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Autumn Music Festival held in Eastern Japan [2026]

Autumn Music Festival held in Eastern Japan [2026]
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Autumn Music Festival held in Eastern Japan [2026]

We’ve put together an overview of fall festivals taking place across eastern Japan, from Hokkaido to the Hokuriku and Koshinetsu regions.

If summer festivals didn’t satisfy your appetite for fun, you’re not alone.

Check this out and keep enjoying the festival season!

Tokyo Metropolis

Salad Music FestivalSat 5/2 – Wed 11/18, Tokyo

https://x.com/salad_music_fes/status/2050109329387487358

The SaLaD Music Festival was launched in 2018 as a festival where everyone can experience and express the joy of music. Based on the concept behind its name—Sing and Listen and Dance: Sing! Listen! Dance!—it offers a fresh and diverse lineup of programs. In addition to its main venue at Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Toshima Ward), performances are also held at the Ueno Park Outdoor Stage and civic halls throughout the Tama area. From May to November 2026, the festival will present the Main Concert, the OK! Orchestra, the SaLaD Premium Concert, and more.

Salad Music Festival 2025 | “Anyone Can Piano®” with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Salad Music Festival
ScheduleSat, May 2, 2026 – Wed, Nov 18, 2026
placeTokyo Metropolitan Area, Toshima City, 1-8-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, and other venues (multiple locations)
Appearance
[5/2] Conductor: Toshiaki Umeda / Tokyo Junior Chorus / Purple Dancers 321 / MC: Satoshi Asaoka [9/12] Noism Company Niigata [9/13] Noism Company Niigata
Websitehttps://salad-music-fes.com/
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ULTRA JAPANTokyo, Sat 9/19–Sun 9/20

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOlPV4EgRzu/
ScheduleSat, Sep 19–Sun, Sep 20, 2026
placeOdaiba Ultra Park, Minato City, Tokyo
Websitehttp://ultrajapan.jp
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Shimokitazawa Indie FanclubMon 9/21 – Tue 9/22, Tokyo

ScheduleMonday, September 21, 2026 – Tuesday, September 22, 2026
placeVarious live music venues in Shimokitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Websitehttps://www.indiefanclub.com/
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Nerima Jazz FestivalMon 9/21 – Tue 9/22, Tokyo

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The Nerima Jazz Festival, launched in 2012 with the aim of revitalizing the town through music from the street corner, has continued for 15 years despite three cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic, and this year marks its 12th edition. The venue is the Lawn Plaza in Tokyo Metropolitan Hikarigaoka Park in Nerima Ward, and admission is free. Food trucks, dining areas, and merchandise tents will line the grounds, and about 40 bands will perform across the First and Second Stages over two days. It’s an outdoor jazz festival that can be easily enjoyed by everyone from children to adults. Scheduled for September 2026.

ScheduleMonday, September 21, 2026 – Tuesday, September 22, 2026
placeHikarigaoka Park Lawn Square, 4-1-1 Hikarigaoka, Nerima City, Tokyo
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Adachi Food and Music FestivalSat 9/26–Sun 9/27, Tokyo

https://x.com/purplepurple86/status/2034226443497177388
Adachi Food and Music Festival 2025 DAY 1 & DAY 2 Digest Movie
Adachi Food and Music Festival
ScheduleSat, Sep 26–Sun, Sep 27, 2026
placeRainbow Plaza, Arakawa Riverbed, Senju 5-chome, Adachi City, Tokyo
Websitehttps://adachi-shoku-to-ongaku-no-saiten.com/
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SHINJUKU LOFT 50th CIRCUITSat, Oct 3, Tokyo Metropolis

https://x.com/loft_50th/status/2044339956546765242

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Shinjuku LOFT, counting from its days in Nishi-Shinjuku, a music event will be held in a circuit format connecting nine venues around Kabukicho, including ZEPP Shinjuku, Shinjuku LOFT, and SHINJUKU MARZ. Upholding the mission unique to a long-established live house—aiming to create a communication space that bridges all kinds of music, forms of expression, and generations—the first lineup features cali≠gari, SAKANAMON, deadman, and more. The event will take place in October 2026.

Urbangarde [Shinjuku LOFT 50th Anniversary comment]
SHINJUKU LOFT 50th CIRCUIT
ScheduleSaturday, October 3, 2026
placeKabukicho area, Shinjuku, Tokyo (ZEPP Shinjuku / Shinjuku LOFT / BAR THE LOFT / LOFT/PLUS ONE / ROCK CAFE LOFT / Shinjuku ACB / Shinjuku SAMURAI / SHINJUKU MARZ / Shinjuku Marble)
Appearance
[10/3] cali≠gari / SAKANAMON / deadman / NEO BURNING FIRES / LUNKHEAD / Yasue Dangerous Ojisan
Websitehttps://www.loft-prj.co.jp/schedule/loft/50th
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TOKYO ISLANDSat 10/10–Mon 10/12, Tokyo Metropolis

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHr9YcFxWIX
ScheduleSaturday, October 10, 2026 – Monday, October 12
placeUmi-no-Mori Park, 3-chome, Umi-no-Mori, Koto City, Tokyo
Appearance[10/11] SCANDAL / Straightener / SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS / Nothing’s Carved In Stone / Hump Back / and more / [10/12] Uchikubi Gokumon Doukoukai / ORANGE RANGE / Kishidan / Su-xing-cyu / Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas / and more / [10/13] androp / Oisicle Melonpan / Tele / Nishina / flumpool / and more
Websitehttps://tokyoisland.tokyo/
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