Europe's biggest ever K-Pop festival to hit London's O2 for three-day event

dailystar.co.uk:

K-Pop fans get ready, as Europe's biggest ever K-Pop festival is heading to the UK for an exciting three-day event. KPOP.FLEX will be taking place at London's The O2 from September 22 to 24, 2023 following the success of its inaugural event in Frankfurt last weekend (May 14-15).The festival will take advantage of many of The O2's facilities, with activities planned at a number of the arena's venues, including indigo at The O2.Fans will be able to immerse themselves not only in K-Pop, but also Korean culture.The event in Frankfurt saw 65,000 fans enjoying acts such as Kai, Mamamoo, Dreamcatcher and IVE across the Saturday and Sunday.But when the show heads to London next year, fans will also get to enjoy the KPOP.FLEX Awards For Emerging Artists, which will take place on Saturday, 23 September, 2023.Steve Sayer, VP and GM at The O2, said: "We’re so excited to be hosting Europe’s largest ever K-Pop festival here at The O2 in September 2023."In recent years, K-Pop has taken the world by storm and so this is a huge milestone for us."We can’t wait to build on the success of previous hugely popular K-Pop performances at the venue, and welcome some of the world’s top K-Pop acts and their legions of fans to The O2 for a fantastic weekend festival event that will take over the full campus at The O2."The event will be put on by Kpop Europa – a joint venture between Live Company Group and Explorado Group – in partnership with PK Events.David Ciclitira, founder and chairman of Live Company Group, said: "We’re delighted to be working with The O2 to deliver three incredible days celebrating K-pop to fans across the UK and beyond."We are super excited about the first edition of the International KPOP.FLEX Awards, which will showcase.