Maui Arts & Entertainment

A statewide telecast from Oʻahu as well as live festivities on Maui will take place to celebrate the annual Hawaiʻi “May Day” with lei day celebration.

For a list of upcoming events, concerts, shows and entertainment from April 28-May 4, find our comprehensive listing here.

More than a dozen young poets statewide will be presenting their works at a competition to select the Hawaiʻi Youth Poet Laureate this year.

Tickets are on sale for the 41st Annual Kapalua Wine & Food Festival, with master sommelier Michael Jordan as host. The event takes place on June 9-12 at the Kapalua Resort.

High school juniors Cailyn Omuro of Maui High School and Sophia Salvador of Kīhei Charter School were selected in a juried process as the winners of START, a community-based artist immersion for young aspiring artists.

Hulō! to the Hālau from Kauaʻi! Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leinā‘ala took the overall title at the 59th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival. From Maui, the seven men of Hālau Kekuaokalā‘au‘ala‘iliahi, under the direction of Nā Kumu Hula Haunani & ʻIliahi Paredes of Wailuku, swept first place honors in both the kāne kahiko and kāne ʻauana divisions. The women of Kekuaokalā‘au‘ala‘iliahi earned second place honors in the wahine kahiko division.

A public art installation inspired by Wailuku storytellers is on display at the Wailuku Coffee Company in April.

A variety of dance styles from ballet to hip-hop will be featured at Seabury Hall’s 34th Annual Dance Showcase.

Hawaiian entertainer Joshua Kahula will be the featured entertainer on April 28 at the Baldwin Home Museum lawn in Lahaina. The Friday event takes place from 6 to 7 p.m.

A “Concert for Ukraine in the Maui Sunflowers” on Sunday, April 24, is sold out, but organizers say they are still taking donations to match philanthropists Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez who, together, will donate up to $50,000 to match funds raised as part of this event.

Pi‘ikea Kekīhenelehuawewehiikekau‘ōnohi Lopes of Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e was named Miss Aloha Hula 2022 at the 59th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival on Thursday night at the Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium in Hilo, Hawaiʻi.

A new course about art in public places is being offered to not only college students, but also to the general public at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College.

The Art of Trash exhibition and Trashion Show, which feature the reimagination of previously used materials, opens today at MalamaMauiNui.org/ArtOfTrash.

Hale Makua invites the public to join them for a festive and fun Mother’s Day Brunch event at the King Kamehameha Golf Club on Sunday, May 8, 2022. The event features live music entertainment by Ahumanu, the boss Manu Project.

For a list of upcoming events, concerts, shows and entertainment from April 20-27, find our comprehensive listing here.

Comedian Jim Jeffries whose show has appeared on Netflix, returns to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Aug. 5. Tickets to his “The Moist Tour” go on sale the the general public Friday.

Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea invites guests “Behind the Scenes of Hula” for a sneak peek into the practices of Maui’s Hālau o Ka Hanu Lehua.  Led by Kumu Hula Kamaka Kūkona, the hālau practice offers a unique opportunity to experience this special facet of Hawaiian culture.

Hāna’s own Lahela Lee Park of Kawaipapa won the inaugural Carmen Hulu Lindsey Leo Ha‘iha‘i Falsetto Contest, held Saturday night as part of the 30th annual Celebration of the Arts at the The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua.

Award-winning performer Katie Thiroux said she was 15 when she went to a workshop taught by professional jazz musicians — an experience that helped to inspire her to pursue music as a career.

Two Maui hālau hula are competing in this year’s Merrie Monarch Festival as the event takes place with modifications in Hilo at the Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium. Competition is set for April 21-23, 2022.