TOMORROW X TOGETHER Confirmed to Headline KCON LA 2026, Giving U.S. Fans Their Next Big Look at the Group
TOMORROW X TOGETHER is heading back to Los Angeles, and this time the group isn’t sharing the marquee for just a handful of songs.
TXT has been confirmed as one of three headliners at KCON LA 2026, closing out the three-day festival on Sunday, August 16 with a full, expanded hour-long set — the group’s biggest confirmed U.S. stage since wrapping the American leg of its fourth world tour last fall.
For MOA (the group’s fandom) who missed out on tickets to TXT’s 2025 arena dates, this is shaping up to be the next major chance to see SOOBIN, YEONJUN, BEOMGYU, TAEHYUN, and HUENINGKAI perform stateside — and it comes with a festival-wide format change that gives headliners far more stage time than KCON has traditionally offered.
The Details: Dates, Venue, and Theme
KCON LA 2026 runs August 14–16 at Crypto.com Arena and the Los Angeles Convention Center, the festival’s longtime downtown L.A. home base.
This year’s theme, “Walk in SOUL CITY,” plays on Seoul’s name while framing the weekend as a full immersion into Korean culture — music, beauty, food, fashion, and fan experiences — rather than just a concert.
Organizer CJ ENM introduced a structural change for 2026: instead of the quick, few-song festival sets KCON has historically used for its “M Countdown” stage, each of the three headliners now performs a full hour-long show.
That means TXT’s Sunday night closing slot functions less like a festival cameo and more like a genuine concert experience.
The night-by-night breakdown looks like this:
- Friday, August 14 — NCT 127 headlines, joined by KickFlip, Santos Bravos, TREASURE, &TEAM, from20 & HELLO GLOOM, KEYVITUP, and ONE PACT.
- Saturday, August 15 — ZEROBASEONE headlines, with ILLIT, izna, P1Harmony, and special solo stages from NCT’s Taeyong and TXT’s own Yeonjun.
- Sunday, August 16 — TOMORROW X TOGETHER closes the festival, alongside ALLDAY PROJECT, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, JO1, MEOVV, ONE PACT, RESCENE, and So!YoON!.
Each headliner carries symbolic weight this year. NCT 127 is marking its 10th anniversary. ZEROBASEONE arrives fresh off its sixth consecutive million-selling album and its first KCON appearance as a five-member group.
And TXT, according to organizers, is “currently preparing for a highly anticipated comeback” — meaning the Sunday night slot could double as an early preview of new music and a new era for the group.
A Yeonjun Solo Stage, Too
Beyond the group’s headlining set, TXT’s Yeonjun is also confirmed for a solo performance on Saturday, August 15, sharing that night’s special-stage lineup with NCT’s Taeyong. As TXT’s first-revealed member and one of its most versatile performers across dance, rap, and vocals.
Yeonjun has increasingly built out a solo identity alongside his group work, and his KCON stage gives fans a rare look at that side of his artistry on U.S. soil, separate from the group’s main set the following night.
That means dedicated MOA attending the full weekend get two distinct chances to see a member of TXT perform — Yeonjun’s solo stage on Saturday, and the full group’s headlining set on Sunday.
Why This Matters: TXT’s Road Back to a U.S. Stage
This KCON booking lands at a notable moment for the group. TXT’s fourth world tour, “ACT: TOMORROW,” launched in Seoul in August 2025 and included a U.S. leg that fall — stops in cities including Los Angeles, San Jose, Dallas, Atlanta, Washington D.C., and Newark.
Before the tour wrapped its final overseas dates in Asia in February 2026. Since then, the group’s public U.S. footprint has been relatively quiet, with activity centered on Asia-focused releases, including a new Japanese single announced for an August 19 release.
Against that backdrop, an hour-long, festival-headlining set in Los Angeles — one of the group’s most consistent touring markets — is a meaningful re-entry point for U.S. fans.
TXT has a long history with the city and with festival stages more broadly: the group made history in 2022 as the first K-pop act to perform at Lollapalooza in Chicago, then returned in 2023 to become the first K-pop act to headline that festival.
In 2024, they became the first K-pop act to sell out two consecutive nights at Madison Square Garden. A KCON LA headlining slot fits squarely into that pattern of the group treating major U.S. festival stages as milestones in their own right, not just tour stops.
It’s also worth noting what organizers have signaled about the timing: TXT being framed as prepping a “highly anticipated comeback” suggests the KCON set may arrive alongside — or shortly before — new material, giving the performance extra weight beyond a typical festival appearance.
The Rest of the Lineup
TXT’s headlining slot is part of a stacked 2026 bill. In total, KCON LA 2026 brings 16 acts to the main “M Countdown” stage and five additional rising acts to a secondary “Showcase on X” stage, spanning seven boy groups, three girl groups, two male soloists, co-ed group ALLDAY PROJECT, Japan-based acts JO1 and &TEAM, and HYBE Latin America’s Santos Bravos.
Organizers have described the goal as reflecting K-pop’s reach beyond Korea itself — into J-pop, Latin music, hip-hop, and the indie scene.
For context, last year’s KCON LA drew a reported 100,000 fans to downtown Los Angeles over three days, prompting the city to officially designate August 1, 2025, as “KCON Day.”
Now in its second decade, KCON remains the largest K-pop festival brand operating outside Korea, and the 2026 lineup — with three genuinely marquee headliners each given a full hour — represents one of its more concert-focused editions yet.
Getting Tickets
KCON EXPRESS members were offered early presale access starting April 1, with general on-sale tickets following on April 3, both through AXS.com.
Given the headliner lineup and TXT’s dedicated Sunday closing set, remaining tickets and resale demand are expected to stay high as the August dates approach, particularly for the Saturday and Sunday shows featuring Yeonjun’s solo stage and TXT’s full-group set. Organizers have also noted the full performer lineup remains subject to change ahead of the event.
What to Watch For
With TXT’s exact comeback timeline still unconfirmed, the KCON LA set could end up being one of the first places U.S. fans hear new material live.
Between that, Yeonjun’s solo showcase, and the group’s now-established history of turning American festival stages into milestone moments, TXT’s Sunday night close at Crypto.com Arena is shaping up to be one of the more closely watched K-pop bookings of the summer.
Fans looking for the group’s next full U.S. tour will likely have to wait for a separate announcement from Big Hit Music — but for now, KCON LA 2026 gives MOA a confirmed date on the calendar.