Arts & performanceChangwon (Seongsan-gu), Gyeongsangnam-do

MAMF (Migrants' Arirang Multicultural Festival) 2022 in Changwon (Seongsan-gu), Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

문화다양성축제 MAMF(맘프) 2022

Oct2022
21 –23
Fri–Sun
Past edition

21 October 2022 to 23 October 2022

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2022 festival offered. The current information is on the MAMF (Migrants' Arirang Multicultural Festival) page (Expected Oct 2027).

Venue this year. Yongji Culture Park and Seongsan Art Hall.

Dates21–23 Oct 2022
VenueYongji Culture Park, Seongsan Art Hall and Jungang-daero, Changwon경상남도 창원시 성산구 중앙대로186번길 13 (신월동)
AdmissionFree entry (KTO listing). Food, crafts and bazaar goods cost extra; whether the Uzbekistan National Art Troupe shows at Seongsan Art Hall are ticketed was not stated.
Next edition2023: 20–22 Oct 2023

Program

  • 14 programmes, including a new global migrant dance audition and an EDM festival
  • Cultural Diversity Parade, painting contest, film festival, fringe and busking stage, food trucks and a free market
  • International academic conference and Korea–China traditional music performances

Notes on the 2022 edition

17th edition, theme '다양성을 상상하라' (Imagine diversity); guest country China, for 30 years of Korea–China relations; 15 countries including Korea. First in-person edition in three years after online festivals in 2020 and 2021. The report gives 21–23 Oct but also mentions four days and a poster dated 19–23 Oct.

About the festival

MAMF (Migrants' Arirang Multicultural Festival, 문화다양성축제 맘프) is billed as Korea's largest cultural diversity festival: three free days of stage shows, world food and a street parade by migrant communities from more than 20 countries around Yongji Culture Park, Seongsan Art Hall and Jungang-daero in central Changwon. The 21st edition runs Friday 23 to Sunday 25 October 2026, 10:00–20:30, with Uzbekistan as guest country and the Cultural Diversity Parade on Sunday 25 October. Take the KTX to Changwon Jungang Station (about 2 h 44 m from Seoul), then a taxi of about 6 minutes.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main MAMF (Migrants' Arirang Multicultural Festival) page, which covers every edition.

Source

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22 October 2026, against the sources listed below.

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