Friday, 19 October 2018

The 2018 Busan One Asia Festival kicks off Oct 20

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 (Bernama) -- Asia’s No. 1 Hallyu (Korean Wave) fiesta -- The 2018 Busan One Asia Festival (BOF 2018) -- will start a nine-day run with a spectacular opening performance on Oct 20.

“We will bring together Korea’s truly best Hallyu artists in Busan for the opening performance. We expect the BOF to help spread the brand value of Busan as a city with Asia’s most abundant Hallyu content,” said BOF Project Group.

The audience will be thrilled at dazzling gigs by leading K-pop musicians including EXO, Wanna One, SEVENTEEN, NCT 127, Celeb Five, Mamamoo, EXID and GFriend. Rising “idol” singers such as The Boyz, A.C.E and (G)I-dle will also perform.

The performance titled “Hi Five Busan, BOF” is to kick off on Oct 20 at 7 pm in Busan Asiad Main Stadium, introducing K-content which express Busan. It will begin with a joint show by ‘Celeb Five’, a group of five popular female comedians and about 100 Busan citizens.

Following performances will be introduced in relay by Busan-born model and actor Bae Jung-nam, artist Kim Chung-jae who’s in charge of directing the design of BOF 2018 BI and posters, and singers slated to come to the stage, a statement said.

‘BOF Park Concert’ will delight audiences ears and eyes with various genres of music favored by every generation on Oct 21. The picnic concert will open at 6 pm on a square of grass at Busan Citizens Park.

Also to perform is Busan City Choir in collaboration with Kingston Rudieska, a Korean ska band. The lineup includes K.will, Chung Ha, NU’EST W (a four-man band), Favorite (a six-girl group) and Cherry On Top (a four-girl group).

More details on BOF 2018 at www.bof.or.kr.

-- BERNAMA

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