The 4th Annual Kāhuli Festival’s theme focuses on renewing and restoring cultural connections for conservation and is titled Ke Kani Nei Ka Pūpū – The Land Snails Sing. Through this theme, we acknowledge the resilience of our Hawaiian land snails in an everchanging landscape and how the aliʻi of Hawaiʻi remembered them in the naming of places, like Kamehameha III’s Nuʻuanu home, Kaniakapūpū, and in storytelling. The festival offers an opportunity for the research, conservation, education, and natural cultural resource community to showcase how we mālama pū i ka ʻāina, especially through the cultural lens surrounding endangered Hawaiian land snails and other native species.

The Honolulu Festival is Hawaii’s premier cultural event, promoting mutual understanding, economic cooperation and ethnic harmony between the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Rim region. Each year, the Festival attracts thousands of new and returning spectators who are looking for an experience unique to Hawaii. Through educational programs and activities sponsored by the Honolulu Festival Foundation, the Festival has been successful in showcasing the rich and vibrant blend of Asia, Pacific and Hawaiian cultures to the rest of the world. The three day extravaganza takes place every year in March from Friday through Sunday.

SATURDAY, MARCH 14

10:00 - 18:00

Craft Fair / Ennichi Corner / Food Corner

10:00 - 18:00

Stage Performances

10:00 - 18:00

Sake & Food Fest

10:00 - 18:00

Japan Product Bazaar

10:00 - 18:00

Japanese Film Festival

11:00 -

Maui Mikoshi Unveiling Ceremony

11:00 - 18:00

Maui Mikoshi (Exhibit Only)

The Honolulu Festival is Hawaii’s premier cultural event, promoting mutual understanding, economic cooperation and ethnic harmony between the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Rim region. Each year, the Festival attracts thousands of new and returning spectators who are looking for an experience unique to Hawaii. Through educational programs and activities sponsored by the Honolulu Festival Foundation, the Festival has been successful in showcasing the rich and vibrant blend of Asia, Pacific and Hawaiian cultures to the rest of the world. The three day extravaganza takes place every year in March from Friday through Sunday.

SUNDAY, MARCH 15 SCHEDULE

08:00 -

SISTER EVENT Honolulu Rainbow EKIDEN 2026

10:00 - 15:00

Craft Fair / Ennichi Corner / Food Corner

10:00 - 15:00

Stage Performances

10:00 - 15:00

Sake & Food Fest

10:00 - 15:00

Japan Product Bazaar

10:00 - 15:00

Japanese Film Festival

10:00 - 15:00

Maui Mikoshi (Exhibit Only)

16:00 - 20:00

Grand Parade

20:30 - 20:45

Nagaoka Hanabi (Nagaoka Fireworks)