KCON LA 2026 Full Lineup: NCT 127, TXT, and ZEROBASEONE Headline Three-Day Festival

KCON LA 2026 (케이콘 LA 2026) has announced its full lineup, with NCT 127, ZEROBASEONE, and TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) confirmed as the three headliners, each receiving an expanded one-hour set, according to organizer CJ ENM's announcement on March 26, 2026. The three-day festival runs August 14 to 16 at Crypto.com Arena and the Los Angeles Convention Center, marking another edition of K-pop's biggest North American festival returning to Southern California. The full bill spans more than 20 acts across two stages: ILLIT, P1Harmony, TREASURE, &TEAM, KickFlip, Santos Bravos, JO1, MEOVV, KEYVITUP, izna, and more fill the supporting slots, with the X Stage dedicated to rising global talent including from20 & HELLO GLOOM, ONE PACT, RESCENE, and So!YoON!. Tickets go on presale April 1 for KCON EXPRESS members, with general sale opening April 3 at AXS.com.

Three Days, Three Headliners

NCT 127 (엔씨티 127) opens KCON LA 2026 on August 14, headlining the M COUNTDOWN STAGE alongside KickFlip, Santos Bravos, TREASURE, and &TEAM. The group is marking their 10th anniversary in 2026, as confirmed by CJ ENM, making this KCON LA return something of a celebration for one of SM Entertainment's longest-running units. Day 2 on August 15 belongs to ZEROBASEONE (제로베이스원), who take the headliner slot fresh off their sixth consecutive million-selling album, per reporting by Yonhap News Agency. ILLIT, izna, P1Harmony, NCT's TAEYONG, and TXT's YEONJUN fill out Day 2's M COUNTDOWN bill, with both TAEYONG and YEONJUN delivering solo stages, giving fans dedicated performances from two of K-pop's most-watched solo artists outside their groups. TXT (투모로우바이투게더) closes the festival on August 16, headlining a bill that includes ALLDAY PROJECT, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, JO1, and MEOVV.

The X Stage: A Real Platform for Rising Acts

KCON's X Stage has become one of the more interesting things the festival does: a dedicated slot for emerging artists trying to crack the global market. The 2026 LA lineup gives the X Stage to from20 & HELLO GLOOM, KEYVITUP, ONE PACT, RESCENE, and So!YoON!, with most acts spanning multiple days. KEYVITUP appears on both Day 1 and Day 2; from20 & HELLO GLOOM also play both. ONE PACT spans Day 1 and Day 3, and RESCENE covers Day 2 and Day 3. For acts at this stage of their careers, playing a room of KCON-level fans in front of this kind of audience is a genuine career moment. The X Stage runs alongside the M COUNTDOWN STAGE across all three days.

NCT 127, ZEROBASEONE, TXT: Three Acts, Three Stories

The headliner selection tells a story about where K-pop sits in 2026. NCT 127, ten years into their run, arrive as one of K-pop's most durable export acts, with a North American fanbase built across years of consistent touring and releases. ZEROBASEONE, just two years old as a group, have already stacked six consecutive million-selling albums, a pace that would have been remarkable for any group a decade ago. TXT, meanwhile, are heading into what fans broadly expect to be a major comeback summer, and a KCON LA headliner slot adds festival scale to an already anticipated release cycle. All three acts are performing expanded one-hour sets rather than the shorter festival-style appearances of previous years, as Billboard reported in its coverage of the lineup announcement. That hour-long format signals KCON LA moving closer to a full concert experience alongside its convention programming.

Tickets: Presale April 1, General Sale April 3

KCON LA 2026 runs across two adjacent venues in downtown Los Angeles: Crypto.com Arena for the M COUNTDOWN concerts and the Los Angeles Convention Center for the convention floor. KCON EXPRESS members get first access via presale at 10 a.m. PDT on April 1 through AXS.com. General ticket sale follows at 10 a.m. PDT on April 3, also through AXS.com. No pricing tiers have been officially released. Past KCON LA editions have ranged from general admission convention passes through to tiered concert packages with artist hi-touch sessions, and the 2026 edition is expected to follow a similar structure.