Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival

The 2024 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2024 at Kāne‘ohe's Windward Mall. This festival began at 10:00 A.M. and will feature favorite steel guitar masters from O‘ahu singing and playing Hawai‘i's favorite Hawaiian music.

This festival will be presented free to the public by Hawaii Institute for Music Enrichment and Learning Experiences (HIMELE) and the Windward Mall. Funding for the festival and livestream broadcast will be provided by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA), through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i or grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Additional funding will be provided by the Laurence H. Dorcy Hawaiian Foundation. Equipment provided to NextGEn steel guitarists by John Pearse Strings.

Continuous performances begin at 10:00 AM and feature your favorite Hawaiian Steel Guitar masters and NextGen keiki steel guitarists, each presenting their own program of traditional and contemporary Hawaiian music and dance.

Hawaiian Steel Guitar Masters

Alan Akaka

Steve Cheney

Pono Fernandez

Bobby Ingano

Malie Lyman

Greg Sardinha & Po'okela

Nextgen Steel Guitarists From Ke Kula Mele Hawai'i School of Hawaiian Music

Isaac

Hi'ipoi

Enosa

Tai

Makamae

Isabella

Open to the Public

Free Admission