Malaysia’s first and largest Street Dance and Music Festival, MELOSAGA is coming on 13 to 15 January 2023. Spanning over three days, MELOSAGA comprises of three events ESCAPISM; the concert, BATTLE SAGA; international and local dance competitions, and K-DIMENSION; K-Culture Carnival with 100 carnival booths.

Date: 13 - 15 January 2023

Venue: MIECC, Seri Kembangan 

Ticket Price to Carnival: RM35 person (To Purchase @ Carnival Entrance)

Escapism Concert Artist Line-up: Zico, Crush, YGX (Yeo Jin, Jihyo & Moodok), DJ Raiden, Shigga Shay, Dolla, 3P, Luqman Podolski, Kaka Azraff, Zynakal, Guccimith & Zhe Kamil, DC Willie, Citybois, Rudeen, Chronicalz, ForceParkBois

K-DIMENSION, the K-Culture component, will be held across all three days to showcase the magic of K-Culture and K-Pop. The Phaze International, an international dance showcase competition will take centre stage on the first day of K-Dimension as the 2023 version wishes to follow the success of the first season in 2022 to attract dancers from more than 25 countries to compete for a USD 5,000 cash prize and the opportunity to perform on ESCAPISM as the opening act. 

Festivalgoers will also have a chance to join YG Audition for YG Entertainment, the K-Pop mega label which is best known as the agency behind the successes of BLACKPINK and BIG BANG. If anyone born from 2004 - 2013 (10 years old - 19 years old) interested to join, may pre-register yourself HERE. 

Besides the opportunity to witness YGX, the dance arm of YG Entertainment involving two female choreographers, Yeo Jin and Jihyo who are BLACKPINK’s backup dancers and also from ‘Street Women Fighter’ and a male choreographer, Moodok from ‘Street Man Fighter’, K-DIMENSION also provides opportunities for participants to learn from famous artist choreographers from South Korea at the YGX Star Workshop. 

ESCAPISM is a street music festival that will be held on 14 January featuring K-Pop heavyweights Zico and Crush among the headliners who will be making their debut appearances in Malaysia, along with Shigga Shay, YGX, DOLLA, ForceParkBois, DJ Raiden, 3P and many more who are no strangers to Malaysian music lovers. Tickets are now available to purchase at https://tickets.melosaga.com/.

Ticket Price: RM559 (VIP Rock zone + Free Carnival Access), RM484 (CAT A + Access to Carnival on 14 Jan), RM459 (CAT A), RM384 (CAT B + Access to Carnival on 14 Jan), RM359 (CAT B), RM284 (Standard Pass + Access to Carnival on 14 Jan), RM259 (Standard Pass)

The street dance component of the Festival puts together an impressive mix of local and international dance competitions starting with the RF JAM MALAYSIA QUALIFIER ROUND. Winners from the 4v4 Breaking and 3v3 All-Style will win a sponsored trip to RF JAM 2023 in Vietnam. Register as participant HERE at RM35 to participate by 3 January 2023. 

On the same day, there will also be a SDACA Championship where international and national all-star dancers will compete to be the champion of BATTLESAGA. Register as participant HERE at RM35 to participate by 3 January 2023. Winner will walk away with RM5000 cash. 

For more information check out MELOSAGA official website and social media. 

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