Seoul Friendship Fair

This Sunday, as part of the Hi Seoul Festival, the city government will be hosting the Seoul Friendship Fair in the downtown city area, at Seoul Plaza (in front of City Hall) and nearby Mugyo-dong-gil. This looks like a fun and interesting event, with a lot to do, see and try.

The theme of the fair is international friendship, and there will be a wide range of nationalities represented at the fair. There will be 15 countries participating in performances, and there will be food stalls representing 60 countries, so this is a good chance to try some food you have perhaps never tried before. There is also the opportunity to try on national costumes from around the world.

The Fair runs from 10am to 7pm, but we will be meeting at 11am, since the first round of performances starts at 11.

PROGRAM
Main Stage 11:00~17:30
- Canival: Multicultural Performances from 8 Cities: Taipei / Hanoi, Vietnam / Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Khartoum, Sudan / Istanbul, Turkey / Ankara, Turkey, Minsk, Republic of Belarus and Guadalajara, Mexico
- Ceremony: International School Children’s Painting Exhibition Award and Greetings by the Mayor of Seoul
- Canival II: Multicultural Performances from 7 Cities: Moscow, Russia / Sichuan, China / Beijing, China, Tirol, Austria / Bangkok, Thailand, Nairobi, Kenya and Budapest, Hungary
- Daedongnori with all the Participants

Seoul Plaza 10:00~19:00
-International School Children’s Painting Exhibition
-World Royal Royal Costume Experience
-Messages of Hope to the World

At the Mugyodong-gil Area 10:00~19:00
-World Food Courts and Traditional Folk Arts Exhibitions
-Palace Cuisine of Korea Exhibition
-Theme Cafe (Music Cafe / Flower Cafe)

DETAILS
When: Sunday, May 10, running from 11am~evening

Meet at: 11am, at exit 5 of City Hall subway station, on the green line (line 2).

Venue: Seoul Plaza, in front of City Hall, initially, but we will walk around and walk to Mugyo-dong-gil for the food stalls and other activities

Cost: FREE (except for the food from the stalls)

NOTE: If you can't make the 11am rendezvous, but you'd like to join us at a later time, just call or text me in advance of your arrival, to check where we are and that we are still at the fair. Ph:011-1744-1971.

As well as the Fair, you might be interested in the Seoul Information Fair which will be held around there on the same day, so it might be a good opportunity to take a look at that and pick up some useful information. It runs from 10am~5pm, and around 60 businesses and services will be taking part, offering information on all kinds of things related to living in Seoul.