Early Summer Unique ‘Musicance’ (Music + Hotel Vacation)… Paradise City ‘Asian Pop Festival’ Held

MUSIC May 20, 2025

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Paradise City_ ‘Asian Pop Festival 2024’ held last year, on-site photo provided by Paradise City
Paradise City_ ‘Asian Pop Festival 2024’ held last year, on-site photo provided by Paradise City
Incheon Yeongjongdo Bokhip Resort Paradise City will hold the ‘Asian Pop Festival 2025’ on June 21st and 22nd.

The ‘Asian Pop Festival’, now in its second year, is a music festival where you can experience various genres of Asian music in one place.
This year, the festival has expanded its scale with the participation of 50 teams of artists from 8 countries.Performances will be held in various spaces throughout Paradise City.Live performances with picnics can be enjoyed at the outdoor lawn square ‘Culture Park’.Performances with splendid lighting and sound can be seen at the club ‘Chroma’.Performances will also be held at the live music lounge bar ‘Rubik’, designed to allow close interaction with artists, and the multipurpose performance hall ‘Studio Paradise’.
‘Asian Pop Festival 2025’ poster photo courtesy of Paradise City
‘Asian Pop Festival 2025’ poster photo courtesy of Paradise City
On the first day, June 21st, the band Silica Gel, Saesoneon, Egoreping from Japan who is visiting Korea for the first time in 10 years, and the Indonesian pop band Lomba Sihir with dynamic performances will take the stage.
On June 22nd, veteran bands Jaurim and Jang Kiha with 28 years of experience, Japanese bands Lamp and Yogi New Waves, and Zheng Yixing, winner of two Golden Melody Awards, a representative music awards ceremony in the Greater China region, will perform.
At Chroma Stage, live electronic performances by Idiotape and others will take place on June 21st, and hip-hop musicians such as Jaytong and Hipnosis Therapy will perform on the 22nd.

Paradise Culture Foundation Chairman Choi Yoon-jung said, “The Asian Pop Festival is creating a virtuous cycle that provides a stage for talented musicians and differentiated cultural and artistic experiences to the audience with the goal of expanding the base of popular music.” She added, “We will continue to hold the festival based on Paradise Group’s cultural and artistic DNA and develop it into a representative festival that contributes to the development of Asian popular culture beyond Korea.”
‘Asian Pop Festival 2025’ lineup photo courtesy of Paradise City
‘Asian Pop Festival 2025’ lineup photo courtesy of Paradise City



Reporter Kim Jae-beom oldfield@donga.com

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