[Cultural Festival / School Festival Theme] Carefully Selected High-Impact Recommended Phrases!

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Slogans displayed every year at school festivals and cultural festivals.

Words with impact can make the festival even more exciting, but choosing one can be tough—“We want a theme that unites everyone,” “We want something funny,” and so on.

So, in this article, we’ve gathered recommended themes for cultural festivals.

From short, cool themes to witty parodies of famous quotes and stylish themes in English, we’ve picked a wide range.

Use them as inspiration when choosing your theme!

Youth Arc (1–10)

It’s fine—our school is the strongest.

“Don’t worry—our school is the strongest!” is perfect for showing confidence and team unity.

It carries a positive message like “Let’s create the best school festival together!” and “We can make a festival so great it won’t lose to anyone!”—you can really feel the momentum.

Through the festival, you might also be able to showcase the school’s strengths.

From a visitor’s perspective, it also raises expectations for a celebration created by the students.

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Welcome to the whirlwind of laughter and emotion at the XX Festival!

The slogan for a school festival excites and moves the people who come, doesn’t it? “Welcome to the whirlwind of laughter and emotion at [Festival Name]!” is a recommended slogan that both conveys a sense of welcome and adds originality by inserting the name of your festival in the brackets.

Its rhythm makes it catchy and easy to remember, too.

We want it to succeed not just as a school event, but as an occasion that entertains all visitors! If you put up a slogan that conveys that feeling, it’ll give everyone an extra boost of motivation during preparations.

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We, the Youth Exultation Squad

There’s a slogan written entirely in kanji: “We, the Youthful Celebration Squad.”

It’s read as “Warera, seishun, ōkatai,” which means “We are a group that fully enjoys our youth.” By intentionally using only kanji, it creates a stylish and stoic vibe.

It’s also easy to adapt, so it’s fine to tweak the wording for different uses.

Alternatively, you could add some characters and use it like a subtitle.

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I declare that I want to enjoy my youth

A school festival is an important event that colors our youth—you want to truly feel that youthful spirit from the preparations all the way to the big day.

This slogan sounds like a bold declaration of the wish to experience that youth through the festival.

The inclusion of the phrase “want to” gives it a slightly modest tone, which adds a lightness to the wording and makes it feel cute.

Rather than a firm resolve, it conveys the image of a gentle wish, and that sense of relatability is likely a key point.

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Learn from yesterday, live for today, and have hope for tomorrow.

It’s a famous phrase attributed to Einstein, and it’s such a positive and wonderful saying, isn’t it? The words that follow are: “The important thing is to never stop questioning; curiosity has its own reason for existing,” emphasizing the importance of remaining curious and continuing to explore.

Words like these, which can serve as life lessons, are perfect as a slogan for a school festival.

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Youth is an experiment in everything.

These are words about youth left by George Stephenson, an English civil engineer.

Youth is experimentation—in other words, a message to young people to “try anything.” As a slogan for the school festival, it conveys the idea of taking on things you’ve never done before, doing what no one else is doing, and, above all, treating everything as an experiment and trying various things.

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Youth Arc (11–20)

The one who has the most fun wins!

How about going with “Those who have the most fun win!” to capture the idea of enjoying the culture festival or school festival? You hear this phrase in all kinds of situations, right? There are various theories about its origin, but a leading one traces it to Confucius: “Those who merely like something cannot surpass those who enjoy it.” In other words, enjoying yourself is what matters most and is what leads things to success.

It’s a perfect fit for the theme, isn’t it? You could even swap out “life” for the name of the culture festival or school festival.

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