KCON Music Festival Announces Full Lineup for Digital Event KCON:TACT 2020

By Kristine Kwak

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – KCON recently announced that they will be partnering with YouTube for their 2020 event to stream a weeklong event from June 20 to 26. This follows a recent announcement that KCON 2020 LA would be postponed. KCON 2020 NY has also been canceled due to coronavirus concerns .

The lineup consists of AB6IX, Astro, Ateez, Bvndit, CHUNG HA, Cravity, Everglow, GFriend, (G)I-DLE, ITZY, IZ*ONE, JO1, Kang Daniel, Kim Jae-Hwan, LOONA, MAMAMOO, Monsta X, Natty, Nature, N. Flying, Oh My Girl, ONEUS, ONF, PENTAGON, SF9, Stray Kids, The Boyz, Too, Tomorrow x Together , VeriVery, and Victon.

Each day of the event will consist of a live concert, artist meet and greets and behind-the-scenes footage. There are also plans to provide multiple views of the performances so fans can get a better view of specific members, a common practice on K-pop performance videos.

Fans can enjoy KCON:TACT 2020 exclusively on the Mnet K-Pop Youtube channel with English subtitles once joining as a member of the channel for $19.99 per month. The entire lineup of performances and VOD content will be available to members. A portion of the proceeds will go to UNESCO’s Learning Never Stops campaign.

Several K-pop acts have been putting together digital events for their fans to enjoy under stay at home orders. BTS recently streamed past concerts with ‘ Bang Bang Con ‘ and is releasing new content as part of their anniversary event ‘FESTA.’ NCT 127, NCT DREAM, WayV, and Super M have turned to the V LIVE app to stream live shows with tickets ranging from $26 to $30 USD as well.