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List of domestic circuit events [2025–2026]: City festivals

When it comes to circuit events, they’re not just about music—they can also center on food and visuals, and they often become citywide festivals that make use of the whole town: not only music venues like halls and live houses, but also restaurants, temples and shrines, warehouses, and even streets.

Their appeal lies in the way you can take in the area’s history and culture all at once.

This year as well, circuit events and city festivals are being held all over the country, and they’ve taken root as a solid music culture that goes beyond short-lived trends like the outdoor and DIY booms.

Here’s a roundup of domestic circuit events and music festivals held around town.

Past events

PUNK IN SUMMERFri, Aug 29 — Aichi Prefecture

ScheduleFriday, August 29, 2025
placeAichi Prefecture, Nagoya City: DIAMOND HALL / SPADE BOX / HeartLand / Shinsakae Shangri-La / Live & Lounge Vio / CLUB ROCK’N’ROLL / RADmini
Websitehttps://natalie.mu/music/news/523492

EARTH CELEBRATIONAug 22 (Fri)–24 (Sun), Niigata Prefecture

Our concept is to explore what truly matters today through the wisdom and skills for living in harmony with nature, and the culture and performing arts that arise from them. The festival functions as a new community rooted in the local area. It is a new Earth Celebration where people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and nationalities meet and connect. Of course, Kodo is also a member of this community, taking part in more varied ways than ever—through Kodo Village concerts, EC Theater, fringe events, workshops, and Sado experience programs.

ScheduleFri–Sun, Aug 22–24, 2025
placeOgi Minato Park, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture
Websitehttps://www.earthcelebration.jp/
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BE FES!! KYOTOSun, Aug 17 – Kyoto Prefecture

ScheduleSunday, August 17, 2025
placeKyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, TAKUTAKU / KYOTO MUSE / CLUB METRO
Websitehttps://www.beams.co.jp/news/4417/?srsltid=AfmBOopTMTKGPWQR45fSGCibOKVJdyHIalk3a31onZh32sQUXFAhCqUN
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YOKOTE Music FestivalSun, Aug 10 – Akita Prefecture

This festival is organized by young people who share the goal of revitalizing Yokote and conveying its appeal to others. It’s designed to foster a sense of unity, with shopkeepers doing business in front of their stores, local gourmet vendors setting up booths, and eco-friendly activities that are gentle on the city—all to create a festival that the whole community can get excited about.

ScheduleSun, Aug 10, 2025
placeAkita Prefecture, Yokote City / multiple venues within the city
Websitehttp://yokote.co.jp/oto/index.html
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PARK JAZZ LIVEHokkaido, Sat 7/19–Sun 7/20

A uniquely Hokkaido event that fuses live music with Hokkaido cuisine. Over the course of a month, live performances are held in the Sapporo Music Tent that appears in Odori Park and at multiple venues throughout Sapporo. The tent is set up like a restaurant, providing a relaxed space where you can sit down, enjoy a meal, and take in the live music.

ScheduleSat–Sun, July 19–20, 2025
placeOdori Park 2-chome, Sapporo, Hokkaido / Creative Studio, 3rd Floor, Sapporo Community Plaza / Sapporo Ekimae-dori Underground Walkway (Chi-Ka-Ho), North 3-jō Intersection Plaza [West] / STV Hall / New Otani Inn Sapporo, Basement Level 1, Bar Oak Room / Hokkaido Jingu Tongu / Former Nagayama Takeshiro Residence / Hoheikan, 2nd Floor “Great Hall,” and other special venues around the city
Websitehttp://sapporocityjazz.jp
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Kobe Touring FestivalSun, 7/13 Hyogo Prefecture

ScheduleSunday, July 13, 2025
placeHyogo Prefecture, Kobe City, Sannomiya Station / multiple venues in the surrounding area
Websitehttps://kobeshuyufes.com/
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Unlimited Viewing NagoyaSun, Jul 6 — Aichi Prefecture

ScheduleSunday, July 6, 2025
placeAichi Prefecture, Nagoya City Shangri-La / SPADE BOX / Heart Land / Live & Lounge Vio / CLUB ROCK’N’ROLL / Barney’s / DAYTRIVE / RAD SEVEN / RAD mini / CIRCUS / Red Dragon / Party’z / TIGHT ROPE / Lion Limited Sakae / R.A.D
Websitehttps://nagoya.mihoudai.jp/
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