Mark your calendar! 29th Annual Honolulu Festival Comes March 7-9,2025
Mar 13(Sat)

Performances

Event Time 10:00 - 17:00 (Mar 13(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center, Ala Moana Shopping Center, Waikiki Beach Walk, Waikiki Shopping Plaza

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Craft Fair

Event Time 10:00 - 17:00 (Mar 13(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

Ennichi Corner

Event Time 10:00 - 17:00 (Mar 13(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

Anime Corner

Event Time 10:00 - 17:00 (Mar 13(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

Japanese Movies

Event Time 10:30 - 16:00 (Mar 13(Sat) )
Place 3rd Floor,317AB/Hawaii Convention Cente

(Free Admission)

10:30 - 12:30 Hula Girl
13:00 - 16:00 Departures

Maui Mikoshi Unveiling Ceremony

Event Time 11:00 - (Mar 13(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

The Maui mikoshi contest was developed exclusively for Maui high school students. Each year there is a competition among Maui high schools to design a mikoshi for the Honolulu Festival. Mikoshi are decorative floats that are unique to specific prefectures in Japan. They are carried by troops of celebrants during their festivals. The winning Maui mikoshi is unveiled and displayed at the Hawaii Convention Center over the Festival weekend. Students of the high school selected as the overall winner visit Honolulu during the weekend of the festival and march in the Grand Parade showcasing their award winning mikoshi.

[ See Maui Mikoshi Design Contest Winner ]

Friendship Gala

Event Time 19:00 - 21:00 (Mar 13(Sat) )
Place Hawaii Convention Center

(Price: $85)

Come and enjoy the delicious dishes of Hawaii’s famous restaurants. The Friendship Gala promotes friendship, understanding and international goodwill between the people of Hawaii and other Pacific Rim countries. Attendees are offered a unique insight into the cultures of the Pacific through dance, song and regional cuisine by some of Hawaii’s most famous chefs.