The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on the 30th that, together with the Regional Culture Promotion Agency, it will host the 10th anniversary event for "Culture Day Youth Mic," titled "Youth Mic Re:cord – A 10-year journey," at the multipurpose cultural space "SPACE S1" in Seongdong District, Seoul, from the 31st to Nov. 1.
"Culture Day Youth Mic" began in 2016 and is a program in which young artists put on street performances on "Culture Day," the last Wednesday of every month, and during that week. It has offered the public opportunities to enjoy culture in daily life and provided young artists with a stage for challenge and growth.
The event's title, "Re:cord," carries the meanings of "record," "record (album)," and "a string tied again (re+cord)." It expresses the intention to retrace the footsteps of the past 10 years and write a new 10 years ahead.
In the exhibition zone, records of 10 years of "Youth Mic" and three years of the "Youth Mic Festival" are presented as experiential content. Visitors can also join a program where they become a young artist or performance planner and create music themselves.
The performance program is also diverse. Various formats are prepared, including the outdoor stage "Youth Square," the indoor performance "Youth Stage," and "Youth March," a parade held along Yeonmujang-gil in Seongsu. Fifteen teams of young artists spanning genres such as gugak, jazz, EDM, b-boying, and popera will take the stage.
For the schedule and more details, search for "Youth Mic 10 years" on Naver Place or visit the Regional Culture Promotion Agency's website.
Meanwhile, ahead of the main event, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) will hold "Partnership Day" on the afternoon of the 31st with participating corporations and institution officials in the "Culture Day" project, and will present the MCST Minister's commendation to institutions selected as excellent cases.
This year's excellent cases for "Culture Day" include CJ CGV, which has consistently participated for 10 years and contributed to the spread of culture, and the Jeollanam-do Cultural Foundation, which has taken the lead in expanding cultural enjoyment for residents in underserved areas.
Song Yoon-seok, director-general for regional culture policy at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), said, "For more than 10 years, 'Culture Day' has been a flagship project that, through public-private cooperation, has broadened the public's opportunities to enjoy culture and led balanced development of regional culture," adding, "The MCST will further activate 'Culture Day' so that everyone in the public can enjoy culture anywhere."