Blue Vintage Joins BON BON BON 2026 as Fifth Artist
Blue Vintage's booking connects the festival's port-town identity to the sea-themed sound of the duo, reinforcing the event's stated goal of relighting summer festival traditions in a coastal setting.
Key Facts
- Blue Vintage performs on August 23, 2026, at BON BON BON 2026 in Kiyomita Park, Yaizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
- The festival runs August 22 and 23, 2026, from 16:00 to 21:00 each day, with a target attendance of 13,000.
- Early bird 1-day tickets cost 1,500 yen and are available until August 9, limited to the first 2,000 buyers.
- Blue Vintage's 2021 single "Apple Pie," a collaboration with Airi Suzuki, reached No. 1 on the Spotify Viral Chart.
- The duo held their first BLUE NOTE performance on June 20, 2026.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Blue Vintage, the duo described as "music where you can see the sea," will perform on August 23 at BON BON BON 2026, a summer festival-style Bon event held at Kiyomita Park in Yaizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. The announcement marks the fifth artist reveal for the two-day festival, which runs August 22 and 23 from 16:00 to 21:00 each day. The event is organized by nonii Co., Ltd., based in Shizuoka City, with Yusuke Katayose as president. The festival's concept is "Relight the summer festival," blending Bon Odori dancing, DJs, festival stalls, food trucks, and a lantern night. Approximately 40 stalls are planned, with a target attendance of 13,000 over two days. Blue Vintage consists of vocalist J.Speaks, born in the Philippines and raised in Saipan, and guitarist Taiga. Their 2021 single "Apple Pie," a collaboration with Airi Suzuki, reached No. 1 on the Spotify Viral Chart and was selected as the ending theme for Nippon TV's "Yume Mitai na Koi Shitai Onnatachi." The duo has also participated in Coca-Cola Japan's "Colorful" project for the Tokyo Olympics. Early bird tickets cost 1,500 yen and are available until August 9, limited to the first 2,000 buyers.
- Blue Vintage performs August 23, the festival's second day.
- J.Speaks spent his student days in Hawaii, which the announcement cites alongside his Philippines birth and Saipan upbringing as the source of his multinational sensibility.
- Taiga is the son of a music industry father and has carried his guitar through life.
- The duo's sound is built on blues and hip-hop, fused with rock, pop, and surf music into what they call "surf pop."
- Their 2023 single "Shomonai feat. Shingo Sekiguchi" paired them with Oval's Shingo Sekiguchi; May 2024 brought "Blue Clock feat. CHICO CARLITO" with the Okinawa rapper, and July brought "Motherland feat. Def Tech."
- Since 2022 they have played surf music festivals including "Good Summer Fes 2002 in Ishigaki Island," "CORONA SUNSETS FESTIVAL 2023," "THE DROP FES 2023," and "Ocean Peoples 2024."
- On June 20 this year they held their first BLUE NOTE performance.
- The announcement frames the booking around Yaizu's identity as a deep-sea fishing port, noting Obon is the season when those who went to sea come home, and calls Blue Vintage the fifth artist to "carry the festival's dusk."
- Earlier announced artists: Min'yo Crusaders, PAPA U-Gee, D.W. Nichols, and the shamisen pair Haruya Otsuka and Masato Shibata.
- Yaizu resident tickets are 1,500 yen in advance, 2,000 yen at the door with proof of address; student tickets are 800 yen advance, 1,000 yen at the door with student ID.
- The free BON PARK area includes a "Songkran Splash" water gun battle with fountain rentals at 300 yen per 15 minutes, and the final day closes with the "OKURIBI" finale performance.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.