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