Maui Arts & Entertainment

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center is offering two more free streaming concerts, featuring Multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano winner Mark Yamanaka on Nov. 6 and Hawaiian band Kulāiwi on Nov. 13 as part of its Live @ the MACC Saturday night series.

Sunday night’s performance of “Wicked Little Girls” at Da Playground in Māʻalaea is already sold out and is a tribute to Sellers who found a niche market that was unrepresented and then did something about it.

History Theatre returns to Lahaina on Thursday, Nov. 18, and Friday, Nov. 19, at 6 p.m. The performances will be held at the Lahaina Jodo Mission at 99 Ala Moana St. in Lahaina.

The Daryl Hall and John Oates concert that had been rescheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 9 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center has been canceled. 

Ebb & Flow  Ensemble is performing two free concerts at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at Pro Arts Playhouse in Kīhei. Admission to the concert is free.

“Halloween is on,” according to Maui Mayor Victorino. While a return to door-to-door tradition is allowed this year, the Mayor is encouraging drive-thru options. A list of upcoming events is posted:

Six students from Princess Nāhi‘ena‘ena, Sacred Heart, and Maui Preparatory Academy explored four different time periods spanning nearly five hundred years of Lahaina’s history.

Lahaina Gateway will host a virtual Halloween scavenger hunt Oct. 24-29, with followers searching for hidden Halloween items in an upcoming Lahaina Gateway Facebook and Instagram post and providing the answers via direct message.

“In the Spring of the 2019-2020 school year, KKHS Drama had been rehearsing for their musical Footloose for seven  weeks.  We went into Spring Break looking forward to two 8-hour Tuesday and Wednesday rehearsals in which we could finally run the entire show–music, acting, choreography that we had spent so much time learning.  Then, the world, and our show, fell into a heap,” Kepler recalled.

Hui No Ke Ola Pono will host Holoholo Heleuī, a free and fun “spooktacular” community health event at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College on Saturday, Oct. 23 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

“Halloween is On!” Trick-or-Treating is Back but Drive-Through Events are Encouraged While a return to door-to-door traditions is allowed this year, the Mayor is encouraging drive-through options like the “Halloween Drive-Through Adventure at Keōpūolani” Park in Kahului. The event runs from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Halloween evening, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021.

ʻUlupalakua’s MauiWine chose Maui native Jaclynn Sabado-Eitel to create two custom prints for limited edition bottles as part of the winery’s annual “Artist Series.”

Pet owners are invited to celebrate the spooky season with Kīhei Kalama Village by sending a picture of their pet’s awesome Halloween costume to the center’s Virtual Pet Costume Contest.

Azeka Shopping Center will celebrate Halloween remotely this year with a Virtual Costume Contest. Families are encouraged to share their costumes with the community, Oct. 10-31.

The Maui County Sister Cities Foundation announced the slate of winners from its local youth art contest, including Maui entrant Skylar Kuroda, who won the $1,000 grand prize in the Poets Showcase in the Sister Cities International Young Artists and Authors Showcase 2021.

Kainani Kahaunaele was the standout at the 44th Annual Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards, winning seven awards in six categories for her third album Waipunalei. The list of winners is posted here:

Entry forms for the 34th Lahaina Poster Contest are now available online, with the first place winner to be awarded a $3,000 prize.

Maui Mall Village is hosting a virtual Halloween Costume and Pumpkin Carving Contest October 4-27. 

Following its world premiere at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival in November, and a five-month, statewide theatrical run in Consolidated and Regal Cinemas, family-friendly comedy “Aloha Surf Hotel” is coming to North American Video on Demand platforms as of Oct. 12.

The Lahaina Cannery invites local residents and visitors to partake in A Wicked Affair for some “spooktacular family fun.” The event takes place on Oct. 23 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.