An uplifting, moving song to liven up the school festival—one that will be etched into your memories.
Music is essential for boosting the atmosphere at school festivals! Not only does it work perfectly as background music to energize stages and booths, but it also adds sparkle to band performances, choirs, and dance acts.
In this article, we’ll introduce our top recommended inspirational songs for cultural and school festivals.
Heart-stirring tracks that evoke memories with your friends will make this once-a-year celebration shine even brighter.
May you create wonderful memories with the best music!
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Uplifting, moving songs that light up school culture festivals. Heart‑touching tracks that will be etched in your memories (41–50)
My friend — now and forever…Ketsumeishi
Ketsumeishi is a four-member music group that continues to captivate fans with melodious rap and catchy tracks.
Their 32nd single, “Tomo yo ~ Kono saki mo zutto…,” was selected as the theme song for the animated film Crayon Shin-chan: Fast Asleep! The Great Assault on the Dreaming World.
Its moving lyrics about friendship perfectly match the image of a school festival where bonds between friends deepen.
Featuring an ensemble centered on piano and strings, this pop tune resonates with the passionate feelings of youth.
Moving songs that light up school culture festivals: unforgettable, heart-tugging tunes (51–60)
Watercolor MoonHata Motohiro
Singer-songwriter Motohiro Hata’s moving piano-and-vocal ballad “Suisaï no Tsuki” (“Watercolor Moon”).
A truly touching piece, featuring gentle vocals and a warm message over a simple accompaniment.
Beautiful ballads like this can make moments at school or cultural festivals feel more dramatic—like a scene from a film or TV drama.
If you’re looking for a song to use in emotional or tearful scenes, there may be nothing more fitting than a track by Motohiro Hata!
A Little Love SongMONGOL800
“A Little Love Song,” the signature track by Okinawan band MONGOL800.
Its familiar melody makes anyone hum along, and that sweet, slightly bittersweet feeling makes your heart skip a beat.
Loved for many years, the song became an even more unshakable staple for school and culture festivals after its 2019 film adaptation.
It’s a song that anyone—regardless of gender—can get excited about and enjoy, and it’s moving, too.
When you get the chance to sing it, break into a big chorus with everyone—it’s sure to become an unforgettable memory.
Ah, music and culture are wonderful!
Amazing Gracego!go!vanillas
A rock band that makes you feel happy, go!go!vanillas released this upbeat tune in 2020.
We all have those moments when we wish things could stay just as they are forever.
This song celebrates those irreplaceable days, and its innocent, bright mood that captures fleeting moments you can only experience when you’re young will liven up school festivals and culture festivals, turning them into moving, cherished memories! Days of losing yourself in the moment, laughing with your friends.
It’ll make that kind of youth an even more unforgettable, special treasure! The message is wonderful too—giving a positive boost that resonates with the lives that didn’t go as planned during the COVID era.
fireworks (launched into the sky)DAOKO × Yonezu Kenshi
A poignant coming-of-age love story that stirs the heart with fragile, beautiful memories of summer.
Released in August 2017 as the theme song for the animated film “Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?” by DAOKO × Kenshi Yonezu.
Like fireworks blooming in the summer night sky, the lyrics depict a fleeting brilliance and vanishing transience, delicately expressing parting from someone dear and memories etched in the heart.
It’s an inspiring song that resonates during moments of looking back on days spent with friends, such as at school festivals or graduation ceremonies.
YC&K
The memories of the culture festival or school festival that everyone created together will remain in your heart as something precious, even as time passes.
This song by the vocal duo C&K depicts memories spent with a lover, but the quiet way it reflects on those moments also seems to inspire the desire to create new memories.
With a mood that blends happiness and loneliness, the track conveys the sense that every memory is an important element that makes us stronger.
Is there still anything that love can do?RADWIMPS
RADWIMPS’s song “Is There Still Anything That Love Can Do?” was the theme song for the blockbuster anime film Weathering With You.
Its simple piano accompaniment and choral-inspired development make for a deeply moving piece.
With this song, even if your school festival day isn’t blessed with good weather, it might still feel somehow dramatic.
The song’s message is incredibly cool, and I think it’s a must-have track for creating the best day possible.