In another successful feat for the South Korean entertainment industry, the 46th Blue Dragon Film Awards were a massive hit among viewers across the world. The impressive ceremony packed with top-notch K-drama actors wrapped up on a high note with Crash Landing on You‘s real-life couple Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin winning the Best Actor trophies on Wednesday, November 19.
Right before the 2025 Blue Dragon Film Awards schedule, the Hallyu Wave enthusiasts were treated to a similar extravaganza led by their favourite K-pop idols on November 14-15 with the Korea Grand Music Awards.
The fun is far from over. As all K-drama and K-pop lovers already know, the November to early January period beckons the arrival of a fully-stacked calendar of highly anticipated award shows and year-end ceremonies. Quite a few of them aare already on the horizon.
Here’s what you can look forward to next:
K-drama / K-pop year-end awards and shows – Full schedule (Nov-early Jan)
1. MBC Virtual Live Festival
Although already held on October 18-19, 225, in South Korea, the next-generation music event with K-virtual performers and much-loved K-pop stars finally started streaming online this month. It’s now available to watch on Amazon Prime Video India’s Channel K.
Lineup: MBC’s first-ever Virtual Live Festival’s lineup included virtual icons PLAVE, SM Entertainment’ AI-based artist naevis, ISEGYE IDOL, APOKI, IRISE, BRAZY, OFF EQUALS, LUVITA, Plan.B and Virtual YB.
Other conventional K-pop participants were NMIXX, RIIZE, tripleS, Choi Yena, &TEAM, KiiiKiii, John Park, USPEER, Xdinary Heroes, KISS OF LIFE, izna, AHOF, and Koyote.
Host: NCT’s Johnny & Jungwoo, WINNER’s Kang Seung Yoon, and OH MY GIRL’s Mimi.
2. 2025 Hanteo Music Festival
Date: Originally scheduled to September 6-7, but not postponed to November 22-23 at the Inspire Arena in Incheon.
Lineup
- Day 1: HOT, TEEN TOP, fromis_9, tripleS
- Day 2: HOT, 2AM, MAMAMOO’s Solar, Oh My Girl
3. 2025 MAMA Awards
Date: Nov 28-29 (7:30 pm KST) at Kai Tak Stadium
Host: Park Bo Gum (Day 1) and Kim Hye Soo (Day 2)
Artist Lineup
- Day 1: Hearts2Hearts2, NCT WISH, MEOVV, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, BOYNEXTDOOR, ENHYPEN, i-dle, IVE, BABYMONSTER, BUMPSUP, MIRROR, Super Junior, TREASURE. TWS, TXT’s Yeonjun
- Day 2: RIIZE, Stray Kids, ZEROBASEONE, aespa, CORTIS, IDID, G-Dragon, JO1, TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT), KYOKA, KickFlip, izna, ALLDAY PROJECT
Presenter Lineup: Michelle Yeoh, Ahn Eun Jin, Arden Cho, Go Young Jung, Hyeri, Jeon Yeo Been, Ju Ji Hoon, Lee Do Hyun, Lee Jun Young, Lee Joon Hyuk, Shin Ye Eun, Yim Si Wan, Lee Kwang Soo, Lee Soo Hyuk, Roh Yoon Seo, Shin Hyun Ji, Noh Sang Hyun, Shin Seung Hun, Chow Yun Fat, Ahn Hyo Seop, Cha Joo Young, Cho Han Gyeol, Cho Sae Ho, Choi Dae Hoon, Jang Do Yeon, Jo Yu Ri, Park Hyung Sik
4. 2025 Asia Artist Awards
Date: December 6 (5 pm KST) at Kaohsiung National Stadium
Host: Lee Junho and IVE Jang Wonyoung
Artist Lineup: CRAVITY, MONSTA X, RIIZE, Stray Kids, WOODZ, Choi Yena, xikers, TWS, AHOF, Ash Island, ATEEZ, CORTIS, ALLDAY PROJECT, IVE, KickFlip, KISS OF LIFE, MEOVV, JJ LIN, NEXZ, LE SSERAFIM, QWER
Actor Lineup: IU, Kim You Jung, Moon So Ri, Uhm Ji Won, Park Bo Gum, Kang You Seok, Choi Dae Hoon, Choo Young Woo, Lee Junho, Lee Joon Hyuk, Lee Jun Young, Lim YoonA, Lee Yi KYun, Park Yoon Ho, Satoh Takeru
5. 2025 Music Bank Global Festival in Japan
Date: December 13-14 at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo
Host: Lee Jun Young and IVE’s Jang Wonyoung (Day 1 and 2)
Lineup
- Day 1:ATEEZ, ENHYPEN, ITZY, NMIXX, RIIZE, TXT, Snow Man, BOYNEXTDOOR, Hearts2Hearts, IDID, ILLIT, KickFlip
- Day 2: TVXQ’s Yunho, NCT WISH, CORTIS, izna, IVE, NEXZ, Stray Kids, ZEROBASEONE, xikers, TWS, &TEAM, KiiiKiii, NiziU
6. 2025 KBS Song Festival Global Festival
Date: December 19 (7:15 pm KST) at Songdo ConvensiA
Host: ILLIT’s Minju, Moon Sang Min, Jang Do Yeon
Lineup: TBA
7. 2025 Melon Music Awards
Date: December 20 (5 pm KST) at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul
Lineup: BLACKPINK’s Jennie, RIIZE, NCT WISH, aespa, BOYNEXTDOOR, EXO, PLAVE, WOODZ, KiiiKiii, ZICO, Jay Park, ILLIT, 10CM, IVE, IDID, Hearts2Hearts, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, HANRORO, LNGSHOT
30 ‘Top 10’ Nominees announced Nov 20: IU, G-DRAGO, 10CM, MAKTUB, Hwang Ga-ram, DAY6, SEVENTEEN, Lim Young Woong, BLACKPINK , NCT DREAM, OVAN, BLACKPINK’s JENNIE, Woody (Woody), TOMORROW (MEOVV), JAESSBEE (JAESSBEE), JOZZ, Hearts2Hearts, KiiiKiii, and ALLDAY PROJECT.
8. 2025 SBS Gayo Daejeon
Date: December 25 at INSPIRE Arena
Host: NCT Jaemin, IVE’s An Yujin, DAY6’s Young K
Lineup: ZEROBASEONE, NCT DREAM, NCT WISH, Stray Kids, THE BOYZ, TREASURE, &TEAM, BOYNEXTDOOR, ATEEZ, ENHYPEN, TXT, IVE, KiiiKiii, ALLDAY PROJECT, Hearts2Hearts, ILLIT, ITZY, LE SSERAFIM, BABYMONSTER, CORTIS, NMIXX, TWS
9. 2025 Seoul Con APAN Star Awards
Date: December 29 at Art Hall 1 in Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul
Host: TBA
Lineup: TBA
Nominees: TBA
10. 2025 MBC Music Festival
Date: December 31
Host: SHINee Minho, ALLDAY PROJECT’s Annie, Hwang Minhyun
Lineup: TBA
11. 76th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (Japanese show with K-pop stars)
Date: December 31 in Japan
Host: Comedian Hiroiki Ariyoshi, Actresses Haruka Ayase and Mio Imada, NHK announcer Naoko Suzuki
Lineup
- Red Team: ILLIT, aespa, Aina The End, Aimyon, Lilas Ikuta, Sayuri Ishikawa, Hiromi Iwasaki, CANDY TUNE, Fuyumi Sakamoto, Mariko Takahashi, Chanmina, Yoshimi Tendo, Nogizaka46, HANA, Perfume, HUMBERT HUMBERT, FRUITS ZIPPER, MISIA, Kaori Mizumori, LiSA
- White Team: &TEAM, BE:FIRST, Orange Range, King & Prince, Toshinobu Kubota, Kiromi Go, sakanaction, Junretsu, TUBE, Number_i, Leon Niihama, Vaundy, Masaharu Fukuyama, Akira Fuse, Mrs Green Apple, Hiroshi Miyama
12. 2026 Golden Disc Awards in Taiwan
Date: January 10, 2026, at the Taipei Dome in Taiwan
Host: TBA
Lineup: TBA
Nominees: TBA
The article will be updated with more information when further details are announced.
