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Hanam City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Hyun-jae) is being reborn as the "Best Cultural and Leisure City in the Metropolitan Area" by receiving excellent evaluations through abundant cultural performances and festivals such as ‘Music 人 The Hanam’ and ‘Stage Hanam Busking’ enjoyed by citizens.

Hanam City is being reborn as the "Best Cultural and Leisure City in the Metropolitan Area" by receiving excellent evaluations for its rich cultural performances and festivals such as 'Music 人 The Hanam' and 'Stage Hanam Busking' enjoyed by its citizens. Provided by Hanam City

Mayor Lee Hyun-jae of Hanam City has set the core policy for the cultural sector next year as ‘expansion’ and plans to actively promote cultural performances and festivals that all citizens can enjoy anytime and anywhere in 2025.

Hanam, which was once a cultural desert, has transformed into a cultural and artistic city in just two years since the launch of the 8th local government administration.

First, aiming for a citizen-centered festival, the Hanam Music Festival ‘Music 人 The Hanam,’ held for the first time in 2023, was successfully held at Hanam Sports Complex this year with about 20,000 spectators. At that time, citizens enthusiastically applauded a grand performance by a total of 630 people, including musical actors Kim So-hyun, Son Jun-ho, Choi Jung-won, Lee Geon-myeong, singers Lee Chan-won and Lee Eun-mi, Hanam city artists, and professional artists.

This passionate response from citizens was also confirmed in a satisfaction survey conducted with 1,083 attendees and performers. According to the survey results, 99.3% expressed “satisfaction,” and 98.8% hoped for the event to be held again in 2025.

Citizens who watched ‘Music 人 The Hanam’ at that time also gave positive feedback, saying, “It was not limited to invited performances by famous singers but was planned as a festival centered on citizen participation, such as the Hanam City United Choir, showing a proper model of a festival that local governments should aim for.”

Additionally, the Stage Hanam Busking, now in its second year, was held a total of 47 times across four major locations in Hanam City?Misa Lake Park and Misa Culture Street, Hanam City Hall, Wirye Library, and Gam-il Nutti Park (tentative name)?receiving enthusiastic cheers from citizens. Especially, the ‘Open Performance WOW Hanam!’ held on April 20 and the ‘Goodbye Performance WOW Hanam!’ held on October 27 were highlight performances eagerly awaited by many citizens, drawing significant attention.

Such activation of cultural performances and festivals like busking, music festivals, and KBS Open Concert played a key role in ranking Hanam 4th in the metropolitan area in the ‘2024 Korea Security Index - Livable Areas’ survey. Hanam recorded remarkable growth in various fields such as culture and population inflow, thanks to the joy brought to citizens through busking and diverse music festivals in the social safety index survey conducted this year targeting 62 cities, counties, and districts in the metropolitan area.

Next year, Hanam plans to provide even deeper impressions by expanding special performances in relatively underserved areas such as Wirye and Gam-il, and by organizing citizen autonomous busking stages, offering cultural and artistic experiences comparable to Hongdae and Daehangno, which are known as busking meccas.

Along with this, Hanam will also promote high-quality cultural policy projects that satisfy citizens through seasonal festivals reflecting the characteristics of each season in 2025.

First, in spring next year, the ‘Spring Spring Cultural Festival’ will be held at Dangjeongdeul, one of Hanam’s beautiful cherry blossom spots, and a more upgraded ‘Music 人 The Hanam’ will provide a fantastic performance in the first half of the year. In autumn, the ‘Iseongsanseong Cultural Festival,’ designed to let citizens enjoy a dazzling light show and various history, culture, and performances on autumn nights, will be held, and in winter, a rich midwinter performance to warm the year-end cold will take place at the Hanam Culture and Arts Center.

Mayor Lee Hyun-jae emphasized, “In 2025, we will strive to supplement the shortcomings of this year’s project implementation process and add and improve programs that various age groups can enjoy,” adding, “Hanam City will continue to plan cultural performances and festivals that reflect the characteristics of our city to bring everyday happiness to citizens with all our efforts.”

Meanwhile, the 2025 Hanam City main budget plan for realizing the ‘Best Cultural and Leisure City in the Metropolitan Area’ is expected to be finalized after going through the Hanam City Council’s total budget inquiry and response, adjustment of figures, and plenary session resolution process.

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