A classic song themed around a summer festival. A song of summer memories (2026).
When you think of summer, it’s the season of summer festivals and fireworks.
Hearing the festival music brings back happy memories, and those who love festivals might feel their excitement bubbling up.
In this article, we’ll introduce songs themed around summer festivals and fireworks, as well as tunes that capture summer memories.
From lively, boisterous tracks that embody the fun of festivals to beautiful, fleeting songs about a bittersweet summer romance, these recommendations are full of summer vibes.
If you’re looking for festival songs or summer-themed tracks, or want to listen to songs about summer festivals, be sure to check them out!
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[2026] Masterpieces themed around summer festivals: Songs of summer memories (41–50)
sparklermoon drop
A moon drop song that etches the memories of a summer festival into your heart.
The night I spent with you in a yukata, the footprints left on the beach, the flashes of fireworks…
all of it colors a fleeting yet beautiful page of youth.
Released in June 2024, this track splendidly captures the ache of unrequited love and the pull of nostalgia.
It’s a deeply evocative song you’ll want to listen to while gazing up at the summer night sky.
I highly recommend it to those who cherish their summer memories or carry a bittersweet love in their hearts.
It’s sure to become the song of summer that lingers in your soul!
[2026] Masterpieces themed around summer festivals: Songs of summer memories (51–60)
Night Festival OndoRyokushokushakai
A Ryokuoushoku Shakai track that sets the bustle of a summer festival to modern pop.
The traditional ondō rhythm meshes perfectly with the band’s sound.
It was released in May 2024.
All the band members were involved in making it, and it’s said to be packed with each of their own summer festival memories.
Within its Japanese-style flavor that almost lets you hear the festival music, there are rock elements woven in as well.
One of its charms is a high level of addictiveness that makes your body start moving before you know it.
It’s perfect for when you want to look back on summer memories or soak in the atmosphere of a festival.
Gion Festival OndoShimakura Chiyoko
An indispensable song for Kyoto’s Bon Odori is Gion Festival Ondo.
It’s also used during the Gion Festival, Kyoto’s major summer event, and incorporates the festival’s distinctive chant, “Konkonchikichin.” Released in 1957 as a locally sold record available only in Kyoto, it’s a duet by Chiyoko Shimakura and Hideo Yamagata.
For those living in Kyoto, it’s a familiar tune; for those who once lived there, it’s a nostalgic sound.
Be sure to visit the Gion Festival and listen to Gion Festival Ondo!
HANABIAI
“HANABI” by AI, a singer known for her powerful vocals, is a perfect track for summer festivals and fireworks displays.
The lyrics carry a strong message: launch your hardships and worries like fireworks and let them disappear.
Its EDM-flavored, upbeat rhythm feels great and will have you grooving just by listening!
Fireworks, manga, chocolate, and rainhachimitsu roketto
This is a cute-sounding song by Hachimitsu Rocket that seems to portray the longing to meet someone important and the frustration when things don’t go well.
The title, “Fireworks, Manga, Chocolate, and Rain,” lists the excuses used as reasons to meet, and you can picture the narrator pondering how to get just a little closer from there.
The buoyant, powerful rhythm of the sound is striking, conveying a determination to keep moving forward.
Through feelings of regret, the lyrics depict emotions gradually growing stronger and the singer wholeheartedly encouraging themselves, leaving a memorable impression.
cicada rainKokoro Ōkushon
Fireworks festivals and summer fairs are major events of the season, but they also carry a sense of the sadness that comes as summer slips away.
This song by Cocco Auction conveys the passage of those summer moments and the feeling of wanting to cherish the time we have.
The summer rain and the sound of cicadas that appear in the lyrics are striking, and it feels as if the changes in their intensity are contrasted with shifts in the heart.
The calm atmosphere of the sound and vocals is another notable point, evoking an image of facing one’s feelings while sensing the flow of time.
fireworksSandaime Jē Sōru Burazāzu fromu Eguzairu Toraibu
This is “Hanabi” by Sandaime J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE, a dance-vocal group popular across a wide range of generations.
Released in 2012, this song also earned them a spot in that year’s Kohaku Uta Gassen.
It’s a number where burning passion and the beauty of fireworks seem to synchronize, and anyone who’s ever fallen in love in the summer is sure to find themselves empathizing with it.