List of rock festival information in Western Japan [2026]

Music Festival Master / Editor-in-ChiefHane Keisuke
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.

There are so many rock festivals nationwide that you may have had the experience of missing some.

To help you avoid that bitter experience, we’ve compiled information here on rock festivals held in western Japan.

Whether they’re festivals you already know or ones you’ve never heard of, we’ll introduce them all here.

Past events

SOUND SHOCK BASS ON TOP presentsWed, Aug 20 — Osaka Prefecture

http://www.sound-shock.com

One of the largest joint university events in the Kansai region, bringing together light music clubs from across Kansai! It’s an incredibly exciting festival featuring not only original and cover bands, but also bands from the same generation and hot, fast-rising artists invited as special guests!