Maui Area Events Calendar
January
February
March
Each Easter weekend we have the Celebration of the Arts at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua. The celebration features the arts and culture of Hawaii's people. You can watch demonstrations, entertainment, and participate in hands-on workshops.
April
May
The International Festival of Canoes in Lahaina is held each May for two weeks. Master Carvers from all over the Pacific gather to create canoes in Lahaina. They make the canoes in the traditional way, from logs. They also create surfboards in the traditional way, and visitors to the Festival can watch the demos live. Other demos you can watch in progress are house thatching and drum making. Take a cultural art lesson and attend the daily crafts fair during the Festival, which happens in Banyan Tree Park. Most of these cultural events are free to all visitors.
June
July
August
September
October
Annual Maui Makahiki at Ka'anapali Beach Hotel. This is a special ceremony where visitors can witness Hawaiian food, hula dances, artisans at work, and island music. The ceremony is to welcome the Royal Court of Maui's Aloha Festivals, and is held the first week in October. See traditional Hawaiian activities such as cast-net fishing and weaving of lauhalas. All throughout this special day you have the chance to ride in tradtional canoes, too, which are launched continuously. Catch the Makahiki, or skill games for warriors. Makahiki include Hakoko, which means wrestling, lawn bowling, and Lele lhe, which means spear throwing.
November
The Children's Hula Competition, or Hula 0 Na Keiki, at the Ka'anapali Beach Hotel occurs for three days each November and celebrates one of Hawaii's most famous and traditional arts, the Hula. Children from all over Hawaii, Japan, and the rest of the USA, who study hula, gather for the ony children's solo hula competition in the world. There are other activities for visitors as well: cultural workshops, and arts & crafts.
December
