Asia Song Festival

Asia Song Festival
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 亞洲音樂節
Simplified Chinese 亚洲音乐节
Korean name
Hangul 아시아송페스티벌

Asia Song Festival, aka 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 and features artists from Asian countries. This festival is recorded and broadcasted on Seoul Broadcasting System in Korea and Fuji TV in Japan; and other major broadcasting stations aaround the world including USA, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Finland, Bulgaria, Vietnam.

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).

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History

Number Date / Venue Artists
1st 16 November 2004
Olympic Park Olympic Gymnastics Arena
2nd[1] 11 November 2005
Sajik Baseball Stadium, Busan
3rd[2] 22 September 2006
Gwangju World Cup Stadium
4th[3] 22 September 2007
Seoul World Cup Stadium
5th[4][5] 3 & 4 October 2008
Seoul World Cup Stadium
Eve Night Concert (3 October) - The Best Asian Newcomer Award
Main Festival (4 October) - The Best Asian Artist Award
6th[6][7] 19 September 2009
Seoul World Cup Stadium
7th 23 October 2010
Seoul Olympic Stadium
8th[8] 15 October 2011
Daegu Stadium

See also

References

  1. ^ (Chinese)Sina.com 2nd Asia Festival press conference 13 November 2005. Retrieved 2009-10-11
  2. ^ (Chinese) Big5.chinabroadcast.cn Big5.chinabroadcast.cn 亞洲音樂節陳慧琳與帥哥貼身熱舞 Retrieved 2009-09-30.
  3. ^ Popseoul.com 2007 Asia Song Festival press conference 23 September 2007. Retrieved 2009-09-30
  4. ^ Popseoul.com 2008 Asia Song Festival 7 October 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-30
  5. ^ (Chinese) Stars.zaobao 代表新加坡参加亚洲音乐节 郭美美希望学到Rain的舞功 4 October 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-30
  6. ^ (Chinese) Sina.com 李宇春唱響亞洲音樂節 獲權威搜索榜單首位 20 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-27
  7. ^ (Chinese) Sing Tao Ekin Cheng to reprresent Hong Kong at 6th Asia Song Festival Retrieved on 2009-09-30
  8. ^ The Chosun Ilbo Asian Singers to Gather in Daegu for Asia's Biggest Pop Concert 10 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-12

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