Osaka Festival Calendar [2025–2026]: A roundup of music festivals and outdoor events

Microck is an event hosted by the live music venue “Mikunigaoka FUZZ” in Sakai, Osaka. It will be the first outdoor rock festival in Sakai. As a free music festival, it aims to energize Sakai with the goal of getting the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group recognized as a World Heritage site. Areas within the venue are named after kofun (ancient burial mounds), letting you enjoy a unique atmosphere.

MEETS THE REGGAE, hosted by the reggae band BAGDAD CAFE THE trench town, will be held again this year. In this event, BAGDAD CAFE THE trench town serves as the backing band while guest vocalists take the stage to collaborate throughout the show.

An outdoor festival hosted by the label “Kongari Ongaku,” run by Ishii Motako of Oshiri Penpenz, DODDODO, and Moriyudai of Neco Nemuru. It’s a music festival that started in 2014, billed as an event that “caresses the heartstrings for all ages and genders.”

A music festival in the Tezukayama area. Since it began as an event to revitalize the community, in addition to live stages there are also bazaars, exhibitions, and music classes, with local residents working together to host a variety of activities. It offers content that many people can enjoy.

KANSAI ROCK SUMMIT, held since 2014, is one of the largest visual kei circuit festivals in the Kansai region. Using live houses around Osaka’s Amerikamura as venues, a wide variety of visual kei artists perform one after another. There aren’t many visual kei events on this scale, are there?