Saturday, May 19:
Maui Brewers Festival.  The event features tasty food from local restaurants and caterers at no additional charge, beer tastings from local and national craft breweries, live music, door prizes, a home brew competition, and lots of fun. Don’t like beer? Enjoy hard cider, hard kombucha, root beer, and delicious food at no additional charge. Maui Arts & Cultural Center, A&B Amphitheater, One Cameron Way, Kahului. VIP entry 2 p.m., General Admission starts at 3:30 p.m.  Event ends at 7 p.m.   For tickets and information call (808) 242-7469 or visit http://mauiarts.org/brew_fest.

Saturday & Sunday, May 12 & 13: 
Mele Mei Maui.  Hawai`i’s finest musical artist perform under the Lahaina Banyan Tree. Listen to their unplugged stories, grab a selfie and get your signed autographed copy of their music.  Under the Lahaina Banyan Tree, 648 Wharf St., Lahaina. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  For information visit http://www.melemei.com/.

Friday, May 11: 
Starry Night Cinema:  WALL-E!  Bring a low-back beach chair and/or a blanket and spread out on the lawn for a special screening of the animated classic, “WALL-E!”  Come early and enjoy preshow entertainment with DJ HANDS and an art activity for the kids prior to the film.  You can also purchase food and drinks from local food trucks and enter a prize giveaway. A fun family event.  If it’s rainy, the movie will be shown in the Castle Theater; seating is first come/first served. No coolers or outside food/beverages allowed. Maui Arts & Cultural Center, One Cameron Way, Kahului.  Gates open at 6 p.m., film starts at 7:30 p.m.  Free admission. For information call (808) 242-7469 or visit http://www.mauiarts.org/.

Saturday, May 5:
Maui Matsuri Festival.  The festival features Japanese and Okinawan entertainment, free children’s crafts, food booths, craft booths, kids games, exhibits, cosplay exhibition, martial arts demos, saimin & natto eating contests, manga & art drawing contests, and ends with a community Bon Dance which honors ancestors. Festival entry is free, parking is $5 per vehicle. UH Maui Courtyard, 310 W. Kaahumanu Ave., Kahului. 2 to 9 p.m. For information call (808) 283-9999 or visit https://www.mauimatsuri.com/.

Every Friday: 
Candlelit Tours at the Baldwin Home Museum.  Step back in time and visit the Baldwin Home Museum with a tour by candle light. Tours include free light refreshments on the lanai. Tours take place on the half hour from 6 to 8 p.m. Located on the corner of Front and Dickenson Street in the heart of historic Lahaina. Admission: $7 per person/$5 Senior Citizens (65+), Military and Kama`aina; children 12 & under free.  For information visit http://lahainarestoration.org/.

Friday, May 4:
18^th Annual Maui Matsuri Musical Extravaganza.  The free Musical Extravaganza event is Maui County’s 150th Gannenmono Celebration, honoring the past 150 years of the first Japanese immigrants to come to Hawai`i. The evening honors the multi-cultural plantation heritage that brought the Japanese to Hawai`i. Entertainment from the Hawaiian, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese cultures will be shared. The evening ends with the audience participating in a community Bon Dance which honors ancestors. The Kaiwo Maru, a Japanese training ship, is in port at the Kahului Harbor from May 2nd to May 5th, and crew members will be joining in on this night’s festivities.  UH Maui Great Lawn, 310 W. Ka`ahumanu Ave., Kahului. 6 to 9 p.m.  For information call (808) 283-9999 or visit https://www.mauimatsuri.com/.

Every Wednesday:
Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Concert.  Enjoy renowned slack key masters who are true ambassadors of their music, their culture and their land for an evening of traditional Hawaiian songs and authentic “talk-story”.  May 2 – No Show Scheduled; May 9 – Led Kaapana; May 15 – Nathan Aweau; May 23 – Kalani Pe`a; May 30 – Jeff Peterson. Seating is limited. Dinner/Show packages are available. Located at the Sea House Restaurant at the Napili Kai Beach Resort, 5900 Lower Honoapi`ilani Hwy., Napili. Doors open 6:45 p.m., show begins 7:30 p.m., event ends at 9:30. For tickets and information call (888) 669-3858 or visit http://www.slackkeyshow.com/

Every Wednesday and Thursday:
Maui Humane Society’s Beach Buddies Visitor Program. Do you miss having a dog to spend your day with? Visitors and residents can sign up to take a homeless dog out for the day from the Maui Humane Society animal shelter. The shelter is easy to find as it is conveniently located in Pu`unene (central Maui) on Mokulele Hwy., between Kihei/Wailea and Kahului. Program participants will pick “their dog” up at 10 a.m. and bring them back no later than 3 p.m. MHS provides all of the supplies, you just provide the fun! Advance registration is mandatory as space is often filled weeks in advance. Register online at http://www.mauihumanesociety.org/.

Tuesday, May 1: 
Lei Day Heritage Festival.  Activities will include a variety of Hawaiian cultural arts and craft workshops, including, kaula (Hawaiian rope weaving), lei-making, and poi pounding as well as live Hawaiian music and local Maui entertainment. There will also be a special presentation by Tom Fairbanks of The Old Wailuku Inn at Ulupono on Don Blanding, The Artistic Poet and Father of May Day. This is a free event. Bailey House Museum, 2375A Main St., Wailuku.  10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call (808) 244-3326 or visit https://www.mauimuseum.org/.

Saturday, April 28:
Cazimero Lei Day Concert.  Kumu Hula Robert Uluwehi Cazimero will perform in this perennially popular Lei Day event, along with the musicians and dancers from his award-winning Hālau Nā Kamalei – big winners at the 2015 Merrie Monarch Festival.  Enjoy the smooth showmanship, talent, and graciousness of Robert Cazimero, along with contemporary Hawaiian music and hula.  Preshow festivities start at 5:30 pm in the Yokouchi Pavilion and will include music and hula. Island crafters with displays of local arts & crafts and fragrant lei will also be on hand for purchase. Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Castle Theater, One Cameron Way, Kahului.  7:30 p.m.  For tickets and information call (808) 242-7469 or visit http://www.mauiarts.org/.