2014 Gangnam Festival

This year's Gangnam Festival is a bit unique compared to the past years'. The event is held annually in October at Gangnam district to promote the tourism and the place. 2014 will have different events- Fashion Festival, Food Festival and K-Pop event too. The fashion festival features designers, competition, fashion market. Meanwhile the Food Festival will display various types of food all over the world for tasting. As if that is not enough, there will be a free concert performed by JYJ! In the past years, groups such as SHINee and Girls Generation used to perform for the Gangnam Festival for year 2014 is solely for JYJ. Well done!  Yippeee! Put your hands up! Fans of JYJ will have their chance to see their idols performing across the road from COEX Mall and lots of souvenirs to be purchased. 

A friend of mine happened to be there at Gangnam mentioned the place is fully 
packed with fans and people because publicity that JYJ will be performing free for everyone. Who doesn't want to go to such free event? Fans were crowding the area as early at 4.00pm even though the concert starts at 7.00pm. So happens this year JYJ were appointed to promote the tourism in Gangnam where the 3 guys were boarding the tourist bus and explained the district's major tourist attractions. Check out the promotion the guys have done via YouTube or through the Gangnam official website.

The exclusive street concert is held conjunction to their Asia Tour: Return of the King so fans of JYJ can view them up close and personal (well not really if you are standing way behind). My friend has mentioned she saw them during rehersal and fans were already queueing up to see them. When the idols appear on stage, it was total chaos where she witnessed the fans rushed to the stage (like those scenes you see on TV- the stampede of bulls) to catch a closer glimpse at the guys. They even left their bags, food, drinks on the ground/chair without bothering if anyone will be stealing it. This is overwhelming but the power of JYJ ... Somehow the free gig attracted nearly 50,000 fans and people at Gangnam to see the 3 guys perform. Well done! 

So have you recently visited Seoul and participated in the 2014 Gangnam Festival? Have your say.... cheers! 

The banner at Gangnam-gu with Korean flag (courtesy from Sabrina Chan)