Free Seoul Cultural Centers Expo at Gwanghwamun Square on Oct. 28: Folk Games, Traditional Music and Costume Try-Ons

Stage shows from noon to 5 p.m.

The first show starts at noon. The opening ceremony follows at 1:30 p.m. with congratulatory remarks, awards and a special performance.

From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. the stage programme resumes, and experience and exhibition booths open in front of the main stage at the same time.

From gugak to a senior fashion show

Each cultural centre brings a signature piece: traditional music, traditional and modern dance, choirs, wind and traditional instruments, and a senior model fashion show. Invited singers perform too.

Shuttlecock kicking, arrow throwing and costume try-ons

The booths offer crafts and family-motto calligraphy. Folk games such as jegi-chagi (kicking a shuttlecock) and tuho (throwing arrows into a pot) are set up, and you can try on traditional costumes.

Each of the 25 centres runs its own booth, so one visit samples a different programme from every neighbourhood.

32 m from exit 9

Seoul's official guide puts the venue about 32 m from Gwanghwamun Station, Line 5, exit 9. The event ends at 6 p.m.

There is no entry fee and no sign-up, so a lunch-break stop works.