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. […]
Ironman Triathlon World Championship
Kailua Village Ali`i Drive, Kona, HI, United StatesSaturday, October 12: Ironman Triathlon World Championship. The top 1,800 triathletes from around the world (50 countries and all 50 States) converge on Kona for this Super Bowl of triathlon events, featuring a 2.4-mile ocean swim off Kailua Pier, a 112-mile bike course to Hawi and a 26.2-mile run. The first racers swim at 6:30 […]
Hula Arts at Kilauea
VAC Gallery 19-4074 Old Volcano Road, Volcano, HI, United StatesSaturday, October 12: Hula Arts at Kilauea. This VAC program features Hula Kahiko Informance with kumu Leilehua Yuen and Manu Josiah, and is a 50-minute narrated demonstration of preparation, protocol and offering of traditional hula and chant. This inspired outdoor presentation takes place rain or shine at the hula platform located near VAC Gallery in Hawai`i […]
Play Along with `Ukulele Mele
Bailey House Museum 2375A Main St, Wailuku, HI, United StatesSaturday, October 12: Play Along with `Ukulele Mele. `Ukulele players of all abilities are invited to bring their `ukulele to workshops led by "master of multiple genres and strumming styles" Mele Fong at Bailey House Museum in Wailuku. $10.00, includes admission to the museum.10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Bailey House Museum, 2375 Main St., Wailuku. […]