📅Date:2026.10.07 ~ 2026.10.11
📍Location:Areas of May 18 Democracy Square, Chungjang-ro Road, & Geumnam-ro Road
📞Contact:+82-62-608-4674
💰Admission:Free
🎭Play Time:14:00-22:00
🏛Organizer:Gwangju Dong-gu Office, Dong-gu Culture & Tourism Foundation, Chungjang Festival Organizing Committee
📞Organizer Tel:+82-62-608-4674
Overview
Every October, the Chungjang Street Festival of Recollection is held on the streets of Chungjang-ro and Geumnam-ro in the city center with the theme of memories. The themed streets exactly replicate the old Chungjang-ro with the theme of "memories of night," allowing visitors to enjoy different types of songs from the olden days. This festival, held in the heart of Gwangju, offers a wide array of events, such as nostalgic concerts, flour games, parades, and random dance performances, making it a popular attraction with plenty to see and do.◎ Chungjang-ro, GwangjuChungjang-ro is so famous as a fashion street that it is nicknamed the “Myeongdong Street of Gwangju.” The name “Chungjang” comes from the military title of General Kim Deok-ryeong, known for his valiant acts in the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592.
Program
Street of memories, concert of memories, dance night, playing with flour, fire art parade, K-pop random dance, etc.