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

MAMF (Migrants' Arirang Multicultural Festival) 2025 in Changwon (Seongsan-gu), Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

문화다양성축제 MAMF(맘프) 2025

Oct2025
24 –26
Fri–Sun 10:00–21:00 (listing site)
Past edition

24 October 2025 to 26 October 2025 · 10:00–21:00 (listing site)

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2025 festival offered. The current information is on the MAMF (Migrants' Arirang Multicultural Festival) page (Expected Oct 2027).

Venue this year. Yongji Culture Park, Pojeongsa Park, Seongsan Art Hall and Jungang-daero; part of Jungang-daero ran as a car-free street.

Dates24–26 Oct 2025
Hours10:00–21:00 (listing site)
VenueYongji Culture Park, Seongsan Art Hall and Jungang-daero, Changwon경상남도 창원시 성산구 중앙대로186번길 13 (신월동)
AdmissionEntry: Free
Previous edition2024: 11–13 Oct 2024
Next edition2026: 23–25 Oct 2026

Program

  • Fri 24 Octopening ceremony on the Yongji Culture Park main stage with the Changwon multicultural children's choir 'Modu', musical actor Kang Hong-seok, a Mongolian morin khuur orchestra, the traditional troupe Kkokdusoe and the Lee Seung-hwan Band; about 2,000 attended
  • Sun 26 OctCultural Diversity Parade as the closing event
  • Guest-country programmea Korean and Mongolian wrestling contest modelled on Mongolia's Naadam festival, ger (yurt) experiences, and a morin khuur orchestra with the Korea National University of Arts
  • Korea Migrant Song Festival, Migrants' Arirang, world music concerts, multicultural drawing contest, 'Travel the World Without Leaving the City', Global Village Bazaar and flea market, global street food, fringe and busking

Prices

ItemPriceNote
EntryFreeFree (listing site)

Notes on the 2025 edition

20th edition, slogan '20년의 동행, 다름을 잊고 다음을 잇다' (20 years together: forgetting differences, connecting to what comes next), English theme 'All Together More Together'. Guest country Mongolia, for 35 years of Korea–Mongolia relations; 21 countries. More than 310,000 attendees were reported. Volunteers gave guidance and interpretation, and 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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