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K-Pop Festival at the San Diego County Fair 2026
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K-Pop Festival at the San Diego County Fair 2026

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The San Diego County Fair dedicates a full day to K-pop on June 28. Live performances, fan activations, and the Del Mar coast as the backdrop. A home-ground event for the SD fanbase that does not req…

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Today · Sunday, June 28, 2026
11:00 AM PDT – 4:00 PM PDT
2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd, Del Mar, CA 92014
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What it was like

There is a section of the San Diego K-pop fanbase that does not make the drive to KCON or Crypto.com Arena. Not because the trip is too far — because the home crowd is the crowd they want. The County Fair K-Pop day was built for them.

A full day at Del Mar — performances, fan activations, photo zones, the choreography pop-ups that turn into impromptu group dances when the right song comes on — anchored to the fairgrounds rather than dropped into an arena built for somebody else's event. Fair admission covers the whole day. The fairgrounds sit on the coast, which matters because every previous K-pop event in this region was held in a parking lot in downtown LA.

The people who show up to this are the ones who have been waiting for the K-pop community in San Diego to be visible to itself. They will recognize each other. That is the point of the day.

San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Fairgrounds. June 28, 2026. Gates open 11 AM. K-Pop programming runs into the evening. General fair admission covers access to the festival.

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