Asia Song Festival

Asia Song Festival
2023 official poster
GenrePop music
DatesSeptember/October
Location(s)Yeouido Park, Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates37°33′36″N 126°59′24″E / 37.56000°N 126.99000°E / 37.56000; 126.99000
Years active2004 – present
Organised byKorea Foundation for International Culture Exchange (KOFICE)
Websiteasiasongfestival.kr
Asia Song Festival
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese亞洲音樂節
Simplified Chinese亚洲音乐节
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYǎ zhōu yīn yuè jié
Bopomofoㄧㄚˇ ㄓㄡ ㄧㄣ ㄩㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Wade–GilesYa3 chou1 yin1 yüeh4 chieh2
IPA[jà ʈʂóʊ ín ɥê tɕjě]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationA jāu yām ngohk jit
Jyutpingaa3 zau1 jam1 ngok6 zit3
Vietnamese name
VietnameseLiên hoan bài hát Châu Á
Korean name
Hangul아시아송페스티벌
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationAsia Song Peseutibeol
Japanese name
Kanaアジア・ソング・フェスティバル
Indonesian name
IndonesianFestival Lagu Asia

Asia Song Festival, a.k.a. 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 (KOFICE) and features artists from Asian countries. 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). South Korean boy band TVXQ is the only act to have participated for five consecutive years, since the 1st festival in 2004.[1]

This festival is recorded and broadcast on Seoul Broadcasting System in Korea and Fuji TV in Japan; and other major broadcasting stations around the world including United States, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines, Finland, Bulgaria, Vietnam and Singapore.

The theme song for the 2011 Festival "Dreams Come True", a duet by Lee Donghae of Super Junior and Seohyun of Girls' Generation was released on 11 October 2011 as a digital single. The proceeds from the sale were donated to Unicef to help children in African countries.[2]

  1. ^ Ryu Seung-yoon "Asia Song Festival to celebrate its 6th anniversary" Archived 2021-05-14 at the Wayback Machine Korea Herald. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 2012-03-29
  2. ^ "Music and charity as Asia Song Fest wraps up its eighth year"[usurped] Joongang Daily. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-27