Alright this post is about the DJ festival, but first I have to mention that on Friday night we went to a bar that looked like a cave. It was pretty cool- there were stalagtites hanging from the ceiling and rocks on the walls. But this was not your mother's cave bar- one of the stalagtites was penis shaped! Our mapagi wig from school came along, and the above picture is Chris on a dare walking around the bar with the wig on.
Okay, back on topic. Saturday was Cinco De Mayo, so we met up with a bunch of teachers from the Suyu English Village for some Mexican food in Itaewon. The restaraunt specialized in shots with amusing names, such as the "duck fart". Mmmmm, quacky! Even though we had reservations the staff was ridiculously slow and only took our orders after we took the initiative to pass a piece of paper around the table, wrote down what we wanted, and passed the note directly to the avoidant server. Feeling slightly fed, we headed to World Cup Stadium where the concert was being held.
It was very hard to find! The concert itself was about 1.5km from the nearest subway station, but we weren't quite sure of which direction to go. After wandering around with a bunch of other equally lost people, someone eventually noticed a small 8x10 piece of computer paper taped to a fence that said "DJ Festival this way". For an event that had thousands in attendance you'd think they could foot the bill for a proper sign !!!
When we finally heard the music in the distance we started to get pretty excited. The event had a few stages and was held near the water. The admission was free as well, which was a fantastic price. There was so so so many people there, a lot of freaking foreigners, but a lot of Koreans as well.
The Festival was a 3 night event, and on the night that we attended there were DJs from Korea, Japan, Canada, France and China. The only complaint was that they didn't sell alcohol! I bought a few warm beers from a guy at a table and gagged them down, but I mean c'mon. What kind of a music festival doesn't sell booze? Meanwhile, the music was amazing and I think the crowd really enjoyed it- even the little kids that were with their parents, still dancing around at 3am. It was really great just to hear some good live music.
While they were short on liquor, they had a book cafe in case you needed a quiet place to read a chapter book. Can you imagine? There's throbbing music and thousands of dancers 15 feet away, and you're sitting down to a fresh copy of "War & Peace"? Well, at about 4am Mel and I hopped into a cab and got back to Suwon just in time to watch the sun rise. It was a really good time and now I'm looking forward to the Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival in July with the Chemical Brothers, Damien Rice, Muse and more more more. Yay, I love the summer!
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