2003 Korea Week - "K-FEST"

The KCC is excited to announce ‘K-Fest’ the headline event for the 2023 Korea Week at Lansdowne Park. Visitors will be able to experience every aspect of Korean culture from its cuisine tourism Hangeul traditional culture taekwondo K-pop and Hanbok in one place.

Various cultural booths will begin to operate at 13:00 featuring the Institute of Traditional Korean Food Korea Tourism Organization Korean Community Association of Ottawa and National Folk Museum of Korea’s ‘Culture Box’. A range of Korean and local foods will be available such as Korean hotdogs kimbap sweet and sour chicken bulgogi pie croffle and Korean snacks.

The opening ceremony at 17:00 will see the Canadian Children’s Choir and K-Pop boy group ‘Kingdom’ join together to sing the national anthem of both counties symbolizing the harmony between the two nations. In recognition of the 60th anniversary of CAN-KOR diplomatic relations and the growing influence of Korean culture the City of Ottawa will officially proclaim June 9 to June 15 as ‘Korea Week’ during the opening ceremony. Following the proclamation ceremony the ‘Korean Culture Scene’ special performance commemorating the anniversary will take place featuring various acts such as Taekwondo demonstrations b-boy street dance K-Pop contemporary dance and traditional dance by the Korea National Sport University performance team.

The ‘2023 K-Pop Cover Dance Festival (KCDF)’ an annual dance competition that has been gaining popularity and interest from Canadians will take place at 19:00. Co-hosted by Seoul Shinmun and the KCC the top 12 teams that have advanced from the preliminaries will compete for a spot for Global Round to be held in Seoul to represent Canada. K-Pop boy group Kingdom has been invited as a special judge for this event.

The finale of K-Fest is decorated with special performances by renowned K-Pop artists. Solo K-Pop artist and former IZ*ONE leader ‘Kwon Eun Bi’ along with boy group ‘Kingdom’ have prepared a special stage for Canadian fans promising a night filled with unforgettable spectacular performances.

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