{"id":573542,"date":"2025-12-11T16:59:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/?p=573542"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:59:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:59:33","slug":"a-big-k-pop-festival-is-officially-coming-to-australia-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/news\/a-big-k-pop-festival-is-officially-coming-to-australia-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"A Big K-Pop Festival Is Officially Coming to Australia in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/feeds\/k-pop\/\">K-pop<\/a> stans, assemble &#8211; a <em>massive<\/em> new festival is touching down in Australia next year, and it\u2019s shaping up to be one of the biggest cultural moments Melbourne has ever seen. 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Considering this is the same team that delivered BLACKPINK\u2019s record-breaking six-night run in Bangkok and staged the Golden Disc Awards for millions of viewers worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best part? The lineup drops Friday 12 December at 12pm AEDT, so we don\u2019t have to wait too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since launching in 2013, APPLEWOOD has produced 120+ shows across 18 countries, drawing more than 750,000 fans globally. 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Trump\u2019s Latest Rally Was Half-Empty After Devious Sabotage By K-Pop Stans<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/news\/bts-first-k-pop-1-single-in-america\/\">BTS Becomes First K-Pop Act To Top The American Singles Chart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING: Melbourne About To Be Absolutely Swarmed by K-Pop Fans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":768,"featured_media":573543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xe_is_sponsored":false,"xe_sponsored_img":0,"xe_sponsored_url":"","xe_sponsored_start_date":"","xe_exclude":false,"xe_exclude_from_yahoo":"","created_by_alias":"Music 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