NiEW has announced exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2026, the ticketed festival edition of its long-running free live music series exPoP!!!!!, set to take place across seven venues in Tokyo’s Shibuya district on November 15.
Launched in 2007, exPoP!!!!! has grown into one of Tokyo’s longest-running free monthly live events, hosting more than 200 editions and over 800 artists. NiEW introduced the paid multi-venue format with the inaugural exPoP!!!!! Reunion in 2025, and plans to continue it as an annual celebration of the community built around the event.
This year’s festival will span Spotify O-EAST, Spotify O-WEST, Spotify O-nest, duo MUSIC EXCHANGE, clubasia, WOMB LIVE, and 7th FLOOR. Designed as a yearly gathering for both longtime attendees and first-time visitors, exPoP!!!!! Reunion aims to celebrate the event’s legacy while introducing it to a new generation of music fans.
Advance ticket sales, including discounted U23 tickets, opened via Ticket Pia on July 14. The lineup and further ticketing details will be announced at a later date.
NiEW Editor-in-Chief Mansaku Kashiwai, the NiEW editorial team, and the exPoP!!!!! organizers also shared statements to mark the announcement.
Statement on exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2026
We don’t need more reasons to stay connected. We need more reasons to meet.
Life is filled with people we meant to see again.
We say, “See you soon.” Then weeks become months. Months become years. One day, we realize we never made it back.
Maybe the answer is simpler than we think.
A promise.
“See you next month.”
“See you next year.”In a world shaped by uncertainty, those promises matter. Knowing we’ll meet again gives us something to hold onto.
When we launched exPoP!!!!! Reunion last year, we described it as a festival built around a single idea: reunion.
Since exPoP!!!!! began in 2007, it has never been just another concert series. It has been a place where artists are discovered, friendships begin, and audiences return month after month. Over nearly two decades, more than 800 artists have taken the stage, but the most important thing we’ve built isn’t a lineup—it’s a community.
We’ve watched people who once stood in the audience come back as performers. We’ve met fans who discovered their favorite artists at exPoP!!!!!. We’ve seen live music shape careers, friendships, and lives in ways no one could have predicted.
Those stories only exist because we kept going.
Reunion is what happens when something is given the chance to continue.
Last year’s exPoP!!!!! Reunion reminded us why that matters. By the end of the night, we already wanted to do it again.
So we will.
Not just this year.
Every year.
Whether your next promise is “See you next month” or “See you next year,” we hope exPoP!!!!! can be where that promise begins.
We’ll be waiting for you in Shibuya on November 15.
Mansaku Kashiwai
Editor-in-Chief, NiEW
NiEW Editorial Team
The exPoP!!!!! Staff
exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2026
Date: November 15, 2026 (Sunday)
Time: 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM (scheduled)
Venues: Spotify O-nest, Spotify O-EAST, Spotify O-WEST, duo MUSIC EXCHANGE, clubasia, WOMB LIVE, and 7th FLOOR (7 venues)
Lineup: To be announced
Tickets
Advance Lottery Presale
July 14, 12:00 PM – July 19, 11:59 PM (JST)
- Early Bird: ¥6,000
- U23 Ticket (Under 23): ¥4,000
Tickets available via Ticket Pia:
https://w.pia.jp/t/expopfes/
Additional ticket sales (dates to be announced)
- Official Presale Round 1: ¥6,500
- Official Presale Round 2: ¥7,000
- Official Presale Round 3: ¥7,500
- Official Presale Round 4: ¥8,000
- General Admission: ¥8,500
Supported by: J-WAVE
Organizer: NiEW
Production: Shibuya Television / FUJI RIVER
