{"id":90135,"date":"2026-05-28T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/?p=90135"},"modified":"2026-05-28T12:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:29:50","slug":"81-music-festival-announces-line-up-for-tokyo-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/05\/28\/81-music-festival-announces-line-up-for-tokyo-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"81 Music Festival Announces Line-up for Tokyo Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Japan&#8217;s newest addition to its buzzing festival calendar, 81 MUSIC Festival, has revealed its roster of artists for its debut next month.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speedily approaching is the first edition of the <strong>81 Music Festiva<\/strong>l in <strong>Japan<\/strong>, locked in for Saturday, <strong>June 27, 2026<\/strong>. This single-day multi-genre showcase will occupy the <strong>TOYOTA ARENA TOKYO<\/strong> in Odaiba, and interestingly, it plucks its name from Japan&#8217;s country calling code, &#8217;81.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Positioned atop the bill is Australian singer, rapper, and songwriter <strong>The Kid LAROI<\/strong>, who makes an appearance at the festival as part of his impending multi-city jaunt in Asia. On his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenation.asia\/the-kid-laroi-tickets-adp1333628?utm_source=pear#national\">A Perfect World<\/a> tour, the &#8216;STAY&#8217; (with Justin Bieber) hitmaker and Grammy nominee will also take over venues in Bangkok, Singapore, Taipei, and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swedish singer<strong> John Martin<\/strong>, best known as the voice behind iconic dance tracks with Swedish House Mafia (&#8216;Don&#8217;t You Worry Child&#8217;) and Martin Garrix (&#8216;Won&#8217;t Let You Go,&#8217; &#8216;Higher Ground&#8217;), features as one of the headlining acts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melodic techno connoisseur and Tale Of Us associate <strong>MRAK <\/strong>also joins the line-up, marking his Japanese debut. Dutch DJ-producer <strong>R3HAB<\/strong> is locked in for an SP Showcase World Premiere, while psytrance and psytech heavyweights <strong>Vini Vici<\/strong> and<strong> MR.BLACK<\/strong> is primed to deliver another high-voltage B2B session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"81 MUSIC FESTIVAL Concept Movie\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I8XAFfAu2p4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan&#8217;s dynamic bass house, trap, and dubstep DJ\/producer <strong>ALAN SHIRAHAMA<\/strong> joins as a special guest alongside Korean sensation<strong> NIGHT TEMPO<\/strong>, who brings in revamped 80s-inspired grooves to his future funk DJ set. Genre-blurring sonic architect <strong>3LI\u00a5EN <\/strong>and house and techno frontrunner <strong>MARVY <\/strong>round out the music card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking of the announcement, <strong>MARVY <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXtzqytjtI1\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">expressed<\/a> on social media, &#8220;I am pleased to announce that I will be performing at the new Fest 81 MUSIC FESTIVAL starting this year. Thank you very much to everyone involved who spoke with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I will be opening the day and will be performing early, but I hope to have fun playing. Toyota Arena, which will be held for the first time, will be a very beautiful venue, and the lineup will be a day full of fun, so please come and have fun,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more music festival updates and&nbsp;insights into dance music,&nbsp;follow TFword on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tf.word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thefckingword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thefckingword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You May Also Like:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/05\/21\/electric-love-festival-unveils-huge-2026-roster\/\">Electric Love Festival Unveils Huge 2026 Roster<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/05\/21\/dar-disku-announces-india-tour-2026\/\">Dar Disku Announces India Tour 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/05\/20\/skrillex-launches-new-platform-contra-with-full-line-up\/\">Skrillex Launches New Platform, CONTRA, with Full Line-Up<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan&#8217;s newest addition to its buzzing festival calendar, 81 MUSIC Festival, has revealed its roster of artists for its debut next month. Speedily approaching is the first edition of the 81 Music Festival in Japan, locked in for Saturday, June 27, 2026. This single-day multi-genre showcase will occupy the TOYOTA ARENA TOKYO in Odaiba, and<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/05\/28\/81-music-festival-announces-line-up-for-tokyo-debut\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":184965156,"featured_media":90149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7915,4294],"tags":[2807,1556,1983,5494,8634,4434,2980,8187,8392],"coauthors":[7147],"class_list":["post-90135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-featured","category-music","tag-bass-music","tag-dubstep","tag-japan","tag-melodic-techno","tag-mr-black","tag-music-festivals","tag-music-news","tag-psytrance","tag-vini-vici"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184965156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90135"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90549,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90135\/revisions\/90549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90135"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=90135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}