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2009 EVENT CALENDAR July-September
| Tuesday 30 June ~ Thursday 2 July | Kanbara Festival |
Niigata City |
| Monday & Tuesday 6 and 7 July | Murakami Grand Festival The whole town is enveloped in gaiety by the spectacular Oshagiri (floats). |
Murakami City |
| Saturday & Sunday 18 and 19 July | Mt. Myoko Sekiyama Shrine Fire Festival |
Myoko Ctiy |
| Friday 24 July ~ Sunday 16 August | Joetsu Sacred Lotus Festival Admire beautifully full-blossomed sacred lotuses at the water’s edge  The best time to see the Orient’s biggest and most beautiful sacred lotus blossoms in Takada Park. August 2 and 3 will host a sacred lotus tea party and dawn photography exhibition, and from the 7th ~10th you can taste German beer and cuisine at the ‘Jyoetsu Oktoberfest’.Venue: Jyoetsu City Takada Park |
Joetsu City |
| Friday 24 July ~ Sunday 26 July | FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL 2009 Midsummer Naeba becomes a rock artist’s palace.  The big midsummer Naeba event that sees its 10th year this year. Japan’s premier rock festival featuring local as well internationally acclaimed artists.Venue: Yuzawa Town, Naeba Higlands, Naeba Ski Resort |
Yuzawa Town |
| Saturday & Sunday 25 and 26 July | Uonuma Summer Snow Festival Live it up in midsummer with real snow |
Uonuma City |
| Saturday & Sunday 25 and 26 July | Kouzan Festival |
Sado City |
| Sunday 26 July | Ehigo Sekikawa Catch the fish Family Festival |
Sekikawa Village |
| Sunday 26 July | Hakusanmaru Festival |
Sado City |
| Saturday & Sunday 1 and 2 July | Kanetsugu Festival |
Joetsu City |
| Friday 7 August ~ Sunday 9 August | Niigata Festival |
Niigata City |
| Saturday 8 August | 2009 Sea of Japan Sunset Concert A harmony of sunset and music over the beautiful Sea of Japan  This year sees THE BOOM,Keizo Nakanishi and other performers in an open-air concert on a specially erected seaside stage. Relax and enjoy sweet melodious vocal and instrumental performances as the evening sun sets into the Sea of Japan.Venue:Niigata City, Nishi-ku Aoyama seaside special stage |
Niigata City |
| Friday 14 August | Midsummer Snow Festival |
Tokamachi City |
| Sunday 16 August ~Tuesday 18 August | Earth Celebration 2009 An exciting international festival reverberating an echo between humans and the earth  Sado is the location for world famous Taiko drums entertainment group ‘Kodo’, and artists and cultural performers from around the world have been invited to this international arts festival. Guest appearance by the popular Dutch band, BUROFUVenue:Sado City Ogishiroyama Park, Ogi Minato Park, plus other venues |
Sado City |
| Sunday 16 August | Daibishamon Okuribi (ceremonial bonfire) Festival |
Minami Uonuma City |
| Saturday & Sunday 22 and 23 August | 84rd Annual Kenshin General Festival Be inspired in the place that formed the setting of the NHK historical drama, Tenchijin.Enjoy the historical romance as you watch the procession of men dressed as samurais and the reenactment of the Battles of Kawanakajima. |
Joetsu City |
| Friday 21 August ~ Sunday 23 August | Ojiya Festival  |
Ojiya City |
| Thursday 27 August ~ Saturday 29 August | Castle Town Shibata Festival |
Shibata City |
| Friday 28 August ~ Sunday 30 August | Echigoseki River Great Serpent Festival The 82.8-meter long bamboo and straw serpent weighing 2 tons is made by the residents of 54 settlements in the village. The sight of the serpent coiling up at the end of the parade is something to see. |
Sekikawa Village |
| Saturday 5 September | Shogunate fief Sado Ryoutsu twighlight Noh-theater |
Sado City |
| Thursday 10 September ~ Monday 12 October | Murakami castle-town Machiya Folding Screen Festival Searching for the 'town's treasures' around the village shops of the castle-town  A festival exhibiting the folding screens and folk art which have been handed down from generations in the village shops of the flourishing castle town of Murakami. Enjoy and be entertained by village shops and appreciate the artistic beauty of many folding screens moving from door to door around the village.Venue:Kyuchonin-machi area, Murakami City |
Murakami City |
| Sunday 13 September | Public viewing of the government-designated significant intangible folk cultural asset, Ayakomai dance |
Kashiwazaki City |
| Friday 18 September ~ Sunday 20 September | Horinouchi Full Moon Festival |
Uonuma City |
| Friday 18 September ~ Sunday 20 September | Yosaka Full Moon Festival |
Nagaoka City |
| Saturday 19 September ~ Wednesday 23 September | 8th Niigata Soh-Odori Festival In the festival of dance, the Niigata Souodori, approximately 14,000 people from 300 organizations throughout Niigata and Japan participate to perform various genres of dance. Venue:The intersection in Bandaicity, Chuo-ku, Niigata City and about 10 other venues |
Niigata City |
| Sunday 20 September | Echigo Sanjo Blacksmiths Festival |
Sanjo City |
| Sunday 20 September | Kenshin Festival |
Nagaoka City |
| Wednesday 23 September | Kakubee Lion Dance (children’s lion dance) Street Performance Festival |
Niigata City |