[2026] Friendship Songs to Hype Up Your School’s Cultural Festival
Many students look forward to the annual cultural and school festivals! There are all kinds of events like food stalls, exhibits, and volunteer performances! In the midst of all that, you probably spend lots of time preparing for the festival and practicing your performance with your close friends, right? In this article, we’ll introduce plenty of friendship-themed songs that are perfect for cultural and school festivals! They’re great for band performances, dance routines, festival theme songs, or even background music for videos! Find the perfect track to color your wonderful memories with your dear friends.
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[2026] Get Fired Up at Culture and School Festivals! Recommended Friendship Songs (21–30)
DynamiteBTS
When it comes to school festivals, a dance performance on stage is a must! If you choose BTS’s “Dynamite,” it’s sure to get the crowd hyped.
Everyone knows it and it’s easy to get in sync together, plus there are dance lesson videos on YouTube that make practice simple.
If you set roles for each member and match the visuals for the performance, it’ll be even more exciting! And if you’re confident in your singing, why not showcase your vocals as well—not just the dance?
DarlingMrs. GREEN APPLE
An uplifting anthem that gently stays by your side and gives you a push forward, dedicated to everyone who feels anxiety and uncertainty in their youth.
Mrs.
GREEN APPLE’s signature emotional, catchy melody and strongly affirmative lyrics that boost self-esteem will resonate in your heart.
Released in January 2025, this song was written for NHK General’s special program “Mrs.
GREEN APPLE 18 Festival,” and featured a special performance with 1,000 members of the 18-year-old generation.
It’s a track to listen to when you feel like you’re losing your sense of self or want a chance to face your true self.
Sing it with your friends on a school festival stage, and it will surely become an unforgettable memory.
[2026] Get Pumped at Your School’s Culture Festival! Recommended Friendship Songs (31–40)
Blue and SummerMrs. GREEN APPLE
This is a song with that distinctly Mrs.-style sweet-and-sour vibe that will get you grooving as you listen.
While working on a school culture festival, you might find yourself soaking up the fun atmosphere or recalling your childlike heart.
It’s a refreshingly perfect number for moments like those.
I think it fits not only band performances but also shows, dance routines, background music—lots of different scenes.
Since it’s also a love song, it resonates with the feeling of wanting to grow closer to someone through the festival.
Enjoy those heart-throbbing days you can only experience at that time!
OrangeSPYAIR
A rousing anthem of youth that seeps into the heart with tenderness and poignancy, like a sunset melting into the horizon! This is a song by SPYAIR, released in February 2024 as the theme for the film Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle.
It expresses the bitterness and pain experienced amid friendship, dreams, and growth by likening them to the tang of a sweet-and-sour orange.
While carrying anxieties about the future, it’s infused with a resolute will to give someone a push forward and keep facing ahead oneself.
It’s the perfect track for moments when you want to cherish precious time with your teammates and renew your resolve to step onto the next stage.
ultramarineYOASOBI
A song by YOASOBI that evokes bright hope moving toward the future and the courage to overcome hardship.
Its memorable choral section before the chorus and its well-known collaboration with the Osaka Toin High School Wind Orchestra also give it a strong image of teamwork and unity in taking on challenges together.
These images overlap with the uplifting development of the sound, inspiring courage to pursue what you love and strive toward your goals.
Wouldn’t it be the perfect song for scenes like a school or cultural festival, where friends come together as one to create something?
GIVE ME FIVEAKB48
The memories of spending the best event with your best friends are for a lifetime, right? How about a graduation song from the popular idol group AKB48? “GIVE ME FIVE!” was released in 2012 as their 25th single.
It features a refreshing band sound with horns cutting through.
Listening to it will make you feel like, “I’ll never forget this moment!” Perfect for the ending of a school festival or cultural festival!
A Tiny Bit of CourageFUNKY MONKEY BABYS
It’s one of FUNKY MONKEY BABYS’ signature songs, featured as an insert song in the film “The 700 Days’ War with the Police.” This upbeat youth friendship anthem is about moving toward your dreams while thinking of friends who’ve gone their separate ways, and its lively tempo is perfect for livening up school and cultural festivals!