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Summer Music Festival Held in Eastern Japan [2026]

From large-scale festivals to smaller ones, there are now countless exciting festivals being held.

Especially in summer, there are so many that it’s hard to keep up with all the information.

Here, we’ve compiled a list of summer music festivals taking place in eastern Japan.

Iwate Prefecture

SUMMER PEAKMon, Jul 20 – Iwate Prefecture

This is a circuit-style music event held across three live music venues in the Odori area of Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture. The official description states: “From up-and-coming young bands to accomplished acts that energize live houses across Japan, a total of 17 artists will gather in summer Tohoku, Morioka.” It’s a venue-hopping event where a wide range of live bands—from emerging to established—come together for a single day. In 2026, it will be held on Monday, July 20 (a public holiday).

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ScheduleMonday, 2026/7/20
placeAround Higuchi Building, 1-11-12 Odori, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture (CLUBCHANGE WAVE / the five morioka / RUSH STAGE)
Appearance
Azami / carabina / FUNNY THINK / HERO COMPLEX / HONEST / May Forth / Pink Dorothy / OwL / SBE / Sex Machine!! / S.P.N POWER / Stain hung over / THE JAPANESE PRIDE / urei
Websitehttps://summer-peak.localinfo.jp/
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Tono Hop Harvest FestivalIwate Prefecture, Fri 8/21–Sun 8/23

The Tono Hop Harvest Festival is an event celebrating the hop harvest, held every year in late August in Tono City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan’s premier hop-producing region. At the Kuranomichi Hiroba venue, visitors can enjoy over 20 kinds of beer from Tono Beer ZUMONA, Tono Brewing, GOOD HOPS, and Kirin Beer, along with snacks made from local ingredients. In addition to special live performances and a German folk music ensemble, there are guided bus tours to the hop fields. The 2026 festival will take place from August 21 to 23.

ScheduleFri, Aug 21–Sun, Aug 23, 2026
placeKura-no-michi Plaza, Chuo-dori 4 area, Tono City, Iwate Prefecture
Websitehttps://japanhopcountry.com/festival/
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WIND MUSIC FESTA Kaze no Oka Music FestivalSunday, 8/30, Iwate Prefecture

ScheduleSunday, August 30, 2026
placeMichinoeki Tono Kaze no Oka Outdoor Special Venue, 8-2-1 Shinri, Ayaori-cho, Tono City, Iwate Prefecture
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Miyagi Prefecture

Special Music FestivalSunday, 6/7, Miyagi Prefecture

Totteokino Ongakusai is a street music festival that began in 2001 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, where people with and without disabilities enjoy music together, aiming for a “barrier-free of the heart.” “Totteoki” translates to “Very Special,” and under the slogan “Everyone is different, and that’s okay,” shopping streets and parks become outdoor stages, wrapping the city in music. The 25th festival will be held on June 7, 2026, at venues such as Citizens’ Square and Kotodai Park in Sendai.

ScheduleSunday, June 7, 2026
placeAround Kotodai Park, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture (Civic Square / Kotodai Park / Motokajicho Park / Nishiki-cho Park / Sendai Mediatheque 1F Open Square)
Appearance
Art Inclusion Factory / NPO Art Workshop Sunpucho / Ai Ni (Love You) / Aun’s Breath / Accordion Circle Ne! Fūkin / AZUBO BAND / Apple-Jam / aftermoon / a priori / African Thumb Piano / Apure Rapuri☂ / APOLLO★DIVA / Amanogawa / Tomoko Arakawa & Family Ensemble / Ensemble Gran / Reishiryusei / ISEKAt / Ichirin / Yohei Ito / Tatsuya Inagaki & Groove Link Quintet / Reiko Irokawa / Iwanuma Cocarina Ensemble / Violin Aya / Vent Vert / Welcome Back Quintet / Waterfall Blues Band / Wood Symphony Club / UHYO / N’DAGGLERS / SMG / Ezuko♪Gospel / EST / S-Breeze / Ekūji / M.S.E / MFR (Modern Folk Revival) / M’s_tetra / Ikuko Endo and Nanbu Daichi / Shota Endo / Orchestre de Sendai / Ocarina Shion / Ocarina & Piano TS / Ocarina IWANUMA / Ocarina Jomon-kai / Ocarina Lapis / Osoba Blues / oToTo99 / Orca rhapsodia / Music School B-flat / Garnet / Gaon Soloists / Kazemachi / Pseudo Couple “Takahashi Fūsai” / Katsuyama Sisters / Kanade Orchestra / Kamo Tsunamura Taiko with Hibiki no Kai & Tomiya Wadaiko Club / Kayō Circle Kiraraku-kai / COLORS / Quartet New Moon / KARUMARU BAND / KieeRa / Motofumi Kitani / KinoWA / Caramel Feather / Candy Orchestra / KCRK (Kukuruku) / Fuyuki Kushida / Kujira☆Blow / KUMAS / Kumakke JAPAN / Kumori nochi Hare and Merry Friends / Clark High School / Ken Kurashima / groove it / Akane Akane / Glory Grass / KUROYAN / KBB60 / K-Beats / Keyaki Cocarina Aoba no Kaze / GOZAIIN / Kokkē Japan / Koai (Drum Encounter) / Satoshi Koyama / corazon / Corazon Masuda & Honey Romance / Golten Brass / Conjunto Trapiche / The S-PALS / The Hiitoruzu / the voice of LOVE / Circle★Swing / Sarangi Narayans & Piano Inagaki / SIGN Art Ohisama / Sign Vocalist Manami Mito / Sign Message SORA☆ / Sagami no Kaze THE Meoto / Saxophone Quartet Rosso / Sakura Okoto / Sakura-gumi (Taijunt Five) / Shuki Sasaki / Akane Sasakura / SOUTH N’ HARMONY / THE Shokado / The☆Sendai-gumi / SAX DRY / Masashi Sato / Sunny Groove Sisters / Sanits / Support Center Pia “Endo-mame, Beans, Peanuts, Enju no Ie” / saran-wrap’s / SUN / Sandersonia / San Fish / g.s.b + / Jesus Session Project / Jay Scott / JADE / JET HORNS / Shiogama Cocarina Ensemble / Shikisai Orioriori / SHiZUKU / Masashi Shida / Jikkasan / Shinobue School Hyalala / Hamako Shimakage and Viva! all stars / Jive Brass Quintet / Working Adults A Cappella Circle Kaleidoscope / JaZZ a la mode / JUDY AND Magarikakuu / JOY Sakura / Sho YUU / Showa Kayō / Shiratori Taiko / Shiratori Band / Singin♪Jam / Sing! Sing!! Sing!!! / Sing-ru / Swing Bird / Swing Sparrows / Susa Minna no Ongakutai / Kazuhiro Suzuki / Toshio Suzuki (Inspector) / Sta☆Para (Star Paradise Orchestra) / Stella / Stella Note / Subaru Tohoku 4WD Band / Smile CAMP / Smile Sisters-ru / SMILE (Sumire) Troupe / Three Tunes / Seven Stars / Zenshōken Circle Fu-Re-N-Do / Sendai Yellow Jackets / Sendai Chorus Wakaboshi Z☆ / Sendai Cocarina Ensemble / Sendai Community Gospel Choir / Sendai Sanshin Lovers Shin-Miyarabi-kai / Sendai Hermann Harp Friends / Sendai Ventures / Sendai Wadaiko Kasora / “The Elephant Train” Chorus / Sonoma Team / S♪maliz / TAKAKATATA / Hane Takato / Dakara’n’Dakara / Tanabata Dotsutatsu Cajon Corps / tamtamdot Performance / Dance Team SMILE / team WOODS / Team PTW / Chita Yukūre / Takatoshi Chiba / Chiyafumi Chiba / chako / Challenge’d / Churabaru / Tsurugaya Cocarina Konnichiwa Oto / DJ.BreakTime / Delighted Groovers / D51 Chorus / Kazuhiko Teshima / Duo★fraise / Terayama Orange Jug Band / Legendary Band / 1040_ / Tenpoint / Tohoku University Gospel Circle GO∞HIP / Dōmu / 12Songs Club Band / Tossins / Tomizawa Gakko (Rhythm Drums) / Tomokumi / Tomoko Maternity Clinic “Utaukai” / triad-seven / Drum Team be+ing (Aizawa Drum School) / Dolce no Kai Friends / Nagata Mint / Nakanoya & Mii Band / Nanairo Clover / Nijiiro Mori no Ongakutai / NEW ART SOUNDS ENSEMBLE / Nemuri no Mori no Neko / Ha☀relo! / Heart Beat Box / Harp♥Stars / Harvey Wallbanger / Harmonious / Tomomi Haga / HAPPY / Happy Set♡ / HappySoul / HANA / Yohei Hamabata / Hamayū Rainbow Dreams / HAMO ludens / haruka’s note project / hale aloha / Power Chorus Natsu★P / Power Chorus Happy-Bri Cheers / Banjo-Okubo Showa Kayō Band / BAND//αID / PANDORA / Pia-māru / Be Marvelous ∞ / Hii-Fūmi / HERO’S BAND / Hinago / Hiroband / PinkDroagon / Vintage Club Band / Folk Adventures / Asuna Fukuda / Bright Speakers! / brightone / Hula Circle Ohana / Brass Party Sendai East / Black★Kamarins / Flower Flower NOA / BLUES CHAPLIN / BLUE BIRD BEAT / Bloom / Fureai Family / Friends Dream / Flow Light / Paperback / Belle Grace / BELTEMPO / Whiit Bitch / Shuto Hosaka / Hodorist Gospelers / Hondabox / BOND / HONMA☆DEKKA / Mysha Bellydance / Makorin Workshop / MASASIN / Matsuima DX / Mash / matzo & Komazzo & Cocomazzo / MAYO / Miichan & Björn / Miina / Miki and Her Jolly Friends / Misato / mishmash / Mrs.Moon / Michinoku Sendai ORI☆Himetai / Miyagi Offbeat Band / Miyagi Prefectural Akiu Kagayaki Special-Needs HS Dance Club / Miyagi Youth Future Juku & Team Okawa Mirai wo Hiraku Network / Miyagi Dance / Milk Tea & Teacup / Mauve☆Lotus / moco moco / Mochiron / Mori Lemonnote Band / Yaya Square / Yuu & Ryu with The Boogie Shoes / U the Boogie / US Vocal School Sendai Nagamachi Campus Fall’n / US Vocal School Sendai Nagamachi Campus marshmallow DIVA / yuka* / Yukkyo ♡・ω・♡ / YOPPE / 4cm Crocodile / Light of Delight / Raimu / LACHIC / Love & Peace, Forever (LPF) / La La Wendy / Captain Larry / RIVa / Rino (with K) / Rifu Yoo Leaf Harmonies / Ryu-RYU- / Ryu & You / Lulu & Friends Forever / Red Shoes / Recitation Poet Daiken / rose arc-en-ciel / Back-Alley Moon Thieves / Los Nonbedas / World Soul Chorus Sendai / Wild Swing Party / Japanese Instruments Ensemble Sakunone / WaSA-bi / watapon and Jolly Friends / Wacky Kaiyama & Shion Chika / One More Dream
Websitehttps://r.goope.jp/totteoki/
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Matsushima Park FestivalMiyagi Prefecture, Sat 6/27–Sun 6/28

The Matsushima Park Festival is a handmade outdoor music festival launched by volunteers who want to energize Matsushima—one of Japan’s Three Most Scenic Spots—through music. Officially, it aims to use the diverse landscapes woven by Matsushima’s nature and history as stages in themselves, so that people of all generations gather in Matsushima and new connections emerge everywhere. The venue spans the entire Matsushima Coast area in Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture, and in 2026 it will be held over two days, June 27 and 28.

ScheduleSaturday–Sunday, June 27–28, 2026
placeMiyagi Prefecture, Miyagi District, Matsushima Town, Matsushima Kaigan Area
Appearance
[6/27] JUDY AND The Corner / Counterfeit Alternative / Waterfall Blues Band / Zero Fret / Aibe! / Keith (melodica) / Ryo-san / Motofumi Kitani / Takahiro Honma / Fuyuki Kushida / Yorozuya / SPIN2022 / Asuna Fukuda / Ryo / USA_BON / SYMBIOTE / GunsN’ Loses / OSK / Mattari Club / nue-MAIKA / FIZZ / IBK Band / Sunny Knockout / THE SEED OF PUMPKIN / ilina J dazzle / Keita Kono / Chirinuruwo / Reptile Bud / THE HOYD / Commuter Rush / Okazaki / jewelrybox / Iroha / Fumifumi & L.A. / Shoyan & Ebe / Fujimaru Logans / Bikkuri☆Beat / Light of Delight / Glass beads / Resignation Hysteria / Gospel Sparkle / Nyankasu Monster / Nyamero / Capella of Star Colors / Nyanhera × Syndrome / SAY’S Higashimatsushima / sugarballoon / THE BEATLYS / Raspmonet (Razumone) / HoneyLuminous / Double Beerman Spin / Snailfish Orchestra / UNITED BANANA / Five Play / Natsu-Mellows / Hall Yamaguchi / THAMPMAN / THE NATURALKILLERS / Akane Akari / Kiora / LANDA / Enjoy! Summer Fest Band / Santa Rose / Esashi Guitar Union British Products Fair / Bakkēna / BelleGrace / BEARS NIGHT / Hiro Band / Ha☀relo! / Yaro’s Kazu / GGS / METROPOLIS / The Hide Room / Sorataro / TAKA / Rosetta link / Chama-S / rodeo3 / Natsumelox / M9 / Matsukon DX / Norichanz / Tsurusu Band / George☆McFly Band / Paperback / Fuka (Fuu-ka) / Raoyue / HONMA☆KAINA / Rays / Hime Chacha / Roy ruttin / KUROYAN / Marble (YOSHIKO) / Heart Beat Box / Ballad Man Masahiko / Duck Tetsuya / Masahiko Takahashi / riko note / Ukulele Takky / Mrs.M / Super’s Fry / RiN / BOMBER / Charlotte / Tear Gas Rain / aftermoon / Lips! / sabao band / Kinta / Sugarhand / laSt Sun Set / Route’f / Atomi JAPAN / Free Flappers / Rapid Rail Star / KBB60 / Ayumu / LaLa Wendy / Yaya Square / Blue / Sakurako Kobayashi / Backbone / Ryuta Yokoyama / sakura oto (all lowercase) / Conjunto Trapiche / NOKKO / Youa / S-Breeze / Jack and Rose / Marshmallow☆Lollipop / Stella / Wombat / The Rockeroi (Clare) / The Beet’s / TETRAPOD CITY / Showboys / Oichan Blues Band / Sendai Miso Corn / Banjo Okubo Trio / SDG’z / Sendai Gonzales S2 / WASABI / giggle / Sakino / Jozenji Sadistic / May Two Nine / Utagoyomi / Mirabō Chopstick / Acolag / Kana Watanabe & Ayako / Kunitomo / AYAMAKATA / We Are the Famicom Maniacs / Niko Niko / Misato / AWESOME PORT / mishmash / WAHA! & JK / FEAZ / Biscuit Room Miyagi / Anchovy / Yusuke / Dakara’n’Dakara / glory grass / Shin-chan Band [6/28] JUDY AND The Corner / ensemble of euphoria / Counterfeit Alternative / Astrya / Keith (melodica) / Ryo-san / Takahiro Honma / Fuyuki Kushida / SPIN2022 / Asuna Fukuda / Yukkyo / Moe with you / Yuki Takeuchi / The Mojo / K-Session’s / Midnight Ryu-Ryu Sync / Musume Musume Final Attack / WERKE / FIZZ / Corazon / IBK Band / FUN☆Q / CASIS BAND / THE DIRTY JACKS / Sendai Jihen / Afro☆Man / Nagamachi BBQ / clamorous crowd / Manjushage / Keita Kono / CASIS FRIENDS / Okazaki / jewelrybox / Fumifumi & L.A. / Fujimaru Logans / Light of Delight / Cotton Latte / MFL / ZiZi The Kids / Gospel Sparkle / E-SHOCK / the Buddies / THE NIGHT PIRATES / SAY’S Higashimatsushima / Rino / THE BEATLYS / S♪maliz band / Double Beerman Spin / CAMEL KING / Mujiku / BAND WAGON / Punkuns / My Story SF / The Wicks / Macchi & Kazz. / Hall Yamaguchi / GECKO / THAMPMAN / Kazunori Omori / THE NATURALKILLERS / Akane Akari / Kiora / 70degrees / K3 / Bright Speakers! / LANDA / FURERAKUNNE / MONKS ILLEGAL / TAKESHI / Chiyafumi Chiba / BelleGrace / Hiro Band / Ha☀relo! / Yaro’s Kazu / Modern Komekomes / IrokoI / Nakanoya & Mii Orchestra / Makorin Workshop / G.G.CLUB / Toshio Ota / TAKA / eMI4 / Kuchakki / rodeo3 / Decide / M9 / Dumpling / Tsurusu Band / BOND / Eudaimonics / RIZUMO / ile. / Raoyue / HONMA☆KAINA / Rays / Love T.K.O. / Sekai no Koori / omowas / Kato Tounyu / Roy ruttin / KUROYAN / Marble (YOSHIKO) / Jessica / Heart Beat Box / Ballad Man Masahiko / Mauve☆Lotus / Miki & Yuki / the highstage structure / Ukulele Takky / Super’s Fry / RiN / BOMBER / Gorie-chanz / Sendai Yellow Jackets / Utau Shika / aftermoon / Lips! / trinity / Mysha Bellydance / sabao band / Kinta / Hamako Shimakage and Viva! all stars / B.mumps / Swing.By / Singin♪Jam / Free Flappers / Hyperfly / Side. / Ayumu / LaLa Wendy / Yaya Square / THE GOD’S / Blue / Sakurako Kobayashi / Ryuta Yokoyama / sakura oto (all lowercase) / Green Heart / Conjunto Trapiche / Hamaban / Youa / Mountain Top Field / Hagakure / IRB Jazz Orchestra / Iwao Hayami / Wombat / The Beet’s / R128 / SAXOBONGO SENDAI / ORAINO GAGA / Chihaya Inui / Share / TETRAPOD CITY / Isshy Does Blues Chicken / Showboys / Baranas Dragon / Oichan Blues Band / 1-Chome Band / Masayoshi / Banjo Okubo Trio / STAB HOWLINGS / Trans Traditional Tribe / triad-seven / Sakino / Ah, Thief! / Kana Watanabe & Ayako / Nameless R Band / M’s Sound Wave / Kunitomo / Niko Niko / Misato / THE REVERSE / AWESOME PORT / Coccoebi / Anchovy / Kesennuma Carpenters / Spring Tide / Dakara’n’Dakara / glory grass / Shin-chan Band
Websitehttps://www.parkfes.com/
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NEUTRAL ARENASat, 7/4, Miyagi Prefecture

NEUTRAL ARENA 2026 will be held on July 4, 2026, at Xebio Arena Sendai in Sendai, Miyagi, as the Tohoku region’s first arena-scale hip-hop festival. Framed by the official tagline “A new culture begins in Tohoku,” the concept is to establish hip-hop culture in Tohoku and Sendai. It’s a highly anticipated festival set to ignite a new wave of excitement in the region.

ScheduleSaturday, July 4, 2026
placeXebio Arena Sendai, 1-4-10 Asuto Nagamachi, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
Appearance
Tohji / Elle Teresa / PUNPEE / Kohjiya / YOUNG GAGA GG DIOR / YELLASOMA / NeS / YARZ / Mion / BIM / kZm / ralph / JUMADIBA / Only U
Websitehttps://neutral-arena.com
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Hoyahho FestivalSat 7/4–Sun 7/5, Miyagi Prefecture

Hoyahho Festival is an outdoor event held at the Kawamachi Exchange Plaza in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, organized by “Hoya idol” Moe, who hails from Ishinomaki. Officially, it’s driven by the desire to share beloved hoya (sea pineapple), Ishinomaki’s delicious foods, and fun experiences with many people, and to energize the local community. The festival enlivens the city with local gourmet food stalls and stage performances by artists and groups gathered from across the prefecture. In 2026, it will be held over two days in July.

ScheduleSat–Sun, July 4–5, 2026
placeKawamachi Exchange Plaza, 2-11-17 Chuo, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture
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