[2025–2026] Complete Guide to Music Festivals in Kyushu & Okinawa and Featured Must-See Events

Music Festival Master / Editor-in-ChiefKeisuke Hane
Editor-in-chief of RAG MUSIC and in charge of music festivals. When I attended my first music festival as a freshman in college, I was captivated by its charm—“I can’t believe there’s a place this free and this fun.” I share information about wonderful music festivals every day to help grow the community of festival fans.
Editor-in-Chief, RAG MUSICKeisuke Hane
Editor-in-chief of RAG MUSIC. After working at a music studio and in wedding sound engineering, joined the RAG MUSIC editorial team in 2016. Experienced with various instruments: marching band in elementary school, clarinet in middle school wind ensemble, and drums in a band from high school onward. Drawing on personal music activities and professional experience, produces daily articles, including song introductions, features on music festivals around Japan, and live reports. Enjoys a wide range of music, from domestic and international rock to, more recently, a broad spectrum of J-pop.

The music festival scene in Kyushu and Okinawa is heating up even more this year.

From urban festivals in Fukuoka to open-air events held on Okinawa’s beautiful beaches, unique music gatherings are popping up all over.

In these special spaces, you can experience moving performances, with a wide range of sounds from local artists to popular bands echoing throughout.

Kyushu and Okinawa’s music festivals let you fully enjoy the wonders of music alongside grand natural landscapes and regional charm.

Why not join the events that catch your eye and create unforgettable memories?

Past events

Courtney FestivalOkinawa Prefecture, Sat 10/25–Sun 10/26

http://www.japan.marines.mil

Schedule	Sat–Sun, Oct 25–26, 2025
place	Camp Courtney, Uruma City, Okinawa Prefecture
Website	https://www.japan.marines.mil/Event/Courtney/
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Oita Dream-Colored Music FestivalSat 10/25 – Sun 10/26, Oita Prefecture

http://www.yumeon.jp

More than 30 stages will be set up in total across the central shopping streets, parks, and around Oita Station, where about 250 groups—1,000 musicians in all—from within and outside the prefecture will put on performances. The genres are diverse, with an array of music filling the city, from pop and jazz to rock and classical.

Schedule	Sat–Sun, Oct 25–26, 2025
place	Various locations in Oita City, Oita Prefecture
Website	http://www.yumeon.jp
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Oita Dream-Colored Music FestivalSat 10/25 – Sun 10/26, Oita Prefecture

http://www.yumeon.jp

Schedule	Sat–Sun, Oct 25–26, 2025
place	Oita Prefecture, Oita City
Website	https://www.yumeon.jp/
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Okinawan Dream: One Million People's Peace Concert in YomitanFri, Oct 24 — Okinawa Prefecture

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Schedule	Friday, October 24, 2025
place	Yomitan Village Sports Park, Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture
Website	https://smileworks620.wixsite.com/peacepiece?
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TAGAWA ENTOTSU LIVESun, Oct 19 – Fukuoka Prefecture

chikuski.jp

Schedule	Sunday, October 19, 2025
place	Tagawa Coal Memorial Park, Tagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Website	https://chikuski.jp/event/295/
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Showa Town Music FestivalSunday, 10/19, Oita Prefecture

http://www.showanomachi.com

Bungotakada City’s Showa-era townscape, which has been recreated to bring back the vitality of the Showa period and has become a tourist attraction, evokes the lively streets of those days. This festival, a regular event held since 2007 (Showa 81), invites you to enjoy wonderful music amid the retro townscape—why not come and experience it?