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

Kanto’s Popular Music Festivals [2026]: A Complete Guide to Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter Outdoor Events
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Music festivals held across the Kanto region throughout the four seasons continue to captivate the hearts of music fans.

From sophisticated urban venues to lush outdoor stages, these musical celebrations unfold in a wide variety of settings.

Powerful live performances by accomplished artists from Japan and abroad, as well as exciting up-and-coming indie bands, promise encounters with a rich diversity of music.

Why not create special memories at Kanto’s music festivals, each one to be enjoyed alongside the changing seasons—spring, summer, autumn, and winter?

Tokyo Metropolis

Hibiya Live FestivalSaturday, 4/25 – Sunday, 5/31, Tokyo

ScheduleSaturday, April 25, 2026 – Sunday, May 31, 2026
placeTokyo Metropolis, Chiyoda City, Yurakucho, Tokyo Midtown Hibiya / Hibiya Park

Emergenza Japan Semifinal Round 2Apr 25 (Sat) – Jun 7 (Sun), Tokyo

ScheduleSaturday, April 25, 2026 – Sunday, June 7, 2026
placeShibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, eggman, and others

JAM FESTokyo, Wed 4/29 – Wed 5/6

JAM FES is an independently organized festival held every year during Golden Week by Nishi-Eifuku JAM. The venue first opened in Shinjuku in 1980 and moved to Nishi-Eifuku, Suginami in 2018. This long-running event gathers a diverse array of bands with the warm, community-rooted feel of a neighborhood live house. Centered on rock, punk, and alternative, its eclectic lineup spans up-and-coming acts to mid-career artists. On some days during the festival, attendees can move freely between the main space and the adjoining UNDERGROUND, making for an intense eight days of hopping between two stages. Scheduled from April 29 to May 6, 2026.

ScheduleWednesday, April 29, 2026 – Wednesday, May 6, 2026
placeNishieifuku JAM, 3-34-14 Eifuku, Suginami City, Tokyo
Appearance
[4/29] The Adoban / THE KING OF ROOKIE / Kubifuri Dolls / Satellite / STANCE PUNKS / Sex Machine!! / Who the Bitch / the myeahns / YAPOOL / Utah State / Manatsu [4/30] summerhead / DNA / GAINZ / BreakthroughMemories / uyuu / Keeshond / Bakun the Everyday / BYOKA [5/1] asayake no ato / teiichi / toitoitoi / Destructive Value Creation / Haruka to Miyuki / Shujitsugara / fumi / mekakushe [5/2] Asylum / ayutthaya / IRIKO / Cissné / Sukoyakanaru Korera / SEVENTEEN AGAiN / Sokoku / Nekota Netako / No-Boadams / Vote for Pedro / blondy / MEAT EATERS [5/3] I Am I Band / Kiki Ai Ai / Clitoricris / salsa / Josue / Don Martinez / NaNoMoRaL / Hoppy Highball / MY TEMPLES / The Mass Missile / Messiah to Hitobito / Maki Utada / Ohtake / Nanoka Furuyama / Sawahiroko / Toshusai Sugoroku / Shigeto Naito / Kosame Nishiyama / Ochimori / komori+yusa / Naniwa Plachick / Knee-Kid Discipline Str Shinpei / Motegi Smith / Rii Moko-chan [5/4] Uchudan / G’day / Underwater, It’s Painful / Taguchi Hana / Tokyo Puppies / nous / The Whoops / Mismatched Momoiro Lulu Gaban / Bellemains / Mare / Manpuku / Mere / Taiga Kai / Kokke / HANNA / Koresuke Arishima / Sakura Ueki / Hana Ohara / Hosomichi Okuno / sayuri / Hitori Hyena Car / Waku [5/5] climbgrow / SuiseiNoboAz / SPOILMAN / Dr.DOWNER / Fennel / Blume popo / VELTPUNCH / Kazuhiro Momo / Yasue Dangerous Uncle / Ayu Osaki [5/6] imai / Guess Band / Gods’ Goraikoz / SuperBack / Chiina / DRUGONDRAGON / BATROICA METAL SUMMER JACKET / Pastel Tang Club / the pullovers / Bottles House / LUVPOLIS / The Keeley
Websitehttps://jam.rinky.info/
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Suomi FeastMay 1 (Fri) – 2 (Sat), Tokyo Metropolis

ScheduleFri, May 1–Sat, May 2, 2026
placeShibuya Stream Hall, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

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

ScheduleSat, May 2, 2026 – Wed, Nov 18, 2026
placeToshima City, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, and others

Shibuya Metal Meetup FestivalSat, 5/2, Tokyo Metropolis

ScheduleSaturday, May 2, 2026
placeTokyo, Shibuya Ward, WWWX/CYCLONE/GARRET udagawa, 3 venues

TOKYO M.A.P.SSat 5/2–Sun 5/3, Tokyo

TOKYO M.A.P.S is an urban music program that J-WAVE and Roppongi Hills have been running since 2008, built on the concept of a map where Music, Art, and Performance intersect. It is held every year during Golden Week at Roppongi Hills Arena, with that year’s organizer welcoming a diverse lineup of artists. For this year’s edition in May 2026, STUTS serves as organizer, sketching a “crossroads of sound” in the heart of the city centered on hip-hop and jazz.

[Aftermovie Released] J-WAVE & Roppongi Hills present TOKYO M.A.P.S Nagaoka Ryosuke EDITION
TOKYO M.A.P.S
ScheduleSat, May 2–Sun, May 3, 2026
placeRoppongi Hills Arena, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Appearance
[5/2] Satoko Shibata / Sonsi / Elle Teresa / Sai / KID FRESINO / STUTS [5/3] Ayano Kaneko / U-zhaan × Tamaki ROY × Chinza DOPENESS / Akihisa Kitasato / tofubeats / KMC & STUTS
Websitehttp://www.tokyomaps.jp
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