November 20, 2009
RAIATEA HELM AT KAILUA-KONA WALMART
6pm; Free.
November 21, 2009
BAY CONCERT 2009: A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AT KAHALU'U BAY - SHERATON KEAUHOU BAY RESORT
The 2009 Bay Concert: A Celebration of Life at Kahalu'u Bay will feature Na Hoku award winners Na Leo Pilimehana, and Ho'okena, with emcee Frank
DeLima and the Daifukuji Taiko Drummers at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort Convention Center. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.; concert is from 5-8 p.m. The
concert will honor artist and community leader Herb Kawainui Kane. Tickets go on sale September 21; for outlets, visit www.kohalacenter.org/bayconcert09
or call 808-887-6411. Cost: $25 advance/$30 at door; $40 adv. reserved; $45 reserved. For more information, call 808-895-1010, email cpunihaole@kohalacenter.org
or visit http://www.kohalacenter.org/bayconcert09/
November 21, 2009
KEALI'I REICHEL BENEFIT CONCERT - PEOPLES' THEATRE, HONOKA'A
Popular recording artist, Keali'i Reichel and his award-winning 12 member halau will perform in a concert benefiting the Hamakua Youth Center at 7 pm.
Doors will open at 6pm. VIP seats are $60 and general seating is $40. Tickets are available online at www.hamakuamusicfestival.org
or www.hawaiiperformingartsfestival.org. For more information, call 333-7378.
November 27-December 5, 2009
KAHUMOKU 'OHANA HAWAIIAN MUSIC & LIFESTYLE WORKSHOP, PAHALA
Featuring instructors Keoki Kahumoku; George Kahumoku, Jr.; Dennis Kamakahi; John Keawe; Sonny Lim; Herb Ohta, Jr.; Brittni Paiva; Konabob Stoffer;
Darci Baker; and Leilehua Yuen. For more details, visit www.konaweb.com/keoki
November 28, 2009
HAPA IN CONCERT - KEAUHOU SHOPPING CENTER'S MONTHLY "BIG EVENT/HUI KAKO'O"
The event will take place at the Kai Malo'o Reef stage outside Longs Drug from 6-7:30 pm. HAPA will take the stage from 6:30-7:30pm. The opening act
will be a performance at 6 pm by three of the finalists from the recent Hui Kako'o talent search. Come and cast your vote for your favorite performer and
send them to the finals in December. Admission is only two cans of food per person which will be donated to the Hawaii Food Basket. And, for every can
over two you donate you'll receive an entry to win a special prize. You can purchase canned food at KTA Super Store, Longs, and the convenience store of
Circus Shop'Us filling station, across from the old Wendy's location. Make your contribution to reduce hunger on the Big Island. Seating is limited,
so bring your lawn chairs.
December 5, 2009
WILLIE K & THE BAND CHRISTMAS CONCERT - WAIKOLOA BOWL AT QUEEN'S GARDENS
General admission, $40 (Lawn seating; some chairs). Doors open at 5pm. "To benefit various Hawaii Island Community organizations." Can also purchase
tickets online at nativesunconcerts.com and kona-kohala.com Visit waikoloabeachresort.com/big-island-activities-events/ for more info.
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WEEKLY OR MONTHLY EVENTS (CALL VENUES TO CONFIRM):
Every Monday, with some exceptions, popular slack key guitarist John Keawe performs from 6 to 9:30pm at the Bora Bora Lounge at Kona Village
Resort. Phone 808-325-5555 for entry pass.
Kona Hongwanji Temple in Honalo, Kona has an 'ukulele kanipila on the 4th Monday of every month from 7-9pm. $2 per person fee.
Every Tuesday, with some exceptions, John Keawe performs from 6 to 7pm at the Waikoloa Kings Shops. Ph: 808-886-8811.
Tuesday evenings, from 6-7pmJohn Keawe plays at the Kings Shops, Waikoloa.
Tuesday evenings at The Emerald in Hilo, the band Kanikapila (Ben Kaili, JJ Ahuna and Victor Chock) perform from 6-9pm.
Occasional special guests and hula. 168 Keawe St., Hilo.
Kumu Rolinda Bean is teaching a beginner's ukulele class on the seaside terrace at Keauhou Outrigger Resort from 1:00-2:00PM on Tuesdays
and leads a kanikapila on Thursdays at 1:30pm. Rolinda has several class 'ukulele so just come and try one out or bring your own.
Wednesday mornings - "Hawai'iana Live!" Join Leilehua Yuen in this local's-eye-view of Hawai'i Island each Wednesday in Hilo's historic
Palace Theater. Through traditional chant and storytelling, music, hula, and video featurettes, Leilehua explores different facets of Hawai'i
Island. Topics and films change weekly as the program revolves around the Hawaiian lunar calendar, and surprise guests and musicians
often appear. A few of the past guests are Mary Ann Lim, Keoki Kahumoku, Leina'ala Lassiter, Diana Aki, and Stan Kaina. Sometimes there
is hula! The show also features Bob Alder on the theater's historic pipe organ, playing some of Hawai'i's most beloved melodies. Wednesday
mornings 11:00 to 11:45, except Christmas and New Year weeks. Admission: $5; Kids free. Palace Theater, 38 Haili St. Hilo. Call 934-7010 for
more information.
Wednesdays, there's a large, free kanikapila (jam session) at the Keauhou Shopping Center from 6 to 8:00 pm with Jack Knight.
Hula dancers are welcome. You can download many songs from the "Files" section at www.meleohana.org. The He Mele Aloha book will also be used as a song source.
Konabob plays steel guitar with the group. Rocky's Pizza offers a "special" on pizza/salad to participants after the jam.
Wednesdays, from 3-4pm, Auntie Irma offers intermediate uke classes at SKEA (Society for South Kona's Education and Art). From 4-5pm,
Lorenzo Carlson teaches an advanced class. For more information, call 938-1617.
Wednesdays, from 6-10pm, catch Don Kaul'ia on slack key guitar with Gene Akamau on 'ukulele at Huggo's on the Rocks, Alii Dr.,
Kailua-Kona.
Thursday nites are Aloha nights at Boston Basil's on Alii Dr. in Kailua-Kona. Upstairs at the intimate, new BB's Topside venue. Pupus, full bar.
Catch "Island-Style Thursdays" at the Blue Dragon Coastal Cuisine and Musiquarium in Kawaihae, 6-9pm. Features well-known local entertainers.
Call to confirm music: 882-7771.
There's a weekly intermediate 'ukulele kanikapila at the Kona International Marketplace (Old Industrial Area by HPM) in Kailua-Kona
from 10-11am on Fridays. At 11am there are free, ongoing, beginning uke lessons taught by Willie Perriera till noon.
First Fridays Free Music Series at The Shops at Mauna Lani The Shops at Mauna Lani is launching a new music series dubbed "First Fridays at The
Shops". Beginning on Friday, April 3, the shopping complex will host free music performances at its outdoor stage on the first Friday evening of every
month from 6-8pm. The series will feature a diverse array of local sounds, from contemporary Hawaiian to jazz, from 6-8pm. The April concert debut will
feature Kohala's own award-winning artists Nino Ka'ai and Kahua. Popular "jazz cat" Bill Noble will take the stage in June. Participating center merchants
will also offer shopping incentives and kama'aina specials at each "First Friday" event. For more information, call (808) 885-9501, email info@shopsatmaunalani.com
or visit http://www.shopsatmaunalani.com/
The Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort in Kona offers Hawaiian music at their Veranda Bar on Fridays, 6-8pm.
Call 322-3441 for more information.
Hana Hou Restaurant in Na'alehu has Hawaiian music on Friday evenings, featuring the likes of Buddy and Sammi Fo, Keoki Kahumoku, Cyril Pahinui,
Chris Yeaton and others.
Fridays, from 6-7pm at Keauhou Shopping Center, there is a free hula show featuring various hula halau.
Saturdays mornings, the Hawaiian music trio, Aloha in Motion, plays at the Keauhou Farmers Market at Keauhou Shopping Center
from 8-9:30am (Konabob on steel guitar!).
Saturdays eves, hear live Hawaiian music from 6-7pm in the Center Courtyard of Keauhou Shopping Center.
Kona Brewing Company's Brew Pub sometimes features Hawaiian music on Sunday eves from 5-8pm.
The first Sunday of every month, from 3-5:30 pm, Braddah Smitty plays at the Paniolo Country Inn in Waimea. He hosts a high energy music
session with lots of guest musicians sitting in. Call 885-4377 to verify before going.
Sunday evenings, from 5:30-8:30pm, join Ben Kaili of Kanakapila (other band members are JJ Ahuna and Victor Chock), at Legends Bar and Grill
in Kea'au Shopping Center. Traditional and contemporary Hawaiian slack-key, music and hula. Call to confirm at 966-4464.
Thanks to Konawebber Betty M for the following resort info:
"Mauna Lani Atrium Lounge (free, but if you use the valet parking at the front, it'll cost you a tip) -
from 6:30 til 8:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday:Mary Ann Lim plus two other performers (lineup changes) and a hula dancer.
(On Mondays Lorna Lim usually performs with her Mom.) There is also traditional Hawaiian music on Sat. and Sunday eves.
Canoe House, Mauna Lani Hotel - When he's not on tour somewhere, Sonny Lim (Grammy nominee) plays slack key guitar Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday nights from 6-9pm.
The free Traditions Hawaii hula shows at the Shops at Mauna Lani are only two nights a week right now (Mondays and Wednesdays). Shows are at 7 pm 8 pm
and last about half an hour. (If the wind is blowing a hurricane, they have to cancel, since they use an outdoor stage.) The show on stage now is called "Hula Moon"
and is kind of a throwback to the days when tourists first started coming to the islands en masse, so it includes the touristy hula stuff (right down to some
shiny cellophane skirts). Also includes some nice implement work, so it's very enjoyable. Hopefully they'll be able to add the Kamehameha "Shark Eyes"
show back again once the tourist numbers increase. I hear they are also working on another possible new concept.
At Merriman's Market Cafe in the Waikoloa Resort Kings Shops, Widdy Loo sings and plays guitar on Saturday and Sunday evenings from
about 6-9. He plays in the outdoor dining area (so you can eat & listen, or you can just sit outside the dining area and listen for free). Widdy does a
combination of contemporary music and Hawaiian music. He does great covers of a lot of the music by Iz. I think he still sings at the Fairmont Orchid a
couple of nights, too, but I don't know the details on that."
BIG ISLAND HAWAIIAN MUSIC ARTISTS' WEBSITES:
Premier slack key guitar artist John Keawe's calendar
The versatile and talented young Brittni Paiva's calendar
Hilo 'ukulele and Grammy award-winning slack key player, Keoki Kahumoku, can often be found teaching 'ukulele and slack key guitar lessons and
workshops around the island, as well.
Big Island slack key guitar and Hawaiian musician, Don Kauli'a's website.
Chris Yeaton is a contemporary Hawaiian slack key guitarist and fingerstyle picker. He regularly tours the West Coast too.
Nick Borho is a talented guitarist here in the Kailua-Kona area. He plays a variety of styles, including slack key guitar.
Na Hoku Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award winner Buddy Fo and his beautiful and talented wife, Sammi, now make the Big Island their home.
Catch them at the Hana Hou restaurant in Na'alehu once a month on Aloha Fridays, 5:30-7:30pm.
That's their picture at the top of the page with Danny Akaka on the far left and Konabob on the far right, playing at the Eva Parker Woods
Cottage "Full Moon Talk Story" at the Mauna Lani in March, 2007.
ADDITIONAL MUSIC INSTRUCTION INFO:
Beginning thru Advanced 'Ukulele (Kealakekua, Kona) - Lorenzo Carlson (808) 329-8846
Slack key Guitarist Don Kauli'a offers private slack key guitar instructions.
Slack Key Guitar (Kaliua-Kona) - Nick Borho (808) 896-3775
Beginning Acoustic Hawaiian Steel Guitar (Holualoa, Kona) - Konabob Stoffer (808) 322-4714
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