Mega Successful Korean Entertainment Convention and Concert Series Takes Over

Metro Area’s Prudential Center on August 8

 

Los Angeles – April 24, 2015 – After three exponentially successful years in Southern California, KCON (www.kconusa.com) has announced that it is making the largest Korean entertainment fan convention in North America a bi-coastal event. East Coast K-pop fans will get their own turn to host the ultimate Hallyu experience when the first ever KCON 2015 NY descends upon the Big Apple for a one day convention and concert extravaganza on August 8, just one weekend after the flagship event completes in Los Angeles.

 

Taking place at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, one of the region’s premier performance venues regularly hosting the biggest stars, KCON 2015 will be packed with panels, activities, food and more that cover every aspect of Korean pop culture during the day.  Then as the sun goes down, eyes will turn to the stage as some of the hottest artists coming out of Korea will take center stage and close out the evening with a star-studded concert.

 

To help support this expansion, KCON has also signed a partnership with IDG World Expo, one of the largest event production companies in the U.S., with over 20 years of producing events such as Macworld, E3, Anime Expo, Digital Entertainment World, the Game Marketing Summit and more.

 

Expansion must love company as KCON 2015 LA just announced last week that it is moving to a bigger venue (Staples Center in Downtown LA) and will now consist of a three day convention (July 31 to August 2) with two nights of headliner-filled concerts.

 

 

The announcement of KCON 2015 NY follows the extraordinary success of KCON Los Angeles, which has more than doubled its attendance since inception in 2012, and the inaugural KCON Japan 2015 convention that took place this week and garnered over 15,000 attendees. The inaugural KCON Japan 2015 at the Saitama Super Arena on April 22 was highlighted by an M! Countdown  concert  featuring  K-pop  stars  including  BIGFLO,  Block  B, BOYFRIEND,  GOT7,  INFINITE,  Jun.K  (from  2PM),  KangNam,  Lovelyz,  MYNAME, SISTAR, and more.

 

KCON is produced by CJ E&M, Asia’s leading content company, and its global music channel Mnet, giving fans the ultimate Hallyu (a.k.a. the Korean Wave) experience.

 

ABOUT KCON

KCON (kconusa.com) is the largest North American convention dedicated to ‘All Things Hallyu’  and  includes  celebrity  panels,  autograph  sessions,  contests,  fan  workshops, amazing food and two star-studded K-Pop concerts. The convention launched in 2012 with  over  10,000  fans  attending  and  has  more  than  doubled  annually  since  to  over 40,000 fans. KCON is now established in Los Angeles as the annual flagship event for American fans of Hallyu and Asian pop culture, providing the largest forum for fans to directly connect with each other as well as artists and professionals from the Korean entertainment industry in person. In 2015, the brand expanded internationally, presenting the first KCON Japan, taking place at the Saitama Super Arena on April 22.

 

ABOUT CJ E&M

CJ E&M produces and distributes content for the broadcast, film, music and live entertainment. Seeking to promote the globalization of Asian pop culture through a strategic “one source, multi-content” approach, the company was formed in 2010 from a merger of leading content makers CJ Media and On Media (broadcast); CJ Entertainment (motion picture); Mnet Media (music); and CJ Internet (game). Through the years, these predecessor firms were instrumental in modernizing as well as winning a following for Korean contents from fans across the world. Headquartered in Seoul and with branches in Asia and the US, CJ E&M currently has over 2,000 employees worldwide and is traded on KOSDAQ under the ticker 130960. For more information, please visit: http://en.cjenm.com.

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