Maui Arts & Entertainment

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.

Maui music group Nuff Sedd will host an exclusive CD release event for their new album “Cup of Aloha” at The Lounge at Island Sound in Hawaiʻi Kai, Oʻahu, on Sept. 28, 2024. As the one-year anniversary of the devastating Maui wildfires approached, Nuff Sedd released their heartfelt new single, “Cup of Aloha.”

The Maui community is invited to Queen Kaʻahumanu Center for a weekend packed with creativity, cultural experiences, and opportunities to connect. From hands-on crafting with the Keiki Club to nonprofit outreach at Kōkua Corner and a stunning Hula Show, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Theatre and Dance and Kennedy Theatre will premiere “Puana” this fall, a hana keaka (Hawaiian Theatre) production that delves into the spiritual connections between Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) and their kūpuna (ancestors) through the power of song. Performed primarily in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language), the play also commemorates the 10th anniversary of UH Mānoa’s Hawaiian Theatre program.

The winners have been announced for the 17th Annual Kū Mai Ka Hula competition, held on Saturday, Sept. 14 in Castle Theater at Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Eight award-winning hālau from Maui, O‘ahu, Kaua‘i, and the continental US participated this year.

A site blessing for the Hālau of ʻŌiwi Art was held on Sunday, marking a significant step forward in the creation of a cultural center dedicated to the preservation and celebration of Native Hawaiian arts. The event was attended by kumu hula, representatives from the County of Maui, project managers, and construction contractors. In response […]

Following a five-year hiatus, the Maui Okinawan Festival returns to the Maui Mall Village on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kamaʻāina and visitors can savor Okinawan food while enjoying high-energy music and dance, cultural displays with live demonstrations and interactive activities and shopping at the festival’s craft fair featuring Maui and Oʻahu vendors. 

Film festival favorite “My Partner,” a tender Boys’ Love drama and coming-of-age tale shot in Lahaina prior to the devastating fire in 2023, will be available on major streaming VOD (video on demand) platforms beginning Sept. 24, 2024.

The Lahaina Restoration Foundation welcomes renowned Hawaiian musician, Cody Pueo Pata as its featured artist for the September edition of the free Hawaiian Music Series. The event takes place at the Lahaina Civic Center Amphitheater on Thursday, Sept. 26, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

The 44th annual Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF44) presented by Halekulani will showcase 92 feature films, 114 shorts, 40 world premiers and 31 US premieres across the islands from Oct. 3 to Nov. 10.

University of Hawai‘i Maui College Associate Professor Dr. Joseph Keola Donaghy documents and explores the role that musical performance and composition practice played in efforts to defend Maunakea and how these practices reflected the idea of kapu aloha that was prevalent among kia‘i (protectors).

Queen Kaʻahumanu Center launched its inaugural 808 Bash on Aug. 24, bringing Maui together in celebration of community. Organizers say the success of this event has set the tone for what is hoped to become a new annual tradition for the island.