Songs will fill the air on Oahu for four days in May during the Na Hoku O Hawaii Festival, a new annual event created to honor the tuneful traditions of the islands. Clients looking to take part in the May 27-30 celebration can buy tickets, book special packages and stay at host hotels for the optimum experience. Here’s the scoop on tickets, travel, accommodations and what’s happening during the festival.
Event Tickets (priced per person)
All Events Pass: $605
Opening party: $85
Festival speakers, panels, workshops: $330
Lifetime Achievement Awards Luncheon: $85
Na Hoku Hanohano Awards Show: $85
After Party: $60
Awards Show and After Party Combination: $125-$160
To buy tickets: www.nahokufestival.com
Travel Packages
Pleasant Holidays is offering air-inclusive packages including accommodations and event tickets
www.pleasantagent.com
Hawaiian Airlines is serving as the festival’s exclusive airline partner
www.hawaiianairlines.com
Hotel Sponsors
Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel
www.astonhotels.com
Halekulani
www.halekulani.com
Hilton Hawaiian Village
www.hiltonhawaiianvillage.com
Outrigger Hotels and Resorts
www.outrigger.com
Starwood Hotels Waikiki
www.starwoodhawaii.com
Festival Schedule
May 27
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration
5-8 p.m. Opening Reception
May 28
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Vendors and exhibitors, general sessions, workshops
Workshops include slack key guitar, electric contemporary bass, steel guitar, composition, touring, musical arrangements, meet the artists, CD production, vocal training, slam poetry, drums, keyboards, jam sessions, digi design, social media, easy music, traditional instrumentation, music and healing, chant and hula
6-8 p.m. Live entertainment on 25 stages in Waikiki
Locations include Banyan Courtyard (Moana Surfrider); Chai’s Island Bistro; Duke’s Waikiki and Hula Grill (Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach); Helumoa (Royal Hawaiian Center); House Without a Key (Halekulani); Jimmy Buffett’s at the Beachcomber (Ohana Waikiki Beachcomber); Kani Ka Pila Grille and Shore Bird (Outrigger Reef on the Beach); Kuhio Beach hula mound; Mai Tai Bar (Royal Hawaiian); Pakele Lounge (Ala Moana Hotel); Pikake Terace (Sheraton Princess Kaiulani); Rum Fire and Edge of Waikiki (Sheraton Waikiki); Tiki’s Grill and Bar (Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel); Tropics Bar and Tapa Bar (Hilton Hawaiian Village); and Waikiki Beach Walk.
May 29
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Vendors and exhibitors, general sessions, workshops
11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Lifetime Achievement Awards Luncheon
6-8 p.m. Entertainment on 25 stages in Waikiki
May 30
8:30 a.m.-noon Vendors and exhibitors, general sessions, workshops
5:30-7 p.m. Pupu Party
7:30-10 p.m. Na Hoku Hanohano Awards
10 p.m.-midnight After Party