D. Festa: Daehakro Street Performance Festival (대학로 거리공연축제)

D. Festa: Daehakro Street Performance Festival (대학로 거리공연축제)

- Homepage
www.d-festa.com

- Tel
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-2-741-4188

Started in 2015, Daehakro Street Performance Festival provides various performances including plays, dances, mimes and more. The festival aims to provide hope and changes in daily life through diverse performances.

- Address : 1, Daehak-ro 8-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul


※ Presentation Information
- Age Limit
Open to viewers of all ages

- Event Date
20210528 ~ 20210530

- Schedule
Friday 17:00-22:30 / Saturday, Sunday 15:30-22:30

- Location
Marronnier Park, Daehakno Information Center Multipurpose Hall

- Event Duration
Varies by performance

- Sponsor
Korea Art Theater Association

- Sponsor Phone
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-2-741-4188

- Co-Sponsor
Korea Art Theater Association

- Co-Sponsor Phone
+82-2-741-4188

- Fees
Free



- Introduction
Started in 2015, Daehakro Street Performance Festival provides various performances including plays, dances, mimes and more. The festival aims to provide hope and changes in daily life through diverse performances.

◎ Nearby Tourism Infobox

⊙ Welcome Daehakro (웰컴대학로)

- Tel
+82-2-743-5220

Welcome Daehakro is a festival devoted to celebrating various types of performances including non-verbal, traditional, musical, plays, and more. Started in 2017, the festival attracts visitors from around the world every fall.

⊙ Seoul Dance Festival (서울무용제)

- Homepage
sdf1979.koreadanceassociation.org

- Tel
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-2-744-8066

Seoul Dance Festival started in 1979 and is a representative dance festival in Korea, introducing Korean dance, modern dance, ballet and other genres of creative dance performance. The festival offers performances by dance troupes from all over Korea and specially invited performing arts groups from abroad, as well as university students majoring in dance and performing arts.

⊙ Seoul Theater Festival (서울연극제 2020)

- Homepage
www.stf.or.kr (Korean only)

- Tel
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-2-765-7500

Seoul Theater Festival is a theatrical arts festival that has been representing Seoul for over 40 years. The festival’s history first began in 1977 under the name “Republic of Korea’s Theater Festival” with the aim of developing Korea’s original theater productions. The festival has evolved to presenting original performances as well as to interpreting and holding both premier and reruns of excellent performances since 2017.

⊙ Arko Arts Theater (아르코예술극장)

- Homepage
theater.arko.or.kr

- Tel
+82-2-3668-0007

Opened on April 1, 1981, Arko Arts Theater’s mission statement is to “boost performance art, obtain performance space to promote its popularity among the public, and support stages to pure art organizations facing financial difficulties." As the center of performance art, the theater also began to attract a slew of small theaters and has played a pivotal role in promoting performance art and populating Dongsung-dong with artists. The theater offers a large hall, small hall, multipurpose studio space, and practice room.

⊙ Daehangno (University Street) (대학로)

- Homepage
tour.jongno.go.kr

- Tel
+82-2-2148-1114

Daehangno is an artistic neighborhood that stretches 1.1 kilometers from Jongno 5-ga Intersection to Hyehwa-dong Rotary. The area is filled with culture and performing arts facilities, with the center of all this being Marronnier Park. Visitors can find performances taking play every day at the many theaters large and small, as well as restaurants serving a range of cuisines. The area is especially active on weekends and during the street festival period.

⊙ Marronnier Park (마로니에공원)

- Homepage
parks.seoul.go.kr

- Tel
+82-2-2148-4158

Marronnier Park was given its name due to the marronnier trees, or horse chestnut trees, growing within the area. The location where Seoul National University's College of Liberal Arts & Science and School of Law once stood, it is now a park dedicated to culture and arts open to the public. In addition to a variety of outdoor performances that take place throughout the area, exhibitions and cultural centers create a romantic atmosphere unique to the park.

⊙ Tenants of Subway Line 2(2호선 세입자)

⊙ The Accidental Murderer(우연한 살인자)

⊙ Zorro: Actor-Musician(조로: 액터 뮤지션)

This work was created by the Korea Tourism Organization for 25 years and opened as the first type of public Nuri. You can download it for free from the Korea Tourism Organization, https://kto.visitkorea.or.kr/eng.kto