E Komo Mai East O‘ahu!

The 2023 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival - Keiki Kine at Kahala Mall will be held on Saturday, August 19, 2023 at Honolulu's Kahala Mall in East O‘ahu. The festival will begin at 3 PM and feature Keiki NextGen steel guitar players and musicians age 9 and older from Alan Akaka's Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i School of Hawaiian Music, singing and playing Hawai‘i's favorite Hawaiian music.

This festival will be presented free to the public by Hawaii Institute for Music Enrichment and Learning Experiences (HIMELE) and the Kahala Mall. NextGen steel guitarists will receive support from Breezy Ridge® Instruments, Ltd., the home of John Pearse® Strings.