Catch BTS, Twice, Seventeen, NCT appearing and performing at South Korea’s numerous end-of-year K-pop festival and award events

The K-pop industry is getting ready to say goodbye to 2020 with a series of showcase concerts and events

Top acts, from BTS and Girls’ Generation to Shinee and Got7, will be performing at some of the events; Blackpink delay their gig The Show until end of January

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Twice won the award for most popular artist at Mama 2020. Photo: CJ ENM

Published: 10:15pm, 16 Dec 2020Updated: 2:31pm, 30 Dec 2020

You wouldn’t be human in 2020 if you’re not waiting to say goodbye to this year, but to say “farewell”, the K-pop world is gearing up for celebration after celebration, and award show after award show.

December has already seen several events, including the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards and Melon Music Awards, but here’s what the next two months have in store regarding K-pop end-of-year festival events and award shows.

Blackpink’s The Show concert – January 31

Since we first published this story, news has come in that the much anticipated concert, originally set to take place on December 27, will now be held on January 31 due to tightening Covid-19 restrictions in South Korea.

KBS’ Gayo Daechukje – December 18

One of three annual gayo (pop music) festival events, this year-end celebration is themed around the term “connect”, and will be hosted by TVXQ’s Yunho, Astro member and popular actor Cha Eun-woo, and actor Shin Ye-eun. It’ll feature performances from many of South Korea’s most popular acts, including BTS, Twice, Seventeen, NCT, Park Jin-young, Sunmi, Kim Yeon-ja, Seol Woon Do, Jessi, Got7’s Jackson, SHINee, Taemin and Paul Kim.

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