Kanto’s Popular Music Festivals [2026]: A Complete Guide to Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter Outdoor Events

Kawasaki Jazz is a jazz festival that treats the entire city of Kawasaki as a grand stage. Embracing the memories rooted in its neighborhoods and landscapes, it creates opportunities for encounters and exchange through jazz, with a focus on what makes Kawasaki unique. Centered on “diversity” and “collaboration,” it promotes community development through music.

New Acoustic Camp is an event of mountains, camping, and music held at Minakami Kogen in Gunma Prefecture. Unlike typical music festivals, its key point is that the mountains, camping, and music all equally “coexist” there. You can enjoy a live show right in front of the stage, lie back on the grass, or have a BBQ while listening to music drifting in from afar—there are countless free and easy ways to enjoy it. Why not join New Aco in your very own way?

The music festival organized by the nationwide fashion brand “niko and …” will take place in Tokyo. Held over two days at Shinagawa Season Terrace, the event features artists whose styles align well with the brand’s calm aesthetic. Centered on the nine themes it advocates—uni9ue sences (clothing, food, housing, play, knowledge, wellness, music, travel, and TOKYO)—the festival offers not only music but also a wide range of hands-on activities and workshops for participants.