ATEEZ, P1Harmony To Headline Hello82’s First Festival 82WORLD : LA

Aug 14, 2026 07:03 AM - 2 hours ago 1

After establishing itself arsenic an important independent explanation and fan-experience partner for the global-pop industry, hello82 is officially revealing the lineup for its first-ever festival, 82WORLD: LA, group for October 17-18 astatine Los Angeles State Historic Park.

The two-day outdoor arena is the largest instrumentality acquisition yet from the Los Angeles-based institution that has unit spaces to big artist-fan events successful LA, New York City, Atlanta, San Diego and Berlin (so far) pinch the lineup leaning connected some established K-pop floor plan forces supported by the explanation arsenic good arsenic caller world acts building their audiences.

P1Harmony (who has teamed pinch hello82 for beingness distribution successful the States since 2023) is the Day 1 headliner. For the October 17 date, the P1H guys will beryllium joined by their explanation mates AMPERS&ONE, boy bands 8TURN and xikers, globally focused woman groups GIRLSET and cosmosy, arsenic good arsenic J-pop chart-toppers BE:FIRST.

Meanwhile, ATEEZ (who person been partners pinch hello82 since 2021 and person 3 No. 1 albums connected the Billboard 200 to boot) will beryllium the only creator to execute connected October 18, pinch a afloat time of performances and activities centered astir their fans, successful an innovative caller attack to euphony show programming.

Tickets spell connected waste tomorrow, Friday, August 14, astatine noon (12:00) P.T.

A Festival Built Around Fan Interaction

In a awesome departure from different unrecorded events, hello82 is positioning 82WORLD: LA arsenic thing different than a accepted festival. Alongside performances, the play is programmed pinch specially produced activities including interactive games, surprises from the artists and different moments designed to put thousands of fans successful the aforesaid abstraction arsenic the shape performers, akin to their in-store events.

The festival’s framing tracks pinch really the institution built its business. Founded successful Los Angeles successful 2018 and launching its explanation services successful 2021, hello82 helped make its sanction connected beingness distribution and in-person events pinch the shop yet earning its title arsenic a dependable institution for K-pop fans, while CEO Choi Jaeyoon has been recognized successful Billboard’s '2026 Indie Power Players database successful some 2025 and 2026.

hello82 first teased 82WORLD: LA successful November 2025 pinch an $82 early-bird summons drop, and pre-sale allotments sold retired earlier naming a azygous artist. The two-day outdoor fest is simply a logical scaling-up of the company’s exemplary that’s been tested astatine the retail-store standard for years pinch 82WORLD: LA, marking a stake that the fan-engagement business, not conscionable the wide performance business, tin successfully motorboat a caller festival.

A Festival Lineup Goes Beyond K-Pop

The remainder of the lineup doubles arsenic a snapshot of really world the K-pop segment has become.

BE:FIRST are a Japanese group successful the mediate of a deliberate American push, pinch their world EP WATCH ME arriving conscionable up of the fest connected September 18, and antecedently acting arsenic opening acts for immoderate of ATEEZ’s stadium shows.

JYP Entertainment and Republic Records’ female quartet GIRLSET were assembled successful Los Angeles done the A2K title bid and are preparing a debut medium that boasts genre explorations of pop, EDM, R&B, and Hyperpop. Meanwhile, cosmosy are 4 Japanese members trained successful the Korean strategy and releasing euphony successful English and Japanese.

Rounding retired the measure are rising boy bands xikers (ATEEZ’s explanation mates nether KQ Entertainment), AMPERS&ONE (who are P1Harmony’s explanation mates nether FNC Entertainment), positive 8TURN (who person released euphony successful Korean and English that will footwear disconnected their adjacent U.S. circuit successful October arsenic well).

Day 2 Belongs To ATEEZ

The astir singular move from the show is its 2nd time themed wholly astir ATEEZ and their fandom, affectionately known arsenic ATINY. Billed arsenic “ATEEZ x TINY ISLAND,” Day 2 promises a afloat time of performances from the eight-member enactment alongside programming built specifically for ATINY.

Beyond being hello82’s first full-fledged partner, the full-day dedication is good deserved. Last June, ATEEZ earned their first No. 1 connected the Billboard 200 pinch Golden Hour : Part.5, which moved much than 200,000 units successful its first week successful the States, making them only the 3rd K-pop enactment to scope that figure. The group’s In Your Fantasy world circuit besides deed aggregate stadiums crossed the U.S. past summer, hitting awesome venues for illustration New York’s Citi Field, Chicago’s Wrigley Field and BMO Stadium successful Los Angeles.

See the charismatic poster and lineup for 82WORLD : LA below.