84th Annual Nā Hula Festival

Since 1940, the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation’s Nā Hula Festival has celebrated the artistry of Hawai‘i’s premiere dance form - hula. This festival is Hawai‘i’s longest-running, annual, non-competitive hula event. 

Everyone is invited to enjoy the grace and beauty of hula at Kapi‘olani Park as the 84th Annual Nā Hula Festival returns to the park’s historic bandstand on Sunday, August 3 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A wide variety of musicians, hula hālau, and their dancers will be participating in the free event, with the following schedule of performances (subject to change):

•  9 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. - Royal Hawaiian Band
• 10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. - Hālau Nā Pua Hala Kūnou i ke Kai
• 11 a.m. to 12 noon - Puanani Alama Hula Studio
• 12 noon - 12:15 p.m. - 2025 Lei Queen Kuʻuleialoha Llanos, with Lei Princesses Pualeilani Kamahoahoa & Xian Pomare
• 12:15p .m. to 1:05 p.m. - Hālau Hula o Pua ‘A‘ala Hone
• 1:10 p.m. to 2 p.m. - Hula Hui o Kapunahala

Feel free to bring your hāli‘i (covering, spread), mea ‘ai (food) and enjoy a relaxing day of hula at the Queen’s park. Admission is free for this open, public event!