①旭川商業高等学校
②旭川明成高等学校
③北空知吹奏楽団
④旭川ティクファイブバンド
⑤Scrtch Dirty Brass Band
⑥旭川吹奏楽団
Performers in colorful costumes march through the city center while playing music. After the parade, an after-concert is held at Heiwadori Shopping Park. As the old name suggests, before the war it had a strong connotation of memorializing the dead, but now it is loved as a festival in which the local community can participate.
The number of participants has been increasing every year, and in 2013, the 81st event (held on June 8th), 106 groups (83 teams) took part. There are many participants not only from Asahikawa City, but also from schools in cities and towns in Hokkaido, such as Sapporo, Iwamizawa, Furano, Kitami, and Abashiri.
It is a seasonal early summer event in Asahikawa, with over 160,000 spectators lining the streets.
1929 (Showa 4) The "1st Memorial Musical Parade" was held on June 5th, the day of the annual festival of Shokonsha (now Hokkaido Gokoku Shrine), with 200 participants from 10 groups.
1948 (Showa 23, 20th) After this, it was temporarily suspended.
1953 (Showa 28, 21st) It was resumed.
1974 (Showa 49, 42nd) From this event, the event name was changed to the current "Hokkaido Music Parade" [1].
1994 (Heisei 6, 62nd) The route was changed. The opening ceremony was held at Liberline Asahikawa Park (on the Ishikari River riverbed), and the parade started from Asahikawa Tokiwa Rotary.
1999 (Heisei 11, 67th) The Hokkai Times, which had been the organizer of this event for a long time, went bankrupt. An executive committee was formed by Asahikawa City, the Hokkaido Shimbun Press, and others.
2002 - (Heisei 14, 70th) The date was changed from June 5th to the first Saturday in June.
2016 - (Heisei 28, 84th) The first cancellation due to bad weather in history.
2019 - (Reiwa 1, 87th) The date was changed from the first Saturday in June to the Saturday after the first Friday in June (held on June 8th).
2020 - (Reiwa 2, 88th) The event was canceled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 - (Reiwa 3, 89th) The event was canceled for the second consecutive year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 - (Reiwa 4, 90th) The event was held for the first time in three years.
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