There is a new festival coming to the land of animated content and cinema, announced back in February of this year. Now, they have released the WATERBOMB Japan 2023 lineup, letting all the attendees know the different acts coming to their nearest cities. According to the official sources, the festival will be held in three cities across the country, including Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. This festival has also been touring Korea, with a few cities done and a few cities still left.
The Seoul tour is over, and now the roster will be moving to Incheon (July 15, 2023), Daegu (July 22, 2023), Busan (July 29, 2023), Daejeon (August 5, 2023), Suwon (August 12, 2023), Sokcho (August 19, 2023) and Jeju (August 26, 2023). Some of the headliners in Seoul included Jessi, BTOB, BLACKSWAN and STAYC. The tour in that city lasted three days, starting on June 23 and ending on June 25, 2023. The WATERBOMB Japan 2023 festival has been simmering and in the works since then. To see the lineup, check below.
Over the next three cities, the MC Kangnam, Wooxi and B△ZZ from BZMR will be leading the events. Since this is a water fight, Osaka will have two teams, Blue and Yellow. While Tokyo will have a Blue and a Red team. Going to Nagoya, there will be a Red and Orange team. All of these teams have been decided with team members allocated, all of which have been extrapolated on their official Twitter handle.
WATERBOMB Japan 2023 Lineup
Osaka
The festival will start from this city, lasting two days on July 15 and July 16, 2023. The following WATERBOMB Lineup list shows that there will be two different artists opening on these days. The performances will be held at the Maishima Sports Island Sky Square, Osaka.
July 15, 2023
D-Lite (Daesung)
Nichkhun-Jun (2PM)
MAMAMOO+
Yugyeom
Baekho
Sik-K
Shaun
Toyo
Paralyze Idea
Cream
Glory
Otwo
Wooxi
Siena Girl
Ari
July 16, 2023
Jay Park
Loco
Gray
Jessi
Woo Won-jae
pH-1
Coogifw
Ash Island
Big Naughty
STAYC
Chanmina
Raiden
Paralyze Idea
Aster-Neo
Sura
Wooxi
Otwo
Glory
Cream
Siena Girls
Ari
Nagoya
On the second stop of this festival, the artists will be performing across two days, July 22 and July 23, 2023. Some of the artists mentioned above will be making an appearance in this city too. The WATERBOMB 2023 event will be held at the Aichi Sky Expo Multipurpose Site A, Nagoya.
July 22, 2023
Treasure
Kara
Sunmi
GOT7 Yugyeom
Hyuna
MAMAMOO+
Woo Won-Jae
Sik-K
Coogie
BE’O
Kwon Eunbi
Insidecore
Juncoco
Toyo
AK
Advances
Paralyze Idea
Glory
Siena Girls
KDH
Hyunah
D-LITE (Daesung)
Jay Park
Super Junior – D&E
Loco
Gray
pH-1
Giriboy
Kid Milli
Big Naughty
Haon
Chanmina
Insidecore
Shaun
Aster and Nero
AK
Juncoco
Advanced
Sura
Siena Girls
Glory
Hyunah
Tokyo
The final stop on this tour right now is Tokyo, where the WATERBOMB Music Festival will last two days, from July 29 to July 30, 2023. Some popular K-Pop artists that weren’t present in the previous two cities will be performing here on the aforementioned days. The festivities will be held at the Belluna Dome (Saitama), Tokyo.
July 29, 2023
D-LITE (Daesung)
Chanyeol and Sehun (EXO)
Nichkhun and Jun.K (2PM)
ATEEZ
Loco
Haon
Raiden
AK
Juncoco
Toyo
Paralyze Idea
Wooxi
Glory
Seorin
KDH
Eleven
July 30, 2023
Jay Park
SHINee Taemin
Sunmi
Gray
pH-1
Big Naughty
Ash Island
BE’O
Kwon Eunbi
Chanmina
Insidecore
Shaun
Aster and Neo
Juncoco
AK
Advanced
Wooxi
Glory
Sungyoo
Eleven
For Osaka, the official Twitter account has also shared the timetable detailing when the event will begin and end. On the first day, the performances will start from 12.40 PM with Ari opening and will end at 8.45 PM, with D-LITE (Daesung) closing the festival. On the next day, the timing remains the same, as does the opening act. However, Jay Park will be closing out the performances tomorrow. To see the full timetable, lineup and entry timings, see below.
Tickets for the WATERBOMB Festival 2023 are available on the website linked on the official Twitter platform.
Which artist are you most excited to see perform? Have you booked your tickets and made your plans yet? Let us know in the comments below.
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