J.Hoseok

I’ve had multiple people message me both here and on Instagram asking about my experience at the NY KCON this year. Have no fear, I have an experience post coming soon + some tips and tricks for those attending future KCON NY’s!! :-)

Hello!! A Jansport backpack should be totally fine :) I took a backpack around the same size last year and had no issues. You still will however be subjected to a bag check. Security will be checking bags regardless of the size to make sure people don't have anything they aren't supposed to have. As for the food/drink thing, unfortunately no :-(( You can't even have a water bottle :-(( You'll have to purchase one at the convention centre and each time you leave the centre and go back in, you'll have to throw it out and buy another one. You also cannot bring water bottles into the concert hall. You have to purchase a drink once you're inside~ I hope you have fun at KCON LA!!

Unfortunately, I am unable to answer this question fully. Last year, pre-registration was a long line-up that brought you into this room where they simple had booths setup for Platinum ticket holders and then booths for P1-P5 ticket holders. I didn't see a line for those solely attending the convention. However, you may need to line up in that line because you will need a wristband to enter the convention and by going into those crazy large line-ups is how everyone else got their convention wristbands last year. Just remember that only buying convention tickets means you won't get any passes to artist engagements (you only get those by purchasing concert tickets), and you still have to pay a $25(?) fee since the Convention Centre is a separate establishment from the Staples Centre. Sorry this isn't very informative. I would recommend you email KCON and ask them this question! They'd likely be able to answer you much quicker and more accurate than I've been able to. Sorry about that! Here is their email address: [email protected]

Things at KCON NY were priced..... relatively pricey to be brutally honest hahah. I mean, there are some booths that were selling reasonably priced things, however the booths selling albums could be quite expensive, depending on what one may consider to be expensive. For me personally, it would've actually been cheaper to buy a lot of the albums I ended up buying online. The booths that usually always have relatively good deals are ones like The Face Shop. They are also one of the only booths I visited at KCON where I received free things. Some booths will give out fans because of the heat, but that's about it.

I assume you're going to KCON LA?? How the fan engagements work is they are held during the convention (which is why I ALWAYS recommend attending all of the convention as well as checking in EARLY, not on the first day of convention because when you check in is when you get your tickets that tell you which fan engagements you have and if you don't check in early, you may miss certain fan engagements). So usually the day before KCON, they will release a time schedule of when each artists engagements are. Another reason I say to attend all of the convention is because these artist engagement times can change at any time. There will be a designated area where you will line up before the engagement begins. I recommend lining up quite early if you have audience passes and not hitouch, as the further back you are in the audience the farther away you are from the artist. If you have hitouch though, it doesn't really matter. Now as for when the red carpets are, they are usually around 5pm, a few hours before the concerts start. I would also line up for those early as the later you line up, the father back you are. If you went to KCON NY then the convention was only 2 days long, but I believe KCON LA's convention is 3 days long. The first day is JUST the convention (and Klub Kcon I believe), then the following two days are the days that also have the concerts. I recommend attending all 3 days because shopping is always the best on the first day, then all the artist engagements are on the following 2 days. Hopefully this was helpful!

I'm glad I could be of assistance! I hope you have an incredible time at KCON LA! <3

Unfortunately, I believe it's anywhere between $40-$60 for the service fee from what I can remember from last year :-( definitely not cheap, however things may have changed from last year so I'm sorry I can't give you a definite answer!

Ahhhh, thank you so much for getting back to me and letting me know how things went!! I'm glad that I could be of assistance, that's what I am here for, to help those who are going to KCON for the first time :D I remember being in those peoples shoes and there wasn't ever anyone I could find to help me, so I'm glad I could do that for you!! I'm glad you enjoyed yourself!!

I assume you're referring to KCON in Los Angeles?? If so, then you have a few possible options. AXS allows you to select multiple types of seats that you want, at least they did last year. So you can select that you want either P2 reserved (seats) and/or P3. When it's your turn to purchase tickets, they will give you about 4(?) different seat options. However, you may have your options be all P2 tickets, all P3 or a mixture of the both. There's no way to really guarantee which you get unless you selected JUST P2 or JUST P3, but if you do that then you may risk the tickets being sold out. I was aiming for P3 tickets last year but also selected P2 as an option and BOTH times I attempted to buy tickets they gave me P2 seated options, so it wasn't really that hard to get for me personally. However, KCON does continue to grow every year so I honestly don't know what ticket sales will be like this year unfortunately. Another option that you (may) have if AXS allows this is to purchase tickets over the phone. I'm not sure how exactly that works, however when I was at the K-Pop Con in Toronto last month I had a lady mention to me that she had a similar problem that I did with tickets to KCON NY (which is a entirely other story that I'm going to share on my account after KCON NY) and she said that buying tickets over the phone was a faster and easier way to ensure you getting the seats you wanted. Perhaps you can be on the phone/have someone on the phone for you and also be trying for tickets online? Just DONT buy tickets twice!!! I made that mistake 😅 I'm not sure if this really helped at all, but ultimately it's your decision. If I'm being 150% honest, it may just be safer to go for P3 tickets, simply because as I said I'm not sure if it's going to be as easy for you to snag P2 seats this year like it was for myself last summer.

That I can't accurately answer simply because I have only purchased combo tickets before. However, I believe that what KCON/AXS does is say splits all the P1 tickets in half, half that will be made available during the combo ticket sales, and the other half that will be made available during the single tickets sales, that way people who only want to go for one day have a chance to get the tickets they desire. However, it is quite difficult either way to get your hands on P1 and even P2 tickets, so you just have to make sure you're waiting on the site when they go on sale! You can even try booking seats over the phone (I believe AXS does this, I know ticketmaster did it for KCON NY), as I had someone point out to me who is going to NY say that it's an easier way to get seats you'd like. That part is up to you though. But no, I don't think ALL P1-P3 tickets "sell-out" before single tickets go on sale!

The pit probably isn't too bad for KCON's in Japan, Jeju Island, Abu Dhabi, New York and France. I say this simply because only between 8,000-30,000 attend those shows. However the pit in Los Angeles, the only KCON I've been to, is INSANE. This is likely because between 45,000 and 60,000+ people attend the LA shows. KCON LA is the biggest of all the KCON's and more people means a messier pit. I remember being part of the pit in 2014 and we were packed in there like a can of sardines, hahaah. You probably won't be able to do any dancing in the pit at KCON LA unless you're near the very back by the exits, unfortunately;;;;

KCON LA or KCON NY?? If I understood your question correctly, then there are only 2 ways you can purchase KCON tickets. For KCON NY you have to go through ticketmaster, and for KCON LA I believe they are using AXS again this year. I dealt with AXS for KCON LA last summer and didn't really have too many problems at all. However, I'm going to KCON NY this year and had to buy tickets through ticketmaster. Buying combo tickets to KCON NY was a complete and utter nightmare hahah but I'll talk about that when I do my KCON 2016 recap in a few months. So yes, if I understood correctly the only way I would recommend buying tickets is directly through AXS (or ticketmaster, depending on which KCON you're attending). You can likely go onto the appropriate site, search up the event and just wait for tickets to be made available on the day they go on sale. KCON NY tickets are on sale now, both combo and individual tickets. I wouldn't recommend buying KCON tickets from just anyone on Twitter or Tumblr or anything like that, as they may 1. increase the price and 2. may not actually send you your ticket. I'm not calling people liars, but you just can't be 100% sure unless you personally know the person. Anyways, if I misunderstood anything, please let me know!

You're welcome! I'm sure the turnout will be great in France though! Especially with the groups that are scheduled to attend! As for what to wear, you must take a few things in to consideration. 1. What's the weather going to be like and 2. Will you be indoors or outdoors for most of the day? If it's going to be very warm, you obviously aren't going to want to wear anything too heavy. If you're outdoors and it's windy, you may want to steer clear of dresses or skirts that are on the shorter side. Fashion can be important, but so is comfort, so I would really just think about what the weather will be like and what you'll be doing all day and go from there. But hey, if it means anything I know J-Hope likes girls in feminine dresses AND your causal jeans&t-shirt sort of thing 😎😎😎

Ah, hello! KCON in Paris, hey? How exciting! I'm sure you'll have an incredible time! Now, when you see people say it's "impossible" to get to the front when you have standing tickets, people are likely mainly talking about the KCON in Los Angeles. It's the largest KCON between the other ones held in New York, Japan, Korea & The UAE, and this will also be the 5th one for California. The number of fans in attendance last year alone was nearly 60,000 whereas places like New York only saw 17,000. It is VERY difficult to get to the front/near the stage when you have standing tickets for LA, take it from myself who has personal experience. Now, I mean absolutely no offence by this!!!! but because I'm sure the turnout in France won't be as large as Los Angeles, you shouldn't have to wait in a lineup for hours and hours to get a decent spot to stand. Once you're inside, people disperse around/in front of the stage, so you can probably get a spot that you want! However, I would recommend lining up AT LEAST an hour early, because that's what most fans with standing tickets (& even some fans with assigned seats) will do and you don't want to be the last in line or it will be very hard to get a good spot. So no, for you it will not be impossible! You don't have to stand in line 10 hours before the concert, but you will want to line up at least an hour before the concert begins so you can guarantee a good spot! I hope you have a lot of fun, KCON is a blast! :):)

Hello! To answer your question/concern as quickly and effectively as possible, I can only base it off of my own personal opinion. I know there are some people out there who absolutely love standing in the pit during concert, however I personally do not. P2 tickets are usually (I can only speak for KCON LA because I have not been to the NY one) offered as either pit or seated tickets. The seats available are numbered though, so that must be kept in mind. I prefer seated tickets because it gives you the opportunity to sit down after a long day on your feet before/during the concert if you need to at all for any reason. It also gives you a safe place to store your bags and any things you may have bought while at KCON so they don't get stepped on by other fans like they would in the pit. I have had all 3 types of tickets: P2 (seats), P2 (pit) and P3. I personally found P2 pit tickets to be a waste of money. Your view isn't very great due to being farthest away from the stage on the floor, especially if you are not tall. P2 seats are incredible though! I definitely would recommend these, however tension can be high when trying to score these tickets because as I said, they are numbered. However, P3 tickets are also incredible! You are only a few rows back from those in P2, but the view is just as spectacular. I suppose it would all come down to the individuals in the end. Perhaps you can talk to your friends about getting P2 seated tickets? If they don't want to cave in or if you are unable to get them, P3 isn't bad!! I'm not sure what else to add, so all I will say is that I wish you luck! Please feel free to ask me any other questions that you may have! :):) <3

Combo tickets cover one person for both days. If both you and your mom wanted to go to both concerts, you would both need combo tickets :)