Okinawa Fest Calendar [2025–2026]: Music Festivals and Outdoor Events Overview

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.

In this article, we’ll introduce a roundup of music festivals held in Okinawa! One standout feature of Okinawa’s music festivals is that many of them spotlight the sea.

Another appealing point is that several events are hosted by artists from Okinawa.

While the number of events isn’t huge, they’re packed with quality.

If any of the festivals in this article catch your eye, be sure to consider attending!

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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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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MIYAKO ISLAND ROCK FESTIVALSat, Oct 18 – Okinawa Prefecture

http://www.mirf.jp

The Miyakojima Rock Festival, which began in 2005 and has been held every year on Miyako Island. It’s Japan’s earliest summer music festival, set in an unbeatable location where you can gaze out at Okinawa’s beautiful sea and sky—so expectations are high again this year. Why not take part and make it a trip to Okinawa as well?

Schedule	Saturday, October 18, 2025
place	Okinawa Prefecture, Miyakojima City, Coastal Resort Hirara, Triver District Headland Special Venue (Hirara area of Miyakojima)
Website	http://www.mirf.jp
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Jazz in NanjoSat, Oct 18 – Okinawa Prefecture

Schedule	Saturday, October 18, 2025
place	Okinawa Prefecture, Nanjo City, Cultural Center, Tsukishiro Plaza

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Koza Terurin FestivalSunday, 9/28, Okinawa Prefecture

http://www.city.okinawa.okinawa.jp

Schedule	Sunday, September 28, 2025
place	Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa City, Koza–Palmira Street / Chuo Park Avenue
Website	https://www.city.okinawa.okinawa.jp/k034/event/p00019.html

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SUKIYAKI OKINAWATue, Aug 26 — Okinawa Prefecture

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“SUKIYAKI MEETS THE WORLD,” one of Japan’s leading world music events, has been running for over a quarter of a century. As an expansion of this festival, which is held every August in Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture, it will once again take place in Okinawa this year following last year’s edition.