This festival seeks to foster international exchanges by inviting harmonica performances of world-class artists and discovering local talent. By the performances of world-famous players gather harmonica lovers, the international exchanges are revitalized and new talents in Korea are discovered. Since 2015, the third event, the Korea Harmonica Education Association which is the professional education organization has hosted jointly as a private partnership business to build a partnership with social community through promoting the spread of  harmonica music. The competitions will be held annually going forward as an international harmonica festival.