Kobe City: “The 50th Kobe Festival” will be held!

(December 26, 2022)
Culture and Sports Bureau, Cultural Exchange Division It

has been decided that the “50th Kobe Festival” will be held in May 2023, after being postponed for three consecutive years due to the new strain of coronavirus infection.
　The Kobe Festival Parade will return for the first time in four years. In order to liven up the 50th Kobe Festival, which will be a milestone, we are considering plans that have never been done before. Of course, we will also hold parades and stages in which citizens can participate.
　We will announce the details of the event, including the call for performing groups and the contents of the event, as they become available.

Main Festival: Sunday, May 28, 2023

2. Venue:

Sannomiya Flower Road area, etc.

3. Main Event

Details

(tentative

):

1) Parade on Flower Road

,

2) Performances on stage

,

3) Sports experience events

,

4) Exhibit booths (food and drink stalls are also being considered)

The details of the event, etc. will be announced on the Kobe Festival website as soon as they are determined.

（If it

is deemed difficult to hold the festival due to the spread of the new strain of coronavirus, etc., the event may be canceled or an alternative event

may be held.

(Reference) Festivals

in each ward will

be decided by each ward in the future

.

*In past years, the festival has been held on the day before the main festival.