Maui Arts & Entertainment

Kū Mai Ka Hula (“Hula Appears”) returns to the Castle Theater for its 20th annual event on Saturday the 12th at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center as Maui’s premier yearly competition – and Maui’s only adult hula competition. Tickets are on sale now at MauiArts.org.

Native Hawaiian actor, writer and storyteller Moses Goods (“Chief of War,” “RESCUE HI-Surf,” “NCIS Hawaiʻi,” “Inhumans,” etc.) brings to life one of the most beloved figures in Hawaiian history, Duke Paoa Kahanamoku, in this acclaimed one-person show.

Comedy band and married duo Couplet makes their Hawaiʻi debut. They’re bringing their award-winning Fringe show Honey Honey Moon Moon to Maui, giving them another chance to get their honeymoon right, since their real one was spent performing this show in Edinburgh in a converted shipping container for a month.

A free Sunset Tunes music series will be held Aug. 28 and Sept. 4, 2026, at the Kalama Park Bandstand in Kīhei, the County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation announced.

Aloha Fridays at Kapalua, the quarterly community gathering hosted by Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc., returns on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, from 6 to 9 p.m. at The Barn in Kapalua. The free, family-friendly event brings together live music, local food vendors, residents and visitors for an evening celebrating community and the creative spirit of West Maui.

The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua will welcome artists, cultural practitioners, musicians, and educators from across Hawaiʻi for the 34th Annual Celebration of the Arts, taking place Sept. 18-19, 2026.

The Oskie Rice Event Center will host the Oskie Rice Memorial Rodeo 2026 from Oct. 23-25, marking the 110th anniversary of Kaonoulu Ranch, according to event organizers. This year’s rodeo is being held in conjunction with the Festivals of Aloha celebrations.

Queen Kaʻahumanu Center announced three free monthly events for Maui residents this school year, including bingo night, a children’s craft hour and a Polynesian hula show.

The Maui Huliau Foundation will host its annual Huliau Food & Film Festival on Aug. 29, bringing the event to Kapuakukui Farm in Kula for an evening of farm-to-table food, hula, live music and student-produced films.

The Maui County Office of Recovery, in collaboration with the Hawaiian Music Perpetuation Society, invites Lahaina kūpuna and ʻohana to spend an afternoon together at the next Hot Kūpuna Nights from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Lahaina Civic Center Social Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Community members are […]

Maui Public Art Corps in collaboration with Maui County’s Public Art Program will unveil four animated short films preserving Lahaina memories on Aug. 27 at Queen Kaʻahumanu Center to support long-term community recovery following the 2023 wildfires.

Due to weather forecasts, the Ekolulāule‘a concert originally scheduled for Aug. 15 has been rescheduled to Sunday, Aug. 30 at Kīhei Charter School.

Maui OnStage announced the cast and creative team for its upcoming production of “ʻAinakea,” an original play by Maui-based playwright James Nevius. The production will take the stage at the Historic ʻĪao Theater this October.

The Maui Economic Recovery Commission, Healing Journey Team welcomes the community back for Paʻūpili Lahaina 3rd Saturdays, a monthly gathering dedicated to healing, connection, and strengthening the resilience of Lahaina.

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

The Lahaina Restoration Foundation’s monthly community screening of E Hoʻi Ka Nani I Mokuʻula (Let the Glory Return to Mokuʻula) will continue on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, at 6 p.m. at Maui Ocean Center’s The Sphere. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

The Lahaina O-Bon Festival will bring the community together for an evening of remembrance, tradition and celebration on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Lahaina Jodo Mission, 12 Ala Moana Street.

More than 300 members of the Hisako Film Lab ʻohana gathered at the Regal Maui Mall theater as Maui student filmmakers premiered their original short films on the big screen before “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” One of the most powerful moments came when Baldwin High School graduate Emma Jane Roy shared how the program helped lead her from filmmaking on Maui to a post-production internship on the film.

Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Schaefer International Gallery will open “Keoni of Hawaiʻi: Art of the Aloha Shirt” on Tuesday, an exhibition tracing the early history of the aloha shirt through the work of designer John “Keoni” Meigs.

As Lahaina marks three years since the Aug. 8, 2023 fire, Maui artist Rafael Pereda is unveiling “Lahainaluna,” a deeply personal new painting created over the past year in honor of the community he has called home for more than two decades.