Kauaʻi Steel Guitar Festival

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Kauaʻi Steel Guitar Festival

A Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival featuring favorite Hawaiian steel guitar artists, workshops, and open stage performance sessions. and an open stage session.

The Kauaʻi Steel Guitar Festival is a free multi-day festival developed to promote and perpetuate appreciation and interest in the Hawaiian Steel Guitar. The festival is produced and presented by the Hawaii Institute for Music Enrichment and Learning Experiences (HIMELE) and Ke Kula Mele Hawaii School of Hawaiian Music, partnering with the Sheraton Kauai Coconut Beach Resort. The festival includes

a series of performances by Hawaiian steel guitar masters, workshops, nightly kanikapila sessions, a steel guitar exhibit. Visitations to local area schools are also made to promote the Hawaiian steel guitar to students. The 2022 Kauaʻi Steel Guitar Festival will be held on March 31-April 2, 2022, at the Sheraton Kauaʻi Coconut Beach Resort, the site of the 2022 Keola Beamer Aloha Music Camp, which immediately follows the Festival. Please see the festival's website at https://www.kauaisteelguitarfestival.com/ for additional festival information. The Festival Staff:
Alan Akaka, Director, Ke Kula Mele Hawaii School of Hawaiian Music
Addison Ching, Festival Coordinator

05/04/2024

Mahalo to the P-I-P-E-L-I-N-E of Kauaʻi Ron Wily of KONG 93.5 FM for

04/29/2024

Coming a week from today!

04/28/2024

Here is the performance schedule for next Sundayʻs Kauaʻi Steel Guitar Festival at Kukui Grove Center. Performances begin at 11:30 am HST.

04/25/2024

Next up is an abbreviated festival at the Kukui Grove Center in Lihue, Kaua'i on Sunday, May 5.

06/11/2022

Aloha Music Camp planners have confirmed that the Aloha Music Camp will be relocating back to Kona in 2023. While AMC has been a combined experience with the Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival, AMC's relocation will not affect the Kaua‘i festival and HIMELE plans to continue this annual tradition.

The HIMELE Board of Directors will discuss the 2023 festival date, format, and venue at their next board meeting. Please check back for more information about the 2023 Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival.

05/29/2022

Livestreamed Hawaiian steel guitar performance by Joseph Zayac, Greg Sardinha, Bobby Ingano, and Alan Akaka with Kaipo Asing and Helene Woodward. For Japanese guests, this is Sunday, May 29, 2022, at 10 A.M. Japan Standard Time.

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Sheraton Kauai Coconut Beach Resort, 650 Aleka Loop
Kapaa, HI
96746

Website

https://kauaisteelguitarfestival.com/

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The Kauaʻi Steel Guitar Festival is a free 2-day festival developed to promote and perpetuate appreciation and interest in the Hawaiian Steel Guitar. The festival is produced and presented by the Hawaii Institute for Music Enrichment and Learning Experiences (HIMELE) and Ke Kula Mele Hawaiʻi School of Hawaiian Music, partnering with the Sheraton Kauaʻi Coconut Beach. The festival includes steel guitar workshops, open stage opportunities, area school visitations, and culminates with a hoʻolauleʻa featuring a series of performances by Hawaiian steel guitar masters. Festival guests are also invited to participate in nightly kanikapila sessions immediately following the day’s activities. The annual Kauaʻi Steel Guitar Festival is held at the Sheraton Kauaʻi Coconut Beach, immediately preceding the annual Keola Beamer Aloha Music Camp.

Funding provided by Hawai‘i Tourism through the Kūkulu Ola Program. The festival is also made possible through travel donations from Hawaiian Airlines.

Please see the festival's website for more information including the next scheduled festival and archives of past festivals with pictures and video links. Also see how you can help support this event. The website is at www.kauaisteelguitarfestival.com. The Festival Staff: Alan Akaka, Chairman of the Board, HIMELE Addison Ching, Vice Chairman and Festival Coordinator, HIMELE