K-pop festival K.ONE Festa In Qatar 2023 to be held in Lusail in May

K.ONE Festa In Qatar 2023, the first official K-pop festival to be held in Qatar, will take place on May 19 and 20 at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar's second-largest city. The first 10 performing artists to be announced are boy bands Ateez ...

The poster for K.ONE Festa In Qatar 2023 [EMFFL ENTERTAINMENT]

K.ONE Festa In Qatar 2023, the first official K-pop festival to be held in Qatar, will take place on May 19 and 20 at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar's second-largest city.

The first 10 performing artists to be announced are boy bands Ateez, iKON, SF9, P1harmony, xikers and Drippin, along with girl groups Oh My Girl and Everglow and singers Sunmi and BamBam.

Jointly organized by Hanaro Events and EMFFL Entertainment, the festival will be the first of its kind to be held in the Middle-Eastern country.

The event will also include a meet and greet and a red carpet session. Tickets to these events will be sold separately on a first-come, first-served basis when tickets for the festival go on sale.

"The name of the festival means that we all become one through the festival at Qatar through K-pop and K-culture," the organizers said in a statement. "We hope to send a message of consolation and hope to the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria."

BY YOON SO-YEON [yoon.soyeon@joongang.co.kr]