Return of the Myeongdong Night Festival
If the measure of success for the revival of a dance night is gauged by the energy and crowd retention, then the newest chapter in the Myeongdong dance night was an epic success. Although it seemed to start off a little stagnant in the energy department, there was no shortage of spectators. Most of the...
A Match Made in Hand Clapping Heaven
When Powwow announced the addition of the Thursday Concert Series to its creative space line-up, we all breathed a sigh of relief. Original music would still be accessible in Seoul. And better yet, we didn’t have to wait until Friday to watch it. And then Powwow added Canada’s PS I LOVE YOU as the kickstarter...
Nearly Nude in Colourful Daegu
You don’t often see a nipple out of place in Daegu. What a treat befell me on the first weekend of September, when my nude shoulders were the least of what attracted attention. Duryu Park was brimming with feathers, baubles, glitter and paint at the Daegu International Body Painting Festival. It’s the “largest body painting...
Peace, Love and Innertrip
As promised, Innertrip delivered all the nature, love, peace, respect, and music one would expect from a psy-trance, reggae and dubstep open-air festival. Getting there provided a gorgeous ride along the ITX line of the subway to Gangchon station. The only pitfall was the lack of reliable information about transportation to and from the venue....
Brenmar
If previous events put on by Multi are anything to go by, I knew this one would be big. Multi have built a reputation for bringing new and unique talent to Seoul, and they continued to deliver on the warm summer’s evening that was Brenmar @ Globe. For those of you who haven’t been to...
Wagwak’s Last Gig
“Hey, you going to Freebird for Wagwak‘s gig tonight?” was probably the most asked question in Seoul on Saturday night. As we approached the venue, Koreans to our left lined up for Cocoon, and meaty bros lined up to our right for Papa Gorilla’s. We knew we were creeping closer and closer to Freebird as...
Bok Bok in Seoul
Saturday night saw London-based DJ Bok Bok play at the Globe Lounge in Itaewon. This cosy venue was busy even from early on – perhaps in anticipation of Bok Bok himself, or because of the fantastic playlists from both of the resident DJs. When Bok Bok finally began his set, he delivered exactly what was...
