{{short description|Annual music festival in Japan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox recurring event | name = LuckyFes | native_name = ラッキーフェス | native_name_lang = ja | logo = LuckyFes logo.svg | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | logo_size = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | genre = Rock, alternative, electronic, metal, hip hop and pop | frequency = Annually | location = Hitachi Seaside Park, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki | coordinates = {{coord|36|24|02|N|140|35|29|E|type:event|display=inline,title}} | years_active = {{start date|2022|7|23|df=y}} – present | first = {{start date and age|2022|7|23|df=y}} | founder_name = Yoshito Hori | last = 13-15 July 2024 | next = 9-11 August 2025 | participants = | attendance = 60,000 (2024) <ref>{{cite news| author=<!--not stated-->|date=July 16, 2024|title=ibaraki no yagai ongaku fesu ni mikkakan de 6 man nin, zennnenhi 1.8 man nin zō|script-title=ja:茨城の野外音楽フェスに3日間で6万人、前年比1.8万人増 |trans-title=60,000 people visited the outdoor festival in Ibaraki over 3 days, an increase of 18,000 visitors compared to last year |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOCC141890U4A710C2000000/| work=The Nikkei |access-date=December 27, 2024|language=ja}}</ref> | capacity = | area = | budget = | activity = | leader_name = | patron = | organised = LuckyFM Ibaraki Broadcasting System | filing = | people = | member = | sponsor = Globis, Ameba TV | website = {{URL|luckyfes.com/en/}} {{in lang|en}} }}
{{nihongo|'''LuckyFes'''|ラッキーフェス|Rakkii Fesu|lead=yes}} is an annual three-day music festival held mid-July in Hitachi Seaside Park, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan, organized by LuckyFM Ibaraki Broadcasting System. The line-up contains Japanese musicians from major and independent record companies.
== History == Following the departure announcement of Rock in Japan Festival from Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki at the start of 2022, Yoshito Hori, the owner of Ibaraki broadcaster LuckyFM Ibaraki Broadcasting System decided to create a new music festival at the vacated location, with himself as self-appointed festival producer.<ref>{{cite news| last= Okubayashi | first=Yuki |date=October 14, 2023|title= FEATURE: LuckyFes beating drum for future of music festivals |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/10/cd8036044b9d-feature-luckyfes-beating-drum-for-future-of-music-festivals.html | work=Kyodo News |access-date=October 19, 2023|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| author=<!--not stated-->|date=November 16, 2019|title=rokkin kaijō henkō de arata na ongaku ibento hitachinaka|script-title=ja:「ロッキン」会場変更で新たな音楽イベント ひたちなか |trans-title=Rock In Japan Festival Changes Venue and a New Event Starts at Hitachinaka |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/mito/20220723/1070017849.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723102633/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/mito/20220723/1070017849.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 July 2022| work=NHK |access-date=July 21, 2023|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Hori| first=Yoshito |date=June 29, 2022|title=moshimo MBA gakuchō ga fesu wo purodyūsu shitara|script-title=ja:もしもMBA学長がフェスをプロデュースしたら |trans-title=What If an MBA President Produced a Festival |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/598238| work=Toyo Keizai |access-date=July 21, 2023|language=ja}}</ref> A crowdfunding campaign for the new festival raised over ¥30 million yen on ReadyFor by April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ibaraki no fesu bunka no akari wo kesu na! kono natsu LuckyFes de kibō wo tsunageru |script-title=ja:茨城のフェス文化の灯を消すな！この夏LuckyFesで希望を繋げる|trans-title= |url=https://readyfor.jp/projects/luckyfes|access-date=July 21, 2023|website=ReadyFor|language=ja}}</ref> LuckyFM Green Festival or LuckyFes in short was held for the first time on July 23-24, 2022 as a two-day event.<ref>{{cite news| author=<!--not stated-->|date=April 28, 2022|title=ibaraki hōsō no shin fesu wa kokuei hitachi kaihin kōen de kaisai! kinbaku, makaen, manuizura dai ichi dan 12 kumi happyō |script-title=ja:茨城放送の新フェスは国営ひたち海浜公園で開催！金爆、マカえん、マンウィズら第1弾12組発表 |trans-title=Ibaraki Broadcast's New Festival to be Held at the National Hitachi Seaside Park! First 12 Groups Announced, Including Golden Bomber, Macaroni Empitsu, Man With a Mission |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/475800 | work=Natasha, Inc. |access-date=July 21, 2023|language=ja}}</ref> The festival became a three-day event in 2023. attracting 42,000 visitors.<ref>{{cite news| author=<!--not stated-->|date=July 18, 2023|title=rakkiifesu ni yaku 4 man 2000 nin ga raijō hitachinaka|script-title=ja: 「ラッキーフェス」に約４万２０００人が来場 ひたちなか |trans-title=About 42,000 attendees at LuckyFes in Hitachinaka |url= https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/mito/20230718/1070021555.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230719012220/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/mito/20230718/1070021555.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 19 July 2023| work=NHK |access-date=December 27, 2024|language=ja}}</ref>
Illustrator Jun Inagawa was appointed as art and creative director in 2023 to oversee the public art exhibition on the festival grounds.<ref>{{cite news| author=<!--not stated-->|date=June 12, 2023|title=LuckyFes ga aatokurieitibu direkutaa ni shinsedai no kurieitaa JUN INAGAWA wo kiyō |script-title=ja:LuckyFesがアートクリエイティブディレクターに新世代のクリエイターJUN INAGAWAを起用 |trans-title=LuckyFes appoints new generation creator Jun Inagawa as art and creative director |url=https://www.adfwebmagazine.jp/art/luckyfes-appoints-new-generation-creator-jun-inagawa-as-artistic-and-creative-director/ | work=ADF webmagazine |access-date=July 26, 2023|language=ja}}</ref>
== Performances == === 2022 === Line-up included:
==== Green Stage ==== {| class="wikitable" !Saturday !Sunday |- valign="top" | *Anri *DIAMANTES *Golden Bomber *KG9（O.A） *Nanase Aikawa *Puffy AmiYumi *Rip Slyme *Tatsuya Ishii | *13ELL *AKLO *Awich *Cz Tiger *DJ K-1 *DJ LEAD *DJ RYOW *Dowg (O.A） *Hannya *JAPANESE MAGENESE *Jasmine (Japanese singer) *JOYLIIFE（O.A） *JP THE WAVY *Lunv Loyal *MASTER BRIDGE（O.A） *MC TYSON *t-Ace *¥ellow Bucks *Yin And Yang（O.A） |}
==== Lucky Stage ==== {| class="wikitable" !Saturday !Sunday |- valign="top" | *53+84（DJ） *Adachi Yuto *Chai (band) *Isoyama Jun *Ivy to Fraudulent Game *MAYA・RINA TAKAMI（O.A） *Nagie Lane *Nicori Light Tours *Tatsuro Mashiko *yayuyo | *Lucky Tapes *Monthly Mu & New Caledonia *MORISAKI WIN *RIP DISHONOR（O.A) *Special Others *Takashi Matsunaga *TENDRE *TOOBOE *Wednesday Campanella *Win Morisaki *YAMATOMAYA（O.A） |}
==== Water Stage ==== {| class="wikitable" !Saturday !Sunday |- valign="top" | *Brahman (band) *Creepy Nuts *Happy Heads NANIYORI *Macaroni Empitsu *MAIKI (O.A) *Man with a Mission *Mitsuhiro Hidaka *Novelbright *SiM (band) *SKY-HI | *ALI (band)+CrossOver Finale *Clench & Blistah *Doberman Infinity *Micro from Def Tech *Miyavi *Shinnosuke *SIRUP *yama |}
=== 2023 === Line-up included:
==== Green Stage ==== {| class="wikitable" !Saturday !Sunday !Monday |- valign="top" | *Awich *C&K *Japanese Magenese *JP THE WAVY *Kaori Kishitani *Lucky Kilimanjaro *Rondo *Umeda Cypher *yonawo | *ano *Frederic (band) *I Don't Like Mondays. *JUN SKY WALKER(S) *Reol (singer) *Rinne *t-Ace *Uchikubigokumon-Doukoukai *Wednesday Campanella | *Atarashii Gakko! *Camellia Factory *Fruits Zipper *Golden Bomber *Huwie Ishizaki *Nanase Aikawa *Regallily *Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku *Shit Kingz |}
==== Hills Stage ==== {| class="wikitable" !Saturday !Sunday !Monday |- valign="top" | *Ai Higuchi *AFJB *Enon Kawatani *Hakubi *Ivy to Fraudulent Game *MAKI *MAYA・Karin（O.A） *moon drop *Necry Talkie *TOSHIMITSU | *13ELL *Age Factory *Cz TIGER *Lunv Loyal *MUSIC PLANET *Nicori Light Tours *Orange Spiny Crab *Sakamoto Shinnosuke *the quiet room *Tokyo Syoki Syodo *WST | *Aile The Shota *Amefurasshi *EAERAN *FOMARE *Haramichan *Kaneyorimasaru *Novel Core *SHADOWS *TETORA *yangskinny |}
==== Lucky Space ==== {| class="wikitable" !Saturday !Sunday !Monday |- valign="top" | *Ai Higuchi x Oswald *DJ DEKKACHAN *DJ Dynoji *DJ SEIRA *Ibarapper a.k.a Ibaraking *KEN EBISAWA *Kenichiro Tanimoto *Nagie Lane *UWTO BLND | *DJ OVER *DJ Misoshiru & MC Gohan *DJ YU-KI *Isoyama Jun *Sayaka Sasaki *Tatsuro Mashiko *Tsubasa Suzuki | *Adachi Yuto *Clitoric Ris *DJ JETMAN *DJ OVER *KATSUMI *KYOTARO TO HARUHIKO *Mao Uchu *Nagi Nemoto |}
==== Water Stage ==== {| class="wikitable" !Saturday !Sunday !Monday |- valign="top" | *Aska (singer) *Creepy Nuts *Gesu no Kiwami Otome *Kana-Boon *Kyuso Nekokami *Mucc *Rottengraffty *Takanori Nishikawa *yama | *Def Tech *Flumpool *Humbreaders *Kim Jae-joong *Kreva (musician) *Maki Ohguro *Novelbright *Raise A Suilen *Sambomaster |
*ALI *Clench & Blistah *CreepHyp *Da-ice *Harukamirai *Kyary Pamyu Pamyu *Orange Range *SKY-HI *Shōnan no Kaze |}
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== External links == *{{Official website|https://luckyfes.com/en/}} {{in lang|en}}
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