Big Island Hawaiian Musical Events
SPECIAL UPCOMING HAWAIIAN MUSIC EVENTS:
August 30 and 31, 2008
MALAMA PUNALU'U CONCERT - NA'ALEHU PARK, KA'U
A concert in support of the preservation of the special Punalu'u area of the Big Island, featuring many wonderful Hawaiian musicians. Beginning at 10:00
AM at Na'alehu Park & Ball Fields. Live music with multi Na Hoku Hanohano Award Winner Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom, Grammy winner Ledward Ka'apana, Eddie
Kamae, Mike Ka'awa, Analu Aina, Sugah Daddy, A Tribute to Uncle George Na'ope, Darren Benitez, Manoa DNA, Braddah Smitty, Ka'u, Kekuhi Kanahele,
Darlene Ahuna, Kanaka Pila, Diana Aki, Punalu'u Boys and many others. Also performing at the festival will be some of the best in Hawaiian hula, including
Halau I Ka Wekiu (winner of best overall at 2007 Merrie Monarch Festival,) Halau O Kou Lima Nani E, Halau O Kahikilaulani, Halau Kukui Malamalama O
Kona, Halau O Po`ohala and Halau O Kawananakoa.
August 30, 2008
AUNTIE DIANA AKI CD RELEASE CONCERT - KEAUHOU
On Saturday, August 30th from 7-9pm, Aunty Diana Aki will celebrate the release of her CD "Kalihi" with a concert and talk story at the Outrigger Keauhou
Beach Resort. Aunty Diana, best known as the "Songbird of Milol’i" will perform songs from her new CD and share stories of her life and music. A
performance of original hula composed especially for this occasion will be performed by Ka Pa Hula Na Wai Iwi Ola under the direction of Kumu Keala
Ching. Doors open at 6:30, the concert begins at 7pm. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased at the Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort or at Blue Ginger
Gallery in Kainaliu, across from the Aloha Theatre. Call 322-3441 for more information or email jr.lyle@hawaiiantel.net
August 31, 2008
ANNUAL HAWAII SLACK KEY GUITAR FESTIVAL - KEAUHOU, KONA
This annual festival which features the greats of slack key guitar, will be held at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa, from 1-6pm. Food and drink will
be available for purchase; no outside food or beverages allowed. WEAR A HAT; BRING AN UMBRELLA FOR SHADE. Visit www.slackkeyfestival.com for details.
October 26, 2008
3rd ANNUAL "KE OLA I KA LEO; VOICES EMPOWERING HEALTH" CONCERT
Fundraising concert to benefit community health programs featuring The Makaha Sons and Hilo's Keawe Trio. Silent Auction begins at 4pm. Time: 4:00-
8:30 pm at UH Hilo-Performing Arts Center. Cost:$30 Gen Adm./$60 Reserved. For more information, call 808/935-8658, email danelle@keanuenue.org
or visit Ke Anuenue Area Health Education Center's website
November 11 - December 16, 2008
INTERMEDIATE 'UKULELE CLASS - VOLCANO ART CENTER
From 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. for six Tuesdays, with musician Wes Awana. Experienced players will learn alternative fingering for chords, various
strumming methods, and chord progression. Students must know all major, minor, and seventh chords and bring their own ‘ukulele. Open to ages
12 & up. $48 (financial aid available). Call (808) 967-8222 or visit www.volcanoartcenter.org for more info.
November 22, 2008
KAHALU'U BAY CONCERT - SHERATON KEAUHOU BAY RESORT
Enjoy music by Na Hoku award winners Sista Robi Kahakalau and Hapa as comedian Frank De Lima keeps the laughs coming. Sponsored by The Kohala
Center, the concert benefits restoration and preservation of one of Hawaii's most beautiful coastal marine venues, Kahalu'u Bay. 5-8 p.m. at the Sheraton
Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa's Hawaii Lawn, (808) 895-1010 or visit www.kohalacenter.org.
December 7-14, 2008
KEOKI KAHUMOKU'S MUSIC CAMP IN PAHALA, FEATURING WORKSHOPS IN SLACK KEY GUITAR, 'UKULELE, ACOUSTIC HAWAIIAN STEEL
GUITAR, SLACK KEY BASS, VOCALS AND HAWAIIAN CULTURE
The (unbelievable) lineup of instructors includes Keoki Kahumoku, George Kahumoku Jr., Dennis Kamakahi, Sonny Lim, Herb Ohta Jr., Daniel Ho, Konabob Stoffer,
Leilehua Yuen, and more TBA soon! To be held at Pahala Plantation House. See the Website at www.konaweb.com/keoki for more info.
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WEEKLY OR MONTHLY EVENTS:
There's a weekly intermediate 'ukulele kanikapila (jam session) at the Kona International Marketplace (Old Industrial Area by HPM) in Kailua-Kona
from 10-11am on Fridays. At 11am there are free, ongoing, beginning uke lessons taught by Willie Perriera till noon.
The 'Ukulele Gallery in Holualoa usually has uke classes on Thursday evenings taught by Herman Kunewa. You can also join in a Hawaiian
music jam (kanikapila) on Wednesdays from 6-9pm. Find out more from Sam Rosen's web site.
Kumu Rolinda Bean is starting a beginner's ukulele class on the seaside terrace at Keauhou Outrigger Resort. The class is from 1:00PM
to 2:00PM on Tuesdays. Key of C. This is a pilot project at this point. Rolinda has several class 'ukulele so just come and try one out or bring your own.
There is a beginner's 'ukulele kanikapila session at SKEA in Honaunau on Fridays from 3-4 PM, led by Irma 'Kahikina' DeConza.
The session fee is $5.00, and you can get more information by calling Auntie Irma at 328-0391.
Kona Hongwanji Temple in Honalo, Kona has an 'ukulele kanipila on the 4th Monday of every month from 7-9pm. $2 per person fee.
ADDITIONAL MUSIC INSTRUCTION INFO:
'Ukulele (Kealakekua, Kona) - Lorenzo Carlson (808) 329-8846
Slack key Guitarist Don Kauli'a offers private slack key guitar instructions.
Slack Key Guitar (Kaliua-Kona) - Nick Borho (808) 896-3775
Beginning Acoustic Hawaiian Steel Guitar (Holualoa, Kona) - Konabob Stoffer (808) 322-4714
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The Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort offers Hawaiian music at their Veranda Bar five nights a week.
Call 322-3441 for more information.
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, from 6:30-9pm, the popular group Lawakua is at Brown's Beach House, Fairmont Orchid, Kohala coast.
Tuesday thru Saturday nites, from 6:30-9pm, the popular Hawaiian musician, Nino Ka'ai, plays at Brown's Beach House at the
Fairmont Orchid.
Tuesday evenings at the Kings Shops, Waikoloa, hear popular slack key guitarist John Keawe.
Tuesday evenings at the Emerald Orchid in Hilo, the band Kanikapila (Ben Kaili, JJ Ahuna and Victor Chock) perform from 6-9pm.
Occasional special guests and hula. 168 Keawe St., Hilo.
Tuesday nites from 6-10 pm, the Blue Dragon nightclub, on the highway in Kawaihae, offers Hawaiian music, sometimes Bruddah Smitty,
sometimes John and Hope Keawe and others too.
Wednesday mornings - "Hawai'iana Live!" Join Leilehua Yuen in this local's-eye-view of Hawai'i Island each Wednesday in Hilo's historic
Palace Theater. Through traditional chant and storytelling, music, hula, and video featurettes, Leilehua explores different facets of Hawai'i
Island. Topics and films change weekly as the program revolves around the Hawaiian lunar calendar, and surprise guests and musicians
often appear. A few of the past guests are Mary Ann Lim, Keoki Kahumoku, Leina'ala Lassiter, Diana Aki, and Stan Kaina. Sometimes there
is hula! The show also features Bob Alder on the theater's historic pipe organ, playing some of Hawai'i's most beloved melodies. Wednesday
mornings 11:00 to 11:45, except Christmas and New Year weeks. Admission: $5, Kids free. Palace Theater, 38 Haili St. Hilo. Call 934-7010 for more
information.
Wednesday thru Saturday nites, the Vista Restaurant at Kona Country Club offers Hawaiian music from 6-8pm.
(Dinner is served till 8:30pm.) Konabob can often be seen filling in on his 3-string Walkingbass or playing steel guitar with the talented
musicians there...
Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6-10pm, catch Vaka Nui at Huggo's on the Rocks, Alii Dr.
Every Thursday, from 4 to 6pm, local favorite Darlene Ahuna will be performing at the Waikoloa Queen Shops' courtyard.
Thursday nites, from 5:30 to 7:30pm, Grammy award winning slack key guitarist/vocalist Sonny Lim will entertain at Tante's Bar & Grill
in Waimea's Parker Ranch Center.
Uncle Mikey's nightclub in Hilo hosts Pau Hana Fridays with the Keawe Trio, 6-9pm. Ph. 990-2330 for more info. Hawaiian and Country.
Kona Brewing Company's Brew Pub sometimes features Hawaiian music on Sunday eves from 5-8pm. (You must
now access the Pub from the Old Industrial Area on Pawai St.)
Sunday afternoons, you can catch Braddah Smitty (of Sons of Hawaii fame) and Friends at Huli Sue's in Waimea between 3:30 and 6:00
PM. This is a high energy event with special guests and even some rascally hula. $5 cover. Call to confirm holiday schedules.
Sunday evenings, from 5:30-8:30pm, join Ben Kaili of Kanakapila (other band members are JJ Ahuna and Victor Chock), at Legends Bar and Grill
in Kea'au Shopping Center. Traditional and contemporary Hawaiian slack-key, music and hula. 966-4464.
Buddy and Sammi Fo play at the Fairmont Orchid's Polo Bar on Monday evenings, from 5-8pm.
Thanks to Konawebber Betty M for the following resort info:
"Mauna Lani Atrium Lounge (free, but if you use the valet parking at the front, it'll cost you a tip) -
from 6:30 til 8:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday:Mary Ann Lim plus two other performers (lineup changes) and a hula dancer.
(On Mondays Lorna Lim usually performs with her Mom.) There is also traditional Hawaiian music on Sat. and Sunday eves.
Canoe House, Mauna Lani Hotel - When he's not on tour somewhere, Sonny Lim (Grammy nominee) plays slack key guitar Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday nights from 6-9pm.
There's also a free half hour show at The Shops at Mauna Lani on Mondays & Thursdays (focusing on King Kamehameha) and
Wednesdays & Fridays (Godesses of Hawai'i) on the stage right by Starbucks the new grocery mart. Shows are at 7:00 and 8:00pm.
For more info, call 885-9501. The show is presented, 'as long as the wind isn't blowing too hard. Since they utilize a huge movie screen
background, if the winds are too strong they sometimes can't do the show. The stage area is across from Ruth's Chris Steak House on the
mauka side of the shopping area'.
At Merriman's Market Cafe in the Waikoloa Resort Kings Shops, Widdy Loo sings and plays guitar on Saturday and Sunday evenings from
about 6-9. He plays in the outdoor dining area (so you can eat & listen, or you can just sit outside the dining area and listen for free). Widdy does a
combination of contemporary music and Hawaiian music. He does great covers of a lot of the music by Iz. I think he still sings at the Fairmont Orchid a
couple of nights, too, but I don't know the details on that."
BIG ISLAND HAWAIIAN MUSIC ARTISTS' WEBSITES:
Premier slack key guitar artist John Keawe's calendar
The versatile and talented young Brittni Paiva's calendar
Hilo 'ukulele and Grammy award-winning slack key player, Keoki Kahumoku, can often be found teaching 'ukulele and slack key guitar lessons and
workshops around the island, as well.
Big Island slack key guitar and Hawaiian musician, Don Kauli'a's website.
Chris Yeaton is a contemporary Hawaiian slack key guitarist and fingerstyle picker. He regularly tours the West Coast too.
Nick Borho is a talented guitarist here in the Kailua-Kona area. He plays a variety of styles, including slack key guitar, monthly at the Kona Brew Pub.
Na Hoku Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award winner Buddy Fo and his beautiful and talented wife, Sammi, now make the Big Island their home.
Lucky us! That's their picture at the top of the page with Danny Akaka on the far left and Konabob on the far right, playing at the Eva Parker Woods
Cottage "Full Moon Talk Story" at the Mauna Lani in March, 2007.
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