2024 Event Program

The 2024 Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week will feature Monday-Thursday 1-hour evening performances, the Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival on Friday, and the Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival on Saturday. Also featured will be a hands-on experience for event guests to learn more about the Hawaiian steel guitar.

Emcee for the Monday-Thursday concerts is Monte McComber.

Co-emcees for Friday's Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival are Masami Sato and Shuji Tomita.

Saturday's Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival will be hosted by Kimo Kahoano.

Program

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Monday-Thursday - Evening Concert Performances

• Monday - Alan Akaka & The Islanders
• Tuesday - Pomaika‘i & Mālie
• Wednesday - Masami Sato & Makana
• Thursday - NextGen Steel Guitarists
• Isabella Bertelmann
• Hi‘ipoi Lindsey
• Enosa Lyman
• Ever Ta‘ala
  
• Isaac Woodward

Friday - Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival

Complete festival information available at Festival Website.

• Shinichi Kakiuchi
• Yukio Katagiri
• Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi
• Matt Kobayashi
• Paul Okubo
• Masami Sato and Makana
• Noriko and Shuji Tomita

Saturday - Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival

• Alan Akaka
• Roberto Alaniz
• Steve Cheney
• Bobby Ingano
• Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi
• Mālie Lyman
• Greg Sardinha
  
• Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz
  
• Joseph Zayac
  

The Festival Poster