Sunday, June 24:
27th Annual Ki Ho‘Alu Festival. One of Maui’s favorite family events returns to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center with the 27th Annual Ki Ho‘alu Festival in A & B Amphitheater and Yokouchi Pavilion. It’s an all-afternoon affair, as some of Hawaii’s best slack key guitar players come to perform and provide the Maui audience with a full afternoon of melodious Hawaiian music from 1:00 to 7:00 pm. As always, the Ki Ho‘alu Festival is FREE – annually enjoyed by residents and visitors alike. This is a family-friendly event: all generations can appreciate the slack key guitar tradition, with both new music and classic favorites. The line-up of musicians and recording artists this year includes: Makana, Ola Hou (Kevin Brown & Friends), Ho‘okena, Brother Noland, Stephen Inglis, George Kahumoku & Friends, Sonny Lim, Paul Togioka, Ian O’Sullivan, Kamuela Kahoano, Donald Kaulia, Dwight Kanae, George Kuo, Aja Gample, Jim West & Ken Emerson, and Emma Rose. (artist list subject to change) Besides an afternoon full of music, the Ki Ho‘alu Festival also features Hawaiian crafters and displays of made-in-Hawai‘i products.  ‘Ono-licious food from Maui eateries includes selections from Three’s Bar & Grill, Maui Cones, Outrigger Pizza, Shaka Pops, 808 Mini Donuts, and Real Fruit Ice Cream. The music is performed from the stage of Yokouchi Pavilion, over the amphitheater lawn, where festival-goers may relax on the grassy lawn on their own low-back beach chairs, blankets or mats, and enjoy the laid-back music by famed guitar players. The local, family-style atmosphere, makes it easy to linger all afternoon! For more information, call the MACC Box Office at (808) 242-SHOW (7469), or visitwww.MauiArts.org.