Saturday November 14:  Kaua`i Unknown Artists Fair.  Artists show their talents, including music, dance, arts and crafts, food, and kids’ projects.  Kalaheo Neighborhood Center, 4480 Papalina Rd., Kalaheo.  For information call (808) 332-9696.

Sunday, November 15:  22nd Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival, Kaua`i Style.  Event showcases up to 15 artists known in the Slack Key Guitar genre performing for six solid hours. Slack Key Guitar is an indigenous guitar art form that began in 1830 on the Big Island of Hawai`i and will be celebrating 184 years […]

Saturday, November 21:  Garden Isle Artisan Fair, (“Under the Big Tent!”).  This event offers a great selection of quality handcrafted products from over 35 of Kaua`i's finest Artisans. Photography, jewelry, aloha wear, palm bark baskets, wood carvings, kapa cloth, local fruit jellies & sauces, soaps, candles and more.  Also enjoy Tahitian Drumming, Local Plate Lunches […]

Saturday, November 28:  Kilauea Art Night.  Discover locally made crafts and a wide variety of food vendors from around Kaua`i. Enjoy dinner listening to live music. Don't miss the Keiki Fire & Light performance at 7 p.m. on the back lawn. Kilauea Historic Stone Building, 4270 Kilauea Rd., Kilauea. 4 to 8 p.m. For information […]

Daily: Na Keiki `O Ka Aina (The Children of the Land).  Classes in Hawaiian and Polynesian Arts and Culture for Keiki & Adults.  Most Keiki classes are free, adult classes request a donation to the non-profit organization.  Located under the Whale Clock Tower in Kaua`i Village Shopping Center.  For more information and class schedules call (808) […]

Friday, December 4:  Festival of Lights.  The Park lights glow every night through the New Year. The Festival of Lights interior display of Auntie Josie’s gorgeous creations and the dazzling creations crafted by Kauai artisans is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. through Christmas Eve with Santa and Mrs. […]

Sunday Afternoons:  Slack Key Guitar Concerts.  Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and `ukulele concerts.  December 6 – Hanalei Slack Key; December 13 – Legends of Slack Key; December 20 – Honoring Raymond Kane; December 27– Honoring Keli`i Mawae of Molokai.  Tickets: $20 ($15 keiki/seniors).  The concerts are nahenahe - soft and sweet.  Slack key guitar […]

Daily: Na Keiki `O Ka Aina (The Children of the Land).  Classes in Hawaiian and Polynesian Arts and Culture for Keiki & Adults.  Most Keiki classes are free, adult classes request a donation to the non-profit organization.  Located under the Whale Clock Tower in Kaua`i Village Shopping Center.  For more information and class schedules call (808) […]

Daily:  Ha`aheo `O Hawai`i Exhibit.  Cleopatra's Barge was an opulent yacht built in Massachusetts in 1816. It became The Royal Yacht of King Kamahameha II who named it Ha`aheo `O Hawai`i (Pride of Hawai`i), but was wrecked in 1824. It cost about $50,000 to build, and about the same amount for luxury furnishing. The main […]

Friday Evenings: Slack Key Guitar Concerts.  Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and `ukulele concerts. January 1 – `Ohana Slack Key Guitar & Ukulele; January 8 – Hear of Slack Key Guitar & Ukulele; January 15 – Spirit of Slack Key; January 22 – Ahupua`a -Mountain to Sea; January 29 – Dreams Come True.  Free gift […]