[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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[Culture Festival & School Festival Songs] Carefully selected popular and hit songs that brighten up venues and events! (31–40)
You are the seaMy Hair is Bad
At school festivals, the band stage always gets everyone hyped, right? If you’re looking for songs to perform on that stage, be sure to check out “Kimi ga Umi” by My Hair is Bad.
The emotional performance layered with a bittersweet melody creates music that really pierces the heart.
It’s fairly challenging to play, but it’s guaranteed to get the crowd going.
LA FIESTATHE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE
How about livening up your school festival with a stylish dance number? This track is by the dance-vocal group THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE.
It’s the lead track from their 2018 album “THE RAMPAGE.” Recommended when you want to create a club-like vibe.
STARTING OVERLittle Glee Monster
A song by the hugely popular female vocal group Little Glee Monster.
Their charm, after all, lies in the stunning harmonies supported by each member’s outstanding vocal ability! “STARTING OVER” has lyrics that work as a graduation song, but it can also be taken as a friendship song or a youth anthem.
In other words, it’s the perfect track to perform at a school culture festival or campus festival that will become a cherished memory of your youth.
If you sing it together with a few people like Little Glee Monster, it’s sure to get the crowd going!
usmilet
A great recommendation for those looking for songs that girls can sing at events like singing contests is “us” by milet.
This song was used as the theme song for the Nippon TV drama “Gisou Furin” (Fake Affair), and it’s popular across a wide range of age groups.
Since school festivals and cultural festivals bring together not only students but people of all ages—from children to adults—this kind of song is a perfect fit.
Perfect-Sense DreamerONE OK ROCK
If you want to show the crowd how cool you are at the school festival live, this is the song! It’s one of the signature tracks by ONE OK ROCK, a rock band active overseas.
Released in 2010 as their fourth single, it was also the breakthrough that put them on the map.
From the intro it’s a powerful hard rock number, with passionate lyrics that also have a great flow.
The chorus in particular will stick in your head after just one listen.
Play this song and turn your school into a rock festival venue!
[Culture Festival & School Festival Songs] A curated selection of popular and hit songs to brighten up venues and events! (41–50)
Rose of PassionTHE BLUE HEARTS
One band that’s a must for any light music club is THE BLUE HEARTS! Even though their peak was in the late 1980s, they’re still hugely popular today, and many people have probably played their songs in school bands.
Among them, “Jounetsu no Bara,” released in 1990, was their first single to hit No.
1 on the Oricon charts, and it’s a high-energy punk rock track.
In high school baseball, brass bands often play it as a cheering song.
Its simple instrumentation makes it perfect for band performances!
single-minded; wholehearted; devoted; earnestKing Gnu
A four-piece rock band, King Gnu, whose members each possess broad musical backgrounds and high-level performance skills and are even described as a “Tokyo New Mixture Style,” released this as their fourth single.
The song was used as the theme for the animated film Jujutsu Kaisen 0, and it was issued as a double A-side single together with Sakayume, which served as the ending theme.
Its arrangement is both bold and delicate, and the catchy melody really helps boost the excitement at school culture festivals and campus events.
Though it’s a high-difficulty piece, it’s a modern rock tune that’s guaranteed to fire up the crowd when performed by a band.
