PATH 5K/10K/Keiki Run
Sunday, October 6: PATH 5K/10K/Keiki Run. Kona's Kickoff to Ironman Week. A fun out & back course on Ali`i Drive, Awards for overall & top 3 places in 5 year age groups. Race Day Registration Rates: $40 for adults and $30 for ages 14 & under. Online Registration: www.pathhawaii.org under Event page. To avoid race […]
2nd Annual Festival of Aloha
Sunday, October 6: 2nd Annual Festival of Aloha. “E Hele Mai!” Celebrate Hawaiian Heritage at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel Ballroom Courtyard, 62-100 Kauna Oa Drive, Kamuela. Learn the craft of lei or ipu making as well as the games the ancestors used to play. Enjoy unique island crafts, authentic native food and be entertained […]
Wiki Wiki One Day Vintage Collectibles & Hawaiiana Show
Sunday, October 6: Wiki Wiki One Day Vintage Collectibles & Hawaiiana Show. An all vintage (20 yrs & older) collectibles and antiques show and sale. Shop 92 tables with vendors from Oahu, Outer Islands, and Mainland U.S. This is Hawai`i's only strictly vintage show with no pre-sales to vendors. Where Hawaiian pickers shop! Blaisdell Hawai`i […]
Slack Key Guitar Concerts
Hanalei Family Community Center 5-5299 Kuhio Highway, Hanalei, HI, United StatesSunday 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 […]
Historic Waimea Walking Tour
West Kaua`i Technology & Visitor Center 9565 Kaumualii Highway, Waimea, HI, United StatesEvery 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., […]
Kaua`i Aloha Festivals – Auli`i Lu‘au
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. […]
Eo e Emmalani I Alaka`i Festival
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.
Matsuri Kaua`i
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 […]
A Culinary Romp through Paradise
Opaeka`a Falls Highway 580, HI, United StatesFriday, 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 […]
Turandot
Friday, Sunday & Tuesday, October 11, 13 & 15: Turandot. A beloved opera featuring the famous Nessun Dorma aria - A brave and brazen prince falls in love with a bitter princess. If he cannot answer her three riddles, death befalls him. If he succeeds, he marries her. Blaisdell Concert Hall, 777 Ward Avenue, Honolulu. […]