Friday Evenings: Hanapepe Friday Night Festival & Art Walk.  Stroll through the many art galleries in historic Old Town Hanapepe and meet the local artists from 6-9 p.m.  Enjoy a wide variety of shopping, local vendors, several restaurants, art galleries, stilt walkers, classics cars, live music and entertainment.  For information call (808) 335-6469.

Saturday & Sunday, October 5 & 6:  17th Annual Coconut Festival. Celebrate all that is Coconut with unique coconut crafts, coconut games, delicious coconut foods and contests with some of the best crafters, artists and entertainers in Hawai`i. Enjoy non-stop music, taiko drummers, hula, and fun. Live music with Makuakane on Saturday and Amy Hanaiali`i […]

Saturday, October 5: `Ohana Day – Makahiki Sports and Games.  Enjoy a day of sports and games with the Hokulea Crew along with a Hula demonstration by Blaine Kia.  Kaua`i Museum, 4428 Rice St., Lihue. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For information call (808) 245-6931.

Sunday Afternoons:  Slack Key Guitar Concerts.  Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and `ukulele concerts.  October 6 – Hawai`i’s Cowboy Music; October 13 – Slack Key Tour of the Islands; October 20 – Hawai`i’s Sunset Music; October 27 – Honoring Raymond Kane.  Tickets: $20 ($15 keiki/seniors).  The concerts are nahenahe - soft and sweet.  Slack key […]

Every Monday:  Historic Waimea Walking Tour.  Take a 3 hour walk back through time in the place where Captain Cook first landed in Waimea.  Learn about the last King of Kaua`i, the missionaries, and other famous citizens of Waimea along with the landmarks they left behind. West Kaua`i Technology & Visitor Center, 9565 Kaumuali`i Hwy., […]

Wednesday, October 9:  Kaua`i Aloha Festivals – Auli`i Lu‘au.  Connect with Kaua`i's rich history and culture, traditional culinary treats and refreshing libations in an oceanfront setting at Sheraton Kaua`i. Enjoy tributes paid to the Royal Court with a procession and offering of ho`okupu (gifts). Sheraton Kaua`i Resort, 2440 Ho`onani Rd., Koloa. 6 to 9 p.m. […]

Saturday, October 12:  Eo e Emmalani I Alaka`i Festival.  Free commemorative event honoring Queen Emma's ascent into Koke`e in 1871. Day long hula and Hawaiian music, chant and oli. A royal procession on horseback at noon.  Koke`e Museum, 3600 Kokee Rd., Kekaha.  For information call (808) 335-9975.

Friday & Saturday, October 11 & 12:  Matsuri Kaua`i. The Kaua`i Japanese Cultural Society will be celebrating with Karaoke singers, dancers, martial arts, drumming, kimon kitsuke, bento sales, origami, oshibana, musubi madness contest, mochi pounding, mini bon dance, tea ceremony, bonsai, jorei and flower circle. Enjoy Hawaiian music, hula and Japanese dance by Japanese visitors […]

Friday, October 11:  A Culinary Romp through Paradise.  Learn about and sample exotic local fruit while taking a leisurely tour of a 26-acre exotic fruit farm. Enjoy a cooking demonstration and gourmet, four-course lunch made with Kaua`i-grown ingredients. The tour ends with a presentation of locally made rum at The Feral Pig. Opaeka`a Falls, 9:30 […]

Friday & Saturday, October 11 & 12:  Matsuri Kaua`i. The Kaua`i Japanese Cultural Society will be celebrating with Karaoke singers, dancers, martial arts, drumming, kimon kitsuke, bento sales, origami, oshibana, musubi madness contest, mochi pounding, mini bon dance, tea ceremony, bonsai, jorei and flower circle. Enjoy Hawaiian music, hula and Japanese dance by Japanese visitors […]