A volunteer music festival originating from France will be held at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo. The 'Festival of Music' will take place at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo! Crowdfunding has started for the success of the stage!

～Connecting Sounds, Connecting Hearts. We want to make Expo 2025 Osaka/Kansai "Festival Day of Music in EXPO" a success! ～

2025.05.23 11:30

音楽の祭日日本事務局(株式会社メディアンスフリー)

The Japan Secretariat for the Music Day Festival (located in Kita Ward, Osaka, Director: Masahiko Nobata) has started fundraising on the crowdfunding site "CAMPFIRE" for the project "Connecting Sounds, Connecting Hearts. Aiming for the Great Success of the 'Music Day Festival in EXPO' at the Osaka-Kansai Expo!" until June 29, 2025.This project, originating from France, offers a music festival called 'Music Day Festival' where everyone, regardless of age, nationality, gender, or professional status, can enjoy music for free. We aim to hold this event at the Osaka-Kansai Expo and successfully spread the message that music belongs to everyone across Japan and the world. We kindly ask for your support.

Project page on CAMPFIRE

https://camp-fire.jp/projects/835383/view

音楽の祭日inEXPO

Music Festival in EXPO

Background of the launch of the crowdfunding project

The "Feast of Music," a free music festival originating in France, is held simultaneously in countries around the world every year on the day of the summer solstice. The event has been held in Japan since 2002 on a volunteer basis with the aim of "uniting hearts and minds through the power of music. 2025 will see the event held at Expo '95 in Osaka/Kansai. The event will be held at Expo '70 in Kansai, Osaka in 2025, and although the production and operation costs, including venue rental fees, will be high, we have launched our first crowdfunding campaign to make this memorable stage a success and deliver dreams and excitement to people throughout Japan and around the world.

「音楽の祭日」過去開催の様子 in パリ市庁舎前広場

Past "Fête de la Musique" in Place de la Place de la Ville de Paris

Supporting comments from volunteer management committee members and performers

Music is a universal language. May our bonds and thoughts connected by music contribute to world peace!

(Mirai Kusumoto: vocalist, soprano singer, part-time lecturer at Osaka Shinai Gakuin University, Faculty of Education)

I have been a member of the steering committee with the hope that the music festival of bringing the whole world together will be a great tool to save the earth. Let's share the joy of living rather than fighting and send out the message of having a wonderful life!

(Kenji Watanabe: Event and concert production producer)

In France, "Feast Day of Music" is looked forward to by everyone, young and old. It is a pity that it is still not well recognized in Japan! I hope that the Expo will be an opportunity for more people to know and enjoy it!

(Mei Yuki: Various activities related to France such as singing accounts, radio programs, writing, etc.)

Features of "Fete de la Musique in EXPO

*MALTA, Honorary Advisor of the Fete de la Musique in Japan, will appear on the stage.

Mr. MALTA, world-renowned saxophonist and Honorary Advisor of "Fete de la Musique" in Japan, will serve as an ambassador, acting as a conduit between musicians from Japan and abroad, as well as a performer to enliven the stage!

*In the spirit of "Music is for everyone," about 30 unique groups will perform!

The "Osaka Expo Mirai Chorus," a mixed chorus of 30 adults and 16 kids, the "Souai Saxophone Ensemble" of Souai University students, and Mr. MALTA will perform together, and about 30 unique groups will perform to convey the joy of "music is for everyone.

「音楽の祭日」過去開催の様子(大阪・時空の広場)