Maui Arts & Entertainment

Costumed children and their families are invited to join Imua Family Services at its third Keiki Halloween Festival on Saturday, Oct. 28. Held annually at the Will Smith Imua Discovery Garden in Wailuku, the spooktacular event features live music, activities and goodies offered up by community nonprofit and business partners.

More than 20 students, faculty and staff gathered in the Heona Fine Arts Studio last week to begin work on a new three-panel, 40-foot by 8-foot acrylic on canvas mural. It will be the centerpiece of UH Maui College’s new Student Lounge.

Kolohe Kai performs this Saturday, Sept. 30 at the A&B Amphitheater & Yokouchi Pavilion at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului. Gates open at 5 p.m. and the show starts at 6 p.m.

The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement hosts a day long hula and mele workshop fundraiser, Kōkua Nā Hono Aʻo Piʻilani, on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Windward Community College, Hale ʻĀkoakoa. Proceeds from the event will directly benefit ongoing Maui relief efforts. 

The ‘ukulele-powered band Kanekoa, the Vince Esquire Band and Grammy-nominated Natalie Ai Kamauu perform at benefits for Maui wildfire victims this weekend. Find our comprehensive listing HERE.

Natalie Ai Kamauu is a Grammy-nominated artist, four-time “Female Vocalist of the Year” Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awardee, and was named “Miss Aloha Hula” at the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival.

Noah Haidle’s play, “Birthday Candles,” directed by David C. Johnston and featuring a talented cast of Maui actors, will take center stage at the Maui Academy of Performing Arts from Oct. 6 to 22.

Maui Arts & Cultural Center again celebrates the musical tradition of Hawai’i’s famous four-string instrument at the 16th annual Maui ‘Ukulele Festival, a free Maui community music event on Sunday, Oct. 8, in the A&B Amphitheater and Yokouchi Pavilion. Gates open at 2:30 p.m. and the concert starts at 3 p.m.

Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center in collaboration with East Maui Watershed Partnership hosts the 19th annual Mālama Wao Akua – a juried art exhibition celebrating the native species of Maui Nui. This special exhibition will be on display in the Hui’s gallery space now through Nov. 3. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. with free admission. 

Several benefit concerts for Maui wildfire victims are taking place this weekend, including Henry Kapono’s “We Are Friends,” a Maui Jazz and Blues Festival, Jazz Aid and “Rally Around Peace” at the Imua Discovery Gardens. Find our comprehensive listing HERE.

This year’s Festivals of Aloha theme is “Kāhuli leo leʻa–Hoʻōla o ka wao,” or “Sweet-voiced kāhuli–Savior of the forest,” honoring the kāhuli snail.

“American Idol” Season 21 winner Iam Tongi, who hails from Hawaiʻi, will perform two shows in December at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.

The Maui Arts and Cultural Center’s Schaefer International Gallery will host two concurrent exhibitions, “Chenta Laury: Adaptive Frameworks” and “Holly Wong: Mending Body / Mending Mind,”featuring diverse fiber, sculpture and immersive installations that explore themes of identity and resilience.

This month, the Kīhei 4th Friday town party takes place Sept. 22 with free entertainment by Maui’s own N8Vz and the Ono Grimes Band.

Lahaina Restoration Foundation is bringing back its Hawaiian Music Series on Sept. 28 at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College’s Great Lawn, featuring local talent Logan Kalawaia.

Fairmont Kea Lani, in collaboration with the Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Voyaging Society, presents “Gathering of the Voyagers,” a three-day celebration of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture, featuring voyagers, navigators, canoe builders and cultural practitioners.

The Maui Arts and Cultural Center presents two free Starry Night Cinema screenings on Sept. 15 and 16, featuring “Trolls World Tour,” and “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.”

To assist in the ongoing efforts to help Maui, Queen Kaʻahumanu Center is turning their monthly Kamaʻāina Nights concert series into a special kōkua edition benefit concert on Friday, Sept. 15 from 4 to 9 p.m. 

Free animated films featuring trolls and a singing crocodile provide family fun and are among the top 20 things to do this week on Maui. Find our comprehensive listing HERE.

Maui Arts & Cultural Center will present two solo exhibitions in Schaefer International Gallery that activate spatial potential through fiber, sculpture, and immersive installations. Chenta Laury: Adaptive Frameworks and Holly Wong: Mending Body / Mending Mind will run concurrently from Sept. 12 to Oct. 28, 2023. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.