Nintendo Announces Zelda 40th Anniversary Worldwide Concert Tour
Image by James RichardsonNintendo has announced a major worldwide concert tour celebrating 40 years of The Legend of Zelda, bringing orchestral performances of music from across the series to venues throughout 2027.
The “Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Concert” will feature a mixture of nostalgic themes and more modern music from across the franchise, with separate tours planned for Japan, North America, Europe and Australia.
Music has always been central to Zelda, from the melodies Link performs throughout Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask to the sweeping orchestral scores accompanying more recent adventures such as Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.
The new tour also marks a major return for large-scale Zelda concerts, arriving a decade after the final 2017 season of “The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses,” which itself grew from the musical celebrations surrounding the franchise’s 25th anniversary.
Nintendo’s new anniversary concerts begin in Tokyo on January 23, 2027 before expanding considerably throughout the rest of the year, with additional cities and countries already promised beyond the dates currently confirmed.
The Japanese tour will visit Tokyo, Fukuoka, Hokkaido, Kyoto and Kanagawa between January and April, while the North American leg begins with two performances at Chicago’s Symphony Center in February.
London follows in April with two performances by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, before concerts continue through Melbourne, Stockholm, Sydney, Seattle, Houston, Virginia, Edinburgh, Glasgow and San Francisco.
Several internationally recognized orchestras are attached to individual stops, including members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Houston Symphony and Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
The currently confirmed 2027 schedule is as follows:
Japan
- January 23: Tokyo Garden Theatre, Tokyo
- February 6: Fukuoka Civic Hall, Fukuoka
- March 3: Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater Hitaru, Hokkaido
- April 3 and 4: ROHM Theatre Kyoto, Kyoto
- April 27: K-Arena Yokohama, Kanagawa
North America
- February 22 and 23: Symphony Center, Chicago
- July 16, 17 and 18: Benaroya Hall, Seattle
- July 23 and 24: Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, Houston
- July 30: Filene Center at Wolf Trap, Vienna, Virginia
- October: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, with the exact date still to be announced
UK and Europe
- April 3 and 4: Royal Albert Hall, London
- June 18 and 19: Konserthuset Stockholm, Stockholm
- September 17: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
- September 18: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
Australia
- May 13, 14, 15 and 16: Hamer Hall, Melbourne
- July 9 and 10: Sydney Opera House, Sydney, with two performances scheduled on July 10
Ticket sales are scheduled to begin from September 2026, although exact on-sale dates will vary between venues and several stops are still waiting for their individual ticketing details to be confirmed.
Nintendo has also made clear that the currently announced schedule is not complete, with further cities and countries due to join the anniversary tour later.
The concerts were only one part of a packed Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct, with one of the more unusual announcements being a new electric ocarina produced by HORI that can play individual notes or complete songs at the press of a button.
A separate playable ocarina is also on the way, while the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 remake of Ocarina of Time will recognize melodies played or even hummed near the console’s built-in microphone, allowing Link to perform the corresponding song in-game.
Nintendo also confirmed that the Ocarina of Time remake will release on November 5 with completely rebuilt visuals, voiced cutscenes, expanded dialogue, orchestral music and revised controls, while a Zelda-themed 40th Anniversary Nintendo Switch 2 system arrives one week earlier on October 29.
Other announcements included new Young Link and Young Zelda amiibo for 2027, anniversary additions to the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto and new features for the ZELDA NOTES service.
Nintendo’s partners are joining the celebrations as well, with LEGO revealing a 1,750-piece Ocarina of Time Link and Epona display model for spring 2027, while Hasbro is preparing a 27-inch electronic Master Sword with more than 15 sound effects.
The anniversary year will then extend into cinemas, with Nintendo’s live-action The Legend of Zelda movie currently scheduled for a worldwide theatrical release on April 30, 2027.
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