K-Pop festival HallyuPopFest to come to Macau’s Wynn Palace; big names include NCT Dream and SHINee

The renowned K-Pop Festival is set to bill several big names for Macau for October 21 and 22; the upcoming festival comes in the backdrop of the city’s booming tourism industry, with recent record-level arrivals; other Macau operators stepping up their events-based initiatives

Original story by Inside Asian Gaming

The Wynn Palace casino resort (pictured), in Macau’s Cotai district, is hosting on October 21 and 22 a pop music festival featuring a line-up of artists from South Korea. The announcement was made on Wednesday by the property’s owner and promoter, casino operator Wynn Macau Ltd.

The company said it would bring “HallyuPopFest to Macau for the first time, where some of the biggest names in K-pop will perform live on the Wynn Palace lawn”.

HallyuPopFest is a music festival featuring some of the top names of pop music from South Korea, a music style also known as ‘K-pop’ that has risen to international prominence in recent years.

The festival’s first two editions were held in Singapore in 2018 and 2019. The event-brand returned last year, with editions in London, in the United Kingdom; and in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Wynn Macau Ltd said artists performing at the Macau event would include: NCT Dream and SHINee, as well as Hyolyn, Kard, Sam Kim, Verivery, Cherry Bullet, Omega X, H1-Key and Nine to Six.

Tickets will go on sale on Friday, the firm said.

The press release quoted Wynn Macau Ltd’s president and vice chairman, Linda Chen, as saying that “music tourism is on the rise around the world, and this annual K-pop festival has rapidly become a global sensation”.

She added: “By hosting major international music festivals such as these at Wynn Palace, our goal is to put Macau on the map as a top-tier destination for international events.”

Read the full story by GGRAsia and learn more on the non-gaming initiatives of Wynn Macau, as well as the city’s past engagements with other major entertainers like Blackpink at https://www.ggrasia.com/macaus-wynn-palace-to-host-outdoor-k-pop-festival-in-oct/