Here is a listing of music festivals in Japan for the summer of 2012.
Rock and Electronic
The Peaceful Love Rock Festival
July 7-8, Okinawa with Diamantes & Zukan
Nano-Mugen Fes
July 15-16, Yokohama Arena with Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Suede, Mates of State
Goose Fresh Beat
July 14-15, Yukari no Mori, Tsukuba, Ibaraki
Setstock
August 18-19, Hiroshima with Dragon Ash, Radwimps
Join Alive
July 21-22, Iwamizawa, Hokkaido with NICO Touches the Walls, Mannish Boys
Fuji Rock Festival
July 27-29, Naeba featuring Radiohead, Noel Gallagher, Stone Roses, Elvis Costello
Rock in Japan
August 3-5, Hitachi Seaside Park, Ibaraki with Avengers in Sci-Fi, Weaver, Dragon Ash
World Happiness
August 12, Yumenoshima Park, Tokyo with YMO and Kaela Kimura
Rising Sun Festival (RSR)
August 10-11, Ishikari, Hokkaido
Sonicmania
August 17, Makuhari Messe (Chiba) featuring Pitbull, Basement Jaxx, 2manyDjs
Summer Sonic
August 18-19, Tokyo and Osaka with Green Day, Rihanna, Jamiroquai, Tears For Fears
Arabaki Rock Fest (held in April this year)
April 28-29, Michinoku Park, Miyagi
Freedommune Zero
August 11, Makuhari Messe (Chiba) with Manuel Göttsching, The Lowbrows
Wire
August 25, Yokohama Arena with Gary Beck, Derrick May, Ken Ishii
Metamorphose
May 12, Makuhari Messe (Chiba) with Orbital, Mayuri, Derrick May
Taicoclub
June 2-3, Kodamanomori, Kiso-mura, Kiso-gun, Nagano
Labyrinth
Sept 15-17, Naeba, Niigata
Other Festivals
Sapporo City Jazz
July-August, Sapporo
Pacific Music Festival (classical)
July-August, Sapporo
Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto (classical)
August 7-Sept 7, Matsumoto
Monterey Jazz Festival
July 28, Noto, Ishikawa
Tokyo Jazz Festival
Sept 7-9, Tokyo
Starlight Dance Reggae Festival
July 14-16, Meiho Ski Resort, Gifu
Ueda Joint
Not held this year
World Music & Dance Festival
August 4-10, Hakodate, Hokkaido
Earth Celebration
August 17-19, Sado Island with Kodo
Sukiyaki Meets The World with KIWI & THE PAPAYA MANGOES, GNAWA DIFFUSION, OKI
August 24-26, Nanto, Toyama
© JapanVisitor.com
Like this blog? Sign up for the JapanVisitor newsletter
Tags
Music Festivals
Tokyo
Summer Sonic
Fuji Rock
Japanese music
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Music Festivals in Japan 2012
Posted on 8:01 AM by Unknown
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment