'2024 Bulamsan Azalea Festival' from 16th to 28th at Bulamsan Healing Town, Nowon-gu's iconic spot
Experience programs like making spring flower badges and barefoot walking among 100,000 azaleas, with weekend cultural events including bubble shows, circus, and music performances
Nowon-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Oh Seung-rok) announced that it will hold the '2024 Bulamsan Azalea Festival' from the 16th to the 28th, timed with the azalea blooming season.
Started in 2022 and now in its third year, the Bulamsan Azalea Festival is one of the five major festivals representing Nowon. Every spring, it takes place at the district’s representative attraction, Bulamsan Healing Town (Azalea Hill), where 100,000 vivid scarlet azalea bushes create a spectacular view.
Bulamsan Healing Town is a prominent healing space featuring various facilities including the Azalea Hill, the 'Butterfly Garden' where you can observe butterflies alive throughout the seasons, the 'Nowon Garden Support Center' with a greenhouse caf? and a companion plant hospital, and the 'Forest Healing Center'.
The district plans to enrich the Bulamsan Azalea Festival by operating diverse cultural programs utilizing these main facilities.
Specialized programs by facility include ▲Butterfly Garden’s 'Making frames using real butterflies' ▲Nowon Garden Support Center’s 'Making spring flower badges and mirrors' ▲Forest Healing Center’s 'Barefoot walking' and 'Immersive experience' ▲Woodcraft workshop booth’s 'Making pencil holders commemorating the Azalea Festival'.
The participation fee ranges from free to 5,000 KRW, and attendees can join by registering on-site on the day of the event.
The outdoor library 'Banggeut' is operated for all ages to enjoy together. The district will exhibit big books and pop-up books and install bean bags on the lawn for comfortable reading. On weekends, the Lululala Theater Company will perform children’s puppet shows and run picture book reading (Reading-in) programs.
Various cultural performances are also prepared. Performances will be held on four weekend days (4/20, 4/21, 4/27, 4/28), three times a day (2 PM, 3 PM, 4 PM) at the Azalea Hill Healing Shelter. Visitors can enjoy clown play ‘Black Crown’, bubble show ‘Gyeongsangdo Soap Bubbles’, the performance troupe The Clown’s ‘The One Who Spins, The One Who Runs, The One Who Flies’, magic show ‘Magic Cat’, African percussion ‘Sun of Africa’, and circus ‘Hondul Hondul’.
Food and a flea market (Bulamsan Healing Market), essential parts of the festival, are also prepared. ‘Cafe Forest’ will sell seasonal special drinks such as azalea-colored lattes and azalea-shaped cookies, and food trucks will operate for light snacks. At the market, where the Social Economy Center, Urban Agriculture Network, and Bookstore Cooperative Madeuli participate, visitors can purchase simple foods, handmade soaps, books, and accessories.
The district will set up an operations headquarters in front of Bulamsan Butterfly Garden to distribute leaflets and manage crowds. To control the flow of visitors, the deck path in Azalea Hill will be operated as a one-way route.
Special parking measures have also been arranged. In addition to the permanent parking lot at Bulamsan Healing Town (52 spaces), temporary parking lots will be opened on four weekend days at Yeongsin Girls’ High School (100 spaces), Wongwang Elementary School (50 spaces), and Junggye Middle School’s playground (40 spaces). During the festival period, from 9 AM to 6 PM, some roads will have relaxed parking enforcement to allow temporary parking. Detailed information can be found on the Nowon-gu Office website.
District Mayor Oh Seung-rok said, “This year’s azalea flowers are expected to be larger and more vibrant than usual due to favorable weather conditions,” and added, “We have prepared various programs that harmonize with the 100,000 azalea bushes, so I hope families and couples have a happy time together at the Bulamsan Azalea Festival.”
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