Kuhio Beach Hula Show

Come enjoy authentic Hawaiian music and hula by Hawaiʻi’s finest Hālau Hula (dance troupes) and Hawaiian performers. Opens with traditional Hawaiian blowing of conch shell or pū kani.
 
Held every Saturday throughout the rest of 2025, weather-permitting, 6:30-7:30 pm at the Kuhio Beach Hula Mound in Waikīkī. We do not have shows if Kalākaua Ave. is closed for parades or block parties. 
 
Located on the ocean side of Kalākaua Avenue near the Duke Kahanamoku Statue, diagonally across from the Hyatt Regency hotel. 
 
Free, outdoors, casual, seating on the grass; beach chairs, mats, etc. okay. Cameras welcome. Sponsored by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, Aloha Festivals, the City & County of Honolulu, Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort & Spa and Waikiki Improvement Association. For information, call 808-843-8002.

Kuhio Beach Hula Show history and origin:

The Kuhio Beach Hula Show began in February 1994 as “Mōlehu I Waikīkī (Twilight in Waikiki).” The program was designed to showcase authentic Hawaiian hula and music by local hālau and musicians. Unlike Polynesian revues, content is 100% Hawaiian.

In 2000, in its commitment to bring a "Hawaiian Sense of Place" back to Waikīkī  the City adopted the cultural template of noted Hawaiian cultural practitioner and historian Dr. George Kanahele to construct an authentic pā hula or hula mound, which was dedicated to hula in a traditional blessing ceremony conducted by Kumu John Lake. This resulted in a permanent pā hula at Kuhio Beach, designed specifically for this Hawaiian hula program.