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

JIM BEAM SUMMER FES ㏌ OKINAWAOkinawa Prefecture, Sat 7/19–Sun 7/20

jimbeamfes-okinawa.com

Schedule	Sat–Sun, July 19–20, 2025
place	Auxiliary Track and Field Stadium, Onoyama Park, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture
Website	https://jimbeamfes-okinawa.com/

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Peaceful Love Rock FestivalSat, Jul 12 – Okinawa Prefecture

The Peaceful Love Rock Festival, which champions the theme of revitalizing local communities through music, is a large-scale rock festival that began in 1983. Growing more successful year by year, it has come to be recognized today as a major rock concert emblematic of midsummer in Okinawa and has grown into an indispensable event for the local community in Okinawa.

Schedule	Saturday, July 12, 2025
place	1-1-1 Uechi, Okinawa City, Okinawa Prefecture / Koza Music Town
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Song Day Concert: Kicking off with songs from Okinawa!Saturday, June 28 — Okinawa Prefecture

http://www.utanohi.jp

We live our daily lives alongside song. In any scene, music is an essential presence that enlivens the moment as a supporting role. However, it’s rare for song to take center stage! This is a festival conceived for that splendid supporting actor—the festival for songs!