‘2026 Weverse Con Festival’
The all-live Weverse Con Festival, enjoyed from day into night, is expected to set a record this year with an outdoor lineup of 15 acts.
With ‘2026 Weverse Con Festival (hereafter Wiconfe)’ now 30 days away, it is ramping up to welcome audiences while enhancing its appeal as an urban outdoor festival.
Taking place on June 6 to 7 at KSPO DOME and the 88 Lawn Field in Olympic Park, Seoul, Wiconfe will be run as the outdoor Weverse Park and the indoor Weverse Con. Launched in 2023, Wiconfe has offered a diverse range of musical experiences based on its identity as a Music&Fanlife Festival.
Since its early days, the outdoor stage Weverse Park has established itself as a festival space where audiences can listen to and enjoy music in various ways through its wide open setting and relaxed viewing environment. Through Weverse Park, which blends all-live performances, a cross-genre lineup, and ancillary programs, Wiconfe has grown into a representative summer outdoor music festival.
‘2026 Weverse Con Festival’
This year, Wiconfe will further strengthen production elements such as stage setup and lineup at Weverse Park, cementing its identity as an outdoor music festival.
■ A record-setting lineup to adorn the outdoor stage… 15 acts on the bill
Weverse Park has showcased a rich palette of musical colors each year with lineups spanning multiple genres. Over time, K-pop artists including Tomorrow X Together and BOYNEXTDOOR; overseas pop artists such as imase, Billie, and Jeremy Zucker; bands like QWER and Nell; and singer-songwriters including AKMU and 10CM have taken the stage, filling the outdoor venue with festival energy.
Genre-blurring special stages and audience-participation programs have become distinctive highlights. Performances by musical theater actors such as Min Kyung-A and Jung Sun-A offered immersion with compositions that felt like a condensed work. In addition, the first ever stage as a singer by actor Lee Sung-kyung and a solo stage by Huh Yunjin of Le Sserafim provided special experiences that revealed new sides of the artists. Audience-participation programs, such as learning choreography directly from performance directors for ENHYPEN and Tomorrow X Together, further amplified the fun of attending the shows.
This year, a record 15 acts will appear at Weverse Park, presenting an even richer slate. That accounts for half of the overall festival lineup of 30 acts.
The overwhelming performances of global K-pop artists such as ILLIT, Apink, ENHYPEN, and Zico will combine with the powerful energy of rookie groups including Ahop and Andable to raise the heat on site. Bands such as LUCY and TOUCHED will maximize the sense of presence with intense sound, while leading J-pop groups like AOEN and CUTIE STREET will deliver a different kind of fun with stages that reflect global music trends. Emotive performances by singer-songwriters including Kwon Jin-A, Yoon San-Ha, Lee Chang-Sub, Ha Hyun-Sang, and Hwang Min-Hyun will also add depth to the program.
■ Maximizing the romance of summer with all-live stages from day into night
‘2026 Weverse Con Festival’
Through all-live stages that run from day to night, Weverse Park is set to maximize the appeal of an outdoor festival. The viewing style of freely settling on the wide lawn and enjoying music adds the unique ease and romance of an outdoor festival.
This year, the outdoor program runs for a total of seven hours: Weverse Park Day from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Weverse Park Night from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Audiences can enjoy vivid live performances as the atmosphere shifts with the passage of time from day to night.
Introduced last year to great response, Weverse Park Night will run again this year. In the early days, the evening slot at Weverse Park operated in a Live Play format that relayed the indoor Weverse Con on a large screen, but it was converted to a live performance format in which audiences watch artists on stage directly, in order to heighten the immersion of the outdoor show.
All stages will be arranged in an all-live format based on live band performances. Along with the distinctive immediacy of band sound, an acoustic sensibility that harmonizes with the outdoor space will offer audiences an even more vivid and relaxed musical experience.
■ Spaces to eat, have fun, and rest alongside listening to music… ample amenities too
‘2026 Weverse Con Festival’
Wiconfe will again raise the fun of an outdoor festival this year by preparing hands-on programs that audiences can directly join, along with F&B booths and other side events.
The hands-on programs will include a self photo booth where visitors can take commemorative photos with a Wiconfe theme, and an event booth where visitors can create their own key rings using the logos of performing artists and brands. The F&B booths will offer a variety of food and drinks, from meals to beverages.
A rest zone will also be in operation where audiences can recharge between performances. Tables and seating will be placed along one side of the outdoor venue for comfortable breaks.
HYBE said Wiconfe has been structured so that audiences can enjoy music in their own ways through the free-spirited Weverse Park, adding that preparations are being accelerated so it can establish itself as a representative outdoor festival of this summer and asking for much anticipation and support.
