
EVENT
Upcoming Event

KIMCHI WORKSHOP
Make your own Kimchi!
Session 1 — 11:50 AM–12:30 PM
Session 2 — 1:00 PM–1:40 PM
Session 3 — 2:00 PM–2:40 PM
K-POP DANCERS,
THIS IS YOUR STAGE!
Got the moves? Show us your K-Pop spirit!
The 2026 Philadelphia Kimchi Festival K-Pop Dance Challenge is looking for talented dancers and dance teams!
Solo & Group entries welcome
Online Preliminary Round — Submit your dance video
Selected finalists perform LIVE at LOVE Park!
FREE to enter
Video Submission Deadline: October 15, 2026
Finalists Announced: By October 20
LIVE FINAL: October 24, 2026
LOVE Park | Philadelphia
Think you've got what it takes?
Register now & submit your audition video!


October 24th Saturday
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
LOVE PARK | Center, Philadelphia

WHAT'S NEXT AT KCUL

Youth AI Forum 2026
WHAT SHOULD WE BELIEVE?
Investigate. Question. Decide.
A Local Event Celebrating UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2026
Join high school students for a hands-on AI media forensics experience exploring misinformation, deepfakes, AI-generated content, and how to decide what to trust online.


Past Event



2025 Korean Culture Festival
With the Adoptees and their family
PASSi, Philadelphia
10. 25 Saturday
Pop Up Korean Culture Workshop
- Korean Music - Dance - KPop Dance
- Talchum (Korean Mask Dance)
ACTIVITIES
- Hanbok try on - Yut nori - Ddakgi chigi
- Gegi chagi - Korean Food - Kpop and Performance
- Folk games and more fun!
This program was made possible through funding support from the OKF (Overseas Koreans Foundation) and the Powering the Arts Team.




2025 Kimchi Festival in Philly
September 27th-28th, Saturday & Sunday
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
at Love Park, Center City
2024 Kimchi Festival in Philly
October 5th, Saturday 11:00 AM-5:00 PM
at Love Park, Center City




2023 Kimchi Festival in Philly
October 7th, Saturday 11:00AM-5:00 PM
at Love Park, Center City

2022 Kimchi Festival in Philly
October 15th, Saturday 11:00AM-3:00 PM
at Love Park, Center City

2022 Pansori Workshop
October 8th, Saturday
Southampton Free Library

2022 Heart of Korea
Master HEE WON PARK
판소리, 판소리지
PANSORI, PANSORI EASY
October 16th, Sunday 2:00 PM
at PEGC
2021 HEART OF KOREA
Tradition: Transformation
November 6, Saturday 4:30 PM
Painted Bride Art Center
230 Vine St Philadelphia, PA 19106
2020 LIVE STREAM
Music Jam with Korean & American Musicians
December 19, Saturday 7:00 PM
(Eastern Time: US and Canada)
December 20, Sunday 9:00 AM (Korea Time)
FACEBOOK LIVE:
Strategies for Successful Grant Writing Seminar
November 14, Saturday
7:00 PM
K Cul (Korea Culture) Foundation will invite experienced government-funded organizations and an expert grant writer to share their experiences and knowledge, and methods and strategies to write successful proposals.
2019 Talchum
Korean mask dance
October 31, Flushing Town Hall
November 2, Penn Asian Evergreen Center
Talchum is Korean traditional mask dance and drama. This October, Bongsan Mask Dance-Drama Preservation Society's 22 performers will travel from Korea to Philadelphia to perform and teach traditional Korean mask dance for children and adults.




Heart of Korea
October 27th 2018
Painted Bride Art Center
230 Vine St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
The program is organized to appreciate the soft melody and dynamic rhythm of Korean traditional percussion and to give the audience a taste of grace and mystery in Korean dance.


Hanji Festival
Korean traditional paper
2017 October 27, PASSi
KCul presented Hanji festival at PASSi in Philadelphia.
Korean Now Festival
Contemporary Korean-American Performing Artists
2017 October 29,
Painted Bride Art Center
This is a celebration of contemporary Korean arts and culture event.

One day Pop-up Korean School
2017, April 16, North Penn High School
We opened 4 section Workshop including calligraphy, Language, samulnori, Hanbok.

Dulsori Concert
Korean traditional music band
2016 November 16
Painted Bride Art Center
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Korean Poetry Recital
2015, October 28
Conference room in Gaya restaurant

K-pop Meets Jazz
Korean pop & Jazz
2015, October 25
Kcul Hosted K-Pop (Korean Pop) Meets Jazz at Curtis Hall Arboretum, Wyncote. This project
included a K-Pop dance workshop and had more than 300 attendees from all different backgrounds,

Hanbok Fashion Show
Korean traditional dress
2014 February 27
Philadelphia Museum of Art


1st Korean Food Festival
2013, December 12
Philadelphia International House
Hanji Fashion Show
Korean traditional paper
2012, November 2
Philip Jaison Center

One day Pop-up Korean School
2016, April 16, North Penn High School
We opened 4 section Workshop including calligraphy, Language, samulnori, Hanbok.



