Thirty of the hottest names in K-pop and K-hip-hop are heading to the Manila debut of Korea’s biggest annual summer music festival
We’re a month away from the first ever Waterbomb festival in Manila! News of this much-anticipated music festival from South Korea first made the rounds last year, but now that we’re a month away, we already have most of the lineup. And boy does it look exciting!
Manila is one of three stops the Waterbomb festival will be making outside Korea this year. The festival runs on Feb. 22 and 23 at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. Guest artists are divided into teams—yellow and blue for the Manila leg of the festival. Like Korea’s own Waterbomb, audiences can expect the best K-pop, hip-hop, and EDM hits performed live, along with various water-based activities (yes, water gun fights!).
While February may be a little too early for a summer splash, Waterbomb’s featured K-pop and K-hip-hop artists are set to heat things up in Manila. We can expect iconic hip-hop trio Epik High, EXO rapper Chanyeol, and Mamamoo’s Hwasa among the artists opening the festival. Meanwhile, 2000s icon Hyolyn, Waterbomb regular Jessi, and GOT7’s Bambam are slated for the festival’s last day. K-pop 4th generation girl groups Stayc and Viviz will also be performing at the festival.
Here’s the latest list of artists performing at Waterbomb—four have yet to be revealed, which will increase the artist lineup to a total of 30 performers.
Feb. 22, Saturday
Blue Team
- Epik High
- Kim Jong Kook
- Baekho
- Kwon Eun Bi
- Stayc
- DJ Roots
Yellow Team
- Dynamicduo
- Chanyeol
- Hwasa
- B.I
- Lee Chae Yeon
Feb. 23, Sunday
Blue Team
- Jessi
- Gray
- Bambam
- Viviz
- Kang Daniel
- Siena Girls
Yellow Team
- Sunmi
- Hyolyn
- Skull & Hana
- Oh My Girl
- Reddy
- Yang Se Chan
- Sulreggae
- U-Kwon
- Insidecore
Tickets go on sale on Jan. 22.