Mark your calendar! 29th Annual Honolulu Festival Comes March 7-9,2025
Mar 12(Sat)

Honolulu Hula Formal

Event Time 09:00 - 18:15 (Mar 12(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki

*Admission Required By Subscription

Stage Performances

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 12(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center, Ala Moana Center, Waikiki Beach Walk

Live music, dance and cultural demonstrations from Asia and the Pacific.
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*Closing time vary by venue.

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Craft Fair

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 12(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

More than 100 vendors exhibiting from Hawaii, Japan and all over the world.

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Ennichi, Carnival Corner

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 12(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

Ennichi, Carnival Corner will feature many activities for the young and young at heart. Check out the new and hot attraction!

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Ennichi now became a Carnival! Make a donation, and get your GOLD game scrip! You will also be awarded with a gift! You can also get SILVER game scrip without donation and try cotton candy challenge. Just win a game, earn stamps get a free cotton candy!

There will also be a Jurassic obstacle course -“Dinosaur Bouncer”- !!

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Food Corner

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 12(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

ART+FLEA

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 12(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

Movies

Event Time 10:00 - 18:00 (Mar 12(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center, 3rd floor #311

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED MOVIES

Free Admission!!

・Ramen Samurai
・The God of Ramen
・Jiro Dreams of Sushi
・A Tale of Samurai Cooking

10:00~11:55 Ramen Samurai
12:15~13:45 The God of Ramen
14:00~15:22 Jiro Dreams of Sushi
15:45~17:45 A Tale of Samurai Cooking

Aloha DANCE CONVENTION Workshop

Event Time 10:30 - 11:30 (Mar 12(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center 3F
Public to open dance workshop. Aloha DANCE CONVENTION dancers will offer easy dance experience. Put comfortable shoes on and join us.
Major Sponsor: JTB Corp.
Supporter:Honolulu Festival Foundation

 

“Peace on Your Wings” is an original musical inspired by the life of Sadako Sasaki which juxtaposes her story and the events leading up to her death in November 1955 with a fictional story about a group of her friends who rallied support from around Japan to have a monument built in Sadako’s memory to honor the children victims of the atomic bomb. Please come to 22nd Honolulu Festival, and see special select musicals from Peace On Your Wings. Admission is free.

Maui Mikoshi Unveiling Ceremony

Event Time 11:30 - 11:45 (Mar 12(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

The Maui mikoshi contest was developed exclusively for high school students in Maui. Each year there is a competition among high schools to design a mikoshi for the Honolulu Festival. The winning Maui mikoshi is unveiled and displayed at the Hawaii Convention Center over the Festival weekend. Students selected as the overall winner visit Honolulu during the weekend of the festival and march in the Grand Parade showcasing their award winning mikoshi.

Bon Dance

Event Time 13:10 - 13:45 (Mar 12(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center
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keynote : Dr. Dennis Masaaki Ogawa, Professor, University of Hawai‘i Manoa

*Free Admission!! No reservations are necessary.
*All sessions will be translated to Japanese and to English, including Q&A

Bon Dance

Event Time 15:30 - 16:05 (Mar 12(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center
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“Peace on Your Wings” is an original musical inspired by the life of Sadako Sasaki which juxtaposes her story and the events leading up to her death in November 1955 with a fictional story about a group of her friends who rallied support from around Japan to have a monument built in Sadako’s memory to honor the children victims of the atomic bomb. Please come to 22nd Honolulu Festival, and see special select musicals from Peace On Your Wings. Admission is free.

Honolulu Rainbow EKIDEN Kick-off NIGHT!

Event Time 16:30 - 18:30 (Mar 12(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

Puffy AmiYumi and Hilcrhyme Special mini Live.

[ URL ] http://www.honoluluekiden.com

Major Sponsor: JTB Corp.
Supporter:Honolulu Festival Foundation

“Honolulu Hula Formal” Dinner Party

Event Time 18:00 - 20:30 (Mar 12(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki, Maunakea Ballroom

*Admission Required By Subscription

Aloha DANCE CONVENTION

Event Time 18:30 - 21:20 (Mar 12(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center
The first time ever all genres dance competition in Hawaii. Dancers gather in HCC from all over the world. In the 1st annual competition, we are proud to presents opening act from professional dancers and unique dance routine from Japan. Free entry for viewing!!
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Major Sponsor: JTB Corp.
Supporter:Honolulu Festival Foundation