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Ride the K-Wave

K-Wave Festival

케이웨이브 축제

November 21, 2026Free entry 3651 Avalon Park E Blvd, Orlando, FL 32828
The 2025 K-Pop Dance Contest winners on stage with their prize checks under the Ride the K-Wave banner

A day built around the annual OKCC K-Pop Contest, where dancers compete for cash prizes in front of a live crowd. Come to compete, or come to watch the best performers in Central Florida.

OKCC holds an annual K-Pop Dance Contest, giving out cash prizes to the best performers. The semi-finals are here at K-Wave and the finals at the Orlando Korea Festival in December.

The 2025 K-Pop Dance Contest winners on stage with their prize checks under the Ride the K-Wave banner
2025 winners — Group: Kharisma Krew (1st), 8DAT Crew (2nd), After Dark (3rd). Solo: Blue Moon (1st), Blaze (2nd), Wings Like Eagles (3rd).

What happens

  • 1K-Pop Dance Contest semi-finals (30+ teams)
  • 2Random Dance Play
  • 3K-Pop karaoke
  • 450+ food, retail and service vendors

Still being confirmed The full schedule and contest rules for 2026 are being finalized.

The line-up

Who is setting up.

  • Food

    Thai Bites

    Thai street food: grilled BBQ skewers in pork, chicken and beef, crab rangoon, spring rolls, pork and shrimp shumai, Thai fish cakes and hoi jor — with Thai milk tea and other Thai drinks.

    @thaibites_llc (opens in a new tab)
  • Food

    Belly Side Up

    Madeleines stuffed with ganache cream and crusted with seasonal toppings, seasonal tiramisu, fresh lemonade with house fruit syrup and a cloud top, Korean-inspired coffee with cold foam — and hand-painted cards.

    @belly_sideup (opens in a new tab)
  • Food

    Seoul Sips

    Seoul, injeolmi, maple and black sugar milk teas, Thai tea, fruit tea, the Seoul Sunset Sparkler and Korean ade in strawberry and peach, with boba and cold foam toppings.

    @seoulsipsfl (opens in a new tab)
  • Food

    Grill N’ Roll

    Skewers, noodles, squid, octopus, egg rolls, fried pork belly, chicken katsu, chicken teriyaki and lemonade.

  • Food

    Termwaan Sweetory

    Thai-inspired desserts, fresh fruit slushies (Mango Overload, Coconut Hokkaido, Thai Tea Cloud) and homemade ice cream (Avocado, Thai Dessert).

    @termwaansweetory (opens in a new tab)
  • Food

    Nam’s Sandos

    Japanese-style sandos on homemade milk bread — katsu, fresh fruit and tamago — plus katsu rice plates with Japanese curry, spam musubi, seasoned fries and karaage.

  • Food

    Pogi’s Lumpia

    Fusion lumpia in flavors from many cultures, all in a traditional crispy wrapper — with a Korean BBQ lumpia just for this festival.

    @pogislumpia (opens in a new tab)
  • Food

    Korean Kitchen

    A mobile food vendor and pop-up kitchen serving authentic Korean street food throughout Florida — the bold flavors and energy of Seoul’s night markets, brought to your neighborhood.

    @kkhansik (opens in a new tab)
  • Merchandise

    KookMoonShop

    Original fanart of K-Pop groups including BTS, TXT, ENHYPEN, CORTIS, TWICE and LE SSERAFIM, as art prints, buttons, stickers, t-shirts, tote bags and keychains.

    @kookmoon_ (opens in a new tab)
  • Merchandise

    GDayMugRugs_Crafts7 & Seomware

    Two makers sharing a stall: K-Pop-inspired handmade stickers, stationery, buttons, magnets, keychains and mug rug coasters, and resin bookmarks, coasters, hair clips, car coasters and phone grips.

    @gdaymugrugs_crafts7 (opens in a new tab)
  • Merchandise

    Purple Haneul & Simply Custom

    K-Pop-inspired keychains, plushies, acrylic stands, premium pictures, shirts, photocards and stationery.

    @purplehaneul7 (opens in a new tab)
  • Merchandise

    Cowgirl3D

    All handmade: kawaii photocard covers, K-Pop keychains, painted photocard binders, tufted K-Pop rugs and Pokémon items.

    @cowgirl3d (opens in a new tab)
  • Merchandise

    Kassandra's Kreations

    Sublimation and direct-to-film prints pressed onto t-shirts on the spot, from a wide collection of themed prints — plus hair clips, mugs, pop sockets, tote bags, car coasters and collectible pins.

    @kasskreations17 (opens in a new tab)
  • Merchandise

    All The LoveLee Books

    Orlando’s first romance book truck, in a pink Suzuki Carry: romance books, manga, manhwa, blind dates with a book, handmade stickers, bookmarks and charms — and a basket of gently used books at a discount, kept out of landfill.

    @alltheloveleebooks (opens in a new tab)
  • Merchandise

    Youngwolf

    Fanart and original art from anime, pop culture, comics and Hispanic culture, all by hand in watercolor, ink, marker, airbrush and pencil.

    @youngwolfart (opens in a new tab)
  • Merchandise

    Crescent Customs

    K-Pop memorabilia: lightstick holders, polymer clay earrings, keychains and hats, made by 3D printing and from polymer clay, stainless steel and fabric.

    @crescentcustomskpop (opens in a new tab)
  • Merchandise

    Maple Studio

    3D-printed accessories we model ourselves: keychains, clickers, trinket dishes, lightstick accessories, hair accessories, photo holders and buttons.

  • Merchandise

    Fairy_of_Soobin

    All things K-Pop: thousands of official photocards, hundreds of official albums, mystery albums, a lucky draw machine, official merch and blind boxes — plus handmade pickets, bracelets, keychains and decorated toploaders.

    @fairy_of_soobin (opens in a new tab)
  • Merchandise

    Mad Morrigan Studios

    K-Pop-inspired art prints and original paintings, coloring books, buttons, stickers, bracelet bias packs and Delulu Pill shaker keychains.

    @madmorriganstudios (opens in a new tab)
  • Merchandise

    Made of Magic

    Handmade accessories, stationery and apparel inspired by K-Pop, pop culture and Disney.

  • Service

    Samuraibilly Calligraphy

    Personalized kanji artwork drawn live: your name in kanji, set against cherry blossoms, dragons or tigers from hand-carved stamps.

    @samurai_billy (opens in a new tab)
  • Service

    Ice Factory of Central Florida

    A year-round indoor rink: public skating, lessons, figure skating, hockey, curling and birthday parties.

    icefactory.com (opens in a new tab)
  • Service

    Henna by Reefah

    Hand-drawn henna in natural, skin-safe paste: quick designs done in minutes, half- and full-hand pieces in Arabic, Indian, Moroccan and modern minimalist styles, kid-friendly designs and custom requests on the spot.

    @hennabyreefah (opens in a new tab)

Poster

Everything on one sheet.

K-Wave Festival poster: November 21, 2026 · 3–9 PM, 3651 Avalon Park E Blvd, Orlando, FL 32828. The details are in the text on this page.

K-Pop Dance Cover Contest

Dance in it.

Audition, then dance in front of a live crowd for cash prizes. The semi-finals are at the K-Wave Festival in November and the finals at the Orlando Korea Festival in December — one application enters you for both.

  • Semi-finals · K-Wave Festival

    November 21, 2026

  • Finals · Orlando Korea Festival

    December 11–12, 2026

Last year

What it looks like.

  • The crowd forming a circle for Random Dance Play under the tents
  • A packed crowd between the tents in the late afternoon
  • Dancers in the middle of a Random Dance Play round, the crowd close around them
  • Festival-goers gathered under the tents as the sun goes down
  • The front rows of the crowd waiting for the next dance
  • The lit-up K-WAVE marquee letters
  • A dancer mid-move in the Random Dance Play circle, the crowd cheering around him
  • Trays of tanghulu — candied strawberries, grapes and mandarins on skewers
  • A visitor browsing keychains and pins at a vendor stall

Take part

Vendor, contestantor volunteer.

Apply for any of it, here.

K-Wave Festival

Sell food, goods or services at the festival. Applications are reviewed as they arrive, and each category is limited so the line-up stays varied.

Open the vendor form

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