Exhibitions & Performances

Upcoming Events in May 2025

Gwangju News

MUSICALS

I Wasn’t in Gwangju

  • Dates: May 15–18 (Thu.-Sun.)
  • Venue: Asia Culture Center, Arts
  • Theater 1 Reservations: Asia Culture Center website
  • Admission: 30,000 won
  • Age Restriction: 14 years of age or older
  • Inquiries: 1899-5566

A Thousand Blues

  • Dates: May 30–31 (Fri.–Sat.)
  • Venue: Asia Culture Center, Arts Theater 1
  • Reservations: Asia Culture Center website
  • Admission: R seats 70,000 won, S seats 50,000 won
  • Age Restriction: 8 years of age or older
  • Inquiries: 1899-5566

PERFORMANCE

Gwangju City Ballet – 140th Regular Performance <DIVINE>

  • Dates: May 16 (Fri.) – May 17 (Sat.)
  • Time: May 16 (Fri.) at 7:30PM May 17 (Sat.) at 3:00PM
  • Venue: Grand Theater, Gwangju Culture & Art Center
  • Reservation: www.ticketlink.co.kr
  • Age restriction: None
  • Admission: R seats 30,000 won, S seats 20,000 won, A seats 10,000 won

EXHIBITIONS                                                  

2025 ACC Contact: “Our Bodies, Embedded with Others”

  • Dates: Apr. 17 – June 29
  • Venue: Asia Culture Center, Creation Space 6
  • Reservation: Free viewing
  • Admission: Free
  • Age Restriction: No restriction
  • Phone: 1899-5566

Landscape Theater of Lee Lee Nam

  • Dates: Apr. 4 – July 6
  • Venue: Asia Culture Center, Creation Space 5
  • Reservations: Free viewing
  • Admission: Free
  • Age Restriction: No restriction
  • Phone: 1899-5566

Fan Letter

  • Dates: Mar. 22 – Aug. 24
  • Venue: Asia Culture Center, Creation Space 2
  • Reservations: Free viewing
  • Admission: Free
  • Age Restriction: No restriction
  • Phone: 1899-5566

ORCHESTRA

Gwangju Symphony Orchestra – 395th Regular Concert “Brothers”

  • Date: May 30 (Fri.)
  • Time: 7:30PM
  • Venue: Grand Theater, Gwangju Culture and Art Center
  • Reservations: www.ticketlink.co.kr
  • Admission: R seats 30,000 won, S seats 20,000 won, A seats 10,000 won
  • Age Restriction: None

EVENTS

World Human Rights Cities Forum 2025

The World Human Rights Cities Forum, now in its fifteenth year, has established itself as a human rights event that discusses the future vision of human rights cities. This year marks the 45th anniversary of the May 18 Democratization Movement and the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, reflecting domestic and international situations, such as ongoing wars, state violence, and human rights suppression. It has therefore selected the theme “Peace and Solidarity: Human Rights Cities Resisting War and Violence.”

  • Dates: May 15–17 (Thu.–Sat.)
  • Venue: Kim Daejung Convention Center Reservations: Access the Forum’s homepage to
  • pre-register (www.whrcf.org)
  • Admission: Free
  • Hosts: Gwangju City, UN OHCHR, UNESCO, National Human Rights Commission, Gwangju Office of Education

Together Day 2025

Together Day is a national commemorative day established in 2007 with the purpose of “creating a multicultural society where people of various ethnicities and cultures understand and coexist with each other.” It is celebrated on May 20th everyyear. To commemorate Gwangju Together Day, a global festival where various Gwangju world citizens gather together to share and exchange cultures, will be held on May 24th at Gwangju City Hall. We ask for your interest and participation.

  • Date: May 24 (Sat.)
  • Venue: Gwangju City Hall