Waikiki Steel Guitar Week, incorporating the Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival and the Waikiki Steel Guitar Festival, is a week-long event celebrating Hawaiian music and the Hawaiian steel guitar. The 2024 annual event will be held at the Royal Hawaiian Center's Royal Grove stage during the week of July 8-13, 2024.

Monday through Thursday evening concerts will feature one-hour performances by different Hawaiian steel guitar artists and ensembles. Alan Akaka and The Islanders, Pomaika‘i &Malie, Masami Sato & Makana, and NextGen steel guitarists Isaac, Enosa, Tai, Makamae, and Isabella, will perform this year.

The 3rd Annual Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival will be presented on Friday, July 12, 2024, from 2:30pm to 6:30pm and feature steel guitarists Shinichi Kakiuchi, Yukio Katagiri, Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi, Masami "Matt" Kobayashi, Paul Okubo, Masami Sato & Makana, Moto Suzuki and Miki Reina, and Noriko and Shuji Tomita, all from Japan.

Schedule:

Monday, July 8, 2024

5:00pm - 6:00pm - Concert - Royal Grove Stage

Alan Akaka & the Islanders

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

5:00pm - 6:00pm - Concert - Royal Grove Stage

Pomaikai & Malie

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

5:00pm - 6:00pm - Concert - Royal Grove Stage

Masami Sato & Makana

(Akiko Watanabe, Kazuko Tanaka, Kazuko Ishii, Ayumi Kato, Yoshiko Konno, Michiko Makiuchi)

Thursday, July 11, 2024

5:00pm - 6:00pm - Concert - Royal Grove Stage

Nextgen Steel Guitarists (Isaac, Enosa, Tai, Makamae, Isabella)

Friday, July 12, 2024

Ho'olaule'a - Royal Grove Stage (Livestreamed)

2:20pm - 2:30pm - Masami Sato & Shuji Tomita Opening Remarks

2:30pm - 2:55pm - Yukio Katagiri

3:00pm - 3:25pm - Noriko & Shuji Tomita

3:30pm - 3:55pm - Paul Okubo

4:00pm - 4:25pm - Moto Suzuki & Miki Reina

4:30pm - 4:55pm - Shinichi Kakiuchi

5:00pm - 5:25pm - Matt Kobayashi

5:30pm - 5:55pm - Kiyoshi "Lion" Koboyashi

6:00pm - 6:30pm - Masami Sato & Makana

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Ho'olaule'a Part 1 - Royal Grove Stage (Livestreamed)

10:50am - 11:00am - Monte Mccomber and Kimo Kahoano Opening Remarks

11:00am - 11:35am - Masami Sato & Makana

11:40am - 12:15pm - Steve Cheney

12:20pm - 12:55pm - Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz

1:00pm - 1:35pm - Devin Nakahara

1:40pm - 2:15pm - Greg Sardinha & Po'okela

2:20pm - 4:00pm Intermission

Ho'olaule'a Part 2 - Royal Grove Stage (Livestreamed)

4:00pm - 4:30pm - Malie Lyman

4:35pm - 5:10pm - Bobby Ingano

5:15pm - 5:50pm - Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi

5:55pm - 6:30pm - Alan Akaka

Date: July 8-13, 2024

Time: July 8-11 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm

July 12 - 2:20pm - 6:30pm

July 13 - 10:50am - 6:30pm

Location: Royal Hawaiian Center

2201 Kalakaua Avenue Honolulu, HI 96801

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