Waikiki Steel Guitar Festival

Waikiki Steel Guitar Week, incorporating the Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival and the Waikiki Steel Guitar Festival, is a week-long event celebrating Hawaiian music and the Hawaiian steel guitar. The 2024 annual event will be held at the Royal Hawaiian Center's Royal Grove stage during the week of July 8-13, 2024.

Monday through Thursday evening concerts will feature one-hour performances by different Hawaiian steel guitar artists and ensembles. Alan Akaka and The Islanders, Pomaika‘i &Malie, Masami Sato & Makana, and NextGen steel guitarists Isaac, Enosa, Tai, Makamae, and Isabella, will perform this year.

The 3rd Annual Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival will be presented on Friday, July 12, 2024, from 2:30pm to 6:30pm and feature steel guitarists Shinichi Kakiuchi, Yukio Katagiri, Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi, Masami "Matt" Kobayashi, Paul Okubo, Masami Sato & Makana, Moto Suzuki and Miki Reina, and Noriko and Shuji Tomita, all from Japan.

Schedule:

Ho'olaule'a - Royal Grove Stage (Livestreamed)

2:20pm - 2:30pm - Masami Sato & Shuji Tomita Opening Remarks

2:30pm - 2:55pm - Yukio Katagiri

3:00pm - 3:25pm - Noriko & Shuji Tomita

3:30pm - 3:55pm - Paul Okubo

4:00pm - 4:25pm - Moto Suzuki & Miki Reina

4:30pm - 4:55pm - Shinichi Kakiuchi

5:00pm - 5:25pm - Matt Kobayashi

5:30pm - 5:55pm - Kiyoshi "Lion" Koboyashi

6:00pm - 6:30pm - Masami Sato & Makana

Date: July 8-13, 2024