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The 61st Niigata University Online Festival

 

*61st Niigata University Festival has been over.

New Style University Festival under the COVID-19 Crisis: VR Online NU Festival

Niigata University Festival, called "Shindai-sai" is held in October every year, which is planned and organized by our students. At the festival, student groups offer food and drink booths, live music and dance performance, which attract a lot of people from the community, including parents with children as well as junior and high school students.

With a view to preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19), many universities in Japan have been forced to cancel their university festivals this year. Although Niigata University has also given up an on-campus festival, we will hold an online festival, offering a variety of events, such as comedy shows, celebrity talk shows, and music and dance performance by student groups from Saturday, October 17 to Sunday, October 18. With the use of VR technology, you can enjoy the festival while you simulate an experience of looking around and feeling the atmosphere of the campus.

This VR festival gives a great opportunity to those who live far from Niigata University, making it difficult to come visit, such as those who are interested in studying at Niigata University and have studied at the university, currently living abroad.
Join us to explore our online festival!

For details of Niigata University Online Festival, the special website below is available.
Though the language used for the events and performance is Japanese, there are some events and performance you can enjoy without understanding Japanese, such as dance performance. For the entire schedule, please see 61st Niigata University Festival website (Japanese only).

The 61st Niigata University Festival

Saturday, October 17, 10:00-19:00
Sunday, October 18, 11:15-15:40 *Japan time

The 61st NU Festival Special Website

Schedule for Saturday, October 17

First Program: 10:30-12:00
10:30-10:40 Dancesport Club
10:40-11:00 MUSE I (acapella songs)
11:00-11:15 MIX (copy dance)
11:15-11:40 NU Rakugo Club (traditional comic storytelling)
11:40-12:00 Niigata Soh-Odori Team (Japanese dance)

Second Program: 16:45-17:45
16:45-17:10 MUSE II (acapella songs)
17:10-17:30 PINCE (K-POP dance)
17:30-17:45 WILD STYLE (street dance)
*The order of each performance is subject to change.

Link for Youtube for the above programs.

Schedule for Sunday, October 18

Dance & Music Performance: 11:45-12:45
[Participants]
MIMA (dance team), Niigata Soh-Odori Team (Japanese dance), PINCE (K-POP dance), CRESCENDO (acoustic music)
*The order and cast of each performance are subject to change.

Link for Youtube for the above program.

Singing Contest: 14:10-15:10
Niigata University students perform songs of their favorite genre.

Link for Youtube for the above program.

From the last year's festival.