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The annual KBS music festival, the 2025 KBS Song Festival or Gayo Daechukje, is scheduled to take place on Friday, December 19, at Incheon’s Songdo ConvensiA. The year-end event will also have a live broadcasting service on KBS 2TV, which will kickstart from 7:15 PM KST on the same day. This year's MCs will be the current Music Bank hosts, Moon Sang-min and ILLIT’s Minju, alongside the South Korean comedian, Jang Do Yeon.
For those who are unaware, the KBS Song Festival began back in 1956 as an award show, but discontinued its position as an award show since 2006. Therefore, since 2006, the event has been a year-end music festival, gathering K-pop artists and groups who released comebacks, singles, albums, or even debuted in 2025. The following article will unveil more about the upcoming annual year-end music festival, the 2025 KBS Song Festival.
Complete performance lineup for 2025 KBS Song Festival (Gayo Daechukje): LE SSERAFIM, NCT's Mark, aespa, and more
The annual year-end music festival, the 2025 KBS Song Festival, is expected to gather a number of South Korean artists coming from not only K-pop but also other genres such as ballad, trot, bands, and more. Some of the solo artists on the lineup include 10CM, who's known for his ballad tracks and K-drama OSTs, JANNABI, who's popular for his RnB songs, and Dayoung, who carried the K-pop spirit following her group, WJSN.
Additionally, there are more artists from K-pop groups who will be rolling out solo stages, such as NCT's Mark, NCT's Haechan, and more. While some renowned artists like LE SSERAFIM, aespa, CNBLUE, THE BOYZ, KISS OF LIFE, and more will be performing their recent comebacks at the 2025 KBS Song Festival, new artists who debuted this year are also expected to take the stage at this music festival for the first time.
Such artists include CLOSE YOUR EYES, who were formed through JTBC's survival show Project 7, AHOF, who debuted from SBS TV's reality competition show Universe League, Baby DONT Cry from P Nation, and more. Therefore, the mixed and intriguing lineup has left many fans and netizens excited for the performances at the 2025 KBS Song Festival or Gayo Daechukje. Here's the complete lineup of performing artists at the upcoming music festival:
- CNBLUE
- 10CM
- Roy Kim
- Park Seo-jin
- JANNABI
- Lovelyz
- Dayoung
- NCT DREAM
- NCT's Mark
- NCT's Haechan
- THE BOYZ
- fromis_9
- Lee Chan-won
- P1Harmony
- STAYC
- aespa
- LE SSERAFIM
- tripleS
- KISS OF LIFE
- n.SSign
- EVNNE
- CLOSE YOUR EYES
- HITGS
- Baby DONT Cry
- AHOF
On the other hand, apart from the regular lineup of performances at the music festival, the event is also expected to hold a collaborative stage between IVE's Liz and LE SSERAFIM's Kim Chae-won. The two K-pop idols are expected to cover IU's recent 2025 single, Never Ending Story. Fans and netizens have been looking forward to seeing the two singers' harmonization and vocal skills through their upcoming cover.
Fans and interested viewers of the 2025 KBS Song Festival or Gayo Daechukje can catch the show's livestream on KBS2TV.
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Edited by Aishwarya Sai
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