Activities

The Ka‘u Coffee Festival is back for its ninth annual celebration of local brew.

The free event will feature live entertainment from local musicians, food from local farmers, a keiki activity area, silent auctions, cooking demonstrations and more.

Line Dance, Farm Fest, and Portuguese Bean Soup Contest highlight Honoka‘a Western Week.

Learn to make probiotic-rich foods at home, including sauerkraut, kimchi, yogurt and more.

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is offering a free, three-day conservation program for kids this summer.

The Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association will hold its annual Visitor Industry Charity Walks event on the Big Island on Saturday, May 13.

Visitors to the Kona Coffee Living History Farm in Captain Cook will have the opportunity to participate first-hand in some of Kodomo no Hi’s traditions.

Children’s Day and other events at Lili‘uokalani Gardens will be held from Friday through Tuesday, May 5 through 9.

Kona Historical Society (KHS) is offering an award-winning Jeep Trip Program tour of the southern coast of Hawai‘i Island on Saturday, May 27.   The tour will be led by John Replogle of The Nature Conservancy and Naturalist Bobby Camara, taking participants on a 4-wheel drive excursion of Waiohinu. The area is not accessible to […]

Hawai‘i Wildfire Management Organization is hosting a free Party for Wildfire Awareness event in Kona on Saturday, May 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Volcano Art Center will present “An Evening of Hawaiian Language” with University of Hawai‘i at Hilo instructor ʻĀlika Guerrero on Thursday, May 4.

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park (HVNP) has released its upcoming Hawaiian Culture and After Dark in the Park programs schedule for the month of May. These events are free, but park entrance fees apply. The community is also invited to volunteer in an effort to preserve native plants through the park’s Stewardship at the Summit volunteer […]

Join Volcano Art Center (VAC) to celebrate May Day on Monday, May 1, with hands-on lei making demonstrations from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Gallery porch. Master lei makers Randy Lee, Kaipo AhChong and Dana Castro will be present during this free event. VAC will provide flowers and plant materials. Learn how to […]

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The public is invited for a free lecture discussing “A Natural History of the Hawaiian Monk Seal,” on Wednesday, April 26, at 5:30 p.m. at the West Hawaiʻi Civic Center. The lecture is being presented by Kona Historical Society in partnership with The Marine Mammal Center’s Ke Kai Ola: The Hawaiian Monk Seal Hospital, as […]

Laupāhoehoe Community Public Charter School will offer the fifth Adult Education Woodworking Class series with Master Woodworker Peter Ziroli.

Hawai‘i Community College – Pālamanui will host “Earth Day Fair at Pālamanui” at the Kailua-Kona campus on Saturday, April 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Heather Stever is a research associate in Dr. Jesse Eiben’s “Teaching and Research Arthropod Collection” Laboratory.

The Boys & Girls Club of the Big Island in Hilo will hold its first Craft Fair Thursday through Saturday, April 20 to 22.

The U.S. Army Garrison-Pōhakuloa Training Area invites the public to come celebrate Earth Day at PTA on Thursday, April 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.