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*The food information at the festival site below is from last year (2025), and the 2026 details are being updated.* Gwangju Chooeokui Chungjang Festival is Gwangju's largest representative festival, launched on Chungjang-ro in Dong-gu, Gwangju, one of the top commercial districts in Gwangju and Jeonnam. With the universal theme of memory, it holds special meaning as Korea's first memory-themed festival, bridging generations and social classes. It creates a space for sharing cherished memories and making new ones, where people of all ages and backgrounds come together as one. In particular, because it unfolds around Geumnam-ro and 5.18 Democracy Square, places deeply meaningful in the history of global democracy, it carries historical and cultural value beyond a simple local festival. As a festival held at a holy ground of democratization, it symbolizes citizens overcoming past pain and moving toward a hopeful future. Its excellence has been recognized externally as well: it was selected as a 2024-2025 Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism cultural tourism festival and is now designated a Korea Honorary Cultural Tourism Festival. It also won the Best Parade Award at the 2024 Asia Pinnacle Awards and was named a World Festival City, then went on to receive the Best Overall Entertainment Program Award in 2025, achieving back-to-back international honors. Looking ahead, it aims to grow into an international festival that embraces the culture and memories of all Asia through cooperation with the Asia Culture Center, while Gwangju continues to raise its standing as the Asian Culture Center City and serve as a place of communication and harmony through culture.

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1-1 Geumnamno 1(il)-ga, Dong-gu, Kwangju, South KoreaKO

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