Saturday, December 3: 
51^st Annual Waimea Christmas All-Day Festivities and Twilight Parade. This celebration features a day full of arts, crafts, music and numerous Yuletide season activities all over town, capped by a festive parade – including Santa and a brigade of lighted trucks!  Main Street, from historic Church Row to Waimea Park, starts at 10:00 a.m., parade 5:30 p.m.  For information call (808) 936-0670 or visit www.waimeatown.org.

Sunday, December 3: 
Holualoa Festival of Art and Music.  Witness the lighting of the town Christmas tree, hear various musicians perform Christmas music thru the evening at stages around the village, and receive treats from the galleries and shops in this charming art colony in the middle of Kona coffee country. You may even see Santa himself!  5:30 – 8:30 p.m.  Mamalahoa Highway, Holualoa.  For information call (808) 322-8484 or visit www.holualoahawaii.com

Friday, December 2: 
Lights on Rice Parade and Kauai Museum Craft Fair.  Join the thousands of onlookers as they check out one of the most prominent and long running craft fairs at the Kauai Museum starting at 11a.m. and running throughout the day and evening.  Then head over to your spot on Rice St. to view the Lights on Rice Parade which starts at 6:00 p.m. Community members and businesses light themselves up for this grand parade to honor the holiday season.  For information call Eileen Winters at (808) 639-6571.

Friday, December 2:
Wailuku Town’s First Friday Celebration.Market Street, Wailuku.   Enjoy Wailuku Town’s monthly Street Fest, featuring live entertainment, food, music and shopping in Wailuku’s historic town. Free admission. For information call (808) 871-5500.

Saturday, November 26
A Christmas Celebration with the Brothers Cazimero. The Brothers Cazimero are consummate performers who have made their indelible imprint on the face of contemporary Hawaiian music. Their talent, longevity and sales success over the past thirty years have placed them in a league of their own. Kilauea Theater in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. 7:00 p.m. Tickets $30. No reserved seating. To order tickets, call Dave at (808) 967-8222 or email concerts@volcanoartcenter.org

Sunday, November 20
19th Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival – Kauai Style. Located at the Hilton Kauai Beach Resort and Spa and featuring a minimum of 15 of some of Hawaii’s finest artists in the Slack Key Guitar Genre. Enjoy food booths featuring some of Hawaii’s favorite local foods, island crafters, exhibits, festival merchandise and informational booths by different community groups. For information call Milton Lau at (808) 226-2697.

Sunday, November 20
Kokua Kailua Hulihe’e Palace Concert Series & Village Stroll. One Sunday each month from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Ali’i Drive along scenic Kailua Bay in Kailua-Kona becomes a festive pedestrian-only walkway. Enjoy music, artists, merchants and restaurants. At 4:00 p.m., there is a free Hawaiian music concert on the lawn at Hulihe’e Palace. Bring your own mat or chair and they will be checked for free while you stroll Ali’i Drive, Kailua Village (Kona). For information visit www.KVBID.org.

Saturday, November 19
The Art & Traditions of Hula at Kilauea. This program features kumu Maile Yamanaka offering 45-minutes lessons in hula at 10:30a.m., lei making at 12:00 Noon and `ukulele playing at 1:30 p.m. (bring your `ukulele if you have one). Sign up on a first-come, first-serve basis that day. Open to all ages and levels. VAC Gallery in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Free (donations welcome); park entrance fees apply. For information call (808) 961-5711 or visit www.ehcc.org.

Saturday & Sunday, November 19 & 20
24th Annual Christmas Craft “EG” stravaganza. Featuring talented crafters from throughout the Big Island and the state of Hawaii. Ono food, festive holiday music, Scavenger “EG”speditions, trivia posers, Mystery Shoppers and over $2,000 in handcrafted door prizes are just a part of this shopping experience for the entire family. Edith Kanakaole Multi Purpose Stadium, 350 Kalanikoa St., Hilo. Friday night 5 p.m. to10 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission $2, 12 years and older; but the last hour each day is free. For information call Evelyn Garbo at (808) 959-7389.

Saturday, November 19
24th Annual Kula School Harvest Festival. Join the Kula School community for a day of great food, entertainment and fun for the entire family. Enjoy farm fresh flowers and produce from the country store, delicious food from local restaurants, huge silent auction, crafters row, and games and activities for the kids. Free admission. Kula School, 5000 Kula Hwy, Kula. 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For information call Lisa Judge at (808) 283-9280 or visit www.kulapta.org.