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Sweet Sixteen - Jarasum Jazz Festival
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Sweet Sixteen - Jarasum Jazz Festival
  • Donny Yim
  • 승인 2019.09.10 13:37
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The annual Jarasum Jazz Festival, held for three days at the end of summer, attracts more than 100,000 people every year.
Now a leading music event in Korea, the 16th edition of the festival will feature world-renowned artists
and performances against the backdrop of the pristine nature of Jarasum Island,
located off the coast of Gapyeong-gun County, Gyeonggi-do Province.

 

 

16th Anniversary

Holding a jazz festival at a time when Koreans were rather unfamiliar with the concept of a music festival might have seemed reckless. The Jarasum Jazz Festival, however, proved everyone wrong by becoming an internationally recognized event featuring a variety of musical genres from swing and bossa nova to world music, attracting 1,105 musicians from 55 countries over the last 15 years. A country is selected as the festival’s theme every year under the so-called national focus program, with this year’s featured nation being Denmark.

3 Days of Festivities

Though lasting for only three days, the festival has attracted more than two million visitors over the last 15 years. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has consistently honored the event as Korea’s top festival and the Ministry of Environment has designated it as a “green life honorary ambassador.” The Farm Party event offers makgeolli (milky rice wine) and vin chaud (mulled wine) made with Gapyeonggun County’s fresh produce. Visitors can lay on the grass and look up at the beautiful night sky filled with stars while listening to live jazz.

 

More About Jarasum Jazz Festival : http://www.jarasumjazz.com/the16th/home

 

 


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