- Stray Kids makes its Colombian debut tonight, September 9, at Vive Claro Distrito Cultural in Bogotá, with NEXZ, Bad Milk and Kei Linch opening.
- The "STRAYCITY" run was announced as three stops — Bogotá, Buenos Aires and Mexico City — but ticket demand already forced organizers to add a second Buenos Aires night (September 15) and a second Mexico City night (September 26).
- Separately from STRAYCITY, the group tops the bill at Rock in Rio this Friday, September 11 — no K-pop act has ever headlined that festival before.
- Bogotá is also gearing up for BTS on October 2 and 3, just two weeks after Stray Kids' visit.
Eight South Korean performers walk out onto a Colombian stage tonight, something this group has never done before. Stray Kids takes over Vive Claro Distrito Cultural, the open-air venue that, since opening in 2025, has held the title of the country's biggest concert ground, holding roughly 40,000 people. That's the launchpad for "STRAYCITY," the festival-style format the band is carrying across the region this month.
Who's Opening, and What Tickets Cost
Three acts round out the Bogotá bill: labelmates NEXZ, alongside Colombian artists Bad Milk and Kei Linch, chosen to represent the local urban and alternative scene. According to pricing published by Blu Radio, the cheapest general-admission ticket runs 312,000 Colombian pesos with fees included, while the early-entry VIP package comfortably tops one million pesos.
A Festival of Its Own, Not a Traditional Tour
Unlike the group's past treks through dozens of cities, STRAYCITY is a self-contained experience produced by Live Nation alongside JYP Entertainment. Organizers quoted by Ámbito described it as "a shared space for music, energy and self-expression" rather than a conventional show, with a name that plays on the idea of getting "lost" in a different city each time. One point worth untangling: STRAYCITY as a brand covers only three capitals — Bogotá, Buenos Aires and Mexico City — as Korea JoongAng Daily confirmed when the project was announced. Stray Kids' Rio de Janeiro appearance is a separate booking inside the Rock in Rio lineup and doesn't carry the STRAYCITY name.
From Three Shows to Five: Demand Forces Extra Dates
What began as one date per city has since multiplied. In Argentina, the September 14 show at Hipódromo de San Isidro sold out within hours, pushing organizers to add a second performance on September 15 at the same venue, which historically holds close to 100,000 people a night. Something similar happened in Mexico: after the September 25 date at Estadio GNP Seguros — capacity 65,000 — sold out completely, OCESA K-pop confirmed a second show for September 26 to meet overwhelming demand. Bogotá, for now, remains a single-night stop.
Next Stop: Rio, Then the Rest of the Region
Two days after Bogotá, on September 11, Stray Kids climbs the main stage at Rock in Rio, whose four-decade run has featured Queen, Guns N' Roses and Red Hot Chili Peppers among its headliners. No K-pop act had ever topped that bill before, a booking organizers locked in back in November 2025 and one that's since sold out entirely. From Rio, the group heads to Buenos Aires and closes its regional swing in Mexico City, weeks ahead of Bogotá's own two-night BTS stand at Estadio El Campín, set for October 2 and 3.
Who Stray Kids Are
The band formed in 2017 through a JYP Entertainment reality competition and officially debuted in 2018 with eight members led by Bang Chan. Nearly a decade later, it arrives in Bogotá at a career peak: in 2024 the group headlined festivals including London's BST Hyde Park and Lollapalooza Chicago, and across 2024 and 2025 it completed the "dominATE" world tour, which closed out at 56 shows across 35 regions once the Seoul encore wrapped, with earlier Latin American stops in Chile, Brazil, Peru and Mexico.
Bogotá's Moment in the K-Pop Spotlight
Tonight's show adds to an unusually packed season for international concerts in the Colombian capital, which has already hosted acts like Ed Sheeran, My Chemical Romance and Shakira at the same Vive Claro venue in recent months. For Colombian fans — known as STAY — a years-long wait to see the group at home ends tonight, while the rest of STRAYCITY continues through South America and Mexico over the next two weeks.
