Steel Guitar Festivals For Your Community
The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festivals are a series of community-based steel guitar festivals held at various community venues on O‘ahu throughout the year and featuring many favorite steel guitar masters singing and playing Hawaii‘s favorite Hawaiian music. The festivals are presented to promote and perpetuate Hawaiian music and culture and to emphasize the importance of the Hawaiian steel guitar in this music.
The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Ka Makana Ali‘i is usually held in February at the Ka Makana Ali‘i Center in Kapolei. The festival program at the center's stage features performances by a select group of Hawaiian steel guitar masters and NextGEN (keiki) steel guitar players and musicians from Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i School of Hawaiian Music.
The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall is usually held in early June at the Windward Mall. The festival program is presented in the indoor center stage and features performances by a select group of five or more Hawaiian steel guitar masters and NextGEN (keiki) steel guitar players and musicians from Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i School of Hawaiian Music.
The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival - Keiki Kine is held at several times and locations throughout the year on O‘ahu. The festival features performances by NextGEN (keiki) steel guitar players and musicians from Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i School of Hawaiian Music.
These festivals are presented free to the public by Hawaii Institute for Music Enrichment and Learning Experiences (HIMELE) in association with the Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i School of Hawaiian Music. Support for these festivals comes from the respective venues and from public and private donors.
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