Metropolis Japan

January 6, 2012

2012 A&E Calendar

Mark your musical dates for the coming year

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on January 2012

January

3-9 Leningrad State Ballet at Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
10 Kasabian at Yokohama Blitz
16 Kasabian at Studio Coast
19-29 La Bohème (opera) at New National Theatre
28 Radars at Liquidroom. Islet, S.C.U.M, etc.
31 The Bolshoi Ballet at Tokyu Bunka Kaikan

February

1-9 The Bolshoi Ballet at Tokyu Bunka Kaikan
4-5 Avril Lavigne at Saitama Super Arena
8 Evanescence at Pacifico Yokohama
9 Evanescence at Zepp Tokyo
9 Judas Priest at Pacifico Yokohama
13-19 Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama at YCC
15-16 Bryan Adams at Nihon Budokan
16-17 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds at Tokyo Dome City Hall
17 Judas Priest at Nihon Budokan
17-19 Alina Cojocaru Dream Project (ballet) at U-Port Hall
18 Scream Out Fest at Club Quattro. A Skylit Drive, We Came As Romans, etc.
18-19 Hostess Weekender at Yebisu Garden Hall. Spiritualized, Horrors, etc.
21-23 Alina Cojocaru Dream Project (ballet) at U-Port Hall
23-26 Tezuka (dance) at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
24-28 The Bee (theater) at Tokyo Metropolitan Theater
25-26 G-tokyo (art fair) at Mori Arts Center, etc.
28-29 Universal Ballet (ballet) at Parthenon Tama

March

1-11 The Bee at Tokyo Metropolitan Theater
7 Foo Fighters at Yokohama Arena
9-10 Marilyn Manson at Studio Coast
12-13, 15 Il Divo at Nihon Budokan
16-20 Anna Karenina (ballet) at New National Theater
17-25 Takarazuka Way To 100th Anniversary at Tokyu Theatre Orb
18-23 Fashion Week Tokyo at Tokyo Midtown Hall
20 “Japanese Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston” (until Jun 10) at Tokyo National Museum
24-25 Roppongi Art Night at Roppongi Hills, etc.
30-31 Art Fair Tokyo at Tokyo International Forum
31 Punkspring at Makuhari Messe. The Offspring, Sum 41, etc.
31 Blue Man Group Closing Performance at Blue Man Theater

April

1 Art Fair Tokyo at Tokyo International Forum
1 Springroove at Makuhari Messe. David Guetta, Azealia Banks, etc.
4, 6-7 Lenny Kravitz at Tokyo Dome City Hall
21-22 Sonar Sound at Studio Coast. The Cinematic Orchestra, Clark, etc.
21-22 Kaikoo Popwave Festival at Tokyo Odaiba Bosho Tokusetsu Yagai Stage
28-29 Arabiki Rock Fest. at Eco Camp Michinoku, Miyagi

May

6, 11 Keith Jarrett at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
6 Yuki at Tokyo Dome
12 Metamorphose at Makuhari Messe. Flaming Lips, Orbital, etc.
12-13 Design Festa at Tokyo Big Sight
19-20 Greenroom Festival at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
31 “Paul Klee: Art in the Making” (until Jul 31) at The National Museum of Modern Art

June

1-16 Lohengrin (opera) at New National Theater
16 “Contemporary Art from the Arab World” (Until Oct 28) at Mori Art Museum
2-3 Taico Club at Kodama No Mori, Nagano. Animal Collective, etc.
23-31 Manon (ballet) at New National Theater

July

TBD Dance Dance Dance (dance festival) at Yokohama venues
1 Manon (ballet) at New National Theater
18-31 West Side Story (musical) at Tokyu Theatre Orb
24-31 Come Fly Away (musical) at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
27-29 Fuji Rock Festival
(The Stone Roses, etc.) at Naeba Ski Resort, Niigata

August

TBD Dance Dance Dance at Yokohama
1-5 West Side Story at Tokyu Theatre Orb
1-12 Come Fly Away at Bunkamura Orchard Hall
3-5 Rock In Japan at National Hitachi Kaigan Park (TBD)
11-12 Rising Sun Rock Festival at Ishikari Bay New Port (TBD)
18-19 Summer Sonic at Chiba Marine Stadium & Makuhari Messe
17-19 Earth Celebration (taiko) at Ogi, Sado Island, Niigata
31 Tokyo Jazz at Tokyo International Forum (TBD)

September

TBD Dance Dance Dance at Yokohama venues
TBD Tokyo Photo at Tokyo Midtown Hall
1-2 Tokyo Jazz at Tokyo International Forum (TBD)
15-17 Labyrinth at Naeba Ski Resort, Niigata (TBD)
27-31 Dance Triennale Tokyo (dance festival) at Aoyama Round Theatre & Spiral Hall

October

TBD Tokyo International Film Festival at Roppongi Hills, etc.
TBD Festival/Tokyo (theater) at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, etc.
1-14 Dance Triennale Tokyo at Aoyama Round Theatre & Spiral Hall
6-21 Romeo & Juliette (musical) at Tokyu Theatre Orb
13-14 Asagiri Jam at Asagiri Arena, Shizuoka (TBD)
31 Gidon Kremer at
Suntory Hall