K-Pop Dance Contest Registration
36th Annual Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival
Think you’ve got the moves? Take the stage at San Francisco Chinatown’s Autumn Moon Festival for our K-Pop Dance Contest!
Solo dancers and dance groups are invited to perform their favorite K-Pop choreography in front of a live festival audience. Bring your energy, your style, and your best performance for a chance to win prizes and bragging rights.
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
Location: San Francisco Chinatown
Registration is free. Space is limited.
Competition description
Who Can Enter?
We welcome K-Pop fans and dancers of all experience levels. You may enter as:
A solo performer
A duo
A dance group/team
Performances may be a cover of an existing K-Pop choreography, an original choreography to a K-Pop song, or a medley.
Rules
Contest Rules
Each act may perform for a maximum of 5 minutes.
Music must be submitted in advance as an MP3 or downloadable audio file.
Performances must be appropriate for a public, family-friendly festival.
Props are permitted if they can be set up and removed quickly and do not damage the stage.
Participants are responsible for their own costumes, props, and choreography.
Contestants must check in at 12:15pm and attend orientation at 1pm.
The order of performances will be determined by the event organizers.
Winners will be chosen by the audience. All decisions are final.
By participating, contestants agree that photographs and video taken during the event may be used by the Chinatown Merchants Association and event partners for promotional and educational purposes.
Organizers reserve the right to adjust competition rules or scheduling if necessary.
Due to the size of the stage, we are limiting dance groups to no more than 8 people.
