Gwangju Busking World Cup

The Gwangju Busking World Cup is an international street-performance music festival held around Chungjang-ro in Dong-gu, Gwangju. Domestic and international street-performance artists join this competition-style festival to present a wide variety of music — vocal, band, acoustic and performance stages alike. Teams advance through the preliminaries and semifinals to the final, where the ultimate winning team is decided, with awardees selected by professional judges. Staged at spots across downtown Gwangju, the event promotes the revitalization of culture and the arts through urban space and the spread of street-performance culture, contributing to global cultural exchange and tourism — an international cultural event.