The ESEA community share the exact date for the Harvest Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, regardless of its name: Chuseok (Korea), Tsukimi (Japan), Tat Trung Thu (Vietnam) or Moon Festival (China). Though the Asian and British cultures have distinct differences, there are similar traditions when giving thanks for the Harvest. Therefore, this year, KBCE will collaborate with Kingston’s ESEA (East & Southeast Asian) communities to celebrate the bringing together of these cultures and reach out to local communities about authentic experiences or traditions they may never know about. This is reflected in our diverse programmes, including cuisine, traditional dance, storytelling, music, Kpop competition, traditional clothing fashion show, martial arts demonstrations and culture and language. There will be various souvenir stalls for handmade products and crafts from Hong Kong in addition to Chinese, Hong Kong and Korean street food.
“We wanted to invite and welcome everyone to our community with open arms. The way to overcome cultural barriers is to get together, be open-minded, willing to learn, immerse yourself into the culture and celebrate each other” — Deborah Hin, KBCE’s Chairperson
Live Entertainment
MC: Natalie Cheung & Sunny Lee
| Performance Schedule | Participants | |
| 1I:50 | Hello and Welcome | SY Park |
| 12:00 | Opening Ceremony | |
| 12:20 | Korean Traditional Music | Mason Kim |
| 12:25 | Chinese Fan Dance | Kingston Chinese Association |
| 12:30 | Korean Traditional Dance ‘Onara’ | London Kim’s Dance Group |
| 12:35 | Japanese Story | |
| 12:40 | Community Dance | SY Park |
| 12:50 | Taekwondo Demonstration | Living well Taekwondo Academy |
| 13:10 | UK Hanbok Fashion Show | UK Hanbok |
| 13:20 | Annabelle (K•POP) | Annabelle |
| 13:25 | Chinese Story | Ceceilia Luk |
| 13:30 | Aikido Demonstration | Kingston Aikido Club |
| 13:45 | Community Line Dance | London Kim’s Dance Group |
| 13:55 | Traditional Clothes Fashion Show | ESEA Communities |
| 14:10 | Flute Ensemble | SL Flute Ensemble |
| 14:15 | Chinese Choir | Kingston Chinese Association |
| 14:25 | Korean Story | Becky Lee Smith |
| 14:30 | Taichi/Kung Fu Demonstration | Lim’s Martial Arts |
| 14:45 | Korean Fan Dance | London Kim’s Dance Group |
| 14:50 | Chinese Umbrella Dance | Kingston Chinese Association |
| 15:00-16:00 | KPOP Competition Preliminary Round | LOKO |
Programme can be changed without prior notice | Children must be supervised by an adult at all times.
Free education programme
Language and Cultural programmes by SOAS and craft programme by Kingston Beats
Photo Zone
Take pictures in front of your favourite Kpop stars and KBCE logos. Make sure to tag us and use our hashtags in your photos!
#HarvestFest2022 #KBCEHarvestFest #KingstonKoreanFestival #KKF #KKF2022 #KBCE
Food and Souvenir Stalls
Souvenir stalls for handmade products and crafts from Hong Kong and Food stalls for Chinese, Hongkong and Korean food including bakery products, ddeokbokki, gimbab, milk tea and moon cake. Map of the stall locations, and a list of the individual stallholders, is below:
| Harvest Fest trade stalls | |||
| 1 | Kimchl World | K Food | Bibimbab, Fishcake Soup, North Korean Songpyeon, Freshly made two types of Kimchi |
| 2 | BAB | K Food | Bulgogi, Pancakes, Fried Chicken, Veggie Pancake, Hotteok, Ddeokbokki and Fishcake |
| 3 | KCA | C Food | Mooncakes, Coconut Tarts, Wives Cake, Pandan Cakes, Icing Cookies, Tea |
| 4 | Trini | HK Food | Milk Tea |
| 5A | Banneton Basket | HK Food | Pineapple Buns |
| 5B (–2pm) |
Agape Kitchen | HK Food | Mooncakes and Bakery Products |
| 5B (–4pm) |
MacyM’s Macarons | HK Food | Mooncakes and Macarons |
| 6A | Tapio Kart | HK Food | Sweet snacks, Drinks and Curry Fish Balls |
| 6B | The Aphroland | Market | Handmade Fabric Products |
| 7A | Shalom Heung Gong | HK Food | Egg Tart, Bakery Products and Milk Tea |
| 7B | Holike HK | Market | Packaged Salmon Crackings, Dried Soup Packs, Dried Shrimp-Egg Noodles |
| 8 | Tastiland | Market | Imported Japanese Snacks and Candies |
| 9A | Kong Fook Cheongsam | Market | Cheongsam and Flower Buttons Display, Necklace for Charity Sale |
| 9B | Arkisan HK | Market | Postcards, Cup Mat, Art Prints |
| 10A | Uncle Leo C+ shop | Market | T-shirt, Key Chains, Paper Craft Lanterns, Souvenirs |
| 10B | Aulaw Organic Farm UK | Market | Organic Hongkong-style Vegetable Seedings, Dried Cabbages, Demonstration of Translating Seedlings, Sowing Seeds etc |
| 10C | Frank Yau | Market | Caricature |
About KBCE
The Korean British Cultural Exchange (KBCE) is a registered charity that organises cultural and educational activities and social media content to promote Korean culture in the UK. KBCE aims to foster understanding and build a better community together through artistic collaboration and creativity.
We are looking for trustees, volunteers, and financial support to organise various cultural educational programmes. If you are interested in joining us, please email [email protected]
About Kingston Beats
Based in RBK, Kingston Beats is set up to support people recently immigrated from Hong Kong on a community level. It focuses on helping them to settle, build a network, provide resources and information, support for job search and employment, recruit and train volunteers, and create engagement opportunities for smooth integration into the community.