Amazon Music to Exclusively Stream KCON L.A. 2025
Fans in North America, South America and Europe can access the livestream through the Amazon Music channel on Prime Video and Twitch. The online stream, presented by the streamer's K-Pop Now playlist, will include the festival's programming, along with the nightly broadcast of the festival's flagship M Countdown-branded concert portion.
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On Monday, CJ ENM and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced 'K-Culture Night at Academy Museum with KCON,' an event to celebrate the K-pop festival's 13th anniversary and the company's 30th anniversary. The celebration, taking place on July 31, is being put on as part of CJ ENM's three-year-long partnership with the Academy Museum, which was announced earlier this year.
K-Culture Night, held at the museum's David Geffen Theater, is slated to include a slew of entertainment figures. American-born Korean singer Eric Nam will serve as the evening's emcee. Dancer Choi Hojong, K-pop stars Lee Youngji and P1Harmony, J-pop girl group Is:sue and Squid Game star Yim Siwan will make appearances throughout the night. All of the stars taking part in the event will be performing at KCON in some capacity that weekend.
KCON, the world's No. 1 K-pop festival, will return to downtown's Los Angeles Convention Center and Crypto.com Arena for a three-day event Aug. 1 through Aug. 3, giving local K-Pop fans a chance at seeing several of their favorite acts under the same roof.
This year's KCON lineup includes HxW (Hoshi and Woozi of Seventeen), NCT 127, Aespa, Monsta X, Key, IVE, NMIXX and Zerobaseone. Baby DONT Cry, Riize, Hwasa, Meovv, Nowz, Idid, Izna, Jackson Wang, J-pop group JO1, Roy Kim, I-dle, Yuqi, AllDay Project, Cravity and Kep1er will also perform throughout the festival's three-day-long concert series.
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