BIGBANG 20th Anniversary World Tour: Dates, Tickets & Venue (Kaohsiung)

Three nights under the dragon roof

From the Red Line platform, the stadium is a long silver curve rising behind the trees. Japanese architect Toyo Ito designed Kaohsiung National Stadium for the 2009 World Games. Its roof spirals around the bowl in an open-ended C, covered in thousands of solar panels, and locals compare the shape to a dragon.

For BIGBANG’s 20th anniversary, that curve frames three stadium nights: November 19, 21 and 22, 2026. Kaohsiung is one stop on the tour’s Asia leg, which runs through December 2026. The stadium has roughly 40,000 fixed seats, so the stands rise steeply around the field.

Twenty years of crowns

BIGBANG debuted under YG Entertainment in 2006. Over the next decade they produced a run of songs that shaped K-pop’s sound. “Lies” and “Haru Haru” made them stars at home. “Fantastic Baby” and “Bang Bang Bang” carried them into stadiums across Asia.

A two-decade anniversary is rare in a genre built around short contracts and younger acts. That explains the scale here: these are stadium dates, not arena nights. Fans call themselves VIPs. Their symbol is the yellow crown lightstick, and in a stadium this size thousands of them light the stands together.

The setlist and stage times belong to the tour itself. This guide does not guess at them.

The gap on November 20

The dates have a hole in the middle. The run covers November 19–22, but there is no show on Friday the 20th. Fans holding tickets for both the first and last nights usually spend that free day out in the city.

Most of what they see is close by:

• Lotus Pond, a short ride from Zuoying, with the zigzag bridges of the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas
• Pier-2 Art Center, warehouses converted into galleries by the harbour, near Yanchengpu Station (O2) on the Orange Line
• Cijin Island, a short ferry ride from Gushan, for seafood and a black-sand beach
• Liuhe Night Market, beside Formosa Boulevard Station (R10/O5), where the Red and Orange Lines cross

November is part of Kaohsiung’s dry season. Days are usually warm and nights mild, which suits an open-sided stadium and a day of walking.

Getting to Zuoying

Getting there is easy, because the stadium sits on the Red Line. The nearest stop is World Games/National Sun Yat-sen University Station (R17), and the stadium is a short walk from its exits. Signs in Chinese and English point the way.

• From Kaohsiung International Airport: the airport has its own Red Line station (R4). Ride north to R17 with no change, in well under an hour.
• From Taipei or Taichung: Taiwan High Speed Rail ends at Zuoying Station. That station is linked to MRT Zuoying (R16), one stop south of the stadium. Taipei to Zuoying takes roughly 1.5–2 hours, depending on the train.
• From central Kaohsiung: any northbound Red Line train from Kaohsiung Main Station or Formosa Boulevard reaches R17 directly.

Taxis and ride-hailing work too. Show nights still load the roads around the stadium, so most visitors stick to the train.

Seats, sightlines and the ticket trail

Ticketing for the Kaohsiung dates runs through the tour’s official sales channels. Prices, seating maps and per-night availability sit there too. Tickets bought on third-party resale fall outside that system, and that is where concertgoers most often lose out.

The layout follows the usual stadium pattern. Seats or standing areas cover the field in front of the stage, and the fixed stands wrap around it. The steep rake means upper seats look down onto the whole stage instead of over a sea of heads. Side seats near the stage give a closer, angled view.

Part of the bowl is open to the sky. Concertgoers often pack a light rain layer, since umbrellas block the view behind them.

Leaving with forty thousand crowns

The hardest part of the night comes after the encore. Kaohsiung handles a full stadium the way Taiwan handles most crowds: in orderly lines. Staff with batons and megaphones hold the queues at the R17 entrances and let people down to the platform in waves.

A few habits make the night smoother:

• Load a stored-value card beforehand. EasyCard and iPASS both work on the Kaohsiung MRT and in convenience stores. A tap-in saves standing at the ticket machines with everyone else.
• Walk one stop. Some fans head south to Zuoying (R16) instead of joining the R17 queue. It’s also the stop for anyone catching a late high-speed train.
• Keep the lightstick in your bag on the train. Eating and drinking are banned inside Kaohsiung MRT stations and trains. Staff do enforce the rule, so finish your drinks before the gates.
• Skip the tip. Tipping isn’t customary in Taiwan, whether in taxis, at food stalls or in most restaurants.

Volunteers and fan clubs often hand out free gifts near the gates before the show: stickers, banners, slogan cards. Saying a quick thank you (xièxie) is the normal response.

Where concertgoers sleep and eat

Zuoying is the practical base. The hotels around the high-speed rail station put you one stop from the stadium and one train from Taipei, which suits anyone flying into the north. Shinkong Mitsukoshi and the station’s own food courts cover a late meal.

Visitors who want more going on stay closer to Formosa Boulevard or Central Park. There you’ll find denser streets, more restaurants and a straight Red Line ride north. Ruifeng Night Market, near Kaohsiung Arena Station (R14), is the big local market on that line. Its stalls sell grilled squid, oyster omelettes and bubble tea in a tight grid of alleys.

Convenience stores are on almost every corner across the city. A 7-Eleven or FamilyMart near the stadium is where most people pick up water, phone chargers and a snack before heading in.