SBS has unveiled the final lineup for the 2026 SBS Gayo Daejeon, confirming a star-studded roster for the year-end music festival’s first-ever two-day run on December 24 and 25 at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.
Newsis reported on November 9 that the broadcaster revealed the full list of performers for the event, which marks the 30th anniversary of the annual festival. This year’s edition will be held across two days for the first time in the show’s history, giving the milestone anniversary a bigger stage than ever before.
The December 24 lineup brings together a mix of veteran acts and current chart-toppers. BoA and TVXQ’s U-Know Yunho lead the first night, joined by TWICE, NCT 127, i-dle’s Miyeon and Minnie, TOMORROW X TOGETHER and Yeonjun, ENHYPEN, IVE, NMIXX, &TEAM, RIIZE, NCT WISH, RESCENE, and Hearts2Hearts. TXT’s Yeonjun, IVE’s An Yu-jin, and RIIZE’s Sungchan will host the opening night.
Christmas Day closes the festival with an equally heavyweight bill. SHINee, 2NE1’s CL, and T-ara will share the stage with BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, Stray Kids, i-dle’s Soyeon, ATEEZ, TREASURE, BOYNEXTDOOR, ZEROBASEONE, TWS, BABYMONSTER, MEOVV, CORTIS, &DOUBLE, Evan, and A20 LITE. BOYNEXTDOOR’s Woonhak, Jisoo, and TWS’s Shin Yu will emcee the second night.
The production team said the two-day format will feature collaboration stages pairing senior and junior artists, alongside tribute performances honoring the festival’s most memorable songs from the past 30 years. “We will present a Christmas that fans will remember for a long time, with collaboration stages created by seniors and juniors together and tribute stages honoring the famous songs of 30 years,” the team said.
The Gayo Daejeon is SBS’s flagship year-end music festival, and the 30th anniversary edition arrives as one of the most ambitious in its history. Spreading the show over two nights allows the broadcaster to fit in a lineup that spans four generations of K-pop, from first-generation icons like BoA and TVXQ to fifth-generation rookies such as Hearts2Hearts and A20 LITE.
With the final lineup now confirmed, attention turns to the special stages SBS has promised for the anniversary show. More details, including the broadcast schedule and stage order, are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
