BTS Unites Over 60,000 Fans for 2025 FESTA Anniversary

Jun 15, 2025

BTS Unites Over 60,000 Fans for 2025 FESTA Anniversary
Photo provided=Big Hit Music



More than 60,000 fans from all over the world gathered in Goyang City to celebrate BTS's debut day.

BTS held an offline event of '2025 BTS FESTA' at Hall 9-10 of KINTEX's 2nd Exhibition Center in Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do from the 13th to the 14th. Since the day before the festival (12th), numerous fans have flocked to the venue, realizing the popularity of BTS. ARMY (fandom name) who visited the site enjoyed various programs with an excited expression, cherishing purple props and ARMY BAM (cheering stick) that have special meaning for BTS.

BTS Unites Over 60,000 Fans for 2025 FESTA Anniversary
Photo provided=Big Hit Music
BTS Unites Over 60,000 Fans for 2025 FESTA Anniversary
Photo provided=Big Hit Music
The members' voices were heard and touched by the fans. "I've missed you all this time"(RM), "We'll cheer you up, our members and you up~"(Jin), "I really miss you a lot. I love you all"(Sugar), "Thank you for supporting us and loving us for this long time"(j-hope), "Everyone, I've missed you so much"(Jimin)", "I'm looking forward to it because I'm thinking about doing a lot of new things after coming out."(V), "We missed each other a lotMessages of members participating in script work, such as " (Jungkook), were released.




Leaving a message for BTS on a large artwork 'COLORING WALL' was filled with words written by fans. Fans from all over the world expressed their sincerity in various languages and painted the wall with emotion.

BTS Unites Over 60,000 Fans for 2025 FESTA Anniversary
Photo provided=Big Hit Music
BTS Unites Over 60,000 Fans for 2025 FESTA Anniversary
Photo provided=Big Hit Music
'BTS LOCKER' caught the attention of visitors with its seven-member, seven-color personality and taste. Items that give you a glimpse of your favorite foods and hobbies, cherished items such as microphones and LP albums, and photos were displayed to provide a wealth of attractions. Decorated with trophies received by BTS and Army, 'TOPHY ZONE' recalled the past journey and added expectations for future activities. In particular, the trophies presented to ARMY, such as the 2020-2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards 'Best Fan Army', 2019-2021 MTV EMA 'Biggest Fans', were unveiled for the first time, and the audience was constantly on their feet.

The agency, Big Hit Music, once again, would like to thank you for your enthusiastic support for the offline event "'2025 BTS FESTA". This year, thanks to the active participation and support of ARMY, we were able to finish the event safely and successfully. Please look forward to the new journey that BTS and ARMY will make together in the future."




BTS Unites Over 60,000 Fans for 2025 FESTA Anniversary
Photo provided=Big Hit Music
The 'BTS FESTA' is an annual event held to mark BTS's debut date (June 13) and will be held in various ways online and offline for about two weeks. This year's offline event attracted the attention of visitors by installing more than 20 exhibitions and participatory programs.

Professional personnel who can speak English, Japanese, Chinese and sign language were deployed at the site, and the official website and admission leaflets were provided in four languages (Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese) so that fans from various countries could conveniently watch. In addition, the population density of each booth can be checked every 30 minutes on the official website, which was very helpful for pleasant viewing. A photo wall commemorating the '2025 BTS FESTA' was installed at Ilsan Lake Park, and related banners were also hung at Ilsan Seo-gu Office and Goyang Tourism Information Center, causing the area of Goyang to be colored by BTS.





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