Naju-si to Host '2024 Namdo Alcohol Festa' on 8th-9th

'Bitgaram Bit Garden Festa' Until the 24th

Naju City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Yoon Byung-tae) announced on the 6th that it will hold the ‘2024 Namdo Liquor Festa’ over two days on the 8th and 9th at Bitgaram Lake Park.

Hosted by Jeollanam-do and Naju City and organized by the Jeollanam-do Tourism Foundation, the Namdo Liquor Festa aims to promote stay-type tourism and revitalize the liquor industry.

Naju City, Jeollanam-do, will hold the opening ceremony of the "2024 Namdo Alcohol Festa" and the lighting ceremony of the "2024 Bitgaram Light Garden Festa" on the 8th at Bitgaram Lake Park.
[Photo by Naju City]

Under the theme ‘Namdo Jooansang in World,’ 22 cities and counties in Jeollanam-do, liquor companies from Sichuan Province, and more than 30 liquor businesses will participate to promote and exhibit traditional liquors and locally produced liquors representing each region, along with tasting and sales events.

Food booths and food trucks offering various side dishes that perfectly complement traditional liquors will also be operated in a diverse manner. Additionally, experiential events that the whole family, including pets, can enjoy will attract attention, such as lake park camp picnic set rentals, liquor workshop experiences, free operation of a pet playground, and sales of liquor, side dishes, and accessories for companion dogs.

The schedule on the opening day (8th) will start at 1 PM with a world cocktail show competition featuring top-level bartenders, followed by a star chef’s Namdo liquor & food pairing show, and a premium Namdo liquor auction show, presenting unique attractions that will stimulate tourists’ appetites. Then, from 6:40 PM, the Bitgaram Light Garden Festa lighting ceremony and the Namdo Liquor Festa opening ceremony will take place. After the opening ceremony, a 500-drone show and DJ party session 1 will be held on the main stage against a backdrop of dazzling lights.

On the 9th, the program includes a Namdo liquor & food pairing show by a master of Namdo cuisine, folk music, a K-Culture concert featuring musicals, and DJ party session 2.

The 2024 Bitgaram Light Garden Festa, themed ‘Waves of Light Flowing through Bitgaram Lake Park,’ will be held for 17 days until the 24th. As the first festival event using ‘light’ as its theme, about 20 light sculptures of various materials and forms with different themes such as Light Gate, Skyline, Curtain Road, and Party Light will be exhibited from Yeouldari Bridge to the Music Fountain area in Bitgaram Lake Park, illuminating the entire park beautifully. The light sculptures and night lighting will be lit daily from 6 PM to 11 PM.

Mayor Yoon Byung-tae said, “The Namdo Liquor Festa will be an opportunity for tourists to taste the best flavors and quality traditional liquors representing each region in the province all in one place,” adding, “I hope this will be a chance for Namdo’s liquor and food culture to spread widely beyond Korea to the world.”

The mayor continued, “Through the first-ever Bitgaram Light Garden Festa, we will promote Naju’s vision as a city of light and energy and aim to revitalize nighttime tourism centered on Bitgaram Lake Park,” adding, “We hope you create unique memories with your family, friends, and loved ones on autumn nights deepening in the innovation city illuminated by light.”

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