MANILA – Manila is playing host to the first-ever YouTube FanFest today with a 1-day live show featuring online celebrities you have likely discovered and fell in love with from your smart phones, tablets and computers.
A total of 20 popular YouTube content creators go on stage, with 7 global stars flown in by YouTube FanFest’s official airline partner, Philippine Airlines. The line-up of the show is as
- Abra
- AJ Rafael
- Allstar Productions
- Ana Victorino
- Bethany Mota
- Bogart The Explorer | PaperbugTV
- Caspar Lee
- Chicser
- Donnalyn Bartolome
- Jireh Lim Kristine from RealAsianBeaut
- Kurt Hugo Schneider
- Lloyd Cafe Cadena
- Loonie
- Lyrically Deranged Poet
- Macy Kate
- Mich Liggayu
- Oli White
- Thatcher Joe
First launched in Singapore in May 2013, the YouTube FanFest 2015 tour kicked off in Mumbai in February, before lighting up Singapore and Thailand last May.
YouTube has tapped Hong Kong-based events firm Branded to organize the event and is expecting a crowd of around 3,000 people. YouTube FanFest Philippines 2015 is sponsored by Unilever brands Sunsilk and Closeup.
The first round of general admission tickets got snapped within less than an hour last Friday, June 19 via TicketWorld Manila. However, the YouTube creators gracing the event has given away their own tickets to the show and Meet & Greet sessions via their social media channels.
“#BringYouTuberstoManila is the latest illustration of how much Filipinos love YouTube. Fans spoke up and we listened. By bringing YouTube Fanfest to Manila for the first time in a couple of weeks, we hope to give YouTube creators and Filipino fans a new way to connect and celebrate the content they’re passionate about,” said Ryan Morales, Country Marketing Manager of Google Philippines.
