Stage

Host: Benji & Sofia

Today, we have the Hado Haenyeo Choir on stage.
Representing the history of Jeju, the 25 members are all daughters of the sea as well as mothers of Jeju. For this one moment, they have spent every night in a small training room at the fishing village of Hado-ri. We would appreciate all your support and interest.

Members of Hado Haenyeo Choir
(Conductor: Baang Seung Chul / Choreographer: Kim Mi Sook)
Oh Soon Ja, Kim Ok Soon, Jeong Sun Yeo, Kim Myeong Ok, Yoon Mi ja, Koh Ok Sim, Ko Myeong Sun, Park Hee Suk, Kim Kyung Ok, Kim Byun Il, Oh Bok Yeo, Son Hwa Seon, Im Og Hee, Choi Gyeong Jeo, Kim Jung Sim, Kang In Sook, Kim Young Ae, Kim Hyeon Soon, Oh In Saeng, Kim Mi Hyang, Bae Soon Ja, Kang Ui Suk, Ham Sook Hee, Hyun Soon Sim

Drifterz Crew

Drifterz Crew b-boy group was founded in 2003. The team has performed at concerts and events around the world, as well as appearing in films, ads, tv shows and music videos in Korea and internationally, working with artists like PSY and Jay Park. They have served as ambassadors of the Korea Tourism Organization and Seoul Metropolitan Government/the City of Seoul.

Hanji Performance

As a collaboration work between a Korean artist Woo-Bock Lee and a Swedish choreographer / dancer Karin Schmidt, the dancers will perform on the stage in Kungsträdgården. Hanji (the Korean traditional paper), made from mulberry trees, is at the center of artifacts created by Woo-Bock Lee, for garments and as inspiration for the dance. Olivia Hansson, Sofia Sangregorio, Peter Lagergren will join Karin Schmidt for the performance.

Taekwondo Demonstration

Korean Singers

"Korean Singers" is a group of opera singers in Stockholm. All of them studied classical music at the same university, Yonsei Universtiy in South Korea. They developed their own careers in different places in Europe, such as La Scala in Milano, Italy, the Royal Opera House in England, and the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. They are trying to introduce the excellence of Korean vocal performances to Sweden and planning to continue their singing at various places around Sweden.

DJ Espio

Andrew Lawrence (a.k.a Espio) is a London-based DJ / producer who is known for his signature blend of electro-infused K-Pop! Erupting onto the scene in 2012, his mixes & mashups have racked up thousands of listens online. And when he isn’t smashing dance-floors with K-Pop, he's crafting productions as a member of the mashup collective 'Mashing K-Pop', hosting his own bi-weekly music show, creating live visuals and much more! Hot off his recent performances at events such as the K-Pop World Festival Regionals in London, Dublin & Warsaw, Espio’s next ambition is to create a fully fledged live K-Pop show, with an energetic DJ performance at it’s core that incorporates live dancers, singers, instrumentalists, visuals, projections and much more to create the worlds very first truly LIVE K-Pop DJ experience!

K-POP Concert

“7 O’Clock” is one of the biggest K-POP boy groups in Korea that’s on their way to become one of the biggest global k-pop idols in the K-POP scene. These boys want to make people happy by their songs at 7 AM in the morning you get to start your day, and 7 PM when you wind up your tiring day.
Right after their debut in 2017, they got a nickname as ‘Super Rookie’ from global K-pop fans. 7 O’Clock is an artist with versatile talents to show in the rookie K-POP scene.
Seven O’clock have been improving their work and challenging to various genres since their debut. Their most recent track ‘Get Away’, released in February 2019, represents their growth.
‘Get Away’ had been produced by Kpop Idol music composer team, Top Track, led by Joon Sung Oh, the composer of soundtracks of popular Korean Dramas ‘Boys of Flower’, ‘Hwarang’, ‘Master’s Sun’, ‘City Hunter’ and ‘Temperature of Love’, and received critical acclaims. .
In April 2019, Seven O’Clock successfully completed their tour ‘2019 Seven O’clock World Tour Concert: The beginning in Europe’, astonishing their fans, R.O.S.e, in 7 countries, including the UK, Spain, and Germany.
Seven O’Clock is growing in a global scale and they are one of the most anticipated acts in the scene and definitely are a group to keep an eye on.

Wel.C is an up-and-coming Korean R&B artist who debuted in 2016, with his first single album ‘No Space’. He released his second EP ‘Burning My Heart’ in October 2018, and experiments with various genres. His style and voice give off a sexy vibe, mesmerizing R&B fans. His music let the fans relax and enjoy their time with their lovers.
Having studied at a music school, Wel.C’s unique voice and performances captivates the underground R&B scene, and is becoming one of the most exciting vocalists in the K-R&B scene along with artists such as Crush and Dean.

K-pop in Sweden

Ignite consists of seven members from Gothenburg. They have been active as a group since the autumn of 2016. They have competed in K-Pop World Festival Sweden preliminaries since 2017 and have won the 1st place at K-Pop World Festival Sweden preliminaries this year with their performance "Shoot Out" by Monsta X.

RCHAOS is a group of nine members that have shared a great deal of happiness and inspiration in life through K-pop dance. They want to show the world, as well as Korea what their culture and music has meant to us. They have won the 2nd place at K-Pop World Festival Sweden preliminaries this year, performing "My pace" by Stray kids.

R-10 is a K-pop cover group from Sweden that has been performing together since 2011. They are very ambitious in their cover dancing and pay attention to the details of their performances. R-10 has won the 3rd place at K-Pop World Festival Sweden preliminaries this year with "Crush" by Weki Meki.

Alice and Julia are two vocals who touch people's hearts with their beautiful voices. They love to sing K-pop and express themselves on the stage by sharing the feelings in the lyrics.

Cerebro Kriszti is a member of a dance crew Serenity, but she has been performing solo in many occasions. She has so much passion for dancing to K-Pop and is going to present an awesome performance at the festival.

EVL is a dance group that was created to celebrate and show their interest in K-Pop culture. They all admire the vigorous practice and plan to go into every performance which K-Pop bands do. EVL was placed in the 3rd place at K-Pop World Festival Sweden preliminaries last year.

Nochi is a group of 13 members based in Gothenburg since 2018. They met each other through Kpop classes offered by the organization called 'Kpop Göteborg'. They are very motivated to perform energetic performances with K-pop songs.

Noize consists of five members who are very vigorous and enthusiastic. They are huge fans of K-pop culture and love to bring something to the stage that no one has brought before.

All the members of Onyx have a huge interest in K-pop Music and in Korea overall. They enjoy every opportunity to show how much they love dancing and K-pop songs.

Prism is a dance group from Gothenburg and they have been dancing together since 2016. All of the members have different cultural backgrounds and personalities, but they share one thing together, which is K-pop and dancing.

Serenity is a group of five members who are motivated by the enthusiasm towards K-pop and dancing since 2017. They have been constantly practicing so hard to inspire the passion of K-pop to the audience.

Sravani Chappalle has been a big K-Pop lover ever since the music gave her a whole new aspect of life and herself. She likes the fact that K-Pop brings the world together.

Starling is a two-year-old group consisting of seven dance enthusiasts that came together to dance to K-Pop. Each member has a different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, extending across different continents. Despite the differences, one common interest that unites them is K-Pop and Korean culture.

VIVID is a group of four girls based in Gothenburg. The members have a similar interests in K-Pop and decided to start dancing together and started a team in February 2018.

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