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Seoul Drum Festival

Seoul Drum Festival

The Seoul Drum festival gathers percussion groups from around the world to perform in Seoul. It's an annual event. When I was there in 2003, it was held Oct. 9-11. If you are going to be in Seoul around that time of year, look for it!
They have a website at http://www.drumfestival.org/.

The highlights for me were the Asian groups, such as the Taiwanese "Chinese Lion Dance" troupe and some of the Korean ensembles. But it also includes African, Irish, or American groups, or mixed ethnicity percussionists, such as the female Japanese salsa band performing Latin rhythms. These are truly some of the top percussion troupes in the world!

The concerts were a lot of fun to listen to, and there was a festive atmosphere, with Korean food stands, drink stands, etc., surrounding the entrance walk to the stage area. They even gave out small free samples of things, such as Korean wine.

I don't recall exactly how much admission was, but it was pretty inexpensive. Since this was our first night in Seoul, and we didn't really know where the concert was exactly, I took a taxi to get there. I left way before the concerts ended, so there was no problem getting a taxi back to the hotel.

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