Jazz Festivals in Western Japan [2025–2026]: List of Jazz Streets

Street Jazz is swinging big again this year! At STREET JAZZ SHIZUOKA, the jazz festival held in Aoba Park, you can enjoy high-quality performances by a variety of veteran jazz artists. There will also be many food stalls at the venue. Plus, this time we’re taking over the intersection in front of Shidax on Koganecho, so you can enjoy live jazz right in the heart of the city.

This is a jazz festival held at Granship, the convention center in Shizuoka Prefecture! Large big bands from across the prefecture will gather in force, filling the hall with colorful sounds. There’s hardly any other event where you can enjoy so much tightly coordinated, powerful jazz in a single day. On the day of the event, there will also be a corner where you can try out instruments used in jazz, making it a fun outing for families as well.

The Jazz Picnic in Inagawa, a pioneering outdoor concert in the Kansai region, will be held again this year. This outdoor jazz festival has been running since 1989 and has featured numerous memorable performances. The venue is a special stage set up in the Inagawa Sports Park, where the lawn feels wonderful. At dusk, you can enjoy the perfect combination of jazz and the setting sun.

This is a jazz festival held in Hida-Takayama, famous for its gassho-style houses. Jazz was originally created by Black musicians, but it has come to be enjoyed around the world and has evolved continually over many years. In much the same way, Hida-Takayama has become a place that attracts people from all over the globe and continues to evolve day by day. This event is imbued with the hope that, despite these changes, it will not lose what lies at its core.

The Osaka Big Band Jazz Festival was launched to energize Japan starting from Osaka by boosting the entertainment scene. There are various theories, but Osaka is said to be the birthplace of jazz in Japan, and many jazz musicians and bands from here have gone on to perform around the world. With high-caliber performers, the lineup offers not only orchestral performances and vocals but also engaging talk segments, making it well worth the trip to Osaka for a memorable time!