First Lineup for This Year's 'Busan One Asia Festival' Revealed... NCT127 and Fantasy Boys

The first lineup for the 2023 Busan One Asia Festival (Busan One Asia Festival, hereinafter referred to as One Asia Fest), a representative Korean Wave cultural tourism festival in South Korea, has been announced.

The 2023 One Asia Fest is scheduled to take place over two days, October 21 and October 22. On the 21st, a K-POP concert featuring various artists with international enthusiastic fans (global fandom) will be held at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium, and on the following day, the 22nd, a park concert with citizens will be held at Busan Port Pier 1.

Marking its 7th year, the 2023 One Asia Fest promises a spectacular comeback in support of the 2030 Busan World Expo bid. It is set to be a premier Asian concert combining various K-culture contents and K-POP contents from Busan, meeting Korean Wave fans worldwide through diverse online and offline platforms.

The first lineup for the 2023 One Asia Fest includes the trending Korean Wave idol group NCT127 and the rookie group Fantasy Boys.

NCT127 is a multinational male group consisting of Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Mark, and Haechan, and is a representative K-POP group with a strong global fanbase both domestically and internationally.

NCT 127.

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From last year until January this year, they held their second world tour, performing 28 shows across 17 cities worldwide including the largest concert venue in Korea, Jamsil Main Stadium, a dome tour in Japan, as well as North America, South America, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, and Indonesia.

This tour attracted 700,000 spectators worldwide, once again proving their international status and powerful ticket sales.

Additionally, NCT127 surpassed 3.2 million album sales with their fourth full-length album including the repackaged release ‘Ay-Yo’ announced in January this year, achieving back-to-back triple million-seller status, continuing their brilliant trajectory, raising expectations for their performance at the 2023 One Asia Fest.

Fantasy Boys is a male group formed through MBC’s global audition program ‘After School Excitement Season 2: Boy Fantasy’ aired in 2023. The group consists of 12 members: Yoo Junwon, Kim Kyurae, Hong Sungmin, Oh Hyuntae, Lee Hanbin, Lingchi, Kang Minseo, Hikari, Soul, Kim Wooseok, Hikaru, and Kaedan. They are gaining attention as the next-generation Korean Wave group with both visuals and talent.

Fantasy Boys.

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The fan meeting scheduled in Japan this July has already sold out two performances with a total of 5,000 seats, showing high expectations in Japan as well. The charm of Fantasy Boys, showcasing rookie energy with sharp choreography and charismatic performances, will also be felt this fall in Busan.

Kim Kihwan, Director of the Culture and Sports Bureau of Busan City, said, “Following the announcement of the first lineup for this year’s One Asia Fest, the second lineup featuring various additional artists will be revealed soon. We plan to inform citizens sequentially as details are finalized.” He added, “We ask for the citizens’ great interest and support for this year’s One Asia Fest.”

For more detailed information, please check the official One Asia Fest website, Facebook, and Instagram.

The city plans to pre-sell early bird tickets for Busan stay tourism products utilizing the K-POP concert to domestic and international travel agencies and online travel agencies (OTA) in July, aiming to attract actual overseas tourists and encourage visits to Busan. Individual tickets will be opened in August.

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