Maui Arts & Entertainment

Maui Now has secured a list of the upcoming 2018 Maui Bon Dance Schedule.

The Merwin Conservancy will present an intimate evening with poets Naomi Shihab Nye and Cathy Song in The Green Room, an environmental and literary salon series.

Wailuku First Friday (WFF) takes place this Friday, June 1, 2018 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on historic Market Street in Wailuku. The theme is Wailuku and Beyond.

The Maui Fair, this year appropriately themed, Celebrating the Good Ol’ Days will return for its 96th year during the first week in October from the 4th through the 7th.

Families are invited to beat the summer heat at the Keiki Film Hui series beginning this June 2018 at Consolidated Theatres’ Queen Kaahumanu Center location.

Over 200 dancers ages three to adult will perform in Alexander Academy Performing Company’s ballet, The Little Mermaid, which runs from June 1 to 3 at Seabury Hall’s ‘A’ali’ikūhonua Creative Arts Center.

Nā Kumu Hula Karl Veto Baker, Michael Lanakila Casupang and Hālau I Ka Wēkiu from Oʻahu bring their love for hula to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center under the name KUmZ.

Organizers of the 18th Annual Maui Matsuri Festival, which took place on Sat., May 5 2018 have announced the winners of the festival contests.

Kihei’s 4th Friday Town Party takes place this Friday, May 25, 2018 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Azeka Shopping Center. Featured entertainers include Kawika Ortiz, Maui’s Emperado Dance Fitness group, Nevah Too Late and Mondokane featuring Acoustaland.

Kahulanui, Hawai‘i’s Kings of Swing, will take over Concerts at The Shops on Wed., May 30 2018

Artist 2 Artist, a new concert series presented by the Maui Arts & Cultural Center (MACC), kicks off this Friday, May 25, 2018 at 7:30 p.m with Grammy nominated musician Henry Kapono and Malani Bilyeu accompanied by Sean Na’auao and Alden Levi.

Amber Heard will next star as “Mera” in James Wan’s Aquaman, opposite Jason Momoa.

Maui’s own Wailani Artates, of Artistry8, brings home her third Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award for the graphics design of Nāpua Greig’s album cover, “Makawalu.” 

Among this year’s recipients, Keauhou took home four awards for their album I Ke Ko A Ke Au. Kapena, celebrated their first family album, Palena ‘Ole, taking home four awards.

The Maui Art’s & Cultural Center’s Schaefer International Gallery is offering a summer program designed specifically for young art makers.  

Aimed at getting kids in local parks, Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa is inviting families to attend Kids to Parks Day at War Memorial Complex from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sat., May 19, 2018.

Makawao Third Friday’s theme, “Upcountry in Bloom,” celebrates upcountry florists, lei makers and sustainability organizations.

Maui Arts & Cultural Center will present the 2018 MAMo at the MACC, in collaboration with the PA‘I Foundation, for the fifth consecutive year, Sat. June 2.

Concerts at The Shops welcomes back Paula Fuga on Wed. May 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the main Fountain Courtyard. 

Fuzz Box Productions has launched an island-wide multi-sensory, multi-media festival called Cosmos: A 2018 Maui Space Odyssey