HCM City will organise HOZO Super Fest, a three-day music show featuring famous performers from Việt Nam and around the world. Photo from organiser’s Facebook

HCM CITY -- The three-day music show HOZO Super Fest under the 2023 Hò Dô (HOZO) International Music Festival will be held between December 22 and 24 on District 1’s Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street.

According to Merited Artist Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thúy, deputy director of the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, HOZO will be free of charge to serve residents and international tourists in HCM City.

She hopes that this programme will become an annual cultural tourism event, unique to the city and will promote Viet Nam’s image.

She said, after being successfully organised in 2019 and 2021, HOZO 2023 will attract a significant number of international tourists and contribute to economic growth.

The event is expected to attract around 150,000 visitors. The programme is organised by the city’s organising committee for major holidays, co-operating with HCM City Light Music Centre and other relevant units.

The committee has announced artists who will perform during the festival, including 10 international artists and music bands, and 14 representatives from Viet Nam.

On the first day, the performing artists and bands will be Charlie Lim, Otyken band, Psychic Fever and five representatives from Việt Nam including Binz, Chillies band, GreyD, semi-classical orchestra Saigon Pops Orchestra and DJ Hoaprox.

The evening of December 23 will feature a K-pop band with a Vietnamese member called Tempest, Kurrock band and Good Morning Everyone.

The final day (December 24) will have the world’s top DJ Don Diablo, the band El Pony Pisador, Vortexx, singer Thu Minh, and more.

2023 HOZO International Music Festival in HCM City, held from September to the end of the year, consists of a series of activities such as performance tours at universities, exhibitions, new MV launches and workshops. -- VNS