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Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival will take place on September 8: 11am-7pm at the Armory Food & Event Hall, Mural Amphitheatre, and Fisher Rooftop. The festival is part of the Seattle Center Festál series. It is free and open to the public.
Seattle Center Festál is a year-round series of 24 free cultural festivals, produced in partnership with community organizations. In 2022, Festál celebrated 25 years of stories and traditions, ushering in a new era of hybrid programming. Learn more about Festál and subscribe to the newsletter for updates.
Time | Event |
11:00am | Opening Ceremony and Land Acknowledgement |
11:15am | Baby Honoring Ceremony |
11:30am | Arden Fujiwara |
12:15pm | Al Tringali and Friends |
1:30pm | Leo Aloha |
2:30pm | Na Kamali'i a Kiele |
3:45pm | Na Hilahila |
4:45pm | Ho'okani |
5:45pm | Carlton Aranda and Friends |
Time | Event |
11:00am | Halau Hula O Napualani |
12:15pm | Northwest Blend |
1:15pm | Ke'ala 'O Kamailelauli'ili'i |
2:30pm | Aldrine Guerrero |
3:45pm | Halau Hula Ka Lei Mokihana I Ka Ua Noe |
4:45pm | The Kahaialii Brothers |
5:30pm | Spam Musubi Contest and Raffle |
5:45pm | Na Leo Pilimehana |
E Heluehelu Pū (Read Together)
Time | Event |
12:00pm | Lawai'a |
2:00pm | Malama ‘Āina |
4:00pm | 'Ohana |
Na Hana Pakaukau (Table Activities)
At this station, we will have a Play House set up with some house items from our Hawaiian culture. Additionally, we will have 'Ōlelo Hawai'i posters to help encourage you to "E 'Ōlelo Hawai'i Pū" with your keiki as they play house.
At this station, keiki can plant ipu seeds to make an ipu starter. We will focus on the 'Ōlelo Hawai'i for plant parts and gardening.
At this station, we will be exploring the 'Ōlelo Hawai'i having to do with Lawai'a and I'a. The keiki will decorate little cardboard fish ornaments to look like a fish that are in Hawai'i.