Kēōkea Hoʻolauleʻa features daylong entertainment, food and fun, Aug. 29

Musicians Nāmaka Cosma and Sean Parks are among the headliners at the Kēōkea Hoʻolauleʻa, taking place Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026 in Upcountry Maui. 

The festival features a myriad of attractions, including daylong entertainment. food, crafts, plant vendors, cultural workshops, keiki activities, and a dwarf-goats petting zoo.

Admission is $5 donation, for adults 18 and older. The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kēōkea Marketplace. Children can enter for free. 

Nāmaka Cosma is the daughter of the late Nā Hōkū Hanohano awardee Pekelo Cosma of Hāna, Maui. She is “pursuing her passion of singing traditional Hawaiian mele,” according to Grammy winner George Kahumoku Jr.

Kī hōʻalu (slack-key guitar) recording artist Sean Parks, of Kalapana on Hawaiʻi island, accompanies her from 1:05 to 2:30 p.m. at the festival. Other performers include Ke Ola Hou with Kevin Brown from 10 to 11:30 a.m.; Aua Le Fefe keiki fire-dance group from 12:05 to 1 p.m., and Nevah Too Late trio from 2:35 to 4 p.m. 

Organizers encourage the public to come early for Aunty Robin’s perennial-sellout pastele-stew plate lunch. Two dozen vendors will be on hand including: Holoholo Garlic Noodles; Maui Bowls; Nanay Lumpia; the Portuguese Association of Maui, and Squeeze Maui. Also, Aloha by Lala; J. Clark Designs; Honi Designs; Maui Misfits, and Nova Maui Jewelry. Cultural workshops offer hulu featherwork, lauhala weaving, and kuʻi kalo, or poi pounding. 

For information, email the host Kēōkea Homestead Farm Lots Association at keokeahomestead@gmail.com. The venue is at Mile 17 of Kula Highway at Kaʻamana Street, a quarter-mile past Grandma’s Coffee House.