‘Hallyu Dream Festival’ to gather Korean singers and amateur dancers from around the world for three days


Celebrating the “2010-12 Visit Korea Year,” Korea Entertainment Producers’ Association, Visit Korea Committee, and Gyeongju City are co-hosting the annual “2012 Hallyu Dream Festival“ from Sept. 21-23.

With events including “Family Dream Concert,” “K-Pop Cover Dance Festival” and “Hallyu Dream Concert,” the three-day festival will be held at Gyeongju Citizen Stadium in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province.

The festival is expected to attract more than 20,000 audience including 5,000 fans from overseas.

Several trot, ballad and rock singers such as Bobby Kim, Nam Jin, Maya, Can, M4, Tae Jin-ah, Yurisangja, and Kim Do-hyang will perform on the the first day under the title ”Family Dream Concert.“ Popular singers from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s will provide entertainment for the whole family.

The second day will be an international dance competition for K-pop fans from all around the world. ”The Cover Dance Festival,“ which invites K-pop fans from around the globe, will be held at the Gyeongju Arts Center. More than 1,750 amateur dance teams from 70 countries have submitted their video entries and the selected teams will be invited for the final competition on Sept. 22, according to the Korea Entertainment Producers’ Association.

The last day’s “Hallyu Dream Concert,” will feature performances by 26 K-pop groups including Beast, KARA, 4 Minute, Afterschool, T-ara, Sistar, Secret, B1A4, BtoB, EXID, Davichi, Rainbow, Infinite, MBLAQ, A Pink, U-KISS, and Ailee.

In addition, the last day of the festival will also include hallyu stars’ fan meeting event.

“This year’s event will focus on narrowing the cultural gap between different generations,” said Kim Young-jin, president of Korea Entertainment Producers’ Association.

“Family Dream Concert” and “Hallyu Dream Concert” will air on Mnet on Oct. 4. Broadcasters KBS and Arirang TV will air “The Cover Dance Festival” at a date yet to be set.

For more information about the festival, call (053) 950-3333 or visit the website at www.hallyudreamfestival.or.kr.

By Lee Hyun-jae, Intern reporter
(lhj137@heraldcorp.com)