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Hairy Jim
Joined: 06 Jan 2007
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: Live music in Suwon? |
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| Does anyone know of a good venue for live bands in Suwon? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Go to Suwon Station, get on the subway headed north, get off at Sindorim and transfer to line 2 heading north, and get off at Hongik University Station. It only takes about an hour. |
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Mr Crowley
Joined: 23 Mar 2006
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Ther is a open mic night in Suwon this Saturday. Search facebook for Suwon open mic. |
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Otherside
Joined: 06 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Go to Suwon Station, get on the subway headed north, get off at Sindorim and transfer to line 2 heading north, and get off at Hongik University Station. It only takes about an hour. |
Realistically, that's probably your best option. |
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Hairy Jim
Joined: 06 Jan 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Mr Crowly I'll have a look for it.
As for the other responses just to confirm, I'm trying to find live music venues in suwon. I'm aware of the venues in Hongdae, but I'm not very familar with Suwon. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Hairy Jim wrote: |
Thanks Mr Crowly I'll have a look for it.
As for the other responses just to confirm, I'm trying to find live music venues in suwon. I'm aware of the venues in Hongdae, but I'm not very familar with Suwon. |
That's because there are next to none. Anyone who starts a band in Suwon will be going up to Seoul for shows.
There is really no live music community in Korea outside of Seoul, unless you count small basement shows in Cheongju, followed by Busan, Gwangju, Daejeon, and Daegu. |
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Suwon23
Joined: 24 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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Also, isn't it illegal for businesses to stay open after 3 in the afternoon in Suwon? Just try to find a grocery store open all night. It's a really hick town.
But it sure takes a lot more than an hour to get to Hongdae. Why do people keep saying one hour? It's more like two, if everything goes just right.
But the open mic idea sounds great! If I see a really hairy guy named Jim, I'll say hello  |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Suwon23 wrote: |
Also, isn't it illegal for businesses to stay open after 3 in the afternoon in Suwon? Just try to find a grocery store open all night. It's a really hick town.
But it sure takes a lot more than an hour to get to Hongdae. Why do people keep saying one hour? It's more like two, if everything goes just right.
But the open mic idea sounds great! If I see a really hairy guy named Jim, I'll say hello |
I used to live near Sunkyunkwan University, not far from the subway station. It took pretty well exactly one hour. From Suwon Station it wouldn't be more than a five-minute difference. As long as you're close to the subway, you're fine. |
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ernie
Joined: 05 Aug 2006
Location: asdfghjk
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| there's no live music in suwon. the busan scene is rockin, tho! |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| ernie wrote: |
| there's no live music in suwon. the busan scene is rockin, tho! |
Really? That's good to hear. What bands are there? I only know of about three or four, and none of them can pull much of an audience. |
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English Matt
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Suwon23 wrote: |
Also, isn't it illegal for businesses to stay open after 3 in the afternoon in Suwon? Just try to find a grocery store open all night. It's a really hick town.
But it sure takes a lot more than an hour to get to Hongdae. Why do people keep saying one hour? It's more like two, if everything goes just right.
But the open mic idea sounds great! If I see a really hairy guy named Jim, I'll say hello |
It depends where you live in Suwon, but you can get to Hongdae in about an hour and 15 minutes if all goes well (although not at the moment).
I live near the World Cup Stadium and take a 700X bus to Sadang station - takes about 30-35 minutes normally. There is also a bus that you can take from Suwon Station to Sadang that is much quicker than taking the subway, and that takes about 30 minutes. Then you just take the green line from Sadang around to Hongik about 30 - 40 minutes.
If you live somewhere like Yeongtong-gu then yes, you're looking at closer to 2 hours to get to Hongdae.
However, at the moment there are some sort of roadworks on the highway that the buses use to get from Suwon to Sadang - which means the buses take closer to an hour to get there. Last weekend they seemed like they were almost finished, but who knows. I should imagine that by January they'll be finished and things will be back to normal. |
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr Crowley wrote: |
| Ther is a open mic night in Suwon this Saturday. Search facebook for Suwon open mic. |
In a little bar close to Paldalmun? 
I'll probably go on Saturday. I was there last weekend. Had a good time. |
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ernie
Joined: 05 Aug 2006
Location: asdfghjk
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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| i'm not familiar with too many busan bands, but ol'55s near kyeongseong university is a pretty rockin (small) venue. there's a few more rock bars near busan university that i've heard are pretty good, but have never gone to. |
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