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 Part 1 - Royal Grove Stage (Livestreamed)

10:50am - 11:00am - Monte Mccomber and Kimo Kahoano Opening Remarks

11:00am - 11:35am - Masami Sato & Makana

11:40am - 12:15pm - Steve Cheney

12:20pm - 12:55pm - Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz

1:00pm - 1:35pm - Devin Nakahara

1:40pm - 2:15pm - Greg Sardinha & Po'okela

2:20pm - 4:00pm Intermission

Ho'olaule'a Part 2 - Royal Grove Stage (Livestreamed)

4:00pm - 4:30pm - Malie Lyman

4:35pm - 5:10pm - Bobby Ingano

5:15pm - 5:50pm - Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi

5:55pm - 6:30pm - Alan Akaka

Date: July 8-13, 2024