Night Hike Makuhari Key Visual Unveils 50 Acts From Over 100 Performers
This marks NIGHT HIKE's first use of Makuhari Messe, a significant scale-up from its club and circuit festival origins, signaling the event's growth as a major internet-culture gathering.
Reporting from 2 sources: KAI-YOU, PANORA.
The music and art festival NIGHT HIKE 2026 in Makuhari has released its key visual and first wave of performers, with around 50 artists announced from a total of over 100 acts across two days. The event takes place October 31 and November 1 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, featuring a cross-genre lineup including PinocchioP, Kanzaki Iori, DUSTCELL, and VTuber groups like KMNZ. Advance early bird tickets are on sale now.
The key visual for NIGHT HIKE 2026 in Makuhari was produced by illustrator LAM and graphic design studio BALCOLONY, using a blue and fluorescent green palette meant to evoke both the Makuhari Messe scale and digital culture. The visual will appear on venue staging, merchandise, and official T-shirts. The first lineup of about 50 artists-drawn from more than 100 total performers across the two days-includes Vocaloid P PinocchioP, singer Kanzaki Iori, the group DUSTCELL, VTuber unit KMNZ, and producers such as kz (livetune), TeddyLoid, and Utsu-P. DJs, live acts, and VJs are all represented. The event, organized by TRIBALCON Inc., began in 2023 at Shibuya WOMB and expanded to circuit festivals before its May 2026 Shibuya multi-venue edition. The move to Makuhari Messe allows for new staging, lighting, video, and spatial design, according to the organizers.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.