K-pop festival ~ Music Bank in Paris

The highly anticipated event that is due to mark the start of the K-pop 2012 season in Europe is finally upon us: K-pop festival Music Bank in Paris is less than two weeks away!

The event that was originally supposed to heat up the cold February nights of the 8th and 9th in Paris, got later on cut to just one date, the 8th. Full of disappointment, fans from all over Europe tried to request for the re-establishment of the second day, but due to technical difficulties it was impossible for KBS, the major Korean channel that airs Music Bank every friday, to grant their wish. A prestigious concert venue, the Palais Omisports de Bercy, was chosen to host this European edition of Music Bank. Many great international artists such as Bon Jovi, Madonna, Coldplay, Beyonce and Rihanna, just to name a few, have performed there, while David Guetta, Lenny Kravitz and Bruce Springsteen will be holding their concerts there this spring.

Eight top-class Hallyu Wave groups will be attending the K-pop festival, four male and four female, they are: SHINee, Beast, U-Kiss, 2PM, Girls Generation, T-ara, 4Minute and Sistar. The show should start at 8pm, while fans will be allowed to enter the Bercy stadium from 6pm onwards to start filling up the about 15.000 seats. Do you wish you could go? You still can, just get your ticket here, book your flight and hotel and start counting the days until February 8th! The concert ticket prices range from 69,70e to 99,40e and if you’re looking for a cheaper way to reach the French capital than by plane, voyagenbus is organizing bus trips from many major European and Freanch cities to Paris just for the Music Bank interested K-poppers.

There are also many fun and interesting events set up by Korean Connection surrounding the K-pop music festival, such as a FlashMob Contest, a Cover Dance Contest and My Music Bank. An article regarding the FlashMob Contest was already published here on Korea.com, while further information on how to join the other two competitions can be found here for the Cover Dance Contest and here for My Music Bank.

Soompi France and K-pop FM are the official media for this event, but representatives of Korea.com will also be on location to be the eyes and ears of our lovely readers for the night of the 8th.

If you’re planning to attend this sensational event and intend to stay in Paris a bit longer, check out Korea.com’s “Quick guide to your Korean holiday in Paris“.