2026 Festival Concert

The 2026 NextGEN Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival Hana Hou at Ka Makana Ali‘i featured NextGEN steel guitar players from Alan Akaka's Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i School of Hawaiian Music in a two-hour performance. NextGEN steel guitarists Thuần Nguyễn, Hi‘ipoi Lindsey, Isaac Woodward, Thắng Nguyễn, Ever Ta‘ala, and NextGEN musicians Schuyler Woodward and Thịnh Nguyễn, were accompanied by Alan Akaka and Ke Kula Mele parents David Woodward and Kaipo Lindsey.

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• NextGEN steel guitarist Ever Taʻala with Alan Akaka and Kaipo Lindsey.
• Ever Taʻala
• Schuyler Woodward, Alan Akaka, Ever Taʻala, Kaipo Lindsey, and David Woodward.
• Schuyler Woodward, Alan Akaka, and Ever Taʻala.
• Schuyler Woodward, Alan Akaka, and Ever Taʻala.
• Ever Taʻala.
• Kaipo Lindsey and David Woodward.
• Schuyler Woodward and Alan Akaka.
• Alan Akaka.
• Kaipo Lindsey.
• David Woodward.
• Alan Akaka and NextGEN steel guitarist Thắng Nguyễn.
• Alan Akaka with Schuyler Woodward, Thắng Nguyễn, Thịnh Nguyễn, and Thuần Nguyễn.
• NextGEN steel guitarist Hiʻipoi Lindsey.
• Hiʻipoi Lindsey.
• Alan Akaka and Hiʻipoi Lindsey.
• Hiʻipoi Lindsey and dad Kaipo Lindsey.
• Alan Akaka.
• NextGEN steel guitarist Isaac Woodward.
• David Woodward.
• David Woodward.
• Isaac Woodward.
• NextGEN bass player Schuyler Woodward.
• Schuyler Woodward.

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Photography by Don Oberheu ©2026 by Don's Photoworks and HIMELE.