[Culture and School Festival Songs] A curated selection of popular and hit songs to brighten up your venues and events!
Among the many events in school life, the culture festival is one of the most memorable!
At culture festivals, there are countless moments where music plays a crucial role—whether it’s background music at the venue, songs for band performances, or tracks for dance numbers.
In this article, we’ll introduce songs that are guaranteed to hype up the culture festival, aimed at those running the event as committee members and those performing on stage.
With these picks, your festival production is sure to shine!
If you’re in the middle of choosing songs, be sure to use this as a reference.
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[Cultural and School Festival Songs] A curated selection of popular and hit tunes to color your venues and events! (21–30)
Song to Get Fired UpNEW!Todoroki Hajime
A viral internet track created by the creator Odamayo, inspired by Hajime Todoroki—a VTuber in hololive DEV_IS’s unit ReGLOSS who aims to be the toughest boss in the universe.
Released in February 2026, this unique song reconstructs phrases and the vibe extracted from her stream archives into a short-form sound piece.
Combined with choreography that highlights arm-swinging, it gained widespread support on social media.
Its endearing wordplay, which gently encourages you while keeping things relaxed, and its irresistibly danceable, rhythmic track match perfectly.
It’s an ideal pop tune to brighten up a school or culture festival stage, where everyone can dance together and share a laugh.
Blue and SummerMrs. GREEN APPLE
One of the signature songs by the rock band Mrs.
GREEN APPLE, hugely popular among younger generations, is Aoto Natsu (Blue and Summer).
Its refreshing, youthful vibe feels incredibly pleasant and is a perfect choice to perform at school or cultural festivals! It’s so fitting for youth that you might think there isn’t a better song for it.
As a signature track from a popular band, it’s well-known and sure to hype up the crowd.
Each part is fairly challenging, but it’s definitely a song worth taking on.
LokiMikito P
“Roki” by Mikito-P is a hugely popular Vocaloid song that’s become a modern classic.
It’s built on a band-style sound, and the lyrics are packed with terms familiar to people who play in bands, which makes them fun.
In recent years, Vocaloid tracks have become very popular, especially among younger generations, so performing a Vocaloid song at a school or cultural festival is a great idea.
Of course, it works well as a band cover, and because it’s such a high-energy track, it’s also perfect as background music for a dance performance.
Spot the differenceSuda Masaki
For example, if your school festival hosts a karaoke-style event, how about taking on this song? It’s a collaboration between popular actor Masaki Suda and singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu, released as a digital single in 2019.
It drew attention as the theme song for the drama “Perfect World.” This love ballad is marked by powerful vocals, and its deeply moving lyrics can truly bring you to tears.
If you can capture its world, you’ll have the entire audience’s attention all to yourself.
FateOfisharu Higedan Dism
Official HIGE DANDism is a band that became hugely popular, especially among younger generations like junior and senior high school students.
Among their songs, “Shukumei” is highly recommended for school festivals and cultural festivals.
The song was also chosen in 2019 as TV Asahi’s summer high school baseball support song, making it a perfect fit for that youthful vibe.
It’s great not only for singing and dancing, but also as a band cover.
StellaHipunoshisumaiku
Hypnosis Mic became popular mainly among women as a rap battle project in which male voice actors portray characters and perform rap.
If you’re looking for songs for a dance performance at a school or cultural festival, I think Hypnosis Mic tracks can really hype up the crowd.
If you want to go all out, try cosplaying and rapping as well.
broad daylightKing Gnu
Songs popular with younger generations are staples at school festivals.
If you’re looking for something like that, King Gnu’s “Hakujitsu” is a great pick.
It’s a relatively mellow and stylish song, making it perfect for events like singing contests.
And since King Gnu is a band, it’s also highly recommended as a song to perform on a band stage.