Upcoming Events:

Ukulele Festival

Saturday March 03, 2012

Waikoloa Beach Resort hosts the Great Waikoloa `Ukulele Festival each year as a way to showcase one of the state’s favorite and unique instruments.  This festival is a terrific opportunity for all ages to immerse themselves in one small aspect of Hawai`i’s culture - by getting up close and personal with the `ukulele, learning how it is made, how to play the `ukulele and listening to songs played by talented artists.  Since 2001, Roy and Kathy Sakuma have been keeping the `ukulele festival alive and well, bringing their talent and aloha to the annual festival.  Each year the event showcases an afternoon and evening of Hawai`i’s finest `ukulele players, top Hawaiian entertainers and musicians at Queens’ MarketPlace.  Residents and visitors will be delighted to stroll the mall and visit exhibit booths to learn how a lei is sewn or make Hawaiian implements and have an opportunity to make one for themselves.  Stay tuned for a detailed schedule of events.

Queens’ MarketPlace Coronation Pavilion
2:00 pm - Kona Pacific Public Charter School
2:45 pm - `AHAmele
3:30 pm - Waikoloa School
4:00 pm - Ohta San and Nando Suan
5:00 pm - Roy Sakuma’s Super Keiki with Nelly Toyama Baduria and Daniel Baduria
6:00 pm - The Kupuka’as