SHINee, 2PM, Infinite, SISTAR and More Rock the Stage at the LA K-Pop Festival

On April 12, the LA K-Pop Festival was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The event was created to celebrate the 111th anniversary of Korean American immigration.

Sponsored by KBS, this day long event started with a festival, featuring Korean food, dramas and of course, K-Pop! The main stage featured a K-Pop talent competition in which the winner would receive a trip to Korea and prize money. But of course, the big attraction of the day was a free concert featuring performances by SHINee, 2PM, Infinite, SISTAR, CNBLUE, Girl’s Day, Dynamic Duo, Kim Tae Woo, Baek Ji Young, Sul Won Do, Lena Park and Song So Hee. The show was hosted by 2PM’s Taecyeon, announcer Hwang Soo Kyung and CNBLUE’s Yonghwa.

Check out our photo album recap of the event!

Lena Park sang the American national anthem, followed by 2PM’s Jun.K with the Korean national anthem.

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Girl’s Day started the show with their latest track, “Something.”

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Hyeri

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Kim Tae Woo performed his hit song “Love Rain” and an American classic “Hotel California.”

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Kim Tae Woo beautifully hits the “Love Rain” long note… “sarangbiga naeryeowaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.”

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Dynamic Duo with “BAAAM + Ring My Bell” and “Fireworks.” They later had a special stage along with CNBLUE and performed “Friday Night.”

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Fans of all groups filled the stadium all night with their screams. The top left picture shows only about 1/6th of the stadium!

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Traditional music prodigy Song So Hee

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Baek Ji Young performed her beautiful ballad “Don’t Forget” from the IRIS OST.

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As hoped for by many fans, Taecyeon jumped on to the stage with Baek Ji Young for “My Ear’s Candy.” He looked amazing in that pink shirt.

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Another look at Taecyeon.

Members of 2PM and SISTAR performed “If I Ain’t Got You.”

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Girl’s Day had a special stage covering “Hush Hush.”

CNBLUE’s set included “Can’t Stop,” “I’m Sorry,” “Love” and “Friday Night” feat. Dynamic Duo.

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CNBLUE’s Jungshin

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Yonghwa

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Toheart performed “Delicious” in the middle of the SHINee-Infinite special stage.

Infinite showed how to be a “Man In Love“

SISTAR started with “Give It To Me,” followed by “Loving U” and “Alone.”

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Lena Park performed “I Hope It Would Be That Way Now” and “You Mean Everything To Me.” Kim Tae Woo joined her for a classic duet song “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.”

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Girl’s Day joined trot singer Sul Woon Do for a song.

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Infinite’s set included “Destiny,” “The Chaser” and “Be Mine.”

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2PM got everybody’s “Hands Up.”

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2PM also performed “Hot” and “10 Points Out of 10”

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While Minho was not able to make it to the show, the other SHINee members pressed on and gave their best. They performed “Beautiful,” “Why So Serious” and “Lucifer.”

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Jonghyun

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Special thanks to KBS for inviting us to the concert!

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