title: List of ABU Song Festivals host cities
text: # List of ABU Song Festivals host cities
  
  This page is a list of cities and venues that have hosted the ABU Radio Song Festival, ABU TV Song Festival, and ABU International Dance Festival, one or more times. Future venues are shown in italics. The first venue in both the ABU Radio Song Festival 2012 and ABU TV Song Festival 2012, coincided with the 49th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. The host cities of the ABU Radio Song Festivals from 2014 onwards are elected during ABU Administrative Council meetings. Whereas the host cities of the ABU TV Song Festivals remain to coincide to take place in the host country of the ABU General Assembly meetings.
  
  ## ABU Radio Song Festival
  
  | Contests | Country | City | Venue | Years | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | South Korea | Seoul | KBS Hall | 2012 | 11 October 2012 |
  | 1 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | Stein Studios | 2014 | 23 May 2014 |
  | 1 | Myanmar | Yangon | National Theatre of Yangon | 2015 | 29 May 2015 |
  | 1 | China | Beijing | China National Radio Auditorium | 2016 | 26 April 2016 |
  | 1 | Thailand | Bangkok | - | 2017 | Not held | Not held | Not held |
  | 1 | Kazakhstan | Astana | Kazmedia Centre | 2018 | 11 July 2018 |
  | 1 | Bangladesh | Dhaka | Hotel Intercontinental | 2019 | 31 October 2019 |
  | 1 | Indonesia | Bali | The Stone Hotel | 2022 | TBA 2022 |
  
  * Note 1: Due to the demise of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the 2017 ABU Radio Song Festival, initially scheduled to be held on 27 April 2017 as part of the 2017 RadioAsia Conference, was not to be held in Thailand. That festival was cancelled.
  
  ## ABU TV Song Festival
  
  | Contests | Country | City | Venue | Years | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 |
  | 2 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur (held online with pre-recorded performances) | Maverick Pulse Studio | 2020 | 14 December 2020 |
  | 2 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur (held online with pre-recorded performances) | Maverick Pulse Studio | 2021 | 18 November 2021 |
  | 2 | South Korea | Seoul | KBS Hall | 2012 | 14 October 2012 |
  | 2 | South Korea | Seoul | KBS Hall | 2023 | 29 October 2023 |
  | 1 | Vietnam | Hanoi | Hanoi Opera House | 2013 | 26 October 2013 |
  | 1 | Macau | Macau | Sands Theatre | 2014 | 25 October 2014 |
  | 1 | Turkey | Istanbul | Istanbul Congress Center | 2015 | 28 October 2015 |
  | 1 | Indonesia | Bali | Bali Nusa Dua Convention Centre | 2016 | 22 October 2016 |
  | 1 | China | Chengdu | S1 SRT Studio | 2017 | 1 November 2017 |
  | 1 | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | Ashgabat Olympic Stadium | 2018 | 2 October 2018 |
  | 1 | Japan | Shibuya, Tokyo | NHK Hall | 2019 | 19 November 2019 |
  | 1 | India | New Delhi | Siri Fort Auditorium | 2022 | 27 November 2022 |
  
  ## ABU International Dance Festival
  
  | Contests | Country | City | Venue | Years | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | India | Hyderabad | Shilpakala Vedika | 2017 | 15 January 2017 |
  | 2 | India | New Delhi | Hotel Taj Palace | 2019 | 9 March 2019 |
  
  ## ABU Song Contest
  
  | Contests | Country | City | Venue | Years | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | China | Qingdao | West Coast Star Island | 2020 | 16–18 April 2020 (cancelled) |
  