2025 Festival Information

The 2025 Festival will be held on Saturday, October 18, 2025, at the Shops at Wailea. The festival will include a ho‘olaule‘a concert and a hands-on steel guitar experience.

The festival will feature O‘ahu steel guitarists Alan Akaka, Bobby Ingano, Mālie Lyman, Maui steel guitarists Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz, Konapiliahi Lau, and Joel Katz, and NextGen keiki steel guitarists Isaac Woodward and Hi‘ipoi Lindsey. Hands-on opportunities for festival guests to learn more about and try out the Hawaiian steel guitar will also be offered.