Summer Sonic Festival
summer sonic サマーソニック samā sonikku annual music festival held one weekend august simultaneously chiba osaka japan festival feature revolving lineup performing one day osaka performing next day chiba viceversa lineup often feature major international act addition japanese artist major independent record company festival first held fujiq highland resort yamanashi prefecture festival moved chiba east tokyo occurred chiba osaka simultaneously since since festival preceded allnight event sonic mania separately ticketed event held chiba featuring edmcentric lineup edition festival held threedays edition festival twodays international version festival occasionally held outside japan including shanghai bangkok summer sonic festival founded japan naoki shimizu ceo tokyo promotion company creativeman production ltd addressing evergrowing demand western music festival drew established emerging musical act genre become japan biggest music event chiba event take place every august massive makuhari messe convention center overlook tokyo bay main stage located nearby zozo marine stadium osaka venue maishima sonic park venue always large arena main stage several smaller stage festival established sonicmania whose focus electronic dance music edm held makuhari messe day festival creativeman formed joint venture live nation entertainment live nation bought full control festival festival cancelled due covid pandemic truncated version branded supersonic took place september restriction place typhoon affecting day one possibly logistics moving people around pandemic lineup mainly electronic controversy arose international dj allowed japan without quarantine despite quarantine requirement foreign arrival lineup festival past year follows artist bold headlining act year canceled due covid pandemic list historic rock festival list music festival official site japanese official site english official site english official site english