83rd Annual Nā Hula Festival at Kapiolani Park - Sunday, August 11, 2024 - Waikiki

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83rd Annual Nā Hula Festival at Kapiolani Park - Sunday, August 11, 2024
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Enjoy a day of hula at the 83rd Annual Nā Hula Festival!

Hawai‘i's longest-running, non-competitive hula event returns to Kapi‘olani Park on Sunday, August 11, 2024

O‘AHU - Everyone is invited to enjoy the grace and beauty of hula at Kapi‘olani Park as the 83rd Annual Nā Hula Festival returns to the park's historic bandstand on Sunday, August 11 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A wide variety of musicians, hula hālau, and their dancers will be participating in the free event, with the following schedule of performances (subject to change):

9 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. Royal Hawaiian Band

10 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. Nā Wāhine o ka Hula mai ka Pu‘uwai

11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Puanani Alama Hula Studio

12 noon - 12:10 p.m. 2024 Lei Queen and her Court

12:10 p.m. - 1 p.m. Hālau Hula o Pua ‘A‘ala Hone

1:05 p.m. -- 1:55 p.m. Hālau Hula o Hōkūlani

Feel free to bring your hāli‘i (covering, spread), mea ‘ai (food) and enjoy a relaxing day of hula at the Queen's park. Admission is free for this open, public event!

Since 1940, the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation's Nā Hula Festival has celebrated the artistry of Hawai‘i's premiere dance form - hula. The festival is Hawai‘i's longest-running, annual, non-competitive hula event.

Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, when large, in-person events were restricted due to health concerns, the festival continued virtually through the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation's social media feeds and YouTube Channel: bit.ly/DPRyoutube

There, you can still experience the recorded performances from the 80th Nā Hula Festival, including stunning displays from island halau and an ensemble from the Royal Hawaiian Band. As a nod to the history of this long-standing traditional of hula, Honolulu Parks and Recreation also posted performances from several halau filmed during the 2014 Nā Hula Festival. You can watch it all at your convenience by accessing the special Nā Hula playlist here, or visiting the above-mentioned YouTube Channel. For more information, visit: bit.ly/NaHulaFest

If you need an auxiliary aid/service, other accommodations due to a disability, or an interpreter for a language other than English in reference to this announcement, please contact the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation at (808) 768-3003 on weekdays from 7:45 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. or email parks@honolulu.gov at least three business days before the scheduled event. Without sufficient advanced notice, it may not be possible to fulfill requests.

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