10 Recommended Music Festivals Families Will Love: Perfect for Going With Kids

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• Music Festival Master / Editor-in-ChiefHane Keisukebeenhere
  Editor-in-chief of RAG MUSIC and in charge of music festivals. When I attended my first music festival as a freshman in college, I was captivated by its charm—“I can’t believe there’s a place this free and this fun.” I share information about wonderful music festivals every day to help grow the community of festival fans.

Madarao Jazz

https://www.facebook.com/madaraojazz

It’s a jazz festival held at Madarao Kogen in Nagano Prefecture, which is popular as a ski resort in winter.

How about enjoying a picnic atmosphere with your children while listening to wonderful jazz on the expansive lawns of the Madarao Plateau?

Additionally, at the Madarao Kogen, under a concept named the “Madarao Style,”Outdoor activities and local food cultureWe are engaging in the activity of enjoying it.

It’s a highly recommended event where you can have plenty of fun—not just with jazz, but also with tent camping and a variety of workshops.

ONE Music Camp

to be held in Sanda City, Hyogo PrefectureOutdoor camping-in festival。

A campsite in Sanda City will serve as the venue, and you can stay overnight at the tent sites from the first night through the second day.

In addition to campsites, accommodation in bungalows is also available.

Furthermore, the catchphrase of this festival is "Festival to play together」。

At the event venue, Mita Athletic, you can enjoy the athletic facilities and pool even during the festival, and if you bring a barbecue grill, you can have a barbecue too—it's truly a music festival where you can play.

This event is also held during the summer vacation, so how about getting away from the hustle and bustle of the city and taking a family trip?

MASTER COLISEUM

http://www.master56.com

It’s an outdoor rock festival affectionately known by the nickname “Masukoro.”

The event is hosted by the Osaka rock bands PAN and SABOTEN.

Since the four-day event held for the 10th anniversary in 2015, it had not been held in Osaka, but in 2017, Masukoro returned to Osaka Castle Open-Air Concert Hall.

The performers are mainly bands active in the melodic hardcore scene.

At the Osaka Castle Outdoor Music Hallpermanent chairsIn addition to being well-equipped, there are also many shops around the venue.Re-entry is allowed...so you can enjoy it with peace of mind even when accompanied by children.

The reasonable ticket prices are also appealing, making it easy to participate.

Yakirainiku Rock Fest

http://yakifes.jp/

Yaki-Rai-Niku Rock Festival, commonly known as Yaki Fes, isCollaboration between a music festival and yakiniku (Japanese BBQ)。

An event like New Year’s and Bon Festival arriving at once!

This is because Iida City, the venue, is reportedly one of the top barbecue (yakiniku) towns in Japan, with the highest number of yakiniku restaurants per capita, and the event is being held with the aim of energizing the community through yakiniku and music.

If you add a fee to your admission ticket, the venue will provide all the ingredients and equipment, and there are booths where you can enjoy yakiniku (grilled meat).

Among other things,Paid childcare cornerThere are facilities such as athletics and tree climbing, so you can feel at ease and have fun even when bringing children.

Added on September 16, 2017

Due to the approach of Typhoon No. 18, the event has been canceled to ensure the safety of participants.

Please check the official website for more details.

ITAMI GREENJAM (Itami Green Jam)

https://twitter.com/itamigreenjam

ITAMI GREENJAM is held at Koyaike Park in Hyogo Prefecture.

Koyaike Park is a nature-rich park and apparently also a stopover for migratory birds.

A major feature of ITAMI GREENJAM, which is held in the beautiful Konyaike Park, isAbout half of the participants will attend with their families.That's what it is.

In other words, this is a recommended event that even those with small children can enjoy with peace of mind.

Since many children attend, there are various workshops and areas for interacting with animals, as well as opportunities to play in the stream.Ideas to keep small children engaged without getting boredthere is / there are

Of course, the performers are popular artists, so it’s a recommended festival that both moms and dads can enjoy.

Admission is free, so you can easily drop by on the weekend.

EAT THE ROCK

http://www.eattherock.com

EAT THE ROCK, a festival celebrating music and food, is dedicated to being held with free admission.

The Dragon Hat, which will serve as the main stage,Covered groundSo you can enjoy the live performance without worrying about direct sunlight or rain.

There are also multiple stages set up within the compact venue, and among themA stage just like a street performanceThere is also.

Even at such a small stage, many attendees gather, and you can sometimes see them forming a big circle and having fun!

It's a chance to see live performances by bands that are energizing festivals across the country—free of charge.

The two main stages are set up facing each other inside the Dragon Hat, and performances alternate between them, so as long as you’re in the Dragon Hat, you can see all the shows on the main stages.

Also, the food booths are usually located inside the Dragon Hat.Enjoy the live performance while enjoying the foodIt is also possible.

Since carefully selected food vendors will have booths, we hope participants will enjoy plenty of delicious food as well.

Nakatsugawa THE SOLAR BUDOKAN (Nakatsugawa Solar Budokan)

http://solarbudokan.com/2017

The biggest feature of SOLAR BUDOKAN, held in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, is without a doubtThey cover the electricity needed to run the live event with power generated by solar energy.That's what it is.

It’s one of the few festivals operated with clean, eco-friendly energy.

By the way, it seems that even musicians praise the sound produced using electricity generated by solar power, saying it’s very good.

Additionally, as Nakatsugawa City is a city that has declared the abolition of nuclear weapons, it also carries out activities to convey the importance of peace.

as well as displaying the radiation dose for all items on the menus of the other food booths,One of the themes is safety and securityIt’s an event that families with small children can join with peace of mind.

Flying Music Festival

https://twitter.com/sorafes2017

The Flying Music Festival was named after its venue, Aviation Memorial Park in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture.

Commonly known as Sora Fes, this event is held with the aim of promoting the charms of Tokorozawa, focusing on music and food.

Notably, the range of performing artists is remarkably broad.

Not only on the outdoor stage, but also at the adjacent Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Center Muse, live performances by a variety of artists are held.

For food, we publicly recruit vendors for the food truck section, and select shops that will offer carefully crafted menus.

A venue with easy access from the city centerIt’s an event where you can enjoy wonderful music and delicious food.

Apple Music Festival

https://www.facebook.com/ringofes

The Apple Music Festival, named after apples—a specialty of Matsumoto City in Nagano Prefecture.

This is a festival organized by a long-time resident of Matsumoto City, held out of a desire to further enliven the city.

The biggest appeal of this Apple Music Festival isThe large number and diversity of performing artists。

As the organizers say, they want to convey popular music in the broadest sense, so in addition to rock bands and singer-songwriters, a wide range of artists—including electronic and hip-hop acts—will also perform.

The total number of performers will also rise to around 150 groups.

One of the charms of music festivals is the chance to discover new music, and at the Ringo Music Festival they really take that idea to the extreme.A new encounter awaitsI suppose so.

GO AROUND JAPAN

https://www.facebook.com/goaroundjapan47

I love music! If you're a music fan, haven't you ever thought about traveling all around Japan?

GO AROUND JAPAN was started with the desire to create a festival where visitors could feel like they’ve traveled all around Japan in a single day.

It has now grown into a large festival featuring over 200 acts across eight stages, but the goal is to one day have 47 stages.

Artists from all over Japan will perform, and next to each prefecture’s stage, local specialties and regional gourmet foods will be lined up—so if you come here,A festival where you can travel all around Japan in a single dayis aiming for.

Singer-songwriter andnatureThe collaboration will surely be wonderful.

In conclusion

I introduced ten recommended festivals that I, who research music festival information every day, selected.

This time, we selected options based on one criterion: that they can be enjoyed by families.

We focused on introducing events held at venues with seating and shade, as well as those designed with families with children in mind.

All of these events are ones that music-loving moms and dads can enjoy together with their children.

I hope this article will inspire you to attend a music festival you’ve never been to before.