Entries tagged 'festivals'
Maui Onion Festival: Hawaii's Sweetest Fest
So some people know that Maui onions rival Vidalias from Georgia fot the crown of sweetest on Earth. So sweet you can eat them raw and kiss your sweetheart. Witness the Maui Onion Festival raw onion contest, pictured here. This...
Getting Ramped for Merrie Monarch: Hawaii Hula Superbowl
Here's a taste for the hula fans. This is footage of Halau I Ka Wekiu (Kahiko Kane), Merrie Monarch 2007, a first-place performance. The contest starts later this week. Catch all the footage streaming on KITV ....
2008 Hawaii Merrie Monarch Festival: Hulamania Returns to the Big Island
Aloha Airlines' unexpected shutdown has certainly made this year's Merrie Monarch more exciting (in a bad way) than most had anticipated. Attendees are scrambling to ensure that they can still fly to Hilo for the fest. Halau (most of which...
Kona Coffee Festival: Cupping, Eating, Learning on Big Island
Each November on the Big Island, the Kona Coffee Festival kicks off with a jolt -- hee hee. The festival is all about the world class Joe that the sunny side of the Big Island puts out. Big Island Kona...
Hawaii Festivals: Mokihana Mele on Kauai
The Garden Isle is still a country cousin compared to the other three major Hawaiian Islands and its signature festival, the Mokihana Festival, is practically a backyard hoedown compared to Oahu's extensive and extremely crowded Aloha Festivals. The weeklong fest...
Hawaii Music: Jack Johnson's Kokua Festival Sold Out Save Pit Auctions
Jack Johnson's annual Kokua Festival on the North Shore of Oahu has become a perennial barn burner for locals and visitors. It is a rare chance to catch both Johnson and Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder in the same...
Honolulu Festival Roundup -- Do What We Tell You To Do!
The annual Honolulu Festival kicks off this Friday with events in Ala Moana and Waikiki. Despite the ridiculously cheesy tagline/mission statement of the fest -- "....the premier cultural event, promoting understanding, economic cooperation and ethnic harmony between the people of...
YouTube Video of the Day: Merrie Monarch Hula
The Merrie Monarch Festival is the Superbowl of hula competitions and its serious business in Hawaii. Halau practice for years to prepare for a trip to Hilo and the precision and grace of the top acts is truly breathtaking....
YouTube Hawaii Video: Ryan Takes Us to Taste of Honolulu Fest!
My online pal Ryan Senaga, who is a prolific creator of Web content, posted this video he shot at the Taste of Honolulu fest this past summer. It's a fun view on the event. I've yet to go but intend...
Totally Illuminating: Festival of LIghts on Kauai
On Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. Kauai lights it up with grand opening of the Festival of Lights. The festivus tropicus starts with joyous caroling by the Kauai Chorale and the Kapaa Middle School 8th Grade Choir. Santa crash lands...
Honolulu Hotels: Film Fest Room Deal, Cocktails, Tix
Movie buffs -- no, it's not too late. The Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival (you can call it the HIFF if you want as the LVHIFF doesn't roll off the tongue) has a total deal with Starwood's four Waikiki...
LVHIFF: The Best in the West
One of the best things about living in Hawaii is being in close proximity to the fabulous Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival (or LVHIFF). Of course, even for those who don't live nearby, it's a terrific reason to come...
Top 5 Aloha Festivals Picks
It's almost September and that means time for the annual Aloha Festivals. The biggest cultural festival in Hawaii spanning all the major islands puts on 300-plus events from small-town Hana to big city Honolulu. It started 60 year ago,...
Carnivore's Dilemma: Taste of the Range
A little known fact -- the Parker Ranch on the Big Island is the largest cattle ranch in the country in terms of total acreage. No surprise, then, that the Big Island is ground zero for high-end beef, lamb...
KFEST 2: Hip, Edgy Films from the Land of Seoul
This weekend, the Hawaii International Film Festival -- the best film fest you should have heard of by nowi -- holds its second KFEST, putting on eight contemporary Korean films at the Dole Cannery Theaters in Honolulu (in the...
Hawaii Slack Key Guitar Festival
Call it the bluegrass or country music of Hawaii. Slack-key guitar is finger-pickin' folk music, pure and simple. It's the stuff people play at their backyard jams and it’s the music they heard their parents and grand parents playing....
