[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special City will host the '2024 Cultural City Suwon Festival' on October 19 at the Suwon First Outdoor Concert Hall and multipurpose cultural space 111CM to mark Culture Day.
The 'Cultural City Suwon Festival' is an urban celebration showcasing the abundant cultural resources of Cultural City Suwon. Going beyond a mere cultural appreciation event, it places citizens as protagonists and subjects of the stories. The festival will feature diverse performances, forums, exhibitions, the Sumujeang Market, and experience programs.
At the First Outdoor Concert Hall, a concert titled 'Convergence: Together, Suwon' featuring the Suwon Municipal Chorus and singers Lee Eun-mi, La Poem, Jung Mi-jo, and Musical Pops Orchestra will be held at 7 p.m. At 2 p.m., a citizen-empathy concert called 'We Did Suwon, Today Too' will take place, created from citizen submissions to the citizen participation archiving project 'Culture Magnification ×125' and 'My Personal City Stories'.
In addition, diverse programs for experiencing and enjoying art and culture are prepared, including △Artmos Suwon △Embroidering Autumn Nights △Coincidentally Book Concert △Humanities Practice Sharing Meeting △Sumujeang Market △Sabusak Workshop △Gachispace Small Experience Center △Introducing Donghang Space △Suwon, Breathing Through Culture.
At 111CM, which has been reborn as a multipurpose cultural space, diverse exhibitions and experience programs that all generations can enjoy will be available until October 20, including △Sumujeang Art Fair where you can appreciate and purchase works by Suwon artists △Meeting Children and Artists △Brunch & House Concert △Gachispace 111Land △Culture Line 1 Art Travel Exhibition △Suwon is School △Village Experiment △Local Content Creation.
Meanwhile, Suwon, which was selected as the '3rd Statutory Cultural City' designated by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in December 2021, will implement cultural city projects by investing up to 15 billion won over five years from 2022 to 2026.
A city official said, "The 2024 Cultural City Suwon Festival is a celebration where citizens can see at a glance the diverse human resources, spaces, and content developed through Suwon's three-year cultural city development project," and added, "We hope many citizens will participate and have meaningful experiences."
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