Incheon Korean Music Wave
South Korean annual music festival
The Incheon Korean Music Wave is an annual music festival held at the Incheon Munhak Stadium in Incheon , South Korea and broadcast on MBC . The event is organized by HH Company and features South Korea's top artists.[ 1]
History
The first festival was held at the Incheon Munhak Stadium on September 5, 2009. The event was organized to commemorate the Visit Incheon 2009 campaign and was also part of the Global Fair & Festival Incheon 2009 event calendar. The concert was originally scheduled to take place on August 22, but due to the death of former South Korean president, Kim Dae-jung , it was moved to September 5.[ 2]
Festivals
2009
Date: September 5, 2009[ 3]
Hosts: Tiffany and Yuri of Girls' Generation , Oh Sang-jin
Performers: Girls' Generation , Kara , Shinee , Super Junior , Rain , M , 2PM , F.T. Island , Brown Eyed Girls , Jewelry , Baek Jiyoung , Younha , Lee Jung-hyun , Chae Yeon
2010
Date: August 29, 2010[ 4]
Hosts: Tiffany and Yuri of Girls' Generation , Oh Sang-jin
Performers: BoA , SE7EN , Super Junior , Taeyang , 2PM , Girls' Generation , Kara , Son Dambi , SHINee , Brown Eyed Girls , SG Wannabe , F.T. Island , After School , CNBLUE , Supernova , U-KISS , 4Minute , BEAST , MBLAQ , SECRET
2011
Date: August 13, 2011[ 5] [ 6]
Hosts: Tiffany and Yuri of Girls' Generation , Oh Sang-jin
Performers: Super Junior , Girls' Generation , 2PM , 2NE1 , BEAST , Kara , SHINee , 2AM , f(x) , miss A , T-ara , MBLAQ , F.T. Island , 4Minute , SECRET , SISTAR , Infinite , Teen Top , ZE:A
2012
The event was cancelled due to expenses. HH Company, the event's organizer, posted an apology on the event's official website and issued refunds.[ 7]
2013
Date: September 1, 2013[ 8]
Hosts: Tiffany and Yuri of Girls' Generation
Performers: Super Junior , Girls' Generation , BEAST , SISTAR , Kara , MBLAQ , miss A , Teen Top , 2AM , ZE:A , SECRET , EXO , B.A.P , Rainbow , Boyfriend , T-ara , BTOB , A-JAX , BTS , Girl's Day , F.T. Island
See also
References
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