- Dates & time
- September 12, 2026 (Sat) - September 13, 2026 (Sun) 各日 開場10:00/終演17:00(予定)
- Price & booking
- Free admission; the LIVE stage area is supporter-pass only. Food, drink and goods are paid separately. Supporter passes for the area in front of the LIVE stage are sold per day: general ¥1,000, support ¥3,000, full-support ¥5,000. The public lottery ran from 12:00 on August 3 to 23:59 on August 24, 2026 and has closed.
- Venue & access
- Koyaike Park, Itami From stop 4 in front of JR Itami Station or Hankyu Itami Station, take the city bus bound for Nishino Mukogawa Center-mae. Alight at Matsugaoka (via Matsugaoka) or Koyaike-Koen-mae (via Saibansho-mae).
Roads nearby get congested, so public transport is recommended.
There are 1 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Koyaike Park, Itami, and 3 public restrooms within 8 minutes. The map shows each with its walking time.
Facility data comes from OpenStreetMap. It does not include opening hours, fees or availability.
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Why You Should Visit
A free outdoor music festival in Itami's Koyaike Park, billed as one of the largest of its kind in Kansai. Around 25,000 people come across the two days, and alongside the live music the park fills with food stalls, markets and programmes aimed at children. The organisers describe it as a "borderless citizens' culture festival": roughly 800 people, from preschoolers to the elderly, take part in making it happen. 2026 marks its 13th year.
NOTE
Line-up|LIVE stage
- Sep 12 (Sat): Tavito Nanao / Sunny Day Service / SHEN / Gusokumuzu / Michael Kaneko / PK shampoo / Super Tozanbu
- Sep 13 (Sun): nayuta / eastern youth / HUSKING BEE / GOING UNDER GROUND / GAGAGA SP / Kimyo Reitaro / Koji Shimotsu (Odotte Bakari no Kuni) / domico
Other stages
- 246 STAGE: Yuka Kashimoto, Gekidan Mongoika, Carignan Cool (Sep 12) / Sankakke, Masaaki Terauchi, Shuji Murakoshi (Sep 13)
- Yagura STAGE: 141, imogashira, YOSHIM, GOTO, SHIRO (Sep 12) / MAEKOH, PSIDN, YOSHIM, WAVE (Sep 13)
- HANGOVER STAGE: HANGOVER CREW (both days)
Scale
- About 25,000 visitors over two days
- Roughly 800 people, from preschoolers to the elderly, involved as creators
Weather
- Held in light rain, cancelled in severe weather
※The set-by-set timetable will be published on the official site at a later date
※Volunteer staff and food/market vendors are being recruited
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