The two-day festival kicked off on October 1, with an opening ceremony under the slogan “Coexistence and co-prosperity for the 21st century,” followed by K-pop and cover dance contests alongside other cultural events.

Various outdoor concerts were organized the next day, providing a unique chance to appreciate and compare the two nations’ traditional performing arts. A number of culture ministry-sponsored performances of fusion traditional Korean music and interpretative traditional dances were also performed on the stage. That evening, a K-pop concert featuring Korean idol groups including Miss A marked the highlight of the festival, reconfirming the heightened attention on Korean pop music.