[SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT] ASTRO ADDED TO KCON MEXICO AS TICKET ON-SALE DATE ANNOUNCED - FEBRUARY 7 > K-POP

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ASTRO ADDED TO KCON MEXICO AS TICKET ON-SALE DATE ANNOUNCED - FEBRUARY 7

First KCON in Latin America to take place in Mexico City, March 17-18, 2017

Los Angeles – January 19, 2017 –The world’s largest Korean culture and K-pop music festival, today announced that tickets for KCON Mexico will go on-sale February 7. Also revealed were Korean boy band Astro who will join MonstaX as performers at the first KCON in Latin America. KCON Mexico will take place at the Mexico City Arena, located in the Azcapotzalco neighborhood, on March 17-18.

KCON 2017 Mexico will feature two full days of convention programming covering every aspect of Korean culture including K-beauty, Korean food, K-drama, Korean film and more. Also included in the schedule will be artist meet and greets where fans will be able to come face to face with their favorite performers. Each day will close with a star studded concert featuring the top artists from Korean pop music. Additional artist will be announced to the line-up in the weeks to come.

ASTRO is a six-member boy group that debuted on February 23, 2016 with their mini-album Spring Up. Prior to releasing their debut album HIDE & SEEK, the group first starred in their own web drama series To Be Continued in August 2015 as well as their own reality television show Astro OK! Ready in January 2016. Since then, their music video for HIDE & SEEK has gained over 4.2 million views and their official fanclub name has been revealed as AROHA, which stands for ASTRO Hearts All Fans.

For the latest KCON Mexico news, fans are invited to follow @KCONMexico on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, where artist line-ups and ticket information will be announced. Fans can also join the conversation at #KCONMexico. 

In North America, KCON will be returning to the U.S. in 2017, with dates and venues for KCON USA in New York and Los Angeles to be announced in the coming weeks.

ABOUT KCON

KCON is the largest Korean culture convention and K-pop music festival in the world. The convention launched in 2012 with more than 10,000 fans attending a one-day event in Southern California, and has grown exponentially since then.  In 2016, more than 180,000 fans of Hallyu and Asian pop culture attended multi-day events all over the world including in, Chiba, Japan; Abu Dhabi, UAE; and Paris, France, along with the flagship KCON USA events in New York and Los Angeles. KCON provides the largest forum for fans to directly connect with each other, artists and professionals from the Korean entertainment industry. It is produced worldwide by CJ E&M, and in the U.S. and Mexico by CJ E&M America. 

​Special thanks to The Lippin Group​ for notifying us of such wonderful news for our North American and South American readers.​​