Maui Arts & Entertainment

Next Sunday, Oct. 13, the MACC celebrates the musical tradition of Hawaii’s ubiquitous four-string instrument at the 8th Annual Maui Ukulele Festival.

It’s the weekend once again. Make the most of your brief stay on this spinning orb by hitting some of the events listed here.

You can participate in a three-day event to celebrate diversity and promote understanding of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

This Thursday, Oct. 3, The Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunrise is hosting their second annual Oktoberfest celebration at the Pioneer Inn on Wharf Street.

The 91st annual Maui Fair kicks off this Thursday, Oct. 3. Follow the parade to food, exhibits and all the cheesy rides you love.

Discover the best things going on this weekend here.

Now in its fourth year, the Led Zeppelin tribute show will take over Wailea on Saturday for one night of music presented by over 40 Maui musicians.

The play – described as a cross between “I Love Lucy” and “Some Like it Hot” – opens at the Historic Iao Theater this Friday night.

New York City’s award-winning improvisational musical comedy awards show – an unscripted mock theatrical awards show – hits the MACC’s Castle Theater Saturday.

This weekend is dominated by a wide variety of festivals and the 43rd annual Maui Marathon.

Outfit your little ukulele maestro in his or her aloha finest and get them over to Ka’anapali on Saturday morning.

Sitar maestro Shubhendra Rao and cello virtuoso Saskia Rao-de Haas will perform their concert program “East Marries West” at the MACC.

Get an earful of the 87-year-old icon’s stylings next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. when he plays the MACC’s Castle Theater with his daughter Antonia Bennett .

Learn a traditional Hawaiian skill, take in some hula at the international competition at the MACC, check out Lahaina 2nd Friday, and binge on beer at a “blondes vs brunettes” beer-off by the beach.

Four Maui men earned titles at the recent Just For Men National Beard and Moustache Championships held over the weekend in New Orleans.

WARNING: SATIRE… MOSTLY.

This Wednesday, Laura Berthold, an ornithologist for Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project, will be giving a presentation on Maui’s native forest birds.

It’s the first weekend of September and there is plenty going on to keep you occupied. Want the deets? Click here.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center has announced that Kū Mai Ka Hula (“Hula Appears”) will soon return to their theaters for its eighth year of presenting the professional, prestigious hula competition on Maui.

WARNING: SATIRE, intended to give you a break from the heave ho that is life. For the most part, if it sounds too good to be true, it isn’t.