Lucky We Live Wailuku: First Friday March 4, 2011

First Friday Poster for March 2011. Click image to enlarge.

By Wendy Osher

Lucky We Live Wailuku!  That’s the theme along with going green for the March/Saint Patty’s Day edition of First Friday in Wailuku Town.

The event runs from 6-8:30 tonight, March 4, 2011 along Market Street in the heart of Old Wailuku Town.

The entertainment line up includes music up and down the street from:

• Gene & Shea Argel with live music fronting Cafe o Lei, 5 p.m.
• Phys Ed Rentals, Mauitime live band, 7 p.m.
• Visibly Shaken, at the Main Street Promenade, 6 p.m.
• Maui Blues Band at the Wailuku Banyan Tree Park, 6 p.m.
• Super Dub Tribe, live band at Maui Thing

There’s also a variety of other entertainment:

• Aloha Poetry Slam at Gallerie Ha, 8 p.m.
• Robotics Team Demo hosted by King Kekaulike High School students.
• Meow Mix: by Maui Onstage & the Maui Humane Society.  Cost is $5 or a bag of cat food.  Showings are at 7, 8, and 9 p.m.
• Swan Interiors, Featured artist Liluushka St. Amant.
• I Love Wailuku Video Contest: 2-3 minute video contest for high school students.

Plus, for food lovers, restaurants and vendors participating in the event include Gionattos Pizza, Main Street Bistro, Cafe o Lei, Saeng Thai, Maui Bake Shop, King’s BBQ, Uptown Chevron, Wailuku Coffee Co., Maui Cattle Co., Four Sisters Kitchen, and…

• Pork Lau Lau Bowls, ono Hawaiian food, and an ‘awa bar at Native Intelligence.  Proceeds from the sale of $6 Lau Lau Bowls go to support the University of Hawaii Maui College 2nd year Hawaiian Language Students.

The event is free with FREE Parking at the Maui Medical Group from 5-9 pm.  Event organizers ask that cars be cleared from Market Street during the event.  Eat, laugh, and be lucky!