Kobe City: “51st Kobe Festival” will be held! ～April 21, 2024

Press Release (November 20, 2023)
Cultural Exchange Division, Culture and Sports Bureau
The “51st Kobe Festival” to be held in 2024 will be moved up to April because the international sporting event “Kobe 2024 World Para Athletics Championships” will be held in Kobe in May, the usual time of the festival.
Currently, in addition to the parade and stage performances in which citizens can participate, various other plans are being considered, and details will be announced in due course, including the recruitment of groups to perform and the content of the event.

1. Schedule:

Sunday, April 21, 2024

2. Venue:

Sannomiya Flower Road area, etc.

3. Main event details (tentative

): 1) Parade on Flower Road
2) Performances on stage
3) Exhibit booths (food and drink stands are also being considered)
4) Promotion of the momentum for the Kobe 2024 World Para Athletic Championships
5) Sports and art-related projects, etc.
*The contents of the event will be announced on the Kobe Festival homepage as soon as they are determined. In the event that it is deemed difficult to hold the

festival

due to the spread of the new strain of coronavirus, etc., the event may be cancelled or an alternative event may be held.