[UPCOMING EVENT] Korea Festival 2019 Returns to Indonesia Starting October

After its success last year, Korea Festival will return to Jakarta starting October 1, 2019. The festival will last for more than one month, from 1 October to 10 November 2019, both offline and online. This year, Korea Festival 2019 will be divided into 5 categories: K-Content, K-Performance, K-Exhibition, K-Food and K-Event.

Korea Festival 2019 is an annual event that is jointly organised by South Korean Embassy, Korean Cultural Centre (KCC), Korean Tourism Organisation (KTO), Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT), Korea International Trade Association (KITA), Gyeonggi Provincial Government, and Gyeonggi Tourism Organisation, and also supported by Indonesian Agency of Creative Economy (BEKRAF) and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Republic of Korea (MCST).

Similar to last year, Korea Festival 2019 brings back the K-Passport 2019 program. K-Passport will accommodate stickers obtained by participants from various activities related to K-Festival 2019. The main prize of this program is a tour package to Gyeonggi Province. For those who do not reside in Jabodetabek and thus cannot join the offline event, the Korea Festival 2019 can also be watched online. Live streaming is available via KCC Official YouTube channel and Instagram account. There is a hashtag and photo competition with tour package prizes to Gyeonggi Province as well.

The following programs of K-Festival 2019 you cannot miss out:

K-CONTENT

• K-Content Expo Indonesia
• Play With Hangeul
• Korea Indonesia Film Festival (KIFF)
• K-Culture & Art Assco, Festa
• Opening of Korea Corner
• Korea Travel with Traveloka

K-PERFORMANCE

• FLYING Extreme Performance
• Gyeonggi K-Pop Concert
• Best K-Pop Cover in Indonesia
• Korean Culture Brand Festival
• K-Pop Bucket List with Hanhwa Life
• Asia Taekwondo Hanmadang
• Asia Traditional Orchestra

K-EXHIBITION

• Gyeonggi Culture & Tourism Exhibition
• DICAPOEM Exhibition
• Jakarta International Premium Product Fair (JIPREMIUM)
• Study in Korea Fair

K-FOOD

• Seoul Food From Home to Jakarta
• Korea Resto Promotional Festa
• Lotteria Promotional Festa
• Korean Food Festival

K-EVENT

• Your Korean Dream Come True
• K-Passport & SNS Hashtag
• K-Pop Concert Giveaway
• K-Travel 20 Days Challenge Event

There will be numerous Korean stars taking part in K-Festival 2019. Actress Kang So Ra is scheduled to attend Korea-Indonesia Film Festival opening on October 10th, while singer Kim Sohee is scheduled to hold a fan-meeting on October 26th. There is also mini-concert and fan-meeting with boyband IN2IT on October 5th. This free-entry event is part of K-Content Expo that will take place in Central Park Mall Jakarta.

The most exciting part of the series for K-Pop fans in Indonesia, is none other than K-Pop Concert ‘Follow Gyeonggi K-Culture FESTA 2019’ on 19-20 October. There will be a total of 16 Korean artists to enliven the spectacular nights. JBJ95, Kim Jong Kook, Epik High, DIA, VAV, Baek A Yeon, GWSN, 1Million and Akdong Musician will be present on October 19th. Meanwhile for the second day, the line-up consists of Taemin, RGP (Haha & Skull), Hwang Chi Yeul, Lovelyz, The Rose, Yellow Bee, 1Million and Apink.

As part of a promotional event for Gyeonggi Province, there will also be many interesting activities during the event such as Gyeonggi Culture & Tourism Exhibition, and also a K-Pop cover song and dance competition ‘The Best K-Pop Cover’.

For more information regarding Follow Gyeonggi K-Culture FESTA 2019, do check out our article here. For more information regarding the whole K-Festival 2019 series, check the details of each event on iLotte.

Stay tuned to The Seoul Story for further coverage of the event series! 

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