Lima Concerts in Peru: Robbie Williams on 23 and 24 September, South Korean Group BTS on 7, 9 and 10 October
PERU · LIVE MUSIC
Key Facts
- —The country. Peru has about 34.9 million people and Lima, the capital, holds roughly a third of them. President Keiko Fujimori took office on 28 July 2026.
- —The money. The currency is the sol, near 3.37 to the US dollar in September 2026. Entry to the BTS pop-up store is free, and no ticket price for the Robbie Williams shows appears in the verified record.
- —The background. Lima has become a regular stop on Latin American tours. PromPerú, the state tourism promotion agency, studies this as music tourism.
- —The news. Robbie Williams plays Arena 1 Park on 23 and 24 September 2026. It is his first time performing in Peru.
- —What is new or disputed. BTS do not perform in Lima this week. Their concerts are on 7, 9 and 10 October 2026 at Estadio San Marcos.
- —What it means for you. Plan travel around the October concert dates. The pop-up store needs a free timed booking, and bookings open on 24 September at 8:00 p.m. Peru time.
- —The caveat. No attendance or venue capacity figure has been published. No official tourism projection exists for either event.
The Lima concerts on this week’s calendar belong to Robbie Williams, while the BTS pop-up store opens on 25 September and the band plays in October.
Robbie Williams closes two nights at Arena 1 Park
The British singer Robbie Williams plays the second and final night of his Lima run on Thursday 24 September 2026. The first show in the Peruvian capital was on 23 September. These are the only large concerts in Lima this week.
The venue is Arena 1 Park, on the Costa Verde in the San Miguel district. The shows are part of the Britpop LATAM Tour 2026, the Latin American leg of his current run. The promoter is ONE Entertainment.
The opening act is The Lottery Winners, a British band. It is the first time Robbie Williams has performed in Peru. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. Peru time, which is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time.
The Lottery Winners are due on stage at 7:45 p.m. Williams is due at 9:00 p.m. Infobae, a Peruvian news site, reports that both nights sold out. La República, another Peruvian outlet, does not say so.
No source publishes the capacity of Arena 1 Park. The size of each crowd is therefore not on the public record.
The BTS week in Lima is a shop, not a stadium
BTS belong to Lima’s week, but they are not playing. The South Korean group opens a pop-up store on 25 September 2026. A pop-up store is a temporary shop that trades for a limited period and then closes.
The store is called BTS Pop-Up: ARIRANG in LIMA. It is at Casa Prado, Avenida 28 de Julio 878, in Miraflores. It runs from 25 September to 25 October 2026, daily from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Peru time. It is the first BTS pop-up in Lima.
Entry is free, but a booking is required. Reservations open on Thursday 24 September at 8:00 p.m. Peru time at btspopuplatam.com. Visitors register, choose a date and time, confirm, and show a QR code at the door.
The band’s own Lima concerts come later. BTS play Estadio San Marcos on 7, 9 and 10 October 2026, on the Arirang World Tour. That is two to three weeks after the store opens. Anyone planning a trip around a BTS concert should work from the October dates.
The demand figures, and the ones nobody has published
The clearest measure of interest is the ticket queue. Ticketmaster Peru recorded more than 619,000 users connected at the same time across the three BTS dates. Infobae reported that figure in September 2026.
It counts people waiting in a queue, not tickets sold. An earlier stage of the same sale produced a figure of more than 521,000. That one appeared in a piece linked to PromPerú, the state tourism promotion agency, in June. The two numbers measure different moments and should not be swapped.
PromPerú has published a study on music tourism called “Turismo musical y el efecto BTS”. It found that 85 percent of the music tourists surveyed consider music fundamental to their identity. Six in ten attend concerts every year.
That study gives no visitor count for these Lima dates. It gives no spending figure per visitor and no economic impact estimate. No official projection exists either. Mincetur, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, has published no forecast for these events, and neither has PromPerú nor Canatur, the national chamber of tourism.
The same coverage offers comparisons only. Shakira drew more than 180,000 people over four nights in Lima. Bad Bunny drew fans from the United States, Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia.
What this means if you live in Lima or travel there
The practical point is the calendar. This week’s crowds gather on the Costa Verde, the coastal road below San Miguel, on the night of 24 September. The Miraflores queues start the next day and last a month.
Hotel and flight pricing usually follows concert dates rather than shop openings. If you are booking around BTS, the pressure points are the nights of 7, 9 and 10 October near Estadio San Marcos.
For the store, the constraint is the booking window rather than the price. Entry costs nothing, but slots are reserved online and checked at the door. Anyone travelling to Lima for the store alone should secure a slot before buying transport.
Nothing in the record supports a claim about tourism revenue. The demand signals are real and large. The spending that follows them has not been measured, and no agency has said it will publish a figure. Until one does, the honest position is that Lima is busy and that the size of the gain is unknown.
Sources
- Andina, Peru’s state news agency
- Infobae Peru, Robbie Williams concerts
- Infobae Peru, BTS pop-up store
- El Comercio, ARIRANG pop-up bookings
- Portal de Turismo, PromPerú on music tourism
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Are BTS performing in Lima this week?
No. The only BTS event in Lima this week is a pop-up store, opening on 25 September 2026. The group’s concerts are on 7, 9 and 10 October at Estadio San Marcos.
How do I get into the BTS pop-up store?
Entry is free, but you must reserve a date and time online at btspopuplatam.com. Bookings open on 24 September 2026 at 8:00 p.m. Peru time. You show a QR code at the door.
When does Robbie Williams go on stage?
Doors open at 5:00 p.m. Peru time, five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. The Lottery Winners play at 7:45 p.m., and Williams is due at 9:00 p.m. The second and final night is 24 September 2026.
How much will these events add to Lima’s tourism economy?
Nobody has published a figure. The PromPerú study on music tourism gives no visitor count and no spending estimate for these dates. Ticket demand indicators exist, but demand is not revenue.
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