Asia Song Festival

Asia Song Festival, a.k.a. A-Song-Fe or ASF, is an annual Asian pop music festival held in South Korea, since 2004. It is hosted by Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange (KOFICE) and features artists from Asian countries. Participating artists are awarded a plaque of appreciation by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Best Asian Artist by the chairman of Korea Foundation for International Culture and Exchange (KOFICE). South Korean boy band TVXQ is the only act to have participated for five consecutive years, since the 1st festival in 2004.[1]

Asia Song Festival
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese亞洲音樂節
Simplified Chinese亚洲音乐节
Vietnamese name
VietnameseLiên hoan bài hát Châu Á
Korean name
Hangul아시아송페스티벌
Japanese name
Kanaアジア・ソング・フェスティバル
Indonesian name
IndonesianFestival Lagu Asia

This festival is recorded and broadcast on Seoul Broadcasting System in Korea and Fuji TV in Japan; and other major broadcasting stations around the world including United States, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Finland, Bulgaria, Vietnam and Singapore.

The theme song for the 2011 Festival "Dreams Come True", a duet by Lee Donghae of Super Junior and Seohyun of Girls' Generation was released on 11 October 2011 as a digital single. The proceeds from the sale were donated to Unicef to help children in African countries.[2]

History
Year Date Venue MC(s) Performers
2004

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 16 November Olympic Gymnastics Arena N/A
2005

[4]

 11 November Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium
2006

[5]

 22 September Gwangju World Cup Stadium
2007

[6]

 22 September Seoul World Cup Stadium
2008

[7][8]

 3-4 October
2009

[9][10]

 19 September
2010 23 October Seoul Olympic Stadium
2011

[11]

 15 October Daegu Stadium
2012

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 4 August Yeosu Expo Plaza
2013

[14][15]

 9 October Jamsil Olympic Main Stadium Eunhyuk, Ok Taec-yeon, and Kris Wu
2014

[16]

 2 November Busan Asiad Main Stadium Leeteuk, Zico, and Minah
2015 11 October Leeteuk, Hani, and Hong Jong-hyun
2016

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 9 October Leeteuk, and Fei
2017

[19]

 24 September Leeteuk, and Jackson
2018

[20]

 2-3 October Leeteuk
2019

[21]

 11-12 October Ulsan Stadium Chani, Hyunjin, and Yeji

Awards

Participating countries
Country Appearances No. of performers
 South Korea 16 116
 Japan 15 24
 Taiwan 11 14
 China 11 13
 Thailand 10 12
 Vietnam 10 10
 Hong Kong 9 9
 Philippines 9 9
 Indonesia 5 6
 Singapore 5 5
 Malaysia 3 3
 Mongolia 2 2
 Australia 1 1
 Sweden (guest) 1 1
 Ukraine (guest) 1 1

See also

References
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  2. "Music and charity as Asia Song Fest wraps up its eighth year" Joongang Daily. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-27
  3. Hong, Je-seong (2004-11-25). "[연합인터뷰] 보아, F4 등 `아시아 송 페스티벌` 출연진". Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  4. "2nd Asia Festival press conference" Sina.com. 13 November 2005. Retrieved 2009-10-11 (in Chinese)
  5. "亞洲音樂節陳慧琳與帥哥貼身熱舞" Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Big5.chinabroadcast.cn. Retrieved 2009-09-30 (in Chinese)
  6. Lee Yong-sung "Heartthrobs of Asian pop gather in Seoul" Korea Herald. 14 September 2007. Retrieved 2012-04-03
  7. "2008 Asia Song Festival" Archived February 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Popseoul.com. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-30
  8. "代表新加坡参加亚洲音乐节 郭美美希望学到Rain的舞功" Archived October 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Stars.zaobao. 4 October 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-30 (in Chinese)
  9. "2NE1 to appear in Asia festival" Korea Herald. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 2012-04-04
  10. "李宇春唱響亞洲音樂節 獲權威搜索榜單首位" Sina.com. 20 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-27 (in Chinese)
  11. "Asian Singers to Gather in Daegu for Asia's Biggest Pop Concert" Chosun Ilbo. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-12
  12. "Asian Song Festival – KOFICE" Archived October 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-08-06
  13. "Fann Wong, Kim Hyun Joong named Best Asian Artist at Asia Song Festival" Channel NewsAsia. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-21
  14. "2013 Asia Song Festival Line Up" Archived October 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  15. "2013 Asia Song Festival ticket now on sale!"
  16. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-10-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. Kim, Hyeon-sik (2016-10-10). 부산 가을밤 달군 '2016 아시아 송 페스티벌'. No Cut News (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  18. Hwang, Mi-hyeon (2016-08-19). "이특·페이, 2016 아시아송페스티벌 메인 MC 발탁". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  19. Heo, Sang-cheon (2017-08-14). "부산 가을밤, 'Asia Is One' 아시아송페스티벌 펼친다". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  20. Lee, Ha-na (2018-10-04). '워너원·레드벨벳·세븐틴' 등 출격…'2018 아시아송페스티벌' 성료. Seoul Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  21. "Asia Song Festival 2019 (ASF): Lineup". Kpopmap. 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
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