Kahilu is happy to present TAVANA on Saturday, March 30, 2024, at 7pm HST. Tavana delivers a multi-instrumental one man band show that showcases his diverse, island-inspired blues style as an original singer-songwriter.  Joining Tavana on stage will be special guest Brother Noland!

Tavana is a m...

The Stanford University Chamber Chorale will present a wide-ranging program of choral music at Kahilu Theatre on Friday, 29 March at 7 p.m. Featured in collaboration with the Chorale will be pianist Laura Dahl and cellist Christopher Costanza, both internationally respected performers and pedago...

Kahilu is delighted to present ONE UDDAH MIDʻSUMMAH, adapted by Jackie Pualani Johnson, a local spin on one of Shakespeare’s classic comedies A Midsummer Nightʻs Dream. With a prominent theme of love, it aims to help us revisit our connection to the āina and our ancestors. One Uddah Midʻsummah wi...

Audiences will enjoy songs and stories with the busking band that Hawai’i adores.

An undying sense of adventure has anchored Streetlight Cadence since their humble beginnings as street performers in Honolulu. Their punkish energy on acoustic instruments intertwines with intimate storytelling to ...

Coming off her Grammy nomination, huge Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards sweep and move to beautiful Kamuela, six-time Female Vocalist of the Year and Miss Aloha Hula Natalie Ai Kamauu returns to Kahilu for a one night only show titled, Waimea, My Home. Standing by her side will be husband Iolani Kamauu, ...

Kahilu is excited to present JAKE SHIMABUKURO & MAC MCANALLY – Celebrating Songs & Stories on Distant Shores on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at 7pm HST. This will be an intimate evening celebrating friendship through stories and songs.

ʻUkulele master Jake Shimabukuro and renowned songwriter, si...

Welcome to OperAloha, a true celebration of the power and beauty of opera, where talent from diverse backgrounds harmonizes to create an unforgettable experience!

This January, OperAloha brings you an extraordinary lineup including tenor Moisés Salazár, mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz, bass-baritone...

Three-time Grammy winner & four-time Nā Hōkū Hanohano award winner KALANI PEʻA returns to Kahilu for this special PURPLE HAWAIIAN CHRISTMAS concert. The show will feature special guests Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award Winners Lorna Lim, Wailau Ryder, and featured hula performances throughout the show. Peʻ...

A festival like no other, these musicians take the stage for the Hoʻolauleʻa and Kanikapila concert. The artists take turns leading each other in both song and story, finding new inspiration in the music they love to share. During the second half of the concert, audience members are given an oppo...

This is a concert you donʻt want to miss! Makana will perform vocal and slack key guitar renditions of some of the most beloved and moving classics from the '60s, '70s, '80s, and '90s. You might call it "slack folk" or “slack rock” — and it will be performed acoustic — of course! For years Makana...

Join us for an evening of Ghost Stories of Hawai'i with master storyteller LOPAKA KAPANUI. From ancient Hawaiʻi to the present day, we'll hear stories of spirits, curses, possessions, night marchers, mo'o wahine, the goddess Pele, and more!

Sometimes known as “the ghost guy,” native Hawaiian sto...

Kahilu is excited to kick off the 2023-24 season with Hawaiʻi’s top-selling female artist, AMY HĀNAIALIʻI performing live and in-person at Kahilu Theatre. Amy will pay tribute to her award-winning song “Pālehua,” one of Hawai‘i’s most famous songs, and one of the world’s most danced-to songs amon...

Kahilu Theatre is jazzed to present Mads Tolling & The Mads Men on Saturday, April 22 at 7pm. Mads is a Grammy award-winning violinist and composer celebrating music of the 1960s “mad men era” with his own innovative style and flair. This program brings re-imagined jazzed-up songs from 1960s tele...

Tomte is an intimate shadow puppet performance adapted from “The Tomten” by Astrid Lindgren and the poem by Victor Rydberg. A Tomte is a Swedish gnome, a quiet and unseen caretaker who watches over the lives of humans and animals.

On a cold winter night on a snow-covered farm, Tomte teaches us a...

Ten-time Grammy Award-winning vocal group The Manhattan Transfer is hitting the road for the final time. As they celebrate their 50th anniversary, the group looks back on a career that has spanned genres from pop to jazz to rock & roll and more. After their recording debut in 1975, the group was ...

Known for his lei making and original compositions for hula, Hilo born Kuana strives to inspire others while showcasing the unique beauty of Hawaii in his music and lei. He recently completed a five year project, creating 100 new original songs for seven of the Hawaiian Islands.

Kuana gained wor...

Two-time Grammy nominee, and multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano award recipient, Raiatea’s Hawaiian music career spans 20 years. She has released multiple albums, recorded and performed with legendary musicians such as Keola Beamer, Aunty Genoa Keawe, Kealiʻi Reichel, Willie K, and Mick Fleetwood, to name...

It's grand! It's moving! It's playful! Join us for an evening of genre-busting opera performances by some of the most exciting emerging voices in opera today. First, fresh from his Metropolitan Opera debut is Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, a countertenor (countertenors are the falsetto singers of opera). ...

Island Breeze is a trio of world-class musicians, each masters of their own instruments, who have come together to create new and beautiful music. Award-winning Hawaiian slack key guitarist Jeff Peterson and shakuhachi master Riley Lee have been working together for many years, but they joined fo...

Josh Tatofi is a solo artist born and raised in Hawaii. He is an artist, composer, and producer who sings island reggae, R&B and traditional Hawaiian music. His debut album gained him recognition throughout Hawaii as a Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award nominee for Most Promising Artist in 2011.

His follow ...

Join us today as the musicians say farewell to Kamuela with their Kanikapila concert. This truly is a one-of-a-kind performance as the musicians take the stage in a slightly less formal concert setting. The artists take turns leading each other in both song and story, finding new inspiration in t...