World Music Band Jena to Attend Washington KORUS Festival

GENA, a world music band representing Gyeongnam, has been officially invited to perform on the main stage of the United States' largest Korean festival, the ‘KORUS festival,’ on October 13 and 14.

The ‘KORUS festival’ has grown from a festival sharing Korean culture to a multicultural festival, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. This year, from October 13 to 15, it will present a variety of cultural events, including the 70th anniversary ceremony of Korea-US relations.

World music band Jena (GENA).

Local politicians, the Korean Embassy, representatives of the Korean-American community, and organizations from the Washington metropolitan area participate, making it the largest Korean and multicultural festival with over 50,000 attendees.

This year, Korea’s world music band GENA has been invited to the main stage to headline the festival’s climax. Formed in 2015, GENA began by winning the Jeongdong Theater Traditional-ing competition that same year. They were selected as Korea’s representative at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the UK, and have actively performed both domestically and internationally at venues such as the Korean Cultural Center in Beijing in 2019, OnStage Korea at the Washington Korean Cultural Center in 2020, and the SIPA Festival in Indonesia in 2020.

Steve Lee, president of the Washington Korean Association, which invited GENA, said, “We have decided to invite the eight-member band GENA as the Korean performance team for this year’s KORUS festival, held at K Market in Annandale from October 13 to 15.” He added, “Please look forward to a stage where traditional Korean music meets the music of the world.”

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