{"id":179812,"date":"2026-09-16T09:58:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T00:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=179812&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T01:02:21","slug":"karatsu-drop-festival-2026","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/karatsu-drop-festival-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Karatsu Drop Festival 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karatsu Drop Festival 2026 brings two days of live music, surf culture and regional food to Higashi-no-Hama at Nijinomatsubara Beach on Sep 26 and 27. Set between the sea and Karatsu\u2019s pine forest, the festival features two stages and a cross-genre lineup of established Japanese artists.<\/p>\n<p>Performers include Dragon Ash, Wednesday Campanella, BONNIE PINK, Hirai Dai, and Motoharu Sano &#038; The Coyote Band.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the live performances, visitors can browse food and drink stalls operated by businesses from Karatsu, Fukuoka and elsewhere in Kyushu. Marine activities and craft workshops provide more ways to spend the day by the sea.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fn_drop-sef_2026_cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Karatsu Drop Festival 2026\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fn_drop-sef_2026_cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fn_drop-sef_2026_cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fn_drop-sef_2026_cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fn_drop-sef_2026_cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sep. 26, 2026 (Sat), Sep. 27, 2026 (Sun)<\/li>\n<li>1-Day Pass \u00a511,000, 2-Day Pass \u00a520,000, ES, JHS &#038; HS 1-Day Pass \u00a58,500, 2-Day Pass \u00a516,000, Free for preschool children<\/li>\n<li>Niji no Matsubara Beach Higashi-no-hama<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/5PpKijvzCeg2PT9z5\" target=\"_blank\">4 Higashikaratsu, Karatsu City, Saga<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/karatsu.thedropfes.jp\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Artists<br \/>\nSep 26 (Sat)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u30fbKuroyume<br \/>\n\u30fbDragon Ash<br \/>\n\u30fbUchikubi Gokumon Doukoukai<br \/>\n\u30fbNothing&#8217;s Carved In Stone<br \/>\n\u30fbDJ Yatsui Ichiro<br \/>\n\u30fbWednesday Campanella<br \/>\n\u30fbBONNIE PINK<br \/>\n\u30fbRei<br \/>\n\u30fbMaverick Mom<br \/>\n\u30fbPEDRO<br \/>\n\u30fbROTTENGRAFFTY<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sep 27 (Sun)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u30fbDai Hirai<br \/>\n\u30fbPES<br \/>\n\u30fbGADORO<br \/>\n\u30fbRetro Liron<br \/>\n\u30fbMarasy<br \/>\n\u30fbDJ Yatsui Ichiro<br \/>\n\u30fbSakurako Ohara<br \/>\n\u30fbMononkul<br \/>\n\u30fbTakao Tajima (Original Love)<br \/>\n\u30fbKREVA<br \/>\n\u30fbMotoharu Sano &#038; THE COYOTE BAND<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fn_drop-sef_2026_cl-002.JPG.jpg?resize=1400%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Karatsu Drop Festival 2026\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fn_drop-sef_2026_cl-002.JPG.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fn_drop-sef_2026_cl-002.JPG.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fn_drop-sef_2026_cl-002.JPG.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fn_drop-sef_2026_cl-002.JPG.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karatsu Drop Festival 2026 brings two days of live music, surf culture and regional food to Higashi-no-Hama at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30291,"featured_media":179810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179812","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-karatsu","event-type-festival","event-type-food-drink","event-type-music","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/179812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}