The Magical Moment When Dreams Come True, the 18th Busan Fireworks Festival Held

November 4th, 18th Busan Fireworks Festival Held... Three Points at Gwangalli Beach, Igidae, Dongbaek Island

Featuring Fireworks Street, Fireworks Talk Show, Opening Ceremony, Main Event Busan Multi Fireworks Show, Curtain Call Fireworks

The finale, prepared with everyone's hopes ahead of the decision to host the 2030 Busan World Expo, will be held!

Poster of the 18th Busan Fireworks Festival.

Busan City will hold the ‘18th Busan Fireworks Festival’ on November 4th at Gwangalli Beach, Igidae, and Dongbaek Island.

This year’s Busan Fireworks Festival is an opportunity to showcase Busan’s charm to the world and finally demonstrate its capability to safely host the Expo before the decision on the 2030 Busan World Expo hosting is made in November. It is also expected to play a significant role in uniting the enthusiastic support of all citizens for the hosting bid.

The key points of this year’s Busan Fireworks Festival production are ▲ 25-inch extra-large fireworks unique to Busan ▲ signature fireworks (Niagara and Color Iguazu) set against the backdrop of Gwangandaegyo Bridge ▲ three-point displays at Gwangalli, Haeundae, and Igidae ▲ advance fireworks to raise anticipation for the festival ▲ and story-submitted fireworks with Busan citizens.

The program will proceed in the order of ▲ the pre-event Fireworks Street, followed by the Fireworks Talk Show and opening ceremony ▲ and the main event featuring the Busan Multi Fireworks Show and curtain call fireworks.

The Fireworks Street (2 PM to 6 PM) will operate various entertaining contents so that daytime visitors can enjoy the festival site, progressing beyond simple busking performances to programs that engage with the audience.

The Fireworks Talk Show (6 PM to 7:50 PM) consists of Part 1, the Fireworks Academy, and Part 2, the Citizen Story Fireworks. Part 1 will include fireworks commentary, this year’s production direction, and music introduction, while Part 2 will feature fireworks displays based on stories and song requests submitted by citizens.

The Busan Multi Fireworks Show (8 PM to 9 PM) will be themed ‘DREAM, a stage where dreams come true,’ with Part 1 titled ‘Everyone’s Dreams Gather’ and Part 2 titled ‘Dreams Come True,’ featuring a variety of fireworks over about one hour.

The curtain call fireworks (9 PM to 9:05 PM), marking the festival’s finale and looking forward to next year, will express gratitude through fireworks to the staff who worked for the Busan Fireworks Festival and the citizens who attended.

One month before the selection of the host city for the 2030 Busan World Expo, Busan City aims to unite the enthusiastic support of all citizens through this Busan Fireworks Festival and hopes to complete the dream of a prepared Busan (BUSAN IS READY!) while demonstrating its capability to safely and attractively host the Expo, thus decorating the finale.

Set to the music of ‘The Magic Forest’ from ‘Future World Music,’ the festival will open brilliantly with Busan’s signature 25-inch extra-large fireworks, weaving the dazzling dreams of countless Busan citizens into the Busan Fireworks Festival.

This year, instead of the previous format composed of invited overseas fireworks and Busan multimedia fireworks, the entire fireworks show will be developed into a unified story for a more immersive experience. Especially this year, with improved quality of gunpowder, the show will display more vivid colors and grand scale, showcasing Busan’s reputation as the largest multimedia fireworks show in Korea.

Also, expecting a crowd of over one million people, Busan will once again prove its capability for zero safety accidents at large-scale events through professional and enhanced safety management to the world.

The Busan Fireworks Festival has diversified viewing areas with three points at Gwangalli Beach, Igidae, and Dongbaek Island. Even those who cannot attend in person can enjoy the live broadcast of the fireworks festival via YouTube and radio.

The YouTube live broadcast can be viewed on official accounts of Busan MBC, KNN, Busan Tube, and the Busan Culture and Tourism Festival Organizing Committee, and real-time audio can be heard on KNN’s ‘Power FM’ 99.9 MHz radio broadcast.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun said, “The Busan Fireworks Festival, held one month before the decision on the 2030 Busan World Expo hosting, will be a finale event demonstrating Busan’s charm and safe Expo hosting capabilities to the world. I hope the night sky of Busan, where the earnest dream of hosting the Expo in the city good for EXPO (Busan is good for EXPO) unfolds, will become a wingbeat that resonates in the hearts of people worldwide.”

For more detailed information about the festival, please visit the official website of the Busan Culture and Tourism Festival Organizing Committee.

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