Maui Arts & Entertainment

The Shops at Wailea hosts the 13th annual Maui Steel Guitar Festival, on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 3-6:30 p.m. This special event celebrates the rich heritage of Hawaiian steel guitar music, featuring live performances by master musicians from both Maui and Oʻahu. The highlight of the afternoon will be the Saturday Ho’olaule’a Pageant Program, showcasing performances by […]

Looking for Halloween events on Maui? Here’s a list of fun activities from cruises and concerts to kid-friendly festivities and pumpkin patches.

A new theater piece from TeAda Productions and members of the Micronesian community is set to premiere at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in the McCoy Studio Theater on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 2 p.m.

The Shops at Wailea is welcoming families for an afternoon of spooky fun at its “Keiki Halloween” event on Sunday, Oct. 27, from 3 to 7 p.m.

The Shops at Wailea has announced a lineup of live music, art and cultural celebrations taking place this month.

The East Maui Watershed Partnership and Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center proudly celebrate the 20th anniversary of Mālama Wao Akua, Maui’s premier juried native species art exhibit now on display at Hui Noʻeau until Nov. 8, 2024.

While hula is emblematic of Hawai‘i, it is far less known that puppetry is a tradition within the world-famous form of dance.

Maui Visitors Bureau presents Canoe Crop Corner at Wailuku First Friday, happening from 6-9 p.m. on Oct. 4. This can be found on the first floor of the Wailuku Garage located at 30 North Church St. in Wailuku.

A new gem has found its home at Nānākuli Public Library—a sculpture that pays homage to the legendary fishhook of Polynesian culture figure Māui.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents the return of the Grammy Award winning band War, the first and most successful crossover band that fused rock, jazz, funk, Latin, and R&B. The band has sold more than 50 million records with hits such as “Low Rider,” “Spill the Wine,” “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” “Cisco Kid” and many others. The concert is in Castle Theater Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Maui High graduate Rachel Kondo and husband Justin Marks captured a record 18 Emmys for the series, which was hammered out through a pandemic, work stoppages and plenty of arguments in the writers’ room.

Hawai‘i-based television series “Rescue: HI-Surf” is TV’s highest rated fall drama to debut in six years, with its Sept. 22 premiere on FOX television network reaching 4.7 million viewers per Nielsen’s fast national ratings. The John Wells Productions, Warner Bros. Television, and FOX Entertainment co-production hired a local Hawai‘i producer and sourced the vast majority of the crew from Hawai‘i, including 100% of the water unit hires for the series. “Rescue: HI-Surf” continues now in its regular Monday time slot, airing in Hawai‘i at 8 p.m. on FOX affiliate KHON.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents the Maui Showcase for the Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF) with six feature films, one short film, and a collection of four ‘Made in Hawai‘i’ short films. All screenings will take place in the MACC’s McCoy Studio Theater starting Saturday, Oct. 19 and concluding Sunday, Oct. 20.

Cody Pueo Pata will be the featured musician at this month’s free Hawaiian Music Series on Thursday Sept. 26 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. at the Lahaina Civic Center Amphitheater. Pata is the Kumu Hula of Ka Malama Mahilani, a classically trained Haku Mele, and an entertainer and musician of Hawaiian music. He is also a Hawaiian language and culture educator.

Bingo Blast will be featured at Kaunoa Clubhouse in the Lahaina Civic Center on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. Kaunoa Clubhouse will be open from 9 a.m. to noon.  Participants ages 60 and older are invited to spend the morning at the clubhouse with friends and neighbors.

Maui’s own Antonio Robles of Wailuku, earned the championship title at the 22nd annual Richard Ho‘opi‘i Leo Kiʻekiʻe Falsetto Contest, held at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua on Saturday night, Sept. 21, 2024. He was honored for his performance of Hawaiʻi standard “Waikaloa.” The competition featured six contestants–four from Maui, and two from O’ahu.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents in his Maui debut, comedian Jeff Arcuri during his upcoming Whole Wide World Tour stops in Hawai‘i. The show will take place in Castle Theater Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 at 7 p.m. Tickets go on sale online only at 10 a.m. to MACC members Wednesday, Sept. 25 and to the general public Friday, Sept. 27.

Multi-Grammy award winning band and Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame inductees Chicago perform with special guest Henry Kapono on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s A&B Amphitheater and Yokouchi Pavilion. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.

Maui OnStage’s Education and Youth Program’s fall production of “Snow Angel” featuring an all-teen cast and crew opens Friday, Sept. 27 and runs through Oct. 6, 2024.

The MeleCraft Music Mentorship by Haku Collective is returning to Maui after its debut earlier this year.