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OAHU
Events Calendar
16. Chinese New
Years Celebration. Celebrate the Chinese New Years at the Mun Fa Cultural
Plaza, Beretania and Maunakea Streets. Lots of entertainment, lion dance, food
booths, pageants and more. The Chinese Cultural Plaza on Beretania at River Street
opens to the public and is transformed into a festival bazaar. Chinatown Open
House & Lion dance at 6:30 p.m. and celebration from 5-11 p.m. on Friday,
Jan.16. Chinatown New Year Celebration from noon - 11 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17.
17.
3rd Annual Korean Festival. The 3rd Annual Korean Festival will treat locals
and visitors alike to some of Korea's and Hawaii's best kim chee, tae kwon do,
music, dance food, products, and art. There will be games for children and food
booths from Hawaii's most popular Korean restaurants. Event dates: January 17-18,
2004, Kapiolani Bandstand, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
It also will be held at the Maui War Memorial Complex on January 24, 10 a.m. to
8 p.m. Sponsored by the Korean Chamber of Commerce. 19. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade & Unity. Join the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Coalition & The City & County of Honolulu for a parade in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade will start from Magic Island at Ala Moana Park to Kapiolani Park, 9 a.m. Unity Rally will follow the parade at Kapiolani Park. Contact: Information (808) 523-4674 24.
Pacific Island Arts Festival. Festival featuring Handmade in Hawaii fine arts
and handcrafts, ongoing demonstrations, live entertainment and great food. Located
in Kapiolani Park, across from the Honolulu Zoo. Admission is free. The Festival
is scheduled from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm both Saturday and Sunday. All items for sale
are produced and sold by the artists themselves, to include jewelry, stained glass,
photography, toys, quilts, wood products, soaps & candles, lauhala products.
This event is sponsored by the Handcrafters and Artisans Alliance, a non-profit
trade organization representing fine artists and handcraft artisans statewide.
27. Aloha State Square & Round Dance. 39th Annual Festival is held at the Ala Wai Golf Course Club House, Waikiki from Jan 27th to Feb 1st, 2004. Dancers from Pacific Rim, U.S., Europe, and Canada join in the fun of Square & Round Dancing with National Callers and Cuers. Trail-in luau and club dances start the week and a Whale Watching Cruise wraps up the events on Sunday. Evening dances, and morning and afternoon workshops are included. Schedule is available on Festival web site: www.inix.com/squaredancehawaii/39th_festival.htm Contact: David Lemon (808) 456-8465 February 2004 6. Punahou Carnival.
11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Punahou School Campus (Punahou Street and Wilder Avenue).
The Carnival is sponsored by the School’s Junior Class to benefit the Punahou
financial aid program and student activities. Featuring foods traditional on the
Punahou Midway includes malassadas, Hawaiian plate, Portuguese bean soup, chili,
nachos and Greek gyros sandwiches. Also included: skills booths, arts and crafts,
White Elephant, fresh produce, haku leis, ceramics, plants, and auction. The Art
Gallery continues to showcase outstanding island artists, E.K. Fernandez provides
20 action-packed rides. Admission to the Carnival grounds is free. 13. Great Aloha Run, Health, Fitness & Spsorts. Find ways to encourage a healthy lifesyle and physicial fitness along with discovering new products and services. Enjoy demonstrations, fun contest and sponsor prize give-aways at our annual Great Aloha Run Health, Fitness & Sports Expo at the Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall. Fri. 4 to 10 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. & Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. No entry fee for registered Great Aloha Run participants. Expo Information (808) 945-3594. Contact: Alan Y. Sunio (808) 528-7388 16.
20th Great Aloha Run. Hawaii's largest participatory event raising monies
annually for numerous local charities, encouraging a healthy lifestyle, promoting
physical fitness and bringing people from all over the world together. This 8.15
mile Run/walk starts at Aloha Tower in downtown Honolulu (with entertainment along
the route) and ends in Aloha Stadium (home of the NFL Pro Bowl.) Prior to the
Monday, Presidents' Day race every year, is a 3-day Family Fitness & Sports
Expo, Senior Citizens Fun Run/Walk and a Keiki (Children) Fun Run & Circus
Party. Entry Fee. Contact: Alan Y. Sunio (808) 528-7388 March 2004 5. 10th Annual Honolulu Festival. Hawaii's premier event promoting cultural understanding, economic cooperation and ethnic harmony between the people of Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific region. The 2004 Festival will feature a variety of events at different O'ahu venues. The Festival will culminate with a grand parade down Kalakaua Avenue on March 7. Contact: Information (808) 921-1720 19. 50th Annual Kunia Orchiad Show. Orchid show with hundreds of varieties. Orchids on display and for sale along with lectures and demonstrations of general orchid culture. Held in the Kunia Camp Gymnasium, 92-1770 Kunia Rd, Kunia. Friday & Saturday from 9am to 5pm and Sunday from 9am to 4pm. Admission $2. Contact: Information (808) 247-3345 20. Waikiki Artfest The Handcrafters and Artisans Alliance would like to invite you to our Waikiki Artfest located in Kapiolani Park, directly across from the Honolulu Zoo. Handmade in Hawaii products will be displayed for sale by the Artists, including wood products, clothing, jewelry, stained glass, ceramics, candles, quilts and pillows. Enjoy our live entertainment and great food. Come meet the artists and celebrate the arts in Hawaii. Admission is free. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact: Nancy Calhoun (808) 696-6717 April 2004 11. 24th Annual Hawaii Invitational International Music Festival. High school, junior high, college band and pageantry units perform in competition for two weeks in Waikiki. Free concerts at the Kapiolani Park bandstand on April 6 and 13, plus the 24th Annual "Salute to Youth" parade on April 14 on Kalakaua Avenue starting at Ft. DeRussy. Join participants from Hawai'i, the mainland and around the world in the largest Spring Break festival on Oahu. Festival tour and participation is by invitation only, but admission to all events is free and visitors are welcome. Contact: Harvey Berish (714) 952-2263 16. Hawaii Pacific University's 20th Annual Intercultural Day. Hawaii Pacific University presents its 20th Annual Intercultural Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fort Street Mall (near Beretania St.) in Honolulu. The event spotlights HPU students diversity and customs through cultural exhibits, a parade, and lively stage performances of traditional dance and music from around the world. Cultural exhibits begin at 10 a.m. and will continue throughout the day. A colorful parade throughout downtown Honolulu will begin at 10:30 a.m., and entertainment will run from 1 to 4 p.m. This event is free. Contact: Ann Newton (808) 544-0265 May
2004 23. Hawaii
Uncorked. The 18th annual Hawaii Uncorked, the major annual fundraiser for
Hawaii Public Radio, will features a few "breakout" seminars with major
winemakers (tba); tickets for the general event include the Grand Tasting, Silent
Auction, Live Auction, and the special pairings of chefs' creations with specific
wines. This year the theme is Spanish cuisine and wines. Included in the entertainment:
Hawaiian slack key and flamenco guitar, more to come. Auctioneer: Dennis Foley.
Sponsors: American Express, Honolulu Magazine, with assistance from JMD Beverages.
Donations of fine wines welcome. Live Auction is of especial interest to serious
collectors but everyone has fun. HPR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Grand Tasting and
Silent Auction: noon to 3 p.m.; Live Auction 3 to 5 p.m. Ticket prices not yet
determined; last year they were $65 for HPR members and American Express cardholders;
$75 general June 2004 11. 122nd Annual King Kamehameha Celebration. Established in 1871 by King Kamehameha V to honor the life and times of his grandfather Kamehameha the Great, this celebration features on O'ahu the 84th annual King Kamehameha Celebration Parade, the traditional statue decoration ceremonies, and the Na Hana No'eau Festival in Queen Kapi'olani Park. Events free. Contact: R-M. Keahi Allen (808) 586-0333. 12. Ala Moana Park Artfest. The Handcrafters and Artisans Alliance would like to invite you to our Ala Moana Park Artfest located in the Diamond head end of Ala Moana Park, directly across from Macys at Ala Moana Shopping Center. Admission is free. Handmade in Hawaii products will be displayed for sale by the artists, to include wood products, fine art and photography, clothing, jewelry, stained glass, candles and soaps, ceramics. Join us to meet the artists and celebrate the arts in Hawaii. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact: Nancy Calhoun (808) 696-6717 July 2004 17. Prince Lot Hula Festival. From 8:30-4:00 in beautiful Moanalua Gardens. The state's oldest and largest non-competitive exhibition of hula. Halau hula will grace the earthen hula mound under the decades old monkeypod trees. Enjoy crafts, kapa-making, lauhala-weaving, ipu-make and take, lomi lomi massage, traditional Hawaiian games, food, and so much more! Bring beach mats or low-back chairs. FREE ADMISSION, PARKING and TROLLEY service from Tripler Medical Center lower parking lot. Contact: Tina Cantorna (808) 839-5334 25. The Ukulele Festival. Held yearly on the last Sunday of July at Kapiolani Park Bandstand in Waikiki, the Ukulele Festival attracts thousands of residents and visitors to a FREE two-hour concert that showcases many of the finest ukulele players in the world, along with Hawaii's top entertainers, national celebrities, and an ukulele orchestra of more than 800 children. Food booths, ukulele displays and more! Contact: Roy Sakuma (808) 732-3739 August 2004 22. Waikiki
Artfest. The Handcrafters and Artisans Alliance would like to invite you to
our Waikiki Artfest in Kapiolani Park, directly across from the Honolulu Zoo.
Admission is free. Handmade in Hawaii products will be displayed for sale by the
artists to include wood products, stained glass, clothing, jewelry, ceramics,
soaps and candles, fine art and photography. Enjoy our live entertainment and
great food. Come and meet our artists and celebrate the arts in Hawaii. 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Contact: Nancy Calhoun (808) 696-6717 September 2004 10. Aloha Festivals Oahu. In the heart of Honolulu's business district, the city's famed Bishop Street will close as Hawaii residents and visitors dance in the streets to the tunes of contemporary Hawaiian entertainment. Activities and events will be held throughout Bishop Street and Aloha Tower Marketplace. Contact: Aloha Festivals (808) 589-1771 18. Waikiki Artfest. The Handcrafters and Artisans Alliance would like to invite you to our Waikiki Artfest held in Kapiolani Park,directly across from the Honolulu Zoo. Admission is free. Handmade in Hawaii products will be displayed for sale by the artists to include wood products, fine art and photography, clothing, jewelry, ceramics, stained glass, soaps and candles. Enjoy our live entertainment and great food. Join us, meet the artists, and celebrate the arts in Hawaii. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact: Nancy Calhoun (808) 696-6717 October 2004 9. Hawaii
Pacific Islands Kava Festival. Featuring kava in traditional, contemporary,
and novel forms, food, entertainment, music, culture, education, ‘awa (Hawaiian
kava) plants, and other native plants. Admission is free! 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lyon
Arboretum, 3860 Manoa Rd. See also http://kavafestival.org or http://kavaforum.org
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