[PANEL #2] The Evolution Of K-Pop
TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 2:30 – 3:30 PM PANELISTS: Beatrice Vantapool, Jeff Benjamin, Sarah Han, Tamar Herman MODERATOR: Lai Frances DESCRIPTION: In the past two years the states has seen a number of major news outlets talking about K-Pop, as well as a surge of concerts taking place with some of your favorite artists! Come learn about how much K-Pop and Hallyu has grown in the West and how social media has played an integral role in it’s growth.
[PANEL #2] TOP 10 K-BEAUTY LOOKS OF ALL TIME
TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 2:30 – 3:30 PM MODERATORS: Caro Malis, Devon Abelman, Lai Frances, Sarah Han DESCRIPTION: With so many beautiful looks in the K-Pop world, it’s hard to argue which ones were in the Top 10! Come fangirl and fanboy over the best looks and win some awesome prizes!
[KCON STAGE]
TITLE: PERFORMANCE – WOORIGARAK KOREAN CULTURAL ART CENTER TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 11:00 – 11:30 AM PERFORMER: Woorigarak Korean Cultural Art Center DESCRIPTION: We’re kicking off #KCON18NY with the beautiful traditional dances of Korea! This performance will feature the Sword Dance, Modeum-Buk Ensemble, Flower Basket & Puppet Dance, Ipchoom Sogo Dance, and the Three-sided Drum Dance! TITLE: PERFORMANCE – I LOVE DANCE TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 11:30 AM- 12:00 PM PERFORMER: I LOVE DANCE DESCRIPTION: Straight from NYC, they’re one of the most popular dance crews of the K-Pop community–I LOVE DANCE is here to reignite your love for the pop! TITLE: COVER STAR K CONTEST TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 3:00 – 4:00 PM JUDGES: Alexandra Reid, Ellen & Brian, and special guest judges to be revealed at the competition! DESCRIPTION: The first ever COVER STAR K contest makes its debut! You’ll think that you’re watching your favorite artists performing with how impressive each team’s skills and cosplays are! See who makes it to the top three for a chance to perform at the official KCON 2018 NY M COUNTDOWN PRE-SHOW, and witness the winner be awarded their prize by a very special presenter! TITLE: PERFORMANCE – BLACK K TAEKWONDO TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 4:00 – 4:30 PM PERFORMERS: Black K Taekwondo DESCRIPTION: Placing 1st and 2nd at the NJ Championship, the Black K Taekwondo team is ready to show you their amazing performance, including board breaking! They’ll have your heart racing with their routine–you don’t want to miss it! TITLE: HEESUN LEE TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM PERFORMER: Heesun Lee DESCRIPTION: She was the only female in the U.S. to make it on the popular Korean Hip-Hop show “Show Me the Money” last year–you don’t want to miss out on her live performance at KCON Stage! TITLE: PERFORMANCE – PREETA TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 5:00 – 5:30 PM PERFORMER: PREETA DESCRIPTION: You might have seen her popular covers on YouTube of some of your favorite songs like EXO’s ‘Monster.’ Now you’ll get to see her perform live! Come support her first-ever KCON performance! TITLE: PERFORMANCE – ELISE, Silv3rT3ar TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 5:30 – 6:00 PM PERFORMER: S1lv3rT3ar DESCRIPTION: Come cheer on Elise, better known as Silv3rT3ar on YouTube, for her first east coast KCON performance! TITLE: YOUTUBERS DO TRUTH OR DARE TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MODERATORS: HeyitsFeiii, JRE, StillNotDavid, Sunny’s Channel, WhitneyBae DESCRIPTION: Join your favorite YouTubers in this all too daring and truthful event with audience engagement! You won’t want to miss this new unique panel that was designed with the fans in mind!!! TITLE: PERFORMANCE – BLACK K TAEKWONDO TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 2:00 – 2:30 PM PERFORMERS: Black K Taekwondo DESCRIPTION: It’s no wonder this team is competing in a national competition this July, they’re amazing! Missed out on the board breaking the other day? Here’s your chance to see all the action live! TITLE: PERFORMANCE – UZUHAN TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 2:30 – 3:00 PM PERFORMER: Uzuhan DESCRIPTION: Just last year, he won the regional and national grand prize for Kollaboration, the largest showcase for Asian talent in America — which landed him an official spot in SXSW 2018 and now he’s performing at KCON for the first time! Don’t miss out on his energy during his live performance that’ll have you head nodding all set long. TITLE: PERFORMANCE – DANAKADAN TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 3:00 – 3:30 PM PERFORMER: DANakaDAN DESCRIPTION: Don’t miss out on the last performer for our convention stage, the talented alternative Rap artist from LA, DAN! TITLE: PERFORMANCE – ANNALÉ TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 3:30 – 4:00 PM PERFORMER: Annalé DESCRIPTION: Come check out this performer who effortlessly combines neo-soul, pop, and R&B to create smooth tunes that’ll calm your Seoul! TITLE: PERFORMANCE – JUN TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 4:00 – 4:30 PM PERFORMER: JUN DESCRIPTION: From amazing K-Pop violin covers to original songs, come enjoy Jun’s amazing performance and sing along! TITLE: PERFORMANCE – ALEXANDRA REID TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 4:30 – 5:00 PM PERFORMER: Alexandra Reid DESCRIPTION: Fall in love with Alexandra’s charismatic stage presence, vocal talent, and endearing personality all over again during her first performance at KCON! TITLE: PERFORMANCE – EAST2WEST TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 5:00 – 5:30 PM PERFORMER: East2West DESCRIPTION: Who else looks forward to the weekly video covers by East2West? No more waiting in front of your screen for the next video because they’re closing out the KCON Stage with an amazing set! TITLE: PERFORMANCE – WOORIGARAK KOREAN CULTURAL ART CENTER TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 5:30 – 6:00 PM PERFORMER: Woorigarak Korean Cultural Art Center DESCRIPTION: There’s only one way to end
[WORKSHOP] DECORATE YOUR KCON TOTE BAG!
TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 4:00 – 5:30 PM MODERATOR: SUSIE KELLY DESCRIPTION: We’re loving all these artistic workshops at KCON this year! Here’s your last chance to get creative and customize your KCON tote bag with the one and only, fine artist, Susie Kelly!
[FAN CLUB MEETING]
TITLE: PENTAGON – UNIVERSE FAN CLUB MEETING TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MODERATORS: Shelby Moses & Victoria Ortiz DESCRIPTION: Universe unite! Don’t “Runaway” from the chance to meet other UNIVERSE’s or learn more about the PENTASTIC group known as PENTAGON while playing games, learning dances, and even winning prizes. Even if you aren’t an UNIVERSE yet, come on out. PENTAGON might “Shine” their way into your heart! TITLE: RED VELVET – REVELUV FAN CLUB MEETING TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 12:30 – 1:30 PM MODERATORS: RVdoingthings DESCRIPTION: If you like to keep up-to-date with what Red Velvet does, the fan base moderating this meetup gets you! They take a comedic approach to RV–you should expect some laughs along with fun activities that they prepared for ReVeluv’s! TITLE: SUPER JUNIOR – E.L.F FAN CLUB MEETING TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 2:00 – 4:00 PM MODERATORS: SJWORLD DESCRIPTION: Get ready because SJ World is ready to show you what it means to them to be a world class ELF! Trade photo cards, play games, and make new friends! TITLE: STRAY KIDS FAN CLUB MEETING TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 4:30 – 5:30 PM MODERATORS: StrayKidsGlobal DESCRIPTION: Come hang out with one of the most dedicated Stray Kids fanbases in the world! They’ll test your knowledge, share their greatest stories, and play some exciting games all about your favorite group! Don’t forget to bring your photo cards to trade! TITLE: GOLDEN CHILD – GOLDENNESS FAN CLUB MEETING TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 11:00AM – 12:00 PM MODERATORS: GoldenFansUnion & Maya DESCRIPTION: Come meet and bond with fellow Goldenness! Rejoice in all the exciting fanboy and fangirl feels in celebration of Golden Child’s first U.S. Performance! TITLE: WANNA ONE – WANNABLE FAN CLUB MEETING TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 12:30 – 1:30 PM MODERATOR: KangDanielUSA DESCRIPTION: Come meet your fellow Wannables and share your love for your boys with fun activities and games! Who knows, you might even be able to trade for your favorite bias’s photocard! TITLE: EXID – LEGGO FAN CLUB MEETING TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 2:00 – 3:00 PM MODERATOR: EXIDworld DESCRIPTION: Calling all LEGO’s!!! Bond with your fellow fans as some of the most celebrated fan bases share their love for their artists’ with fun activities, games, and more! TITLE: NCT 127 – NCTZEN FAN CLUB MEETING TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 3:30 – 4:30 PM MODERATORS: NCTzenUnion_USA, SM_NCT DESCRIPTION: NCTzens, who else couldn’t handle all the endless content we got with the latest NCT 2018 Empathy comeback!? From constant music show promotions, to appearances on variety shows, there’s so much to talk about! Come meet your new best friend! TITLE: FROMIS_9 FAN CLUB MEETING TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 5:00 – 6:00 PM MODERATORS: Lucas & Jada DESCRIPTION: Come share your passion & support for fromis_9 with fun games and activities! Share all your feelings about being able to see these girls perform live at KCON!
[DANCE WORKSHOP]
TITLE: SUPER JUNIOR – LO SIENTO TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MODERATORS: Grace Chu x SJWORLD DESCRIPTION: Come learn the dance to SuJu’s new song ‘Lo Siento’! If you aren’t much of a dancer, come by and learn the fan chants so you can join in when they perform live! TITLE: RANDOM PLAY DANCE – EAST2WEST TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 12:30 – 1:30 PM MODERATORS: East2West DESCRIPTION: If you’re a K-Pop fan, then you MUST know all the dance moves to every K-Pop song! Come join the fun with East2West during the popular game segment you’ve probably seen in Korean variety shows, Random Play Dance! TITLE: RED VELVET – BAD BOY TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 2:00 – 3:00 PM MODERATOR: I LOVE DANCE DESCRIPTION: “Hey, who dat, who dat, who dat boy?” It’s impossible to not sing along to Red Velvet’s latest comeback! Come learn the moves so you can dance along at the concert! TITLE: STRAY KIDS – DISTRICT 9 TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 3:30 – 4:30 PM MODERATORS: East2West DESCRIPTION: Talk talk! What what! It’s time to put your dancing shoes on so you can learn the moves to Stray Kids’ ‘District 9’ with the crew that always knows how to have fun while dancing! TITLE: RANDOM PLAY DANCE – GOTOE TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 4:30 – 5:00 PM MODERATOR: GoToe DESCRIPTION: You’ve seen his hilarious K-Pop cover dance videos on YouTube and now all our dreams are coming true with his performance – random play dance style! TITLE: PENTAGON – SHINE TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 5:00 – 6:00 PM MODERATOR: Ellen and Brian DESCRIPTION: Self-Producing Idols Pentagon deliver once again with their latest jam ‘Shine.’ There’s no way your body doesn’t groove to this song when you hear it! Learn all the point moves from one of your favorite dance cover couples, Ellen and Brian! TITLE: WANNA ONE – BOOMERANG TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 11:00AM – 12:00 PM MODERATOR: East2West DESCRIPTION: *Wing wing wing wing BOOMERANG!* Wanna One delivers again with a powerful (and truly memorable) comeback! Come learn the choreo with fellow Wannables so you can dance together at the concert! TITLE: NCT 127 – TOUCH TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 12:30 – 1:30 PM CHOREOGRAPHER: Melvin TimTim DESCRIPTION: Who else was dazzled by the new, sweet, and refreshing concept that NCT 127 launched with Touch!? Learn all the moves from the choreographer himself! You’ll be dancing *Na na na na na na na na na na na na* all the way to the doors of the concert! TITLE: FROMIS_9 – GLASS SHOES, TO HEART, AND A SPECIAL SURPRISE! TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 2:00 – 3:00 PM MODERATOR: Min Kyung Shin DESCRIPTION: Love fromis_9? Well, we have a treat for you! Come learn the choreography to all your favorite songs from fromis_9’s Performance Director and official Choreographer, Min Kyung Shin! This is your once in a lifetime opportunity to learn from the amazing choreographer herself! TITLE: RANDOM PLAY DANCE WITH ELLEN AND BRIAN TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 3:00 – 3:30 PM MODERATORS: Ellen and Brian DESCRIPTION: Didn’t get a chance to participate in a Random Play Dance yesterday? Don’t worry! Here’s your chance to dance along to all your favorite songs and show everyone what you got! TITLE: GOLDEN CHILD – IT’S U TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 3:30 – 4:30 PM MODERATOR: HARU DESCRIPTION: Come break out your brand-new dance moves to the groovy beats of Golden Child. TITLE: EXID – DDD TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 5:00 – 6:00 PM MODERATOR: Ellen and Brian DESCRIPTION: Come take the last dance workshop of #KCON18NY and learn the dance moves to the captivating song, DDD!
[PANEL #1] K-POP and Mental Health
TIME: Saturday, June 23rd from 5:00 – 6:00 PM DESCRIPTION: Although last year was an extremely difficult one – not only for Shawols, but for all K-Pop fans around the world, we wanted to make sure that a space was provided for everyone to come together during KCON! This session, both informative and open forum, was designed to bring the K-Pop community closer. This panel will be moderated by amazing mental health professionals as well as Cortney from 2Minjinkjongkey! Please take this opportunity to spend time and connect with your fellow KCON-ers and Shawols, celebrate life, and pay tribute to those who we have lost.
[WORKSHOP] HALLYU FANS OVER 30
TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 2:30 – 3:30 PM MODERATORS: Amy (The Ahjummas), Young Ajummah DESCRIPTION: As influential and globally recognized as Hallyu has become, there is still a common misconception that you can only be a K-Pop fan if you’re under a certain age. But, what’s it like to be a K-Pop fan with a steady career or even a family? Come and find out!
[PANEL #1 ] THE ART OF K-POP MUSIC DESIGN
TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 12:30 – 1:30 PM MODERATOR: Reacttothek – umu PANELISTS: Andreas Oberg, Jim Wolf DESCRIPTION: Want to know all about the artistry and creativity that goes into the craft of K-Pop music design? Learn all about our industry professionals and their amazing stories of getting into the K-Pop industry.
[PANEL #1] MEET & GREET: EDWARD AVILA
TIME: Sunday, June 24th from 11:00AM – 12:00 PM PANELIST: Edward Avila DESCRIPTION: Beauty, lifestyle, singing, what can’t he do? Come chat with the one and only Edward Avila, see what he’s been up to, and learn about what he has planned for the near future!