products in the original downtown commercial district, an art market, a local small business open market, and a peddler auction show.

The ‘Daejeon 0 o’clock Festival’ will be held from August 11 to 17 along a 1 km section connecting Daejeon Station and the old Chungnam Provincial Office (Jungang-ro and the original downtown commercial district). The festival will start daily at 2 p.m. and continue until midnight (0 o’clock), during which a car-free street will be operated within the section.

Mayor Lee Jang-woo of Daejeon said, “We will ensure that the Daejeon 0 o’clock Festival is not just an event for eating and having fun but becomes a meaningful event that can help the local economy. Furthermore, starting this year, the Daejeon 0 o’clock Festival will play a role in promoting Daejeon’s fun and charm externally, enabling it to grow into a world-class festival.”

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