Maui Arts & Entertainment

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents comedian Leslie Jones at the MACC in the Castle Theater, starting at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.

The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum presents “Fifty Years of Life: ʻUmeke from King Kalākaua’s Jubilee,” a third-floor installation in Hawaiian Hall offering insight into Kalākaua’s significant contributions to Hawaiian culture. The exhibit runs through June 2024.

Maui Preparatory Academy will present Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” at the Bozich Center for Athletics and Performing Arts on Nov. 17, 18, and 19.

ProArts will host a screening of the cult classic horror comedy “Blood Diner” on Nov. 18, with proceeds benefiting Maui Rapid Response.

Las Vegas’ 2nd annual Holo Holo Music Festival is expanding to three days in April 2024, featuring J Boog, Iam Tongi, Maoli, The Green and more.

The November edition of the Hawaiian Music Series will take place on Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. at Hale Ho’ike’ike at the Bailey House Museum in Wailuku. This event will feature a performance by the Kamehameha Schools Maui Hawaiian Ensemble, a group of students committed to preserving Hawaiian culture through music and dance.

Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center is one of 10 arts organizations nationwide to receive the 2023-2024 Stand For The Arts Awards, recognizing its support of artists and communities.

The 2023 Festivals of Aloha culminates this month with the 21st Richard Ho‘opi‘i Falsetto Contest on Saturday, and events next week on the island of Molokaʻi.

For entertainment this week on Maui, there’s the Maui Veterans Day Invitational Kayak Clash, the 21st Annual Falsetto Contest, a free performance by The Voice contestant Jason Arcilla, debuts of Makana’s song “Lahainalalo,” and a recital by classical pianist Mahana Teave as part of a Wildfire Benefit Concert Series.

The Shops at Wailea is hosting a variety of shows and events for the month of November. The list includes live music on Wednesdays and a concert on Nov. 24 featuring Kalani Peʻa.

On Thursday, November 16th, Akakū Upstairs salon is excited to talk story with two profound cultural muralists, Oahuʻs John “Prime” Hina, of Urban 808 and DearLoveStory, and Mauiʻs Noble Richardson of E.H.A.(Endemic Hawaiʻi Artists).

Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents concurrent retrospective exhibitions of two prominent Honolulu-based artists, Marcia Morse and George Woollard, tracing each artist’s path by highlighting notable bodies of work throughout different phases of their respective five-decade careers.

Lōkahi: A Celebration of Maui featuring Lukas Nelson, Jack Johnson (Solo & Acoustic), Nathaniel Rateliff, Paula Fuga, Lily Meola, with family and friends Donavon Frankenreiter, Promise Of The Real and more performing live at Maui Arts & Cultural Center – A&B Amphitheater/Yokouchi Pavilion on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. This event welcomes all ages.

Country music band Old Dominion, along with special guest Mishka, will perform at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center on Jan. 6 as part of the Maui Songwriters Festival.

Host Lanai Tabura kicks off the season with accomplished Maui musician, Joshua Kahula, the lead singer of Nuff Sedd. Kahula’s most recent project, E OLA MAUI, is a collaboration with filmmakers and artists across Hawaiʻi is a tribute to the families of Maui impacted by the August fires, www.eolamaui.com. A resident of Lahaina and father of three, Kahula shares recipes that fit his family’s busy lifestyle.

The proceeds from Pasifika Fest will go to the families of the victims who died in the fire to help them with funeral services.

WAIKIKI hits theaters in major cities this week and will start showing in selected Honolulu theaters on Nov. 3, and at the Maui Mall on Nov. 5. WAIKIKI is a dramatic film that challenges the stereotypical image of paradise.

Local and visiting keiki enjoyed a celebration-filled Halloween Spooktacular, provided by The Shops at Wailea on Sunday, Oct. 29. The Shops hosted a frightening costume contest, where more than 1,000 guests entered to win prizes.

Last night on The Voice’s Battle Rounds, Jason Arcilla of Maui went head-to-head with teammate Eli Ward. Singing a duet of “Make It With You,” by Bread, Jason was able to beat Eli and Gwen named him the winner of the battle. 

For entertainment this week on Maui, multiple Grammy winner George Kahumoku and Jazz Maui are back in West Maui, the 10th annual Made-in-Maui Festival features more than 125 vendors and the University of Maui College hosts an Arts & Resilience event and Touch a Truck for kids. Find our comprehensive listing HERE.