October Music Festivals [2025–2026]: A roundup of fall fests, outdoor rock festivals, and other music events
We’ve put together a roundup of music events happening in October, including outdoor rock festivals, circuit-style festivals, and jazz street events.
We’re grateful to have the chance to encounter wonderful music again this year at events like Aomori Rock Festival, earth garden, Yokohama Jazz Promenade, and BOROFESTA!
- Rock Festival Calendar for October [2025]
- November Music Festivals [2025]: A roundup of music events including autumn festivals and outdoor rock fests
- September Music Festivals [2025]: A roundup of fall festivals, outdoor rock fests, and other music events
- Autumn Music Festival Schedule Summary [2025]
- Rock Festival Calendar for November [2025]
- List of Rock Festivals Nationwide [2025]
- [Held in 2025] Recommended Music Festivals: A roundup of outdoor festivals and major rock festivals you should visit at least once
- Autumn Music Festival in Western Japan [2025]
- Nationwide Camp-in Festivals [2025] Outdoor Festival List
- Autumn Music Festival in Eastern Japan [2025]
- Tokyo Music Festivals [2025]: Outdoor Festivals and Events Summary
- August Music Festivals [2025]: A roundup of summer festivals, outdoor rock fests, and other music events
- Summer Music Festival Schedule Summary [2025]
Past events
QUESTSat 10/4 – Sun 10/5, Yamagata Prefecture
OPEN AIR Party QUEST is an outdoor festival held in Yamagata Prefecture. Set against the backdrop of Mount Jinga-mine, this festival layers sounds like a mountain range itself, rising so majestically that it seems to tower not only over Jinga-mine but even over Fuji (Mount Fuji). Its sheer power is a must-see.
| Schedule | Saturday–Sunday, October 4–5, 2025 |
| place | Sanpal, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture |
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Wind and Rock ImonikaiSat–Sun, Oct 4–5, Fukushima Prefecture
This is a music festival presented by “Kaze to Rock,” the radio program and free paper by Fukushima-born creator Michihiko Yanai, together with the Fukushima Minpo newspaper. Billed as a village-festival-style rock event, it features activities like imoni stew, campfires, and test-of-courage night walks, with a hallmark of close interaction between performers and attendees. The now-traditional imoni gathering looks set to energize Fukushima.
| Schedule | Saturday–Sunday, October 4–5, 2025 |
| place | EN RESORT Grandeco, Yama District, Fukushima Prefecture |
| Website | http://kazetorockimonikai.jp/2023/imonypark.html |
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Iwaki Downtown ConcertSat–Sun, Oct 4–5, Fukushima Prefecture
| Schedule | Saturday–Sunday, October 4–5, 2025 |
| place | Fukushima Prefecture, Iwaki City: Iwaki T-One Building / In front of Sakamoto Paper Store / Amago Taxi (in the parking lot) / Himawari Shinkin Bank (in front of headquarters) / Toho Bank Iwaki Sales Department (in the parking lot) / LATOV (station-front boulevard side, in front of Heishichi Elementary on 1F) / In front of Iwaki Station (Child Kizuna Exchange Plaza) / Machi Pole Iwaki (B1 Plus) / Daikumachi Park / Aeon Iwaki Store (in the parking lot) / Shinkawa East Green Belt / club SONIC Iwaki / Kotarocho Park |
| Website | https://kankou-iwaki.or.jp/event/50606 |
In The Family FESTSat, 10/4, Tokyo Metropolis
| Schedule | Saturday, October 4, 2025 |
| place | Tokyo, Shibuya Ward THE GAME / CHELSEA HOTEL / STAR LOUNGE / Milkyway / CYCLONE / GARRET |
| Website | https://zephyren.com/info/3462/ |
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Salsa StreetSat 10/4–Sun 10/5, Tokyo
| Schedule | Saturday–Sunday, October 4–5, 2025 |
| place | Ueno Park, Taito City, Tokyo |
| Website | https://wsavannast.com/events/salsa-street/ |
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Seiseki Sound FesSat 10/4–Sun 10/5, Tokyo
| Schedule | Saturday–Sunday, October 4–5, 2025 |
| place | Seiseki-Sakuragaoka, Tama City, Tokyo |
| Website | https://otofes.seiseki.tokyo/ |
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Lake and PeaceSat 10/4 – Sun 10/5, Saitama Prefecture
| Schedule | Saturday–Sunday, October 4–5, 2025 |
| place | Lake Town Ōsagami Regulating Reservoir, Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture |
| Website | https://www.lake-and-peace.com/ |
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