Market Vendors as Producers? Gijang County to Host Gijang Market Festival

Talent Show Concert on June 1-2

'Market Revitalization Project' Also Underway

Gijang-gun (Governor Jung Jongbok) will hold the "2024 Gijang Market Grand Festival" at its representative traditional market, Gijang Market, for two days from June 1 to 2.

This event, hosted by the Gijang Market Merchants Association (President Kim Dongchan), aims to create a space for harmony between merchants and local residents and to revitalize the traditional market's commercial district. The market merchants themselves have planned and will operate a variety of performances and events.

During the festival, performances such as "I Am Gijang Star" (talent show), "Gijang Cultural Club Concert," "Gijang Market Merchants Karaoke," "Unique Trot Festival," and "On-the-spot Singing Contest" will take place.

Notably, the opening ceremony at 6:30 PM on the 1st will feature a congratulatory performance by brothers Hwang Minwoo and Hwang Minho, and at 7:30 PM on the 2nd, the "Gijang Market Filial Piety Concert" with Yoon Suhyun will heat up the festival atmosphere.

Additionally, various experience booths such as eco-bag making, tarot card reading, and flash auctions, as well as a food market offering seafood buchujeon, beef soup with rice, noodles, and more, will satisfy the eyes, ears, and taste buds of visiting families.

Recently, the Gijang Market area was selected for the "2024 Neighborhood Commercial District Power Plant Support Project" organized by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. To promote this, a project promotion booth will be set up at the event, aiming to build public consensus for revitalizing the traditional market's commercial district.

Kim Dongchan, President of the Gijang Market Merchants Association, said, "Through this event, we will successfully implement the 'Neighborhood Commercial District Power Plant Support Project' so that Gijang Market can become a cultural tourism attraction in East Busan, full of not only fresh food but also things to see and enjoy. We will also accelerate preparations such as forming an autonomous commercial district association to be selected for the commercial district revitalization project in the Gijang Market area."

Jung Jongbok, Governor of Gijang-gun, promised, "We will actively support and widely promote Gijang Market, which sells fresh agricultural and marine products, so that it becomes the center of East Busan's commercial district and a representative traditional market of Busan."

The county is conducting a "Research Service for Coexistence and Revitalization Plan for the Gijang Market Vicinity Commercial District" until the end of this year, preparing measures for cooperation such as expanding the recognized scope of the traditional market, and is preparing to attract 10 billion KRW in national funding for the "2026 Gijang Market Commercial District Revitalization Project."

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