The roster for Kpop festivals of 2023 keeps expanding every week with more and more announcements trickling in. The first half of the year has already witnessed some show-stopping bangers with multifandom Kpop concerts like KCON Thailand and Japan, We Bridge Music Festival and Expo, The Dream Concert and many more. And now, the second half is far from slowing down. The lineup or the third iteration of KCON 2023 has been hinted at already, while other international music fest have also announced K-pop headliners again.
With the Hallyu wave soaring higher than ever, it’s time we acquaint ourselves with these upcoming Kpop festivals 2023 that will keep us entertained and on our toes for the rest of the year. We’d previously curated a list for several tours and concerts organised by their respective artists, but with these below mentioned musical celebration you can actually see many artists from varying entertainment labels on the same stage.
Kpop Festivals of 2023
JUNE 2023
- Lotte Family Duty Free Family Concert 2023
Date: The 32nd Lotte Duty Free Family Concert will begin its course of festivities on June 16 at 7:30PM KST, and will close its chapter on June 18, 2023.
Lotte Family Duty Free Family Concert 2023 Lineup: Day 1 setlist begins at 7:30PM KST with the following performers – STAYC, NCT Dream, Stray Kids, aespa, KINGDOM and Lee Chaeyeon.
Day 2, i.e. June 17 will start seeing artists performing at 6PM KST. Names included for the day are ITZY, ENHYPEN, Crush, Gummy and Sung Si-kyung. Finally the final day of concerts will feature performances by trot artists like Jin Si-mon, Song Ga-in, Young Tak, Jang Yoon-jung, Lee Chan-won and Jang Min-ho.
- Kpop Overpass Music Concert 2023 in Manila
Date: June 11, 2023.
Kpop Overpass Music Concert 2023 Lineup: EXO Baekhyun, Jeon Somi, and BI aka Hanbin will perform at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
- SEEN Festival in Vietnam
Date: The two-day even is being held at Hoiana Resort and Golf in Hội An, Vietnam as the second SEEN Festival of the year following the the January venue in the Malaysian Capital Kuala Lumpur.
SEEN Festival 2023 Lineup (Vietnam): Day 1, i.e. on June 17, the lineup will include 4 artists – BigBang’s Taeyang, BoA, Kim Wooseok and DJ Raiden. The second day, i.e. June 18, will wrap up the fest with performances from aespa, Girl Generation’s Hyoyeon, MONSTA X’s Kihyun and KARD. The January event witnessed NCT Dream, WayV, KARD and ALICE kicking the expectations bar a notch higher.
JULY 2023
- 2023 Citi Concert Series
The Citi Concert Series on TODAY will take place from May to September, and though the lineup mostly caters to the fans of American musicians like Kelly Clarkson, The Jonas Brothers, Niall Horan and others, the long concert series will also see the JYP Entertainment girl groups TWICE performing in New York City on July 5, 2023. The venue for the same as updated on the TODAY website is Rockefeller Plaza, 35 West 48th Street (Between 5th and 6th Avenues) New York, NY 10112.
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- Kpop Stars Festival 2023
Date: July 7, 8 and 9 July 2023 in Warsaw.
Kpop Stars Festival 2023 Lineup: SF9 and AB6IX (July 7), EPIK HIGH and CL (July 8) and Kang Daniel and VIVIZ (July 9) (more to be added)
- Kpop Lux SBS Super Concert 2023
Date: It will place in Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano in Madrid on July 22, 2023.
Kpop Lux SBS Super Concert 2023 Lineup: The event will feature mostly 4th or 5th generation Kpop artists, with the exception of one 2nd generation Kpop group – SHINee. The other relatively newer artists performing in Madrid include ENHYPEN, ATEEZ, IVE, CRAVITY, STAYC and xikers. In a rather new update, it’s been notified that SHINee’s ONEW will be sitting out this concert due to his health reasons. For now, KEY, MINHO and TAEMIN will be gracing the audience at the event.
AUGUST 2023
- Lollapalooza 2023
Date: The annual 2023 Lollapalooza event will be held at Grant Park in downtown Chicago from August 3 to 6, 2023.
2023 Lollapalooza Chicago Lineup: The list is jam-packed with many international artists, and TOMORROW X TOGETHER will be headlining the event on Day 3, i.e. August 5, 2023. Additionally, NewJeans will become the first K-pop girl group to perform at the grand event. Despite being from the same label, both groups will perform on different days, and so NewJeans will be spotted on stage on the first day of the event.
- Pepsi Summer Festa 2023
Date: August 5, Seoul Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium
Lineup: IVE, Zico, Monsta X’s Shownu and Hyungwon, VIVIZ, VERIVERY, ONEUS, VANNER, STAYC, BLITZERS, Kep1er.
- 2023 Ulsan Summer Festival x Show Music Core
Date: August 5-10, at Ulsan Sports Complex Stadium
Lineup: NCT Taeyong, IVE, ITZY, Kwon Eunbi, Lee Mujin, Jo Yuri, ZEROBASEONE, STAYC, WOODZ, THE WIND, Soyou, ATBO, HORI7ON, ICHILLIN, TAN, xikers, MAMAMOO+, ZionT, NMIXX, Lee Youngji, WONSTEIN and others (depending on the day).
- 2023 K Global Heart Dream Awards
Date: August 10, at KSPO DOME (6:30 PM KST)
Lineup: Hosted by Jang Do-yeon and Jun Hyun-moo; Performances by AleXa, ATBO, ATEEZ, BOYNEXTDOOR, ChoCo1&2, ENHYPEN, EPEX, fromis, ITZY, KARD, Kim Jaehwan, Lee Seungyoon, Paul Kim, SECRET NUMBER, Red Velvet’s Seulgi, NCT’s Taeyong, Stray Kids, STAYC, THE BOYZ, TREASURE, xikers, Younha, ZEROBASEONE, ZICO and others.
- The Superstage by KPOP in Manila
Date: OctoArts Entertainment will be presenting this all female ensemble Kpop fest at the Mall of Asia Arena on August 11, 2023.
The Superstage by KPOP in Manila Lineup: The empowering performers to be featured then include MAMAMOO+, aka the first subunit of the girl group MAMAMOO featuring Solar and Moonbyul. Kep1er and LAPILLUS will also putting on a show.
- KAMP FEST CDMX 2023
Date: Formerly held in Singapore and Los Angeles, this year’s KAMP FEST CDMX is coming to Mexico and is to be a two day event from August 19 to 20, 2023.
KAMP FEST CDMX 2023 Lineup: The must-see concert has a long list of performers including 8TURN, EXO’s Baekhyun, GOT7’s BamBam, Chung Ha, CRAVITY, HORI7ON, LAPILLUS, LIMELIGHT, NMIXX, Red Velvet’s Seulgi, Sik-K, TFN, VIVIZ and the special MONSTA X unit with Shownu and Hyungwon.
- 2023 Summer Sonic Tokyo
After Lollapalooza, NewJeans (Marine Stage) will take the stage at the Summer Sonic 2023 fest in Tokyo. There, again, they will perform on the opening day of the event, i.e. August 19, 2023. The same venue will also see the boy group TREASURE (Marine Stage) deal out an unmissable performance the next day, i.e. on August 20, 2023. ENHYPEN will come out on the Mountain Stage on August 19, 2023 as well, whereas Kang Daniel will seen on the Pacific Stage on August 20, 2023.
Conversely, TREASURE will also be performing at Mishima Sonic Park in Osaka (Ocean Stage) on August 19, 2023. Kang Daniel will jump on the Massive Stage in Osaka on the same date. Lastly, ENHYPEN will lay down their second performance on August 20, 2023, at the Osaka venue’s Mountain Stage.
- KCON LA 2023
Date: To be held around the same dates as the perviously mentioned fest, KCON LA 2023 will kick off on August 18 and go on till August 20, 2023. The three day event is third KCON session to be organised this year, and it will be held at the Crypto.Com Arena, LA Convention Centre.
KCON LA 2023 Lineup: The hinted lineup for the three days was subtly revealed as part of a crossword puzzle. We uncovered the following names from the same – Starship Entertainment boy group CRAVITY and girl group IVE, KQ Entertainment’s xikers and ATEEZ, SM Entertainment’s TAEMIN, WayV and Taeyong, MONSTA X’s special subunit – Shownu X Hyungwon, FIFTY FIFTY, EVERGLOW, JYP Entertainment’s Stray Kids, NMIXX and ITZY, LAPILLUS, Kep1er, (G)I-DLE, ZEROBASEONE, and possibly even Japanese bands JO1, INI and XG, and maybe even BI (Hanbin) and RAIN.
- Krazy Kpop Super Concert 2023
Date: The next highly anticipated event is to be held at the UBS Arena in Belmont Park, New York on August 26, 2023.
Krazy Kpop Super Concert 2023 Lineup: Although the lineup for this event is short, it’s impactful and will make for a night to remember. The special MONSTA X unit featuring Shownu and Hyungwon will be accompanied by their fellow label mates, the girl group members of IVE. AB6IX and Kwon Eunbi will also be gracing this evening of flashy music.
SEPTEMBER 2023
Rapbeat 2023 Festival
Date: The two day event will go off from September 2 to 3, 2023, and all these stellar performances can be caught live at Seoulland in Gwacheon, South Korea.
Rapbeat 2023 Lineup: Rock band NELL, BI aka Hanbin, ZICO, DPR LIVE, BEWHY, LILBOI, C JAMM, ASH ISLAND, BLOO, JUSTHIS, LEELLAMARZ, DASUTT, SINCE, BIGONE, DON MALIK, KHUNDI PANDA, GIRIBOY, PAUL BLANCO, KID MILLI, HUCKLEBERRY P, CHOILB, UNE, TABBER, MISO, RAD MUSEUM, CHURRY, YUNHWAY, DVWN, BLACK NUT and others.
K-Play Fest
Date: To be held on the same dates as the aforementioned Rapbeat festival, KPlay Fest 2023, the “for fans, by fans” amusement extravaganza will go off at the Anaheim Convention Centre on September 2 and 3, 2023.
- MBC Idol Radio Live in Seoul
Date: September 23, 2023.
MBC Idol Radio Live in Seoul Lineup: So far, ATEEZ, NMIXX, Day6’s Young K, iKON, Apink, Oh My Girl, ONF, Lucy and Lee Seung-yoon has been revealed as the first set of performers. The MBC Radio Concert will be held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.
- KPOP Nation X Korea Music Festival
Date: September 23, at PGE Narodowy Stadium in Warsaw, Poland.
Lineup: (G)I-DLE, ZEROBASEONE, SF9, MAMAMOO+, THE BOYZ, Kep1er, CIX and others.
- SM Town Live 2023: SMCU Palace in Jakarta
Date: September 23, at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (GBK), Jakarta in Indonesia.
Lineup: TVXQ, Super Junior, Red Velvet, NCT 127, NCT Dream, WayV, aespa and SM’s new boy group.
OCTOBER 2023
- The Fact Music Awards 2023
Date: October 10 at the Incheon Namdong Gym
- KFLEX Frankfurt 2023
Date: Was to be held originally on June 17 and 18, 2023 at Deutsche Bank Park Station, but has now been rescheduled to October 13 and 14, 2023.
KFLEX Frankfurt 2023 Lineup: PENTAGON, WEEEKLY, YOUNITE and more to be announced. (THE BOYZ’s schedule is still being worked out. Confirmation is awaited)
- Busan Oneasia Festival 2023
Date: K-POP Concert – October 21 and Family Park Concert – October 22
Lineup: NCT 127, FANTASY BOYS and others (TBA)
- Music Bank in Mexico Concert 2023
Date: October 22, at Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico.
Lineup: NewJeans, (G)I-DLE, STAYC, ITZY, THE NEW SIX, AB6IX.
NOVEMBER 2023
- Next Generation Live Arena
Date: November 23
- MAMA Awards in Japan 2023
Date: November 28-29, at Tokyo Dome.
DECEMBER 2023
- KBS Song Festival 2023
Date: December 2023
Are you planning to attend any of these events this year? Let us know in the comments which of these is already on your agenda list.