List of ABU Song Festivals host cities
This page is a list of cities and venues that have hosted the ABU Radio Song Festival, ABU TV Song Festival, and ABU International Dance Festival, one or more times. Future venues are shown in italics. The first venue in both the ABU Radio Song Festival 2012 and ABU TV Song Festival 2012, coincided with the 49th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. The host cities of the ABU Radio Song Festivals from 2014 onwards are elected during ABU Administrative Council meetings. Whereas the host cities of the ABU TV Song Festivals remain to coincide to take place in the host country of the ABU General Assembly meetings.[1]
ABU Radio Song Festival
Contests | Country | City | Venue | Years | Date | |||
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Seoul | KBS Hall | 2012 | 11 October 2012 | |||
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Colombo | Stein Studios | 2014 | 23 May 2014 | ||||
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Yangon | National Theatre of Yangon | 2015 | 29 May 2015 | ||||
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Beijing | China National Radio Auditorium | 2016 | 26 April 2016 | ||||
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Bangkok | - | 2017 | Not held | ||||
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Astana | Kazmedia Centre | 2018 | 11 July 2018 | ||||
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Dhaka | Hotel Intercontinental[8] | 2019 | 31 October 2019 | ||||
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Bali | The Stone Hotel | 2022 | TBA 2022 |
- Note 1: Due to the demise of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the 2017 ABU Radio Song Festival, initially scheduled to be held on 27 April 2017 as part of the 2017 RadioAsia Conference, was not to be held in Thailand. That festival was cancelled.[9]
ABU TV Song Festival
Contests | Country | City | Venue | Years | Date | Ref. |
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Kuala Lumpur (held online with pre-recorded performances) |
Maverick Pulse Studio | 2020 | 14 December 2020 | ||
2021 | 18 November 2021 | |||||
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Seoul | KBS Hall | 2012 | 14 October 2012 | ||
2023 | 29 October 2023 | |||||
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Hanoi | Hanoi Opera House | 2013 | 26 October 2013 | |
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Macau | Sands Theatre | 2014 | 25 October 2014 | ||
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Istanbul | Istanbul Congress Center | 2015 | 28 October 2015 | ||
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Bali | Bali Nusa Dua Convention Centre | 2016 | 22 October 2016 | ||
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Chengdu | S1 SRT Studio | 2017 | 1 November 2017 | ||
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Ashgabat | Ashgabat Olympic Stadium | 2018 | 2 October 2018 | ||
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Shibuya, Tokyo | NHK Hall | 2019 | 19 November 2019 | ||
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New Delhi | Siri Fort Auditorium | 2022 | 27 November 2022 | ||
ABU International Dance Festival
Contests | Country | City | Venue | Years | Date |
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Hyderabad | Shilpakala Vedika | 2017 | 15 January 2017 |
New Delhi[21] | Hotel Taj Palace[21] | 2019 | 9 March 2019 |
ABU Song Contest
Contests | Country | City | Venue | Years | Date |
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Qingdao | West Coast Star Island | 16–18 April 2020 (cancelled) |
See also
References
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- Granger, Anthony (30 June 2023). "ABU TV Song Festival 2023 on October 29". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
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- Granger, Anthony (6 January 2016). "ATSF16 5th ABU TV Song Festival to be held in October 2016". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
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- "New Delhi Hosting the ABU TV Song Festival 2022". eurovoix-world.com. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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