Maui Arts & Entertainment

The annual celebration—believed to be the longest-running Filipino fiesta in the United States—was first held in 1970.

A new performance blending hula, contemporary dance and storytelling is set to premiere in Wailuku this June, created by acclaimed Native Hawaiian choreographer Christopher Kaui Morgan and inspired by queer Hawaiian moʻolelo.

Lahaina Restoration Foundation’s Hawaiian Music Series of May will feature a performance by rising Maui musician Logan Kalawaia. The free, family-friendly concert will be held on Thursday, May 29, 2025, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on the scenic Ocean Lawn at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa in Kāʻanapali.

Langley was recently named ACM Awards 2025 New Female Artist of the Year.

The film traces the life of the Maui born singer, Tandy MacKenzie, from his humble origins in Hāna in 1892 to his tragic death in Los Angeles in 1963.

Maui Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA) is launching the final phase of its $15 million capital campaign to create the Main Street Arts Project, MAPA’s new performing arts campus in Wailuku. This project is the culmination of MAPA’s decades-long dream to own its own home and revitalize Wailuku through the arts.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents singer/songwriter Justin Kawika Young in a MACC “Local Voices” concert in the McCoy Studio Theater Thursday, June 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale online only to MACC members on May 8, and to the general public May 9.

Maui Public Art Corps, in collaboration with the Maui Historical Society, the County of Maui and University of Hawaiʻi Foundation, has announced a new series of three large-scale murals at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College.

Sadie Stafford, an 11th grader at Maui Preparatory Academy earned an Honorable Mention award for her pencil on paper artwork entitled “Sweet 15.”

Queen Kaʻahumanu Center is proud to partner with Maui Matsuri to host the 23rd Annual Maui Matsuri Children’s Festival this Saturday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Center Court.

The 153rd Annual King Kamehameha Day holiday will be observed with festivities statewide. This year’s celebration theme is “E Hoʻomau – Celebrating Mary Kawena Pukui.” On Maui, Nā King Kamehameha Commemorative Pāʻū Parade and Hoʻolauleʻa will take place on June 21, 2025.

This month’s screening of E Hoʻi Ka Nani I Mokuʻula will take place on May 9 at 6 p.m. at The Sphere at Maui Ocean Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Seabury Hall Performing Arts will close its season with the return of “Side Shows: A Festival of One-Act Plays,” now in its 29th year.

Touring singer-songwriters John Cruz, Blayne Asing and Steve Sargenti will perform in Maui Arts and Cultural Center’s McCoy Studio Theater on Friday, June 13, 2025.

The mentorship program connecting local youth to professional artists is now accepting submissions through May 31, 2025.

Keiki Kupuna will present a spring celebration, “Spring Ho‘ike: A Stroll Down Memory Lane,” on May 4 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the ‘A’ali’ikuhonua Creative Arts Center on the Seabury Hall campus.

Hisako Film Lab is now accepting applications for their annual Summer Lab. Founded by Maui-raised filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton, this advanced filmmaking program offers an in-depth immersion for motivated high school students eager to elevate their storytelling and production skills in an exciting, project-based environment.

The Maui Visitors Bureau hosts a May Canoe Crop Corner at Wailuku First Friday on May 2, 2025 from 6 to 9 p.m. on the first floor of the Wailuku Garage (30 N. Church St.). Join in celebrating Lei Day with the Canoe Crop Corner, a celebration of Maui’s rich agricultural heritage. A cultural advisor […]

The wāhine of Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela under the direction of Kumu Kunewa Mook and Kauʻionālani Kamanaʻo won the overall title at the 62nd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival, in Hilo Hawaiʻi.

The Shops at Wailea will host a full schedule of live music throughout May, continuing its tradition of offering free performances that highlight local talent and community connection.