Busan Fireworks Festival, 80,000 lotus flowers decorate the night sky of Gwangalli

The 21st Busan Fireworks Festival will be held on the 7th from 7 PM to 8 PM at Gwangalli Beach, the main stage, as well as Igidae and Dongbaek Island.

This year's fireworks festival will be held with the first part being China's SUNNY company's 'Overseas Invitation Fireworks Show', the second part being Hanwha's 'Busan Multi-Fireworks Show', and the 'Curtain Call Fireworks' expressing gratitude to citizens and field workers.

The Busan Multi-Fireworks Show, themed ‘Busan’s Dream’, consists of three stages: excitement, boldness, and joy.

By combining the multimedia lighting of Gwangan Bridge, 80,000 fireworks will be launched for one hour, including 25-inch super-large fireworks, Niagara fireworks, and wave fireworks, which are symbols of the Busan Fireworks Festival, providing a wealth of attractions.

Prior to the event, various pre-events will be held, including the Air Force Black Eagles air show, beach booknic, chalk art and scratchbook experience, and street performances by indie bands in Busan.

Starting at 6 p.m., a 'Fireworks Prologue' will be held to introduce citizens' stories and song requests, and three pre-announced fireworks will be performed and citizen messages will be transmitted from Gwangan Bridge to liven up the festival atmosphere.

At 6:50 p.m., the event begins with a touch button ceremony and countdown with special invitees including the captain who led the pilot operation of the Northern Sea Route, an Asian Games sailing gold medalist, and the first foreign purchasing visitor.

This year, it will operate with 17,000 paid seats. All of the approximately 3,000 seats added from last year were sold to foreign tourists.

For the first time, a 10% discount on paid seats (R and S seats) was provided to Busan citizens, and the number of Youth Culture Pass seats was doubled compared to last year.

The city will deploy approximately 7,000 safety workers to prepare for large-scale crowds and designate a total of 42 locations as priority management areas to ensure thorough safety management.

In key management areas, real-time congestion is monitored through closed-circuit TV, and a step-by-step cap system is implemented for white sand beaches and beach roads.

The number of LED congestion information vehicles will also be expanded from 11 last year to 12, and 8 emergency medical booths, 32 ambulances, and 4 emergency passageways will be secured.

‘Kakao Map’ provides real-time congestion information, a friend-finding service that checks the locations of group members, convenience facilities such as restrooms, and information on major events.

To prepare for the event smoothly, the city will control some sections of Gwangan Bridge from the 2nd, and gradually expand control of Gwangan Bridge and roads around the event site on the 7th of the event day.

After the event ends, visitors will be encouraged to return home in a dispersed manner, focusing on major entrances and exits, and special public transportation measures such as increased urban rail and concentrated distribution of city buses will be promoted to support safe return home.

The Busan Fireworks Festival will be broadcast live online on the city's official YouTube channel 'Busan Tube', Busan MBC, and KNN.