Besides, Osaka offers music festivals, and the most popular one is the Summer Sonic Festival taking place in early August. It is dedicated to rock and its all possible subgenres, which are very popular in Japan. The permanent venue for the festival is the Maishima Sports Island Center. Among its headliners are always eminent bands and performances. Green Day, Marylin Manson, Slipknot, Guns N’Roses, Sum 41, Deep Purple, Bullet for my Valentine have been among them already. Besides foreign performers, you can listen to many Japanese bands at the musical event. The festival is held simultaneously in the Japanese city of Chiba. Thus, after giving a concert in one city, performers go to another one to please the audience once again.
An interesting gourmet festival held in late October is the Dessert Sweets & Drink Festival. The venue is the Osaka International Exhibition Center or simply INTEX. At this gastronomic event, tourists have a unique opportunity to enjoy wonderful delicacies and drinks of local cuisine. Apart from tastings, visitors will enjoy dessert cooking workshops, the best chef competitions, as well as seminars allowing everyone to learn a lot of interesting information about the production of certain products. Every year, the festival is visited by about thirty-five thousand gourmets from all over the world.
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