The Aloha Festivals Royal Court made an appearance this morning at the Main Lobby of the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort in Honolulu. Accompanied by hula, chant and pageantry, the Royal Court is introduced to kick off Aloha Festivals. Read More
Aloha Festivals, presented by Hawai‘i Tourism, introduces a new event for 2019: In The Southern Sun – a free concert sponsored by Hele Gas at Queen’s Surf Beach to celebrate the spirit of aloha in the community. The inaugural event, produced in partnership with NMG Network’s 10th Anniversary, expands the 2019 Aloha Festivals events lineup and featured performances from local artists and a headline appearance by Grammy-nominated Common Kings. Read More
The Hawaiian Kennel Club’s 201st and 202nd All-Breed Dog Show and Cluster Showers were held on Labor Day weekend last week at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall in Honolulu. This event included the Valley Isle Kennel Club All-Breed Dog Show and Hawaiian Terrier Association Group Show. Read More
The 2019 Okinawan Festival was a three-day event that took place last weekend at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. The festival featured everything of traditional Okinawan culture and arts, including food, musical instruments such as the taiko (drum), sanshin (lute), and the koto (zither), and the Obon dance. Read More
The Aloha Festivals 2019 Opening Ceremony took place on August 31 at the Royal Hawaiian in Waikiki. Attendees witnessed a ceremony modeled after those of ancient Hawai‘i, where the newly-chosen royal court will don their colorful traditional cloaks, helmets, head feather lei and other symbols of their reign. Following the Investiture, the attendees observed traditional hula, chants and musical performances will make for a spectacular evening in the heart of Waikīkī. Read More
The Prince Kūhiō Parade occurs annually on March 26 and showcases activities organized by The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs to celebrate the birthday of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole, who founded the first Hawaiian Civic Club in 1918. The parade started at Kalākaua Avenue and Saratoga Road, and concluded at Queen Kapiolani Park. Read More
The 2019 Duke’s Oceanfest in Waikiki began with the sunrise lei draping of the Duke Kahanamoku Statue. This year marks the 129th Birthday of Duke Paoa Kahanomoku. Read More
The Ala Moana Center in Honolulu celebrated its 60th Birthday Party on August 10. At the Centerstage, there was a Hawaiian blessing and proclamation reading, keiki hula, live entertainment by Makaha Sons, shopping sweepstakes, complimentary birthday cupcakes courtesy of Foodland Farms. Read More
The 17th Annual Korean Festival was held on August 10, 2019 at Victoria Ward Park in Honolulu. The Korean Festival is one of Hawaii’s longest running ethnic festivals. This annual festival unites the Hawaiian Korean community as more than 500 volunteers representing more than 40 Korean and other local organizations come out to support the event. Over 25,000 Hawai’i residents and visitors attended this year’s Korean Festival. Net proceeds were used to improve the Korean community as well as the Hawaiian community as a whole through trade and tourism missions, support of business-friendly legislation, student scholarships, free seminars regarding personal finance for senior citizens and immigrants, taxation and business regulations and other community outreach and service projects. Read More
Since 1940, Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation has celebrated the artistry and grace of Hawaii’s premiere dance form – Hula. The Na Hula Festival is Hawaii’s longest annual non-competitive hula event, and the 79th Annual Na Hula Festival took place on August 4 at the Kapiolani Park Bandstand in Honolulu. Read More
