DAY6 → ATEEZ ‘Grand Mint Festival 2024’ Opens on the 26th
DAY6 → ATEEZ ‘Grand Mint Festival 2024’ Opens on the 26th
The last outdoor festival of the year, ‘Grand Mint Festival 2024 (GMF2024)’, is coming with the autumn breeze. Each will be held at the Olympic Park for two weeks, from this weekend, October 26-27, to next weekend, November 2-3.
On the first day, Saturday, October 26, the headliner ‘DAY6’, along with ‘Peppertones’, ‘Bolbbalgan4’, ‘Touched’, ‘MayOil’, and ‘Bang Yedam’, will perform on the ‘Mint Breeze Stage’. In particular, ‘DAY6’ swept the music charts with the title song ‘Melt’ from their new mini album ‘Band Aid’ released last September, so they will be looking to brighten up the last night of the 88 Lawn with a packed setlist including ‘Shoot Me’ and ‘Mang Game’.
On Sunday the 27th, ‘Mint Breeze Stage’, headliner ‘LUCY’, ‘N.Flying’, ‘MeloMance’, ‘Jikkeun’, ‘Hanroro’, ‘ONEWE’ will perform on the stage. ‘LUCY’, who will be the headliner again following the last Viewminra, expressed their ambition to please the audience‘s eyes and ears by creating a unique stage from the opening with their newly prepared six-member set.
‘Loving Forest Garden’s stage will be filled with ‘KIDS: SURL X Lacuna’, ‘Bulldog Mansion’, ‘We Are The Night’, ‘Ridor’, and ‘Dragon Pony’. ‘KIDS: SURL X Lacuna’, who heated up the nation with their joint performance this summer, promised a high-quality stage with their own synergy, and plan to decorate the night of ‘Loving Forest Garden’ by presenting their first new song stage.
On the first day of the second week, Saturday the 2nd, the ‘Mint Breeze Stage’, headliner ‘10CM’, as well as ‘FTISLAND’, ‘Kwon Jin Ah’, ‘Kim Pil’, ‘pH-1’, and ‘So Soo Bin’, will perform. ‘10CM(십센치)’, Korea’s representative musicians in their 15th year since debut and another GMF regular, announced that they will decorate their last stage with a setlist of popular songs as they have consistently received love from fans for their unique voice.
On this day, ‘Loving Forest Garden’ will be headlined by ‘Thornapple’, followed by ‘Glencheck’, ‘E SENS’, ‘THE SOLUTIONS’, ‘Down’, and ‘dori’ to meet the audience. ‘Thornapple’, who filled the GMF headliner stage once again last year, will try to recreate the moments when they made fans cheer at their last solo concert with their stage presence and skills worthy of a festival powerhouse.
On the last day of the entire schedule, Sunday the 3rd, the headliners ‘ATEEZ’, ‘Kyuhyun’, ‘CNBLUE’, ‘Soran’, ‘Hong Isaac’, ‘HYNN’ will wrap up the long journey on the ‘Mint Breeze Stage’. In particular, ‘ATEEZ’, who were selected as the participating artists for ‘The Moment of You’, a project exclusive to GMF, revealed an interview containing their thoughts on appearing at GMF and part of the setlist in advance through GMF‘s official SNS, leading to an enthusiastic response from fans. They are also receiving a lot of attention as they announced that they will be bringing a band set stage that they have performed at world-class festivals such as ‘Coachella’ and ‘Mawajin’.
‘Loving Forest Garden’, headliners ‘Sweet Sorrow’, ‘Na Sang-hyun’s Band’, ‘Yoo Da-bin Band’, ‘Kim Soo-young’, ‘Heo Hoe-kyung’, and ‘Shin In-ryu’, will each showcase performances that infuse their own unique colors. ‘Sweet Sorrow’, who will be visiting GMF for the first time in five years since 2019, is garnering attention as to whether the songs from their new single ‘Sundowner’, released in September, will be included in the set list, and they aim to warm up the romantic night of GMF with a stage that captures their own autumn.
In addition, GMF2024 announced a stage for new artists consisting of a total of 20 teams through the ‘bright lab’ stage, which incubates new artists. Also, there will be on-site voting for the ‘GMF2024 Awards’ where you can cast your vote for the best artist, a ‘Mint Post Office’ where you can send letters to your future self, a program book containing the A to Z of GMF2024, a photo zone and photo booth where you can record your precious memories, and a ‘MINT SHOP’ where you can find GMF official MD and artists‘ CDs and vinyl, etc. In addition to music and performances, there will be endless content and events to give the audience unforgettable autumn memories.
More detailed programs and operating information for the Grand Mint Festival 2024 can be found on the official SNS and the homepage of the organizer, Mint Paper.
Jeong Hee-yeon, reporter, Donga.com shine2562@donga.com
