Local Events
Upcoming events and community happenings across Oahu Local
Okinawan Festival 2026
Hawaiʻi's largest ethnic festival celebrates Okinawan culture with authentic Okinawan cuisine, eisa drumming and dance performances, crafts, and cultural exhibits, capped off by bon dancing Saturday evening. Running in a scaled-down, modified format this year due to venue renovations. Saturday hours 10 AM–5 PM (bon dance 6–9 PM); Sunday hours 10 AM–4 PM.
Aloha Festivals 2026
Hawaiʻi's longest-running cultural celebration marks its 80th year in 2026. Free, three-part statewide celebration in Honolulu: the Royal Court Investiture & Opening Ceremony (Sept 5, 4–6 PM); the Waikīkī Hoʻolauleʻa street festival on Kalākaua Avenue with live music, hula, and food booths (Sept 19, 6–9:30 PM); and the Aloha Festivals Floral Parade, a procession of pāʻū riders and floats from Ala Moana Park along Kalākaua Avenue to Kapiʻolani Park (Sept 26, 9 AM–noon).
Journey in Concert
Legendary rock band Journey performs live at Neal S. Blaisdell Center Arena, with two Honolulu shows scheduled for September 6 and September 8, 2026. Showtime is 8:00 PM.
Honolulu Century Ride 2026
An untimed, non-competitive community bike ride (not a race) tracing Oʻahu's South Shore and Windward Coast, with 25, 50, 75, and 100-mile route options turning around at Sandy Beach Park, Kailua Intermediate School, KEY Project (Kahaluʻu), and Swanzy Beach Park respectively. Riders line up at 5:15 AM with an official 6:15 AM start on Kalākaua Avenue; roads remain open to traffic throughout.
Nā Wāhine O Ke Kai 2026
The world championship of women's long-distance outrigger canoe racing, crossing the roughly 41-mile Kaʻiwi Channel from Hale O Lono Harbor on Molokaʻi to Waikīkī. Crews start around 7:30 AM; front-of-field boats typically finish between 1:00–1:30 PM, with the last crews in by late afternoon along the Fort DeRussy/Kahanamoku Beach shoreline. Free to watch from the beach.