[2025–2026] Latest Music Festival Information in the Tokai Region | Complete Guide to Popular Events

Motosu District’s Kitagata Town is a place rich in history and culture, home to Enkyo-ji Temple founded by Kukai. Driven by a passionate desire to hold an outdoor rock festival here, the town rallied behind the idea, and the festival has been held since 2016. Many popular artists gather to perform!

This event is held under Toyota Ohashi Bridge with the idea of gathering various artists once again so that everyone can sing and dance together, just as the area beneath the bridge has long been a place for popular entertainment—kabuki, plays, street performances, sideshows—and for people to exchange information. Although it takes place in the somewhat unusual setting beneath a bridge, it may offer sights you don’t normally get to see.

This is a jazz festival held at Granship, the convention center in Shizuoka Prefecture! Large big bands from across the prefecture will gather in force, filling the hall with colorful sounds. There’s hardly any other event where you can enjoy so much tightly coordinated, powerful jazz in a single day. On the day of the event, there will also be a corner where you can try out instruments used in jazz, making it a fun outing for families as well.

The 8 Hours race being held at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture. The 8 Hours, or “8 Tai,” is an annual motorcycle race in which riders keep lapping the circuit for eight hours. A live event will be held during the Suzuka 8 Hours, with a fiery live show unfolding alongside the intense racing.