NCT 127, Zerobaseone and Tomorrow x Together Were Set to Headline KCon LA 2026

NCT 127, Zerobaseone and Tomorrow x Together were booked as the three headliners of KCon LA 2026, scheduled for Aug. 14 to 16 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and Crypto.com Arena, and each act was slotted for an extended set of about an hour.

Rolling Stone's viewing guide laid out the setup. A daytime convention covering K-pop, K-beauty and K-food would fill the Festival Grounds inside the convention center. The nightly concerts at the arena could be streamed by fans who couldn't attend.

Mnet, the South Korean music channel, was set to host the arena shows on M Countdown. Each night was scheduled to start at 8 p.m. PST, though the official livestream listing cautioned that the running order could still change.

Friday, Aug. 14 was NCT 127's night, with Treasure, &Team and KickFlip also on the bill.

Saturday, Aug. 15 put Zerobaseone (ZB1) at the top. Taeyong of NCT, Yeonjun and P1Harmony filled out the night.

Sunday, Aug. 16 was given to Tomorrow x Together as the closing headliner, alongside JO1, Meovv and AllDay Project. Across all three nights, the lineup reached past K-pop into J-pop, hip-hop and indie.

For American fans, the way in was Mnet Plus, and that came with a catch. Mnet is a Korean network, so viewers in the U.S. had to connect through a VPN set to a supported region before the channel would load. Mnet Plus Premium was listed at $3.99 a month in the app, with fan perks and Plus Chat subscriptions to individual artists also on offer.

Rolling Stone named ExpressVPN and NordVPN as two common picks, and both sell monthly, yearly and two-year plans. ExpressVPN's monthly tier started at $14.99 and renewed automatically. Its yearly plan worked out to $4.99 a month, billed upfront, and new users got a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Fans who wanted to go in person could buy tickets on StubHub and SeatGeek.