Activities & Attractions:
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less than 5 minutes from 8-Plex movie theatre, 24 hour Fitness Club, tennis courts, deep sea fishing, dive boats, jet skiing & parasailing, waterskiing & wake boarding, Hawaii Kai Golf Course, Horseback riding
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less than 5 minutes from Koko Crater Botanical Gardens, Hanauma Bay, Sandy Beach, Halona Blowhole, Makapuu Lighthouse & Koko Head trails
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less than 10 minutes from Makapuu Beach & surf break, Sea Life Park and Waiamanalo Beaches
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less than 20 minutes from Tradewind Charters; private sailing, snorkeling & whalewatching adventure cruises
for
the family or a private sunset dinner cruise for the adults w/ Capt
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less than 20 minutes from Waikiki hotels and Ala Moana Shopping Center
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less than 30 minutes from Honolulu International Airport
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less than 60 minutes from Paradise Cove Lu'au;
the island's best Polynesian
Lu'au. You can purchase tickets here -
Honolulu Events Calendar for activities, events, shows, exhibitions, etc. around the Island of Oahu
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Historic Honolulu explores many of our historic buildings, homes from another era
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Honolulu Marathon drawing 30,000+ runners from all over the world is run annually in December
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Oahu's Hiking & Backpacking Trails website has over 80
Oahu day hikes detailed -
Oahu Calendar of Events:
January
Morey World Bodyboarding Championship at Banzai
Pipeline. Competition is determined by the best
wave
selection and maneuvers on the wave. (early
January)
Call: 808-396-2326
Ala Wai Challenge @ Ala Wai Park An
all-day event
features ancient Hawaiian games, like ulu maika
(bowling
a round stone through pegs), oo ihe (spear
throwing at an
upright target), huki kaula (tug of war) and a
1/4 mile out-
rigger canoe race. It's also a great place to
hear Hawaiian
music. (last weekend in January) Call:
808-923-1802
February
Narcissus Festival in Honolulu takes place around
the Chi-
nese New Year. A cultural festival that includes
a queen's
pageant, cooking demonstrations & a cultural fair.
(early February) Call: 808-533-3181
NFL Pro Bowl @ Aloha Stadium features the
National Foot-
ball League's best pro players playing in this annual
allstar
game. (early February)
www.nfl.com or call: 808-486-9300
Sand Castle Building Contest @ Kailua Beach Park
Students at the Univ of Hawaii School of Architecture
compete
against professional architects to see who can build
the best,
most unusual and most outrageous sand sculpture.
Call:
808-956-7225
Punahou School Carnival in Honolulu This
event has every-
thing you can imagine in a school carnival from high
speed
rides to homemade jellies. Call:
808-951-7877
Buffalo's Big Board Classic @ Makaha Beach
This contest
involves traditional Hawaiian surfing, long boarding
and canoe
surfing. (Feb or March depending on surf)
Call: 808-951-7877
March
Hawaii Challenge International Sportkite Championships
@ Kapiolani Park The longest running
sportkite competition in
the world attracts top kite pilots from around the
globe. (first
weekend in March) Call: 808-735-9059
Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Waikiki from
Ft DeRussy
to Kapiolani Park Bagpipers, bands, clowns and
marching
groups parade throught the heart of Waikiki with lots
of Irish
celebrating all day long. (March 17) Call:
808-524-0722
April
Annual Easter Sunrise Service @ National Cemetary
of the
Pacific, Punchbowl Crater For a century, people
have gathered
at this famous cemetary for Easter sunrise services.
Call: 808-
566-1430
Honolulu International Bed Race Festival
This popular fund-
raiser event allows visitors a small taste of Honolulu
with food
booths sponsored by local restaurants, live
entertainment, a
keiki (childrens') carnival with games and rides
and a race
through the streets of Honolulu with runners pushing
beds to
raise money for local charities. (mid April)
Call 808-696-2424
May
May Day Celebration Lei Day in Hawaii
is celebrated with lei-
making contests, pageantry, arts and crafts and
the real high-
light, a Brothers Cazimero concert at the Waikiki
Shell. (May 1)
Call: 808-924-8934 or 808-524-0722
World Fire-Knife Dance Championships and
Samoan
Festival @ Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie
Junior and
adult fire-knife dancers from around the world
converge on the
center for one of the most amazing performances
you'll ever
see. Authentic Samoan food and cultural
festivities round out
the fun. (mid May)
www.polynesianculturalcenter.com Call:
808-293-3333
June
King Kamehameha Celebration is a state
holiday with a
massive floral parade, hoolaulea (party),
Hawaiian music
and much more. (1st weekend in June)
Call: 808-586-0333
King Kamehameha Hula Competition @ Neal
Blaisdell
Center This is one of the top hula
competitions in the
world with dancers from as far away as Japan.
(3rd weekend
in June) Call: 808-586-0333
Taste of Honolulu @ Civic Center Grounds
Hawaii's pre-
mier outdoor food festival features tastes from 30
restaurants
as well as entertainment, beer & wine tastings, cooking
demos
a gourmet marketplace and childrens' activities.
(end of June)
www.easterseals.org Call: 808-536-1015
July
Hawaii International Jazz Festival @ Sheraton
Waikik
This festival includes evening concerts and daily jam
sessions
plus scholarship giveaways, the Univ of Southern
California
jazz band and many popular jazz & blues artists.
(mid July)
Call: 808-941-9974
Prince Lot Hula Festival @ Moanalua Gardens
Authentic
ancient & modern hula as well as demonstrations and
arts &
crafts are some of the things you'll encounter at this
festival.
(third Sunday in July) Call: 808-839-5334
Ukulele Festival @ Kapiolani Park Bandstand
This free
concert has some 600 kids (ages 4-92) strumming the
ukulele.
Hawaii's top musicians all pitch in. (Last Sunday
in July)
www.ukulele-roysakuma.com Call: 808-732-3739
Queen Liliuokalani Keiki Hula Competition @ Neil Blaisdell
Center More than 500 Keiki
(children) representing 22 halau
(hula schools) from the islands compete in this
dance fest. (last
weekend in July or early August) Call:
808-521-6905
August
Hawaii State Farm Fair @ Aloha Stadium
The annual state
fair is a great one: It features displays of
Hawaii agricultural
products, educational & cultural exhibits,
entertainment and
local-style food. (early August) Call:
808-531-3531
Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar Festival @ Sheraton
Waikiki
The best of Hawaii's folk music (slack-key guitar)
performed
by the best musicians in Hawaii. It's 5 hours
long and FREE.
(third Sunday in August) Call: 808-239-4336
September
Aloha Festival Parade & other events
celebrate Hawaiian
culture and friendliness. (early-mid
September)
www.alohafestivals.com Call: 808-545-1771
November
Hawaii International Film Festival This
cinema festival
with a cross-cultural spin features film-makers
from Asia,
the Pacific Islands and the US. (first two
weeks in November)
www.hiff.org
Call: 808-528-FILM
Triple Crown of Surfing @ North Shore The world's top pro-
fessional surfers compete in events for more than
$1million in
prize money. (November - December)
www.triplecrownofsurfing.com Call: 808-638-7266
December
Festival of Trees This downtown display
of one-of-a-kind
decorated Christmas trees, wreaths and decorations
benefits
Queen's Medical Center. The lighting takes place
the first or
second week of December. Call: 808-547-4371
Honolulu Marathon This is one
of the largest marathons in
world with more than 30,000 competitors. (second
Sunday in
December)
www.honolulumarathon.org
Call: 808-734-7200
Aloha Bowl @ Aloha Stadium A Pac-10
team plays a Big 12
team in this nationally televised collegiate football
classic.
(Christmas Day)
www.alohagames.com Call:
808-545-7171
Rainbow Classic @ Univ of Hawaii Eight of
the best NCAA
basketball teams compete at the Special Events Arena.
(week
after Christmas) Call: 808-956-6501