[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Shin Dong-ho] Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Kim Yi-gang) announced on the 9th that it will publicly recruit ‘urban cultural and arts festival performance groups’ until the 28th to create a ‘happy cultural city with excitement.’
This recruitment will select a total of 56 teams: 15 teams for Brunch Healing Busking, 29 teams for Urban Healing Busking, and 12 teams for I am also a Busker.
Eligibility is open to any cultural artists or groups active in Gwangju Metropolitan City without any special genre restrictions such as instrumental performance, singing, dance, or traditional Korean music.
The selection process includes a first round of document and video screening, followed by a second round of live performance evaluation to select performance groups with excellent skills. The final selected groups will be given opportunities to participate in performances and receive a certain amount of performance expenses.
‘Brunch Healing Busking’ will be held from April to October every Wednesday and Thursday from 12:10 PM to 12:40 PM at Sangmu District Peace Park. This year, two performances will also be held at workplaces within Seo-gu by accepting stories through Seo-gu Office’s SNS.
Also, ‘Urban Healing Busking’ will take place from April 19 to October at four locations: in front of Sejeong Outlet, in front of Yeomju POSCO Park, Geumho Food Village, and Dongcheon-dong Gwangju Streamside. ‘I am also a Busker’ plans to perform from 6:30 PM to 7:10 PM on the last Friday of every month from April to September at Gwangcheon-dong Youth Square Plaza.
Applications can be submitted via email, and detailed application methods and required documents can be found on the Seo-gu Office website.
Kim Yi-gang, Mayor of Seo-gu, said, “We hope for active participation from performance groups so that local residents can enjoy cultural and artistic performances anytime and anywhere,” and added, “We will do our best to become a living government close to citizens, approaching them more closely.”
Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Shin Dong-ho baekok@asiae.co.kr
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