Grab your lightsticks and photocards. The Alamodome will host San Antonio\u2019s first K-pop festival October 28-31, bringing a massive four-day lineup of concerts, dance battles, and an international vendor village to the East Side venue. Maybe bring some earplugs, too.<\/p>\n
KPOPWORLD Festival & Worldwide Dance Competition<\/a> has booked 11 acts for its inaugural concert lineup. The headliner will be Roc Nation artist Jay Park, known for his Billboard-topping hits, collabs with 2 Chainz and Ty Dolla $ign, and modeling work as a Gucci brand ambassador.<\/p>\n He\u2019ll be joined by a group of performers that show the full range of K-pop sounds, from sunny indie rock to alt R&B. Organizers say each act will perform at least a 45-minute set. The list includes:<\/p>\n South Korean indie rockers The Rose Before the weekend music, the festival will host an epic dance competition featuring 32 teams from 29 countries. During breaks, guests can shop at a Korean vendor village. Interactive fan zones give stans the chance to meet their idols (and maybe learn a new TikTok dance).<\/p>\n The festival’s organizers, KPOPWORLD Magazine and R Entertainment, say the site was chosen deliberately. Not only does Texas have the second-largest K-pop fandom in the United States, but the size of the Alamodome also allowed planners to stage a full spectacle.<\/p>\n “KPOPWORLD Festival 2026 is about giving K-pop fans in this region a festival built around them, at a scale that matches how much this music means to them,” said Ebe Kh, CEO of KPOPWORLD Magazine and TMRW, in a release.<\/p>\n T<\/a>icket<\/a> packages, ranging from limited $100 deals to $1,200 \u201cSuper VIP\u201d experiences, go on sale at 10 am July 23. Single-day passes launch on August 4. Since the event coincides with Halloween weekend, organizers urge fans to book travel and hotels early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grab your lightsticks and photocards. The Alamodome will host San Antonio\u2019s first K-pop festival October 28-31, bringing a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3082,575,96,577,14547,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-382031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-alamodome","tag-concerts","tag-east-side","tag-festivals","tag-k-pop","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Filipino boy band SB19
Korean-American rapper Jessi
Five-member girl group ARTMS
Nine-member boy band CRAVITY
Rock group Xdinary Heroes
Vocal powerhouse WONHO
Alt R&B singer DEAN with special guest Tabber
Singer and dancer HEYOON
Pop up-and-comer DAYOUNG<\/p>\n