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C-Festival

씨페스티벌

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COEX World Trade Center, Samseong-dong, Gamgnam-gu, Seoul-si

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C-Festival features the Global MICE (MICE: meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions) Business Convergence festival, existing only in Korea. The festival is host by MICE clusters committe and it comprises of 13 corporations located in COEX World Trade Center, which will take place in the district throughout the trade center and Yeongdong-daero.

Located in the heart of Seoul, it features a new concept of exhibition convention along with various promotional indoor and outdoor events, varied cultural art performances, exhibitions, concerts, musicals and plays that entertain visitors entertain the festival.

Utilization information

Opening hours, closed days and other practical details.

Age limit: Visitors of all ages
Where to buy tickets: [On-site ticketing and ticket pick-up] In front of COEX Hall - A1 (on the first floor), In front of Coex Hall - C1 (on the thrid floor)
[Online Resrvation] Interpark and Tiket Monster websites
Discounts: Interpark: 6,000 won / Tiket Monster: 4,000-5,000 won
End date: 20150510
Official website: www.coex.co.kr
(Korean, English)
Venue: The area of the World Trade Center and Yeongdong-daero (The area of COEX World Trade Center including in front of the hall of COEX on the first floor)
Start date: 20150430
Venue info: Samseong Station (Seoul Subway Line 2), Exit 5 or 6.
The world trade center is directly connected to the station.
Show times: Exhibition Hall 10:00-18:00 / Outdoor Event 10:00-21:00
Program: [Cultural Art Program]
One of the representative cultural performances for C-Festival is Bibap and other non-verbal performances from Korea. In addition, various leading art works from the performance fields in China, Japan, Russia, etc. will be introduced. Also, a fan sign meeting of Hallyu stars and street of artists will take place with music playing throughout the 11 consecutive days. Other programs include a Hallyu concert, performance and contest, talk & children’s song concert, traditional cultural performance, hologram musical, and plays that will offer tourists plenty of entertainment.
Side events: [Participation-style event promotion]
The festival prepares various permanent event promotions throughout the COEX area such as outdoor movie party, all night movie, night-time beer party, media façade art show, character parade, e-sports contest, sharing family culture love, public art (Loce heArt Project), Monami art village, drawing experience, creative class and more that are planned as hands-on programs.
Hours: A-C Hall (Adults 7,000 won / Youths 5,000 won / Groups of 20 people or more 3,000 won)
D Hall (addtional ticket must be purchased)

Updated 2016.04.24

Introduction

Programs

[New Concept of Exhibition Convention]
The festival combines culture, arts and technology all together into a new concept of exhibition convention. Programs include ASIA Mania, interacting with Asia’s culture trends from six Asian countries, Creative U, showing artwork made with nostalgia of cars (Hyundai Brilliant Memories), Culture-Tech Fair, a cutting-edge cultural contents exhibition by introducing Hallyu paradigm, and various exhibition conventions such as AFECA, Asia Exhibition Forum, export consulting with invited big buyers, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, CT Forum, Experience of Government 3.0, Spring Conference, and others.

Programs

[Performance]
- Korean representative nonverbal performance and other performance groups from China, Japan, Russia
- Cross-over performance of Quartette Gelato
- Pangshow, Tuning, ocarina band EAST, Yurukyara, Bibap, Moscobia Art School, Russian School, Kung Festival, Marionette, The Painters Hero, Gently, etc.

[Hallyu]
- K-pop Park Boram, Melody day, Fiestar, Shin Jisu, Eric fan sign meeting, etc.

[Musical & Play]
- SM Town musical (School of OZ)
- Cast of A Story of an Old Thief, children’s song concert, Drawing Show, Jump, Ballerina Who Loved a B-boy, etc.

(* Programs and cast are subject to change.)

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COEX World Trade Center, Samseong-dong, Gamgnam-gu, Seoul-si

Traffic information

Subway Line 9 봉은사 - 336.6m
Subway Line 2 Samseong (World Trade Center Seoul) (삼성(무역센터)) - 426.3m
Subway Line 9 삼성중앙 - 574.5m
Subway Line 7 Cheongdam (청담) - 1047.4m
Subway Line B Seolleung (선릉) - 1186.4m
Subway Line 2 Seolleung (선릉) - 1186.4m
Subway Line 2 Sports Complex (종합운동장) - 1255.5m
Subway Line 9 Sports Complex (종합운동장) - 1255.5m
Subway Line 9 Seonjeongneung (선정릉) - 1395.7m
Subway Line B Seonjeongneung (선정릉) - 1395.7m

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