During Yoiyama and Yoiyoiyama (event in two days before the main festival), old family houses and established business houses show their family heirlooms; the festival is also known as the Byobu Matsuri Festival, or Folding Screen Festival.
宵山、宵々山には旧家や老舗での宝物の展示も行われるため屏風祭の異名がある。