Hybe Cine Fest expands globally with BTS live screenings, including at Singapore’s Shaw Theatres
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The 2026 programme includes live broadcasts from the Arirang world tour by BTS (above), and a sing-along screening featuring music videos and other performance footage from Hybe-affiliated artistes.
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- Hybe Cine Fest 2026 will be held globally from Oct 24 to 31, featuring BTS live concerts and films in over 1,100 theatres across 50 countries, including Singapore and South Korea.
- The festival includes three concert films debuting theatrically, live broadcasts of BTS concerts in Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo, plus a sing-along event with 13 Hybe artistes.
- Additional fan activities like photo zones, message walls, customised light sticks and merchandise sales will be available at select theatres worldwide.
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SEOUL – South Korea’s Hybe is taking its annual film series worldwide for the first time in 2026, bringing concert films and live broadcasts of BTS’ ongoing Arirang world tour to more than 1,100 theatres across 50 countries.
Hybe Cine Fest 2026 will run from Oct 24 to 31, the K-pop company said on Sept 23.
In Singapore, the festival will be screened exclusively at Shaw Theatres, with tickets going on sale on Sept 30 at 9pm via the Shaw Theatres website.
The BTS concerts from Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo will be screened here on Oct 25 and 31, respectively.
Shaw Theatres Jewel will also host fan activities from Oct 24 to 31, including a photo zone and message wall. Its Photo Zone Dance Studio will allow fans to dance along to songs by Hybe artistes, with priority given to those who have bought Hybe Cine Fest tickets from Shaw Theatres.
In South Korea, the films and live broadcasts will be shown exclusively by Lotte Cinema.
The festival debuted in Latin America in 2024, drawing about 260,000 moviegoers, before expanding to Asia in 2025, where attendance reached about 320,000.
The 2026 programme includes three concert films, two live broadcasts from BTS’ Arirang world tour, and a sing-along screening featuring music videos and performance footage from Hybe-affiliated artistes.
The three concert films, each making its respective theatrical debut, include a Seventeen concert in Incheon, a Tomorrow X Together show in Seoul and an Enhypen performance in Seoul.
The festival will also feature Hybe Cheering Party, a sing-along screening of music videos and performance footage from 13 acts under Hybe Music Group, including BTS, Seventeen, Tomorrow X Together, Enhypen, Le Sserafim, &Team, BoyNextDoor, TWS, Illit and Katseye.
Fans can sing and chant along to on-screen lyrics and wave their official light sticks during the screening.
Tickets go on sale internationally on Sept 30 and in South Korea on Oct 15. THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK