The Colorful Surabaya Cross Culture Festival

Surabaya City Government through the Department of Culture and Tourism reconstitute the Inter-Cultural Arts Festival 2009 (Cross Culture Festival 2009)as an effort to preserve and develop local arts and culture in Indonesia and other countries.

The festival aims to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation between the regions in Indonesia and other countries. The program introduces the main target areas in Indonesia to the neighboring countries and also strive an active relationship among the communities of regions in Indonesia and abroad through the performing arts and culture.

The festival has been held annually and this year would be the fifth. It begun on 2005 with the arts and culture performing from the regions throughout Indonesia. Since 2005 the participants increased in number from year to year. Started from 2007, when Surabaya and Kochi, Japan celebrated 10th years Sister City relationship. In this cultural festival, the Mayor of Surabaya, Bambang DH and the mayor of Kochi, Seiya Okazaki opened The Dance Festival of Yosakoi, a Japanese traditional dance.

Cross Culture Fest 2008 (Sparkling Surabaya Dance)


Cross Culture Fest 2008 (Choir from Guangzhou, China)


Cross Culture Fest 2009 (Dance from Busan, Korea)


Cross Culture Fest 2009 (Korean Dance)