[2025] A classic song themed around summer festivals. A song of summer memories.
When you think of summer, it’s the season of summer festivals and fireworks.
Hearing the festival music brings back happy memories, and those who love festivals might feel their excitement bubbling up.
In this article, we’ll introduce songs themed around summer festivals and fireworks, as well as tunes that capture summer memories.
From lively, boisterous tracks that embody the fun of festivals to beautiful, fleeting songs about a bittersweet summer romance, these recommendations are full of summer vibes.
If you’re looking for festival songs or summer-themed tracks, or want to listen to songs about summer festivals, be sure to check them out!
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Ephemeral Fireworkssupercell
If you want a song about bittersweet memories of a summer festival, I recommend “Utakata Hanabi.” It’s the third single by supercell, a collective of artists led by a creator team, and it reached No.
9 on the Oricon Singles Chart.
The track was used as an ending theme for the TV anime Naruto Shippuden, and the first-press limited edition of the single included anime label stickers.
The lyrics, which recall two people going to a summer festival together and capture the aching melancholy of that memory, are enough to make your chest tighten as you listen.
It’s a perfect song for the wistful atmosphere of festivals held toward the end of summer!
A Solo Summer FestivalKaori Kouzai
When fireworks season and festival season come around, I bet some people can’t help remembering someone they used to love.
This song, Hitori Natsu Matsuri, sung by Kaori Kozai, an enka singer from Osaka Prefecture, is included on her 1998 album Best Selection.
As the woman wanders alone through a summer festival, recalling the past, the song makes you feel like you’re watching a drama or a movie.
It makes you wonder where the person she longs for has gone…
After the FestivalKeisuke Kuwata
This is the fifth solo single released under the name Keisuke Kuwata.
It was used as the theme song for the Nippon TV drama “Shizukanaru Don” and became a huge hit, selling 810,000 copies.
With poignant lyrics that recall summer on an autumn night in the city and a cool, masculine vibe, it’s a hard-boiled number.
HANABIAI
“HANABI” by AI, a singer known for her powerful vocals, is a perfect track for summer festivals and fireworks displays.
The lyrics carry a strong message: launch your hardships and worries like fireworks and let them disappear.
Its EDM-flavored, upbeat rhythm feels great and will have you grooving just by listening!
cicada rainCocoro Auction
Fireworks festivals and summer fairs are major events of the season, but they also carry a sense of the sadness that comes as summer slips away.
This song by Cocco Auction conveys the passage of those summer moments and the feeling of wanting to cherish the time we have.
The summer rain and the sound of cicadas that appear in the lyrics are striking, and it feels as if the changes in their intensity are contrasted with shifts in the heart.
The calm atmosphere of the sound and vocals is another notable point, evoking an image of facing one’s feelings while sensing the flow of time.
festivalFujii Kaze
A singer-songwriter Fujii Kaze’s track that vividly depicts the scenes of a summer festival.
It’s his 10th single, released digitally in March 2022.
Dropped ahead of the album “LOVE ALL SERVE ALL,” it drew major attention.
In the music video teaser, Kaze is shown waking up, which became a talking point.
Through festivals of the four seasons, the lyrics celebrate life’s joys and sorrows and the bonds between people, resonating deeply.
While emphasizing the importance of living freely, it also never forgets love for others.
Filled with that message, this song is one you’ll want to play at the start of a new season.
It’s perfect not only for summer, but also for spring’s entrance and graduation ceremonies.
Sherry loves festivals.Neurotica
The punkish sound really lifts your spirits! This track by the four-piece rock band New Rote’ka is included on their debut album “Harlem Yarō,” released in 1989.
Its classic, straight-down-the-middle rock vibe and lively vocal work are the main draw.
You’ll want to surrender your body and soul to this energy-packed sound without thinking about a thing.
When you want to fully enjoy a summer festival, this song is sure to get you in the mood.