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2008 Hawaii Event Calendar
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A calendar of events in Hawaii from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008. Includes festivals, parades, concerts, cultural celebrations, sporting events, food and wine events, theater performances, and many other types of 2008 events in Hawaii. If you know about any 2008 Hawaii events not listed on this page, please send a message to the email address on our contacts page.

January 2008 Hawaii Events
Dec 1-Feb 28: Big Wave Invitational Holding Period (Oahu)
Dec 31-Jan 6: Mercedes Benz Golf Championship (Maui)
Jan 01: New Year's Day (Hawaii State Holiday)
Jan 02: Birthday of Queen Emma
Jan 04: First Friday Honolulu Art Walk (Oahu)
Jan 7-13 Sony Open Golf Tournament (Oahu)
Jan 12: Hula Bowl Football Game (Oahu)
Jan 13: Steel Guitar Sunday at the Shorebird (Oahu)
Jan 16: Hawaii Legislature Opening Ceremony
Jan 16-17 MasterCard Golf Pro Am (Big Island)
Jan 16-21 Maui Diversity Days Celebration (Maui)
Jan 16-Feb 3: Doubt (Tony Award Winning Play) (Oahu)
Jan 18-20 MasterCard Golf Championship (Big Island)
Jan 18-21: Aloha GymFest (Oahu)
Jan 18-Feb 23: Maui vs. Hercules - Youth Theater (Oahu)
Jan 19: Sunset on the Beach: Shrek III (Oahu)
Jan 19-20 HURT 100 Mile Off-Road Run (Oahu)
Jan 20: Parade of Champions in Waikiki (Oahu)
Jan 20-23: Pan Pacific Soccer Championships (Oahu)
Jan 21: Martin Luther King Day (Hawaii State Holiday)
Jan 21: MLK Day Parade in Waikiki (Oahu)
Jan 21-27: Turtle Bay Golf Championship
Jan 22-27: Square and Round Dance Festival (Oahu)
Jan 26: Ka Molokai Makahiki Festival (Molokai)
Jan 26: Hawaii Sanctuary Whale Count
Jan 26-27: Kauai Wellness Expo (Kauai)
Jan 26-Feb 2: Bollywood Film Festival (Oahu)
Jan 27: Ala Wai Challenge Canoe Race (Oahu)
Jan 27: Sharon's Ride, Run, Walk (Oahu)
Jan 27-Feb 6: Monster Energy Pipeline Pro (Oahu)
Jan 28: Remember Astronaut Ellison Onizuka
Jan 30: Cyril Pahinui Concert (Maui)
Jan 31: Birthday of King Lunalilo
Jan 31-Feb 3: Hawaii Salsa Festival (Oahu)

February 2008 Hawaii Events
Dec 1-Feb 28: Big Wave Invitational Holding Period (Oahu)
Jan 16-Feb 3: Doubt (Tony Award Winning Play) (Oahu)
Jan 18-Feb 23: Maui vs. Hercules - Youth Theater (Oahu)
Jan 26-Feb 2: Bollywood Film Festival (Oahu)
Jan 27-Feb 6: Monster Energy Pipeline Pro (Oahu)
Jan 31-Feb 3: Hawaii Salsa Festival (Oahu)
Feb 1: First Friday Honolulu Art Walk (Oahu)
Feb 1: Bishop Museum Planetarium Show (Oahu)
Feb 1: Live from the Lawn - Art Museum Movie (Oahu)
Feb 1: Chinese New Year Lion Dances (Oahu)
Feb 1: James Cotton Blues Band (Maui)
Feb 1: Bluegrass Concert - Volcano Arts Center (Big Island)
Feb 1-2: Punahou School Carnival (Oahu)
Feb 1-5: Don Carlo - Hawaii Opera Theater (Oahu)
Feb 1-17: Barefoot in the Park - Stage Play (Oahu)
Feb 2: Night in Chinatown Parade and Festival (Oahu)
Feb 2: World Wetlands Day in Kailua (Oahu)
Feb 2: Leilani Riviera Bond Hula Hoike (Kauai)
Feb 2: Hawaii Rhythm and Blues Mele - Hilo Palace (Big Island)
Feb 2: Cool Kailua Nights Block Party (Oahu)
Feb 2: Pearl Harbor Bike Path 10k Run (Oahu)
Feb 2: Jerry Santos in Concert (Maui)
Feb 2-3: Waimea Cherry Blossom Festival (Big Island)
Feb 2-3: Chris Brown Concert - Blaisdell Arena (Oahu)
Feb 2-3: Iolani Luahine Hula Festival (Kona) (Big Island)
Feb 2-23: Hawaii Wood Guild Show (Big Island)
Feb 2-Mar 28: Cherry Blossom Festival (Oahu)
Feb 3: Portuguese Day in Hilo's Carvalho Park (Big Island)
Feb 3: Lion Dances at the Aloha Stadium Swapmeet (Oahu)
Feb 3: Nedward Kaapana at Ward Warehouse (Oahu)
Feb 5: Nuuanu Mardi Gras Street Festival (Oahu)
Feb 5: Aloha Tower Mardi Gras Celebration (Oahu)
Feb 6: Bobby Ingano Steel Guitar Concert (Maui)
Feb 6: Bob Marley Birthday Celebration (Oahu)
Feb 6-10: Maui Tango Festival (Maui)
Feb 7: Happy Chinese New Year!
Feb 8: BobFest Marley Festival - Hawaiian Waters (Oahu)
Feb 8-9: Chinese New Year in Lahaina (Maui)
Feb 8-10: Sunset on the Beach in Waikiki (Oahu)
Feb 8-10: Hawaii Pearl Open Golf Tournament (Oahu)
Feb 8-10: Music Man - Maui Arts Center (Oahu)
Feb 8-24: The Foreigner - Iao Theater Play (Maui)
Feb 9: Bob Marley Festival at Old Kona Airport (Big Island)
Feb 9: Birthday of King Kamehameha IV
Feb 9: Pro Bowl Block Party (Oahu)
Feb 9: Run for the Whales (Maui)
Feb 9: Hawaii Island Chinese Film Festival (Big Island)
Feb 9-10: UH Hilo Orchestra Concert (Big Island)
Feb 9-24: Great Maui Whale Festival (Maui)
Feb 10: Steel Guitar Sunday at the Shorebird (Oahu)
Feb 10: Hawaiian Music Grammy Award Announced
Feb 10: Pro Bowl - NFL Football Game (Oahu)
Feb 10: Aloha Tower Chinese New Year Celebration (Oahu)
Feb 11-16: SBS Open Ladies Golf Tournament (Oahu)
Feb 12: Bishop Museum Hula Film Festival - Event 1 (Oahu)
Feb 13: Owana Salazar Slack Key Concert (Maui)
Feb 14: Valentine's Day in Hawaii
Feb 14: Makaha Sons Valentines Concert (Big Island)
Feb 14: Cupid Sucks Bar Crawl & Adventure Hunt (Oahu)
Feb 14: Chocolate and Champagne Night Cruise (Oahu)
Feb 14: Valentine's Day on the Bay (Kauai)
Feb 14: Kenny Rankin at the Hawaii Theatre (Oahu)
Feb 14: Hakuoh Handbell Choir Concert (Kaneohe)
Feb 14: Kenny Rankin - Maui Arts Center (Maui)
Feb 14: Vagina Monologues - Iao Theater (Maui)
Feb 14: Captain Cook Died in Kealakekua in 1779
Feb 14-16: Guys and Dolls - Hana Youth Theatre (Maui)
Feb 15: Hakuoh Handbell Choir Concert (Honolulu)
Feb 15: Chinese New Year Festival - Hilo Palace (Big Island)
Feb 15-16: Kealii Reichel in Concert (Maui)
Feb 15-19: Barber of Seville - Hawaii Opera Theater (Oahu)
Feb 16: Keiki Great Aloha Fun Run (Oahu)
Feb 16: Hilo Chinese New Year Festival (Big Island)
Feb 16: Whale Day Celebration in Kalama Park (Maui)
Feb 16: Architecture Students Sandcastle Contest (Oahu)
Feb 16: President's Day Fishing Tournament (Oahu)
Feb 16-17: Panaewa Stampede Rodeo (Big Island)
Feb 16-17: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (Oahu)
Feb 17: Hoomau Concert - Waikiki Shell (Oahu)
Feb 16-17: The Police Concert - Blaisdell Arena (Oahu)
Feb 17: Oahu Dines Fundraiser (Oahu)
Feb 18: President's Day in Hawaii (State Holiday)
Feb 18: Great Aloha Run (Oahu)
Feb 18: Presidents Day Interscholastic Chess Tournament (Oahu)
Feb 18: Birthday of Musician Keola Beamer
Feb 20: Dennis Kamakahi Slack Key Concert (Maui)
Feb 22: Anonymous 4 in Concert (Maui)
Feb 22-23: Waimea Town Celebration (Kauai)
Feb 22-23: Waimea Round-Up Rodeo (Kauai)
Feb 22-24: Waimea Mountain Ball Tournament (Kauai)
Feb 22-Mar 29: Big Island Woodturners Show (Big Island)
Feb 23: Waimea Radio Control Car Races (Kauai)
Feb 23: Kilohana Long Distance Canoe Race (Kauai)
Feb 23: Captain Cook Caper Fun Run (Kauai)
Feb 23: Lappert's Ice Cream Eating Contest (Kauai)
Feb 23: 10th Annual Waimea Ukulele Contest (Kauai)
Feb 23: Waimea Radio Control Car Races (Kauai)
Feb 23: Hawaii Sanctuary Whale Count
Feb 23: Kamehameha Schools Hoolaulea (Oahu)
Feb 23: Bill Tapia 100th Birthday Concert (Oahu)
Feb 23: CSSG-3 Swamp Romp Obstacle Run (Oahu)
Feb 23-24: East Hawaii Dance Festival (Big Island)
Feb 24: Bluegrass Pickin' in Kakaako Waterfront Park (Oahu)
Feb 24: Darfur Torch Relay and 1 Mile Run/Walk (Oahu)
Feb 24: Makaha Beach Cycling Time Trial (Oahu)
Feb 24: Mary Kawena Pukui Performing Arts Festival (Oahu)
Feb 27: Ledward Kaapana Slack Key Concert (Maui)
Feb 27: Hugh Masekela in Concert (Big Island)
Feb 28: Hugh Masekela in Concert (Maui)
Feb 28-Mar 1: The Wiz at the Hawaii Theater (Oahu)
Feb 28-Mar 15: Aida at the Army Theater (Oahu)
Feb 29: Slack Key Concert - Volcano Arts Center (Oahu)

March 2008 Hawaii Events

Feb 2-Mar 28: Cherry Blossom Festival (Oahu)
Feb 22-Mar 29: Big Island Woodturners Show (Big Island)
Feb 28-Mar 1: The Wiz at the Hawaii Theater (Oahu)
Feb 28-Mar 15: Aida at the Army Theater (Oahu)
Feb 29-Mar 4: Romeo and Juliet - Hawaii Opera Theater (Oahu)
Mar 1: Hot Tuna in Concert - Hilo Palace (Big Island)
Mar 1-29 Maui's Kite: Honolulu Youth Theater (Oahu)
Mar 1-31: Hawaii Band and Choral Festival (Oahu)
Mar 2: Barryfest Music Festival (Maui)
Mar 2: Na Mele Nei Concert - Ward Warehouse (Oahu)
Mar 2: Girls Day Diva Festival (Maui)
Mar 5-23: I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Oahu)
Mar 7: First Friday Honolulu Art Walk (Oahu)
Mar 7: Bishop Museum Planetarium Show (Oahu)
Mar 7: Comedian Augie T - Maui Arts Center (Maui)
Mar 7: Melissa Etheridge - Blaisdell Concert Hall (Oahu)
Mar 7-8: Daughters of Haumea Dance (Oahu)
Mar 7-9: Hilo Chamber Music Festival (Big Island)
Mar 7-15: Raps Hawaii: Honolulu Youth Theater (Oahu)
Mar 8: Great Waikoloa Ukulele Festival (Big Island)
Mar 8: Comedian Margaret Cho - Maui Arts Center (Maui)
Mar 8: Kona Brewers Festival (Big Island)
Mar 8: Hula Series in Volcano - Event #1 (Big Island)
Mar 8: Lee Salonga - Blaisdell Concert Hall (Oahu)
Mar 9: Steel Guitar Sunday at the Shorebird (Oahu)
Mar 10-16: Hawaii Music Awards Week (Oahu)
Mar 11: Bishop Museum Hula Film Festival - Event 2 (Oahu)
Mar 11-13: Rumpelstiltskin - Hawaii Theatre (Oahu)
Mar 12: Hawaii Music Awards - Legacy Awards Ceremony (Oahu)
Mar 12: Jeff Peterson Slack Key Concert (Maui)
Mar 13-15: Lahaina Ocean Arts Festival (Maui)
Mar 14: Brothers Cazimero - Hawaii Theatre (Oahu)
Mar 14: Kenny G - Maui Arts Center (Maui)
Mar 14-16: Honolulu Festival (Oahu)
Mar 14-16: Big Island International Marathon (Big Island)
Mar 15: HARA Lifetime Achievement Awards (Oahu)
Mar 15: Hawaii Music Awards Ceremony (Oahu)
Mar 15: Haleakala Run to the Sun (Maui)
Mar 15: Holomua Ka Noeau Hula Performance (Oahu)
Mar 15: Honu Race and Family Concert (Oahu)
Mar 15: Amy Hanaialii Gilliom - Maui Arts Center (Maui)
Mar 15-16: Sunset on the Beach - Waikiki Outdoor Movie (Oahu)
Mar 15-16: Kenny G - Blaisdell Concert Hall (Oahu)
Mar 15-16: Aida: The Musical - Hilo Palace (Big Island)
Mar 16: Giordano Jazz Dance - Hawaii Theatre (Oahu)
Mar 17: Aloha Tower St. Patrick's Day Celebration (Oahu)
Mar 19: Ledward Kaapana Slack Key Concert (Maui)
Mar 19: Film: Only the Brave - Hawaii Theatre (Oahu)
Mar 21: Good Friday (Hawaii State Holiday)
Mar 21: 25th Anniverary Chamber Music Concert (Oahu)
Mar 21: Incubus Concert - Waikiki Shell (Oahu)
Mar 21: Bluegrass Pickin' in Lydgate Park (Kauai)
Mar 21-Apr 5: Flower Drum Song - Stage Play (Oahu)
Mar 21: Incubus Concert - Maui Arts Center (Maui)
Mar 22-23: Honolulu Symphony: Russian Masters (Oahu)
Mar 24-29: Haili Men's Volleyball Tournament (Big Island)
Mar 26: Prince Kuhio's Birthday (Hawaii State Holiday)
Mar 26: Sonny Lim Slack Key Concert (Maui)
Mar 28-30: Hawaii Big Boys Show - Blaisdell Center (Maui)
Mar 28-Apr 27: The Constant Wife - Stage Play (Oahu)
Mar 29: Comedian Andy Bumatai - Maui Arts Center (Maui)
Mar 29: Aloha Hawaiian Night (Big Island)
Mar 29: MS Walk in Keopuolani Park (Maui)
Mar 29: Hawaii Sanctuary Whale Count
Mar 29: HBQN Surf and Turf Run (Oahu)
Mar 29-30: Iroquois Point Island Triathlon (Oahu)
Mar 29-30: Pops Menagerie - Kona Festivale Chorale (Big Island)
Mar 29-30: Honolulu Symphony: Symphonie Fantastique (Oahu)
Mar 30-Apr 5: Merrie Monarch Hula Festival (Big Island)
Mar 31: Birthday of Musician Dennis Kamakahi

April 2008 Hawaii Events
Mar 21-Apr 5: Flower Drum Song - Stage Play (Oahu)
Mar 28-Apr 27: The Constant Wife - Stage Play (Oahu)
Mar 30-Apr 5: Merrie Monarch Hula Festival (Big Island)
Apr 2: Dennis Kamakahi Slack Key Concert (Maui)
Apr 4: First Friday Honolulu Art Walk (Oahu)
Apr 4: Bishop Museum Planetarium Show (Oahu)
Apr 4-5: Honolulu Symphony: Golden Age of Hawaii (Oahu)
Apr 4-27: The King and I - Iao Theater Play (Maui)
Apr 5-6: Hawaiian Scottish Festival (Oahu)
Apr 5-May 10: Ferdnand the Bull - Youth Theater (Oahu)
Apr 6: Lavaman Triathlon (Big Island)
Apr 6: Na Mele Nei Concert - Ward Warehouse (Oahu)
Apr 9: Martin Pahinui Slack Key Concert (Maui)
Apr 11-12 Honolulu Symphony: French Choral Masterpieces (Oahu)
Apr 11-20: Grease - Stage Play (Big Island)
Apr 12: MS Walk in Ala Moana Park (Oahu)
Apr 12: Celtic Music Concert - Volcano Arts Center (Big Island)
Apr 12-13: Sunset on the Beach in Waikiki (Oahu)
Apr 13: Steel Guitar Sunday at the Shorebird (Oahu)
Apr 15: Bishop Museum Hula Film Festival - Event 3 (Oahu)
Apr 16: Ledward Kaapana Slack Key Concert (Maui)
Apr 19: Hapa in Concert - Maui Arts Center (Maui)
Apr 19: MS Walk in Lihue (Kauai)
Apr 19-20: Kokua Festival (Oahu)
Apr 19-20: Honolulu Symphony: Thomas Hampson (Oahu)
Apr 19-May 11: Kona Earth Festival (Big Island)
Apr 20: Honolulu Aids Walk - Kapiolani Park (Oahu)
Apr 21: Coral Reef Awareness & Earth Day Fair (Big Island)
Apr 21: Chinese Spectacular - Blaisdell Concert Hall (Oahu)
Apr 22: Birthday of Musician Gabby Pahinui
Apr 22-23: Punchbowl Music Festival (Oahu)
Apr 23: Cindy Combs Slack Key Concert (Maui)
Apr 25-27: Kealii Reichel - Blaisdell Concert Hall (Oahu)
Apr 25: Sweet Honey in the Rock Concert (Big Island)
Apr 25-May 4: Hawaii Quilt Guild Show (Oahu)
Apr 26: Maui to Molokai Ocean Challenge (Maui to Molokai)
Apr 26: 3D Marines 10K Run (Oahu)
Apr 26-27: East Maui Taro Festival (Maui)
Apr 26-27: Lahaina Banyan Tree Birthday Party (Maui)
Apr 27: Haleiwa Metric Century Bike Ride (Oahu)
Apr 30: Richard Hoopii Slack Key Concert (Maui)

May 2008 Hawaii Events
Apr 5-May 10: Ferdnand the Bull - Youth Theater (Oahu)
Apr 19-May 11: Kona Earth Festival (Big Island)
Apr 25-May 4: Hawaii Quilt Guild Show (Oahu)
May 1: Sugarland - Blaisdell Concert Hall (Oahu)
May 2: First Friday Honolulu Art Walk (Oahu)
May 2: Bishop Museum Planetarium Show (Oahu)
May 2: Brothers Cazimero - Maui Arts Center (Maui)
May 2: Miz Kauai Tita Pageant (Kauai)
May 2-11: Hawaii Romance Festival (Oahu)
May 3: Waikiki Spam Jam (Oahu)
May 3: Lei Day Weekend Celebration Concert (Kauai)
May 3-4: Honolulu Symphony: Spring Concert (Oahu)
May 4: Hilo Lei Day Festival
May 4: Kaiwi Channel Canoe Relay (Molokai to Oahu)
May 4: Na Mele Nei Concert - Ward Warehouse (Oahu)
May 5-6: Meteor Shower Overnight Cruise (Molokai to Oahu)
May 6-11: Cirque Dreams - Blaisdell Concert Hall (Oahu)
May 8-24: Bye Bye Birdie - Army Theater (Oahu)
May 10: Kumanu Concert - Volcano Arts Center (Big Island)
May 10-11: Great Moments in Opera (Big Island)
May 11: Mother's Day Cruise (Oahu)
May 11: Steel Guitar Sunday at the Shorebird (Oahu)
May 13: Bishop Museum Hula Film Festival - Event 4 (Oahu)
May 14-25: And Then There Were None - Stage Play (Oahu)
May 15-17: Ka Hula Piko Festival (Molokai)
May 15-18: Honokaa Town Western Week (Big Island)
May 15-18: Big Island Film Festival (Big Island)
May 15-18: Honolulu Sumphony: Mozart and St.Saens (Oahu)
May 16-17: Comedian Frank Delima in Concert (Maui)
May 16-Jun 1: The Producers - Stage Play (Oahu)
May 17: Wahiawa Pineapple Festival (Oahu)
May 17: Hula Series in Volcano - Event #2 (Big Island)
May 17-18: Sunset on the Beach in Waikiki (Oahu)
May 17-18: Honolulu Traithlon (Oahu)
May 17-18: New Baby Expo - Blaisdell Center (Oahu)
May 18-31: International Festival of Canoes (Maui)
May 20: Birthday of Musician Israel Kamakawiwoole
May 24-26 : Hilo Inter-Tribal PowWow (Big Island)
May 26: Memorial Day (Hawaii State Holiday)
May 26: Lantern Floating Ceremony - Magic Island (Oahu)

June 2008 Hawaii Events
May 16-Jun 1: The Producers - Stage Play (Oahu)
Jun 1: Na Mele Nei Concert - Ward Warehouse (Oahu)
Jun 6: First Friday Honolulu Art Walk (Oahu)
Jun 6: Bishop Museum Planetarium Show (Oahu)
Jun 6-8 Pan-Pacific Festival (Oahu)
Jun 8: Kings Trail Triathlon (Maui)
Jun 8: Steel Guitar Sunday at the Shorebird (Oahu)
Jun 10: Bishop Museum Hula Film Festival - Event 5 (Oahu)
Jun 11: King Kamehameha Day (Hawaii State Holiday)
Jun 11: Kohala Kamehameha Day Celebration (Big Island)
Jun 11: Hilo Kamehameha Festival (Big Island)
Jun 13-15: Home and Garden Show - Blaisdell Center (Oahu)
Jun 11-15: Maui Film Festival (Maui)
Jun 14: Kona King Kamehameha Day Parade (Big Island)
Jun 14: Lahaina Kamehameha Day Parade and Fest (Maui)
Jun 14-15: Sunset on the Beach in Waikiki (Oahu)
Jun 17: Na Hoku Hanohano Hawaiian Music Awards (Oahu)
Jun 19-22: Dolphin Days Festival (Big Island)
Jun 21: Hawaiian Music Concert in Volcano (Big Island)
Jun 21: Easter Seals Chefs du Jour Benefit
Jun 24: Birthday of Astronaut Ellison Onizuka
Jun 25-Jul 13: Rocky Horror Show (Musical) (Oahu)
Jun 26-29: Kapalua Wine and Food Festival (Maui)
Jun 28-29: Kona Classic Fishing Tournament (Big Island)
Jun 26-Jul 3: Hawaii International Dance Festival (Oahu)
Jun 29: Kona Marathon and Family Fun Run (Big Island)
TO BE SCHEDULED
Garlic and Ginger Festival of Hawaii (maybe June 10)

July 2008 Hawaii Events
Jun 25-Jul 13: Rocky Horror Show - The Musical (Oahu)
Jun 26-Jul 3: Hawaii International Dance Festival (Oahu)
Jul 4: U.S. Independence Day (Hawaii State Holiday)
Jul 4: Parker Ranch 4th of July Rodeo (Big Island)
Jul 4: Makawao 4th of July Rodeo (Maui)
Jul 4: Waikoloa Ducky Race and July 4th Fest (Big Island)
Jun 4: First Friday Honolulu Art Walk (Oahu)
Jun 4: Lanai Pineapple Festival - Dole Park (Lanai)
Jul 4: Lahaina Concert and Fireworks Display (Maui)
Jul 4: 4th of July Fireworks Cruise (Oahu)
Jul 4: BayFest Hawaii in Kaneohe (Oahu)
Jul 4: VP-47 BayFest 5k Run (Oahu)
Jul 4: Volcano Village 4th of July Parade (Big Island)
Jul 4-5: George Naope Kane Hula Festival (Big Island)
Jul 5-6: Firecracker Fishing Tournament (Big Island)
Jul 5-6: Puuhonua o Honaunau Cultural Festival (Big Island)
Jul 6: Na Mele Nei Concert - Ward Warehouse (Oahu)
Jul 8: Bishop Museum Hula Film Festival - Event 6 (Oahu)
Jul 11: Bishop Museum Planetarium Show (Oahu)
Jul 11-13: Skins Marlin Derby fishing Tournament (Big Island)
July 11-27: Wizard of Oz - Stage Play (Oahu)
Jul 11-Aug 3: Once on this Island - Iao Theater Play (Maui)
Jul 12: Hawaii Korean Festival (Oahu)
Jul 13: Steel Guitar Sunday at the Shorebird (Oahu)
Jul 14-Aug 1: 2008 Pacific Cup Sailing Race (California to Hawaii)
Jul 17: Moonlight Mele at the Bishop Museum (Oahu)
Jul 18: Birthday of Musician Barney Isaacs
Jul 19-20: Haleiwa Arts Festival (Oahu)
Jul 20: Tinman Triathlon (Oahu)
Jul 21: Birthday of Musician Martin Pahinui
Jul 21: Birthday of Surfer Andy Irons
Jul 20: Kilauea Volcano run (Oahu)
Jul 20: Kilauea Volcano Marathon (Oahu)
Jul 27: Honolulu Ukulele Festival (Oahu)
Jul 31 - Aug 1: Ko Olina Fishing Tournament (Oahu)
TO BE SCHEDULED
Prince Lot Hula Festival (Oahu)

August 2008 Hawaii Events
Jul 11-Aug 3: Once on this Island - Iao Theater Play (Maui)
Aug 1: First Friday Honolulu Art Walk (Oahu)
Aug 1: Bishop Museum Planetarium Show (Oahu)
Aug 3: Na Mele Nei Concert - Ward Warehouse (Oahu)
Aug 7-17: Honolulu Family Festival - Magic Island (Oahu)
Aug 8-10: Big Island Marlin Tournament (Big Island)
Aug 9: Oahu Heart Walk (Oahu)
Aug 10: Steel Guitar Sunday at the Shorebird (Oahu)
Aug 12: Bishop Museum Hula Film Festival - Event 7 (Oahu)
Aug 13: Birthday of Entertainer Don Ho
Aug 15: Hawaii Statehood Day (Hawaii State Holiday)
Aug 15-17: Made in Hawaii Festival (Oahu)
Aug 24: Haleakala Cycle to the Sun (Maui)
Aug 25-Sep 30: Aloha Festival on the Big Island
Aug 30: Lanai to Maui Channel Swim (Maui)
Aug 30: Hula Series in Volcano - Event #3 (Big Island)
Aug 30-31: Honolulu Okinawan Festival (Oahu)
Aug 30-31: Parker Ranch Round-up Rodeo (Big Island)
TO BE SCHEDULED
Maui Onion Festival

September 2008 Hawaii Events
Aug 25-Sep 30: Aloha Festival on the Big Island
Sep 1: Labor Day (Hawaii State Holiday)
Sep 1: Maui Aumakua Swim and Sprint (Maui)
Sep 2: Birthday of Queen Liliuokalani
Sep 5: Links to Literacy Golf Tournament (Oahu)
Sep 5: First Friday Honolulu Art Walk (Oahu)
Sep 5: Bishop Museum Planetarium Show (Oahu)
Sep 5: Maui Chefs Present Benefit (Maui)
Sep 7: Na Mele Nei Concert - Ward Warehouse (Oahu)
Sep 7-16: Aloha Festival on Kauai Island
Sep 8: Hana Highway 52 Mile Relay Run (Maui)
Sep 12: Maui Marathon Expo and Carbo Luau (Maui)
Sep 13: Maui Pineapple Festival and Homecoming (Maui)
Sep 13: Maui Tacos 13K (Maui)
Sep 14: Maui Marathon and Half Marathon (Maui)
Sep 14: Steel Guitar Sunday at the Shorebird (Oahu)
Sep 14: Aloha Festival on Oahu - Opening Ceremony
Sep 15: Aloha Festival on Oahu - Floral Parade
Sep 15: Aloha Festival on Oahu - Kapolei Mele
Sep 16: Bishop Museum Hula Film Festival - Event 8 (Oahu)
Sep 17: Easter Seals Hawaii Golf Invitational
Sep 19-20: Taste of Lahina and Music Festival (Maui)
Sep 21: Aloha Festival on Oahu - Waikiki Hoolaulea
Sep 21-23: Aloha Festival on Lanai Island
Sep 21-27: Kauai Mokihana Festival (Kauai)
Sep 28: Aloha Festival on Oahu - Falsetto Contest
Sep 28: Birthday of Musician Brittni Paiva
Sep 28: Women's Molokai to Oahu Canoe Race (Molokai to Oahu)
Sep 28-Oct 14: Aloha Festival on Maui

October 2008 Hawaii Events
Sep 28-Oct 14: Aloha Festival on Maui
Oct 2: Birthday of Musician Ray Kane
Oct 3: First Friday Honolulu Art Walk (Oahu)
Oct 4-7: Aloha Festival on Molokai
Oct 5: Na Mele Nei Concert - Ward Warehouse (Oahu)
Oct 11: Ironman World Championship Triathlon (Big Island)
Oct 10-12: Holiday Food and New Products Show (Oahu)
Oct 12: Steel Guitar Sunday at the Shorebird (Oahu)
Oct 13: Ilima Awards - Diamond Head Theatre (Oahu)
Oct 14: Bishop Museum Hula Film Festival - Event 9 (Oahu)
Oct 16: Birthday of Princess Kaiulani
Oct 18: Hula Series in Volcano - Event #4 (Big Island)
Oct 18-19: Oh Baby Expo - Blaisdell Center (Oahu)
Oct 21-24: Aloha Team Classic Golf Tournament (Maui)
Oct 31: Birthday of Singer Genoa Keawe
Oct 31: Halloween in Hawaii
Oct 31: Halloween Treat Street - Bishop Museum (Oahu)
Oct 31: Ghost Ship Haunted Hawaii Cruise (Oahu)
Oct 31: World Famous Lahaina Halloween Party (Maui)
TO BE SCHEDULED:
Princess Kaiulani Keiki Hula Festival
Haunted House at the Iao Theater (Maui)
Blues on the Bay Air Show (Oahu)

November 2008 Hawaii Events
Nov 2: Na Mele Nei Concert - Ward Warehouse (Oahu)
Nov 4: General Election Day (Hawaii State Holiday)
Nov 7: First Friday Honolulu Art Walk (Oahu)
Nov 7-16: Kona Coffee Festival (BigIsland)
Nov 9: Steel Guitar Sunday at the Shorebird (Oahu)
Nov 9-25: Blith Spirit - Iao Theater Play (Maui)
Nov 11: Veterans Day (Hawaii State Holiday)
Nov 13-15: International Waikiki Hula Conference (Oahu)
Nov 16: Birthday of King Kalakaua
Nov 16: Birthday of Surfer Bruce Irons
Nov 17: Birthday of Musician George Kuo
Nov 18: Bishop Museum Hula Film Festival - Event 10 (Oahu)
Nov 27: Thanksgiving (Hawaii State Holiday)

December 2008 Hawaii Events
Dec 1-2: Holiday Lighting of the Banyan Tree (Maui)
Dec 6: First Friday Honolulu Art Walk (Oahu)
Dec 6: Bishop Museum Planetarium Show (Oahu)
Dec 7: Na Mele Nei Concert - Ward Warehouse (Oahu)
Dec 11: Birthday of King Kamehameha V
Dec 14 Honolulu Marathon (Oahu)
Dec 14: Steel Guitar Sunday at the Shorebird (Oahu)
Dec 15-21: Pacific Seniors Tennis Championships (Oahu)
Dec 17: Holday Concert - Volcano Arts Center (Big Island)
Dec 17-21: Pacific Wheelchair Tennis Championships (Oahu)
Dec 19: Birthday of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Dec 24: Birthday of Comedian Andy Bumatai
Dec 25: Christmas Day in Hawaii (Hawaii State Holiday)
Dec 31: New Year's Eve in Hawaii
TO BE SCHEDULED:
Honolulu City Lights Display
Honolulu Harbor Christmas Boat Parade
Koko Marina Christmas Boat Parade
Santa Claus Arrives in Wakiki by Outrigger

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