Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: Oct. 31–Nov. 6, 2024
Watch an all-women concert, see a film by a local family, celebrate the Hawaiian harvest season and play at a children’s fair.
Photo: Courtesy of Waimea Valley
Makahiki Festival
Saturday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Celebrate Makahiki, the Hawaiian New Year, at Waimea Valley. Watch the thrilling Te Moana Nui Games, a traditional sports competition of rock lifting, coconut tree climbing, fruit bearing and wrestling, plus enjoy live music, hula and local vendors.
Family-friendly, $5 kama‘āina admission for ages 4 and older, Waimea Valley, 59-864 Kamehameha Hwy., waimeavalley.net, @waimeavalleyoahu
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Photo: Courtesy of Raiatea Helm
Mana Wāhine in Concert
Friday, Nov. 1, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Cue the chicken skin moments at this show spotlighting some of Hawai‘i’s most iconic female musicians and performers. Watch Kainani Kahaunaele, Raiatea Helm, Melveen Leed, Starr Kalāhiki and host Mele Apana share their talents.
$50–$125, Waikīkī Royal Hawaiian Theater (Rock-A-Hula Showroom), 2201 Kalākaua Ave., eventbrite.com, @paifoundation
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Hanahau‘oli School Children’s Fair
Saturday, Nov. 2, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Looking for more fall family fun? Ride a pony, dance in the silent disco, sew your own fresh flower lei, get a keiki manicure or crazy hair makeover, play games and shop for produce and baked goods in the country store. Free parking and shuttles are available at Roosevelt High School.
Family-friendly, free admission, 1922 Makiki St., hanahauoli.org, @hanahauoli
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Watch The Carpenter
Premiering Friday, Nov. 1
North Shore brothers and Kahuku High School grads, Kameron and Kaulin Krebs, along with their father, produced and star in a new film hitting theaters nationwide this weekend. Mixing martial arts, heavy metal and Jesus, the story follows a champion MMA-style prize-fighter whose life is impacted when he is befriended by a benevolent carpenter from Nazareth.
PG-13, showing locally at Consolidated Theatres Kapolei and Mililani, carpentermovie.com, @thecarpentermovie
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An Afternoon with Two Poets
Saturday, Nov. 2, 2 to 4 p.m.
Listen to poetry readings by Emily Jungmin Yoon, author of Find Me as the Creature I Am and Wo Chan, author of Togetherness!, as they share snippets from their new works. Stick around for the talk story session, book signings and to browse the book boutique for your next page-turner.
Free, da Shop: books + curiosities, 3565 Harding Ave., dashophnl.com, @dashophnl
