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

MAMF (Migrants' Arirang Multicultural Festival) 2024 in Changwon (Seongsan-gu), Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

문화다양성축제 MAMF(맘프) 2024

Oct2024
11 –13
Fri–Sun
Past edition

11 October 2024 to 13 October 2024

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2024 festival offered. The current information is on the MAMF (Migrants' Arirang Multicultural Festival) page (Expected Oct 2027).

Venue this year. Yongji Culture Park and Jungang-daero. Road closures: the city-hall-bound side of Jungang-daero from the Office of Education to the Changwon KBS intersection from 07:00 on 12 Oct to midnight on 13 Oct, and both directions from the Gyeongnam Provincial Office to the General Choi Yun-deok statue 10:00–18:00 on 13 Oct.

Dates11–13 Oct 2024
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.
Previous edition2023: 20–22 Oct 2023
Next edition2025: 24–26 Oct 2025

Program

  • Fri 11 Octopening gala with singer Insooni, a Philippine national dance company and the Little Angels Arts Troupe, followed by a drone show
  • 11–12 Octguest-country (Philippines) special performances, including 12 Oct 14:00 in the Seongsan Art Hall main auditorium
  • Sat 12 OctMAMF Dance Festival final with nine teams
  • Sun 13 OctCultural Diversity Parade (18 teams, about 1,500 participants, including a first joint team from six Latin American countries), Migrants' Arirang by country and a World Music Concert
  • Alsomulticultural drawing contest, fringe and busking, MAMF film festival and a Philippine 'Wish Bus' radio show

Notes on the 2024 edition

19th edition, theme 'Together to Gather'; guest country the Philippines, for 75 years of Korea–Philippines relations; 21 countries, the most to that date. Main events were livestreamed on YouTube.

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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