Takasuki Jazz Street | Music Festival & Event
This is a handmade music event planned and run by citizen volunteers, launched in 1999 with the idea of “making Takatsuki a fun city filled with music.” Around 60 venues near Hankyu Takatsuki-shi Station and JR Takatsuki Station are opened with free admission, and a wide variety of bands—centered on jazz but crossing genres—fill the city with sound. Supported by an executive committee spanning generations from students to shop owners, it will be held over two days during Golden Week in May 2026.
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Takatsuki Jazz Street
This is a handmade music event planned and run by citizen volunteers, launched in 1999 with the idea of “making Takatsuki a fun city filled with music.” Around 60 venues near Hankyu Takatsuki-shi Station and JR Takatsuki Station are opened with free admission, and a wide variety of bands—centered on jazz but crossing genres—fill the city with sound. Supported by an executive committee spanning generations from students to shop owners, it will be held over two days during Golden Week in May 2026.

Appearance
[5/4] Aoi & Tae Moe-Moe / Aoki–Toda Duo / ao × R1SA / ao, R1SA & Tachihi Iwase Trio / Aon / Yuka Aso & Mayumi Miyagawa & Tokky Trio / ANA H2K Plus Two / Ama_Tan / Aminono / Araki and Izumi / Arte Group / Arte Moritaka / ANDY with Reita Iida / East joyful offering / Ikuchan & Miyagawa Harigi Kosaka Band / Ikoi no Mura / vo. Izawa, gt. Mitsuishi Duo / Sakurako Ishizuka JazzFunk Collective / Ippei-dō no Furuti Mi La La Rai / Imai Band / Imaei Takayama Duo / Imadake / Tachihi Iwase Quintet / Winds from Taller than AG / Ukyo Nagata 4 / Utatane / Acon / A.T.D. Trio / Exotic Monster / SMK/Brasil66 / SBY / NTY / MSP / El Sur / Osaka Swing Lab / Osaka School of Music High School Specialized Course / Osaka Big Band Jazz Festival BB (Kansai Selection Band) / Osaka Prefectural Okan High School Brass Band + OB Band / Osaka Prefectural Takatsuki Kita High School Brass Band / Osaka Bochi-Bochi Orchestra 51/2026 / Koji Ohno g, Yoshimitsu Murayama g Jazz / OBC Jazz Orchestra / Oka Show / Okamachi Jazz Quartet / Yasuyoshi Ogino Group Otojin Tabi / Okiraku Trio / Okkun / Otome Project / omk band / Original Herd Jazz Orchestra with Chie Sugiyama / Orquesta Yamazaki / Altered / Kazumi Megumi / The Diva on the Riverbank & Acchan Piano / Harumi Katagai, Miyuki Nakatsukasa & Yoshiki Osawa Trio / Harumi Katagai & Miyuki Nakatsukasa Duo / Katsu Shijima And The Faith Mass Choir / Katsu Shijima And Jacoo Gospel Singers / Kotomi Kanazawa Trio / Kanato Allied Forces / Seishi Kanamaru Trio with Special Guest Isaiah Richardson Jr. from New York / Gathering at Cafe Taniyama / Kaho / KHAMSIN / Galette des Rois / Ken Kawada Super Trio / Yoko Kawazu vo, Yoshimitsu Murayama g Jazz Duo / Kansai University Junior & Senior High School Brass Band / Takeshi Kikuchi feat. Arrow with Friends / Kisaku Motofusa (vo, g) Solo / Kaon Kim / Queen Jazz Orchestra / Quantum / Kukurin Shachu / Good Lovin Quintet / The Green Mountain Tops / Christina Band / Groovin’ Jazz Orchestra / Groove Oceans / crescent moon / 963 / The Global Jazz Orchestra with Junko Koyanagi & Kaoru Higashi / Choir Master Trio / Keiko & Taichi Group / Ks’ Jazzy Club / KenKobaHassA~yu / Kenta & Yoko / Genta Yo / Koshindo & Akiko Namba / Konan High School Brass Ensemble KBE2026 / Konan Junior High Brass Ensemble KBE2026 / Kobe University KOBE Mussoc Jazz Orchestra / Masato Kayama (b) & Rie Hosoi (sax) Duo / Voice and Guitar / KOTA and BESTFRIENDS / Kyoko Kobashi + Jun Deguchi / Komatta-buru Soul with Ryo Fujii / Junko Koyanagi & Kisaku Motofusa Duo / THE CHINTONSHANS / The Tipsy Trio / The Curve / Yoko Sakai So Many Hearts / Sakura Mochi Duo / Zakky Arata / “Sato-gumi Variety” / Minoru Satomura & Phillip Strange / Sabrina Band / Surrey gold / SARIKA & HIDEYA / G’s Quartet / JSQ / JK6 / Jessica Narasaki Namba Trio / Siesta+ / Shikoku Sanyo Kansai Tokai Alliance / SHIDEN / Shimabayashi / Jimmy’s / Shimiru Yoru Trio / JazzVoyage / Jammy Jam / JAM Jumble / JUNGROOVE / Jujiya’s / Sugar Malt / JUGEN DX / Juri & Tamura & Kondo & Shioiri / Juri Groovy Band / JUN-uk & SIMOMURA-b Duo / Shota Yamashita 4 / Shoryukai / Show-wa / Haruka Shirase Quintet / Takashi Shirayama & The Friends / New-sensation Jazz Unit Tres Torres / SYNCDELICA / Cyndi Lauper Tribute / Super Ragtags / Chie Sugiyama Organ Quartet / Scott Hamilton with Mitsuaki Kishi Trio / Step Up Jam / SPY / Small Town Talk / Sumomo Marigold / ThreeSide / Three-Train with Kousuke Takaoka / Senyopin / SOA QUINTET / SOA NEW QUINTET / Sosuke Quintet / Soul Family Gospel Choir with MK / Soulbleed ft. Ko Shimizu from NANIWA EXPRESS Miles 100 Tribute Band / Daiichi Kofukuso / Daiichi Junior High School Brass Band / Taisho Band / Tai Tetsu Soryu / Masato Takaoka Trio with YUKIMI / Takatsuki Swing Shoten / Takahara (vo) & Shiokawa (gt) Duo / Tak_Rik ExMachina / Rie Takeda Organ Trio / Dusk to Dawn / Emiko Tada Trio / Takkun / Tatsujin-gumi / Tatetsupiro / Kazuyuki Tanaka Quartet / Mamoru Taniguchi & PΛZL / Tammies / Uchiotosu-kuzu Fumihiko Kimura / Team Negi-Negi / Team Mina-no-shu Band / Chasin’ no trane / Cha★ka and Satoko / Just-right Clione / Chiru Chiru Michiru / TSUBO-KEN Quartet / T.s Family / Tea Time / TTKK’s / Directions with Nagomin / Iron Manju Corps / Duo Pulse Keys / 2 Seasons / DQ4 Classmates Quartet / Doshisha University The Third Herd Orchestra / TOKU Tributes Quartet / Tottori JAZZ Special Big Band / TONE QUARTET / TONEBASS talking to YUKI / Tobidase JACK! / “Torazo Jazz Project” / trio come up roses / naonao / Mairi Nakaso Sextet / Atsushi Nakano & GRAND COLOR STONE / Kaori Nakamura + Megumi Maeda + Tomomi Inafune + Motohiro Shioiri / Mari Nakamoto Trio / “Mr. Nagura, please help us” Trio / Natsuki Healing Quartet / nutts / Nanasan / Nandee W/ Special Sauce feat. Himiko Kikuchi / Yukari Nishimura Trio / No Spring Chickens / Keizo Nobori (ts) & Tsuyoshi Fukushima (pf) Duo / Vermilion Field / vibes / Howlin’ YOU Musume Trio / PaO / Takashi Hagiwara with Nagura / Takashi Hagiwara Duo / Hasegawa–Mitsuishi Guitar Duo / Hata-san & Shinobue / Hachiroku / Riichi Hattori Coltrane Band / parDeux / parDeux with Friends / Akiko Hama & Jun Nakano Duo / Yoshiko Hamasaka / Hiromi Hayaoka & Shinichi Yamano Trio / Shinji Harada / Harada Dō no Naosaka / PARIS-Walk / Yuki Harima & Sugiko Fukui Duo / piace la musica / Piaful / HIIKO / Ryo Hisamatsu Quintet / Big Hang Quartet / pino / Pyongari-san / Miki Hirose Jazz Orchestra / Funny Company Jazz Orchestra / Funky Rabbits / Funky Workshop / Funtime / Phillip Strange / Phillip Strange Trio / Puukichi / Feliz / forest / Fujisaki Spring Camp Festival / Yu Fujiyoshi + Melonmama / futarinote / Browntet / Pettan with Max / belle epoque / Hideaki Hori / Horobasha Band / White rips / MarSA with Zakiyoshi BJ Aiko Tsutsumi / Ma-chan Band & Kazebito Buduri Taiko / Macaron Band / Yoko Masuda, Akiko Hama / MARITATSU. / Yasuyo Maruoka & Satoshi Nishikawa & Akiko Fujimura / Manbo Kunimicchi / Atsuko Miura New York Trio with Micchan / MikaSaba / Mika and Yusato desu / mikisinger & Hideyuki Toda / MINITONE / Naokazu Tōne (cb) & Mineka Kodama (vib) / Miho & Miki / MimiRe & K / Mariko Mimoto (vo) & Kisaku Motofusa (g) Duo / Mayumi Miyagawa / Eiko Miya BAND / Kyoko Miyamoto & Yuki Hatakeyama Duo / myu Quartet / MYU Friends / Milenberg Joymakers / MintJamz / Moon Beams / Musica Toresu / Taiki Muranishi The Swag Quartet / MEISHIN JAZZ QUINTET / Meihan JAZZ TRIO / Mecha & Chimi / mellow yellow / Melonmama / MOO / moto & marugarita / Kosei Yasuda / Shigeyoshi Yasuhara & Yuki Matsuura / YAPPY & RIKU (from Reflections) / Yamaji Makiyofune / Shinjiro Yama & Nyuruzu / Chihiro Yamanaka / Chihiro Yamanaka Trio / Masaru Yamamoto meets Ken Kawada / Yuki & Junko / Yoko Yuki, Yoko Mitsuoka, Kajiwara / Yuko & Akira / Yukarin & Yuri / YUKIKO Quartet / Yukina Piano / Yutanpo / yuckey Band / Yunka with Zaima Kama, Yusaku Nakazaki, Aiko / Yoko & Yukari’s Jazz / Yoshiki & Kyoko & Hideaki / Ayu Yoneda Quartet / Lucky A&G / realjam / Ri-mori-mo / Rie & Killers / R1SA / REJOICE / Ritsumeikan University R.U. Swingin’ Herd Jazz Ensemble / LittleSJO / Livin’ on Prayers / limil / Luiza Lucas / Luis Valle POWER HORNS / Rest Pops Jazz Orchestra / ROSARMO+ / ROCKSTEADY Nakama / YK project / Wada–Fukuhara DUO / YM-Collective / 133ch / Chris Collins & the Detroit Jazz Festival All-Stars Generation Quintet / KOBE KOYO MUSICIANS / Sarah Sharp / NaveL MOTE / Park Raon Quintet / United States Air Force Band of the Pacific FINAL APPROACH / Hong Soon Dal Band / LAZYKUMA QUARTET
Event details
| Name | Takatsuki Jazz Street |
| Schedule | Sun, May 3 – Mon, May 4 |
| place | Osaka Prefecture, Takatsuki City, around Takatsuki Station and Takatsukishi Station (multiple venues) |
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