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Events, festivals, and venues: K-pop and the Korean popular music scene

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AX-Korea

AX-Korea (악스코리아) was the name of a dedicated popular-music concert hall in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea, from 2009 to 2016, hosting K-pop and touring acts before becoming YES24 Live Hall.

Born Pink World Tour

Born Pink World Tour (본 핑크 월드투어), BLACKPINK's second world tour promoting the 2022 album Born Pink; ran 2022 to September 2023, 34 cities, 66 shows, about 1.8 million attendees, highest-grossing tour by a female group.

Club Ellui

Club Ellui (클럽 엘루이) was a large nightclub in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam, Seoul, operating from 2011 to 2016 and, with up to 5,000 capacity, the biggest club in Korea.

Club Octagon

Club Octagon (옥타곤) was a large EDM nightclub in Seoul's Gangnam district, opened in 2011 and ranked No. 7 in DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs.

Exo Planet 3 – The Exo'rdium

EXO PLANET #3 – The EXO'rDIUM (The EXO'rdium) was EXO's third concert tour, July 22, 2016 to May 28, 2017, 37 shows across Asia and North America, opening with six Seoul Gymnastics Arena shows and closing with the [dot] encore at Seoul Olympic Stadium.

Gocheok Sky Dome

Gocheok Sky Dome (고척스카이돔) is South Korea's first domed baseball stadium, opened in Seoul in 2015 as home of the Kiwoom Heroes and the country's largest music venue.

HallyuPopFest

HallyuPopFest is a K-pop music festival first held in September 2018 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, featuring 111 idols from 21 acts, and expanded to London and Sydney in 2022.

Inkigayo (인기가요)

Inkigayo (인기가요) is SBS's Sunday music ranking show, airing 15:20–16:50 since February 2000, with weekly number ones from weighted chart scores (music 50%, SNS 20%) and rotating idol MCs.

Jamsil Indoor Stadium

Jamsil Indoor Stadium (잠실실내체육관) is an indoor arena at the Jamsil Seoul Sports Complex in Songpa-gu, Seoul, completed in 1979 with about 11,000 seats and a concert capacity of roughly 7,000.

KCON (music festival)

KCON is CJ ENM's annual K-culture festival combining K-pop concerts with a fan convention, launched in Irvine, California in 2012 and since held in 14 regions with nearly 2.23 million cumulative attendees.

List of Babymonster live performances

Babymonster (베이비몬스터) live performances: 2024 Asia fan meeting tour, 2025 Hello Monsters world tour (32 shows, 20 cities, 11 countries), Love Monsters fan concert 2025-26 (6 cities, 12 shows), and 2026-27 Choom world tour (27 shows, 18 cities, Kyocera Dome debut).

List of BTS live performances

List of BTS live performances: the South Korean group's concert tours from 2014 (WINGS, LOVE YOURSELF, SPEAK YOURSELF), record-setting online concerts of 2020-2021, and the 2026 ARIRANG world tour after military service, including the Gwanghwamun comeback and World Cup halftime show.

List of Twice concert tours

The list of Twice concert tours covers the six world tours of the South Korean girl group TWICE through 2026, including the Ready to Be tour.

Love Yourself World Tour

Love Yourself World Tour: BTS's 2018-19 world tour in two parts, the Love Yourself arena tour and the Speak Yourself stadium extension; 62 shows, 2.06 million attendance, over $115 million grossed, ending in Seoul.

M Countdown (엠 카운트다운)

M Countdown (엠 카운트다운) is a weekly South Korean music show on Mnet where K-pop artists perform and a chart names each week's No. 1 song.

Ready to Be World Tour

The Ready to Be World Tour was the fifth world tour by South Korean girl group Twice, supporting their 2023 mini album Ready to Be and playing 51 shows.

SBS Gayo Daejeon (SBS 가요대전)

SBS Gayo Daejeon (SBS 가요대전) is SBS's annual K-pop music festival, held around Christmas since 1996 with a summer edition added in 2024; the 2026 edition marks its 30th anniversary.

Seoul World Cup Stadium

Seoul World Cup Stadium (서울월드컵경기장), also known as Sangam World Cup Stadium, is a football stadium in Seoul opened in 2001 for the 2002 World Cup.

Ultra Korea

Ultra Korea (울트라 코리아) is an electronic dance music festival in South Korea, first held in Seoul in 2012 as the Ultra brand's first Asian event.

Waterbomb festival

Waterbomb (워터밤) is a South Korean summer music festival first held in Seoul in 2015, combining K-pop, hip-hop, and EDM performances with team-based water-gun battles between artists and the crowd. It tours Korean cities and international venues, is 19+, and was named in Rolling Stone's 2025 K-pop moments.