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When: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 10:30 am
Walk-ins accepted as capacity allowed
Reservations: Recommended – Call (808) 768-7135
Cost: Free with garden admission

About the Garden:

Step away from the city and enjoy a refreshing visit to Foster Botanical Garden, the oldest of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens. This 14-acre oasis features a world-class collection of tropical plants, including some magnificent trees planted in the 1850s by Dr. William Hillebrand. These trees mark the beginning of what would become the Honolulu Botanical Gardens.

What to Expect:

Tours are led by dedicated volunteer guides who have completed a six-week training program. They bring the garden to life with in-depth stories, history, culture, and fascinating insights into its plants and animals.

Organized Group Tours:

For schools and organized groups, please call (808) 768-7135 to discuss possibilities.

Garden Highlights:
Upper Terrace
Palm Garden
Economic Garden (with herbs, spices, and other plants with commercial value)
Prehistoric Glen Cycad Collection
21 Exceptional Trees (as designated by Hawaii’s Exceptional Tree Program)
The Conservatory (with orchids, pitcher plants, and more)
Outdoor Butterfly Garden
and an affiliated Gift Shop

This exhibition takes the viewer on a journey through the diverse regions of the Philippines featuring centerpieces of Filipino attire, from the southern Muslim and Indigenous communities in Mindanao, to the Indigenous communities in the northern Luzon region, to the predominantly Roman Catholic central Visayan Islands, to the national dress associated with Manila.

Honoring the deep connection between Hawai'i and the Philippines, a display of historical photographs shares the story of the Sakada, the first 15 Filipinos who immigrated to Hilo, Hawai'i, as labor workers in 1906.

Each month join local musicians for genre base workshops, ensembles, and open mics.

Bring your instrument or borrow.

This is our third year and we are looking forward to providing free music education for years to come. Please enjoy sharing and all the events at BIG (Big Island Guitar).

Unlike any other music gathering we encourage all to come learn and teach. We cover music theory how to chart songs and meet others that share your passion for music…. Heck possibly even form a group!

One of our instructors, Wago Howard, shares the event via YouTube for those who choose the couch tour approach.
https://youtube.com/@wagohowardmusic?si=mVwKahU4cA6T8rUt

For all others, see you every first Saturday from 4:00 to 7:00 PM of each month. For Amazing Music Events:
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Saxophone Beginner Jazz Ensemble : First Tuesday Bi- monthly

6:00pm-7:30pm

(Apr. Ist , June. 3rd, Aug. 5th, Oct.7th, Dec.2nd)

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Family Ukulele Night : 4-5pm First Saturday of each month

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“OPEN JAM” FULL BAND :

5:00-7pm First Saturday of each Month through end of year!

Edith Kanakaʻole World Oli Festival is an interdisciplinary conference centered on oli (Hawaiʻi chant). Oli is vibrational expression and a primary technology and mode of communication, anchored in the Hawaiʻi soundscape, that is easy to access. The pursuit of relationships in resonance with our environment can take many forms, which is why EKWOF honors multiple ways of knowing and multiple intelligences. This festival is for ANYONE interested in learning to connect to place and apply that connection to your personal and professional life. You will gain access to oli guides via our concert, backstage passes, in ʻAha, workshops, Co-Keynote presentations, an Oli Challenge, and our Wa Kanaloa Integrated Arts Market. If you are curious, this is for you! For more information and to register visit www.halauohia.com/olifest2025

Enjoy live music from the talented local guitarist and singer, Johnny The Third . He will performing relaxing sunset vibes at Hula's Bar & Lei Stand, Waikiki, from 6pm to 9pm each Saturday. The event is free and welcome to adults 21+.

100 Artisans selling their Gifts and Crafts. Maui Fine Art is there with Gallery items at Artist Direct Pricing. We have 100 Artisans which include but are not limited to Men's and Women's Clothing, Jewelry, Pottery, Paintings, Swim Suits, Sunglasses, Hats, Bags, Hand painted Coconut shells, Dog Wear, and so much more. Please come and support local Artisans at the Maui Gift and Craft Fair held every Sunday from 9am to 2pm at Lahaina Gateway Shopping Center where Kihei Cafe, ACE Hardware and Ross Dress for Less are located.

On Sunday December 7th 2025, The South Kona Artists Collective (SOKO) will be holding a pop-up holiday sale from 9 am to 3 pm at Yano Hall in Captain Cook. Located at 82-6156 Mamalahoa Hwy. It is just south of the Amy Greenwell Garden Kona Green Market and across from the Manago Hotel Many of the SOKO artists will be there including our newest members, so here is your first chance to meet them. There will be loads of beautiful handcrafted items, both large and small for sale. Including pottery, stained glass, paintings, photography, jewelry, fused glass, quilts and fabrics. Get your holiday shopping done all in one place, have a good time and support your local arts community.

For more information, visit our website at sokoartists.com.

This exhibition takes the viewer on a journey through the diverse regions of the Philippines featuring centerpieces of Filipino attire, from the southern Muslim and Indigenous communities in Mindanao, to the Indigenous communities in the northern Luzon region, to the predominantly Roman Catholic central Visayan Islands, to the national dress associated with Manila.

Honoring the deep connection between Hawai'i and the Philippines, a display of historical photographs shares the story of the Sakada, the first 15 Filipinos who immigrated to Hilo, Hawai'i, as labor workers in 1906.

Edith Kanakaʻole World Oli Festival is an interdisciplinary conference centered on oli (Hawaiʻi chant). Oli is vibrational expression and a primary technology and mode of communication, anchored in the Hawaiʻi soundscape, that is easy to access. The pursuit of relationships in resonance with our environment can take many forms, which is why EKWOF honors multiple ways of knowing and multiple intelligences. This festival is for ANYONE interested in learning to connect to place and apply that connection to your personal and professional life. You will gain access to oli guides via our concert, backstage passes, in ʻAha, workshops, Co-Keynote presentations, an Oli Challenge, and our Wa Kanaloa Integrated Arts Market. If you are curious, this is for you! For more information and to register visit www.halauohia.com/olifest2025

When: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 10:30 am
Walk-ins accepted as capacity allowed
Reservations: Recommended – Call (808) 768-7135
Cost: Free with garden admission

About the Garden:

Step away from the city and enjoy a refreshing visit to Foster Botanical Garden, the oldest of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens. This 14-acre oasis features a world-class collection of tropical plants, including some magnificent trees planted in the 1850s by Dr. William Hillebrand. These trees mark the beginning of what would become the Honolulu Botanical Gardens.

What to Expect:

Tours are led by dedicated volunteer guides who have completed a six-week training program. They bring the garden to life with in-depth stories, history, culture, and fascinating insights into its plants and animals.

Organized Group Tours:

For schools and organized groups, please call (808) 768-7135 to discuss possibilities.

Garden Highlights:
Upper Terrace
Palm Garden
Economic Garden (with herbs, spices, and other plants with commercial value)
Prehistoric Glen Cycad Collection
21 Exceptional Trees (as designated by Hawaii’s Exceptional Tree Program)
The Conservatory (with orchids, pitcher plants, and more)
Outdoor Butterfly Garden
and an affiliated Gift Shop