Utacon (2016)

Utacon 2016 / うたコン 2016 / Uta Con , Song Concert

Utacon presents a range of music artists from Enka and J-Pop at NHK Hall in Tokyo every week, to continue in the spirit of NHK Kayou Concert as well Music Japan. It also airs worldwide, through NHK World Premium at 10:30 UTC, broadcast at the same time as the show's appearance on NHK-G). To target all audiences, including traditional 60's-70's music (which was the viewing target of the now-defunct ‟Kayou Concert‟) NHK aims at the so-called ‟rejuvenation‟ of the performers, singers and music, together with the ‟Enka popular song‟ and ‟J-pop‟ styles. The program aims to become the ‟center of the Japanese music scene‟. Utacon also incorporates a relay from around Japan, making the music show a unique live experience. As was the case with ‟NHK Kayou Concert‟, the program is usually performed in front of a live audience at NHK Hall in Tokyo, but on last week each month it is performed live from NHK Osaka Hall. (Source: Wikipedia)