Last September 15 (Sun.). Bshop, a select store born in Kobe, held a large-scale festival at Meriken Park in Kobe, the birthplace of the store, to celebrate its 30th anniversary.
The name of the festival is the Bishop Music Festival.
Hearing that the first outdoor festival in "Bishop's" history was being held with great enthusiasm, the editorial staff infiltrated the "Bishop's Music Festival" to report on the festival!
Approximately 6,000 people attended the event. Let us start with the 11 artists who made the event a great success.
Neibiss (O.A.)
chelmico
FNCY
YOUR SONG IS GOOD
TENDRE
Ohashi Trio
cho co pa co cho co quin quin
KREVA
tofubeats
Wolfram's
Schadaraparr
The Meriken Park venue featured two stages, the "TOWER STAGE" and the "SEA STAGE," where a total of 11 artists, including the opening act, performed for approximately 9.5 hours without interruption.
Club music, hip-hop, rock. Transcending the boundaries of genres, the performances brought out the individuality of each and thrilled the audience gathered in the port city.
The SPECIAL CHILL AREA, located between the two stages that were well-received on the day of the festival, was set up with outdoor gear from THE NORTH FACE and other brands, and many people could be seen relaxing and enjoying the festival.
And Kobe is all about sunset. As the sun began to set, the mood of the venue changed dramatically and a moody atmosphere enveloped the entire area.
With the symbolic Kobe Port Tower also lit up, expectations for the climax of the festival only increased.
The audience sang along to "Boogie Back Tonight" as The Wolframs and Schadaraparr performed on the "Tower Stage" and "Sea Stage," respectively, and the audience sang along to "Boogie Back Tonight. The one-day festival came to a close with the afterglow still lingering.
In addition! Music was not the only topic of the day. There were also a number of fashion markets and food stores that are unique to "Bishop's," a store that is close to your daily life.
First up was the "Bishop" booth. Official goods featuring the main visual of the "Bishop Music Festival" created by illustrator Satoshi Hashimoto include a double-named T-shirt by "Bishop" and "DANTON," a towel, a fan, and a mobile fan.
In addition, seven items created in collaboration with Ken Kagami, a contemporary artist active worldwide, were popular for their humorous designs that made people laugh.
The Fashion Market booth will feature a variety of high quality shops with ties to Bishop, including The North Face, orSlow, KIJIMA TAKAYUKI, and YOUNG & OLSEN The DRYGOODS STORE. The 10 stores are all related to Bishop and offer a wide variety of high quality goods.
There was also a booth for "NEAT," where Mr. Daishi Nishino, a well-known figure in Hui-Nam, was also present.
The food store booths were as good as the fashion booths. A total of 20 food and beverage stores, mainly popular restaurants from the local Kobe area, gathered at the event.
The menu was diverse, including dumplings, pork buns, pizza, curry, hamburgers, crepes, and ice cream, all of which were excellent. The deliciousness of the food was so great that there were several lines of people waiting in line.
Our team was delighted with the pizza from uRashiMa. A pizza oven was set up at the venue, and we were able to enjoy freshly baked pizza at the venue.
And there were as many stylish and happy visitors as there were unique artists and attractive stores. It is regrettable that I cannot show you all of them, but here are just a few of them!
We had been worried about what would happen with the rain forecast until the day before, but on the day of the Bishop Music Festival, not a drop of rain fell, and a wide range of people from children to adults were able to enjoy music, fashion, food, and the mood of the port city of Kobe on a wonderful day.
"A well-made product is still valuable and beautiful not only today, but throughout the ages, and will be passed on to the next generation."
The concept of "Bishop" can be felt not only in the store, but also in these events. Another event was born in Kobe that should be handed down to the next generation. We left the venue with high expectations for the future of "Bishop," as Ken Kagami said.
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