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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
1  South Korea[2] Seoul KBS Hall 2012 11 October 2012
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka[1] Colombo Stein Studios 2014 23 May 2014
Myanmar Myanmar[3] Yangon National Theatre of Yangon 2015 29 May 2015
 China[4] Beijing China National Radio Auditorium 2016 26 April 2016
Thailand Thailand[5] Bangkok - 2017 Not held
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan[6] Astana Kazmedia Centre 2018 11 July 2018
Bangladesh Bangladesh[7] Dhaka Hotel Intercontinental[8] 2019 31 October 2019
 Indonesia 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
1  South Korea[10] Seoul KBS Hall 2012 14 October 2012
 Vietnam[11] Hanoi Hanoi Opera House 2013 26 October 2013
 Macau[12][better source needed] Macau Sands Theatre 2014 25 October 2014
 Turkey[13] Istanbul Istanbul Congress Center 2015 28 October 2015
 Indonesia[14] Bali Bali Nusa Dua Convention Centre 2016 22 October 2016
 China[15] Chengdu S1 SRT Studio 2017 1 November 2017
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Ashgabat Ashgabat Olympic Stadium 2018 2 October 2018
 Japan[16] Shibuya, Tokyo NHK Hall 2019 19 November 2019
 Malaysia[17] Kuala Lumpur (held online with pre-recorded performances) Maverick Pulse Studio 2020 14 December 2020
 Malaysia[18] Kuala Lumpur (held online with pre-recorded performances) Maverick Pulse Studio 2021 18 November 2021
 India[19] New Delhi Siri Fort Auditorium 2022 27 November 2022

ABU International Dance Festival

Contests Country City Venue Years Date
2 India India[20] 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
1  China Qingdao West Coast Star Island 2020 16–18 April 2020 (cancelled)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "ABU gets leaders' backing for increased activities". ABU. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  2. ^ "ABU Radio Song Festival 2012". Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  3. ^ "ABU Radio Song Festival 2015". ABU. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  4. ^ Granger, Anthony (30 June 2015). "China to host ABU Radio Song Festival 2016". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. ^ Halliwell, Jamie (30 July 2016). "ABU Radio Song Festival to be held in Thailand in 2017". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Kazakhstan To Host ABU Radio Song Festival 2018". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix World. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  7. ^ Granger, Anthony (28 June 2019). "Bangladesh to Host the ABU Radio Song Festival 2019". eurovoix-world.com. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  8. ^ Granger, Anthony (31 October 2019). "Today: ABU Radio Song Festival 2019 in Dhaka, Bangladesh". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  9. ^ "2017 RadioAsia Conference". ABU News. No. Vol. 35 - Q4 2016. Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union. December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016. {{cite news}}: |issue= has extra text (help)
  10. ^ "ABU Song Festival 2012". Korean Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  11. ^ "ABU 50th General Assembly and Associated Meetings". ABU. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  12. ^ "3rd ABU TV Song Festival scheduled to take place in Macao 2014". escKaz.com. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  13. ^ Granger, Anthony (20 October 2014). "ABU TV Song Festival 2015: Turkey To Host". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Granger, Anthony (18 April 2017). "ABU TV Song Festival 2017 participation deadline window closes". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  16. ^ "ABU TV Song Festival 2019 To Be Held At The NHK Hall". eurovoix-world.com. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  17. ^ Granger, Anthony (20 October 2014). "ABU TV Song Festival 2015: Turkey To Host". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ "New Delhi Hosting the ABU TV Song Festival 2022". eurovoix-world.com. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  20. ^ Granger, Anthony (8 June 2016). "India launches ABU International Dance Festival selection". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  21. ^ a b "ABU International Dance Festival 2019 to be held in New Delhi". 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.

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