Join us for the 48th Annual Prince Lot Hula Festival. Are you ready for 2 days of hula! Amazing entertainment, lots of ʻono food, haku mele workshops, shopping & ʻohana cultural activities!

Schedule Of Events

9:00 AM : Ka Pā Nani 'O Lilinoe

Kumu: Lilinoe Lindsey

Our kumu the late Joan S. Lindsey traces her roots to 'ūniki from the late Master Lokalia Montgomery. We carry on her legacy to the future generations.

9:35 AM : Hālau Kilipohe Nā Lei Lehua

Kumu: Sky Gora & Liko Cooke

Halau has been in existence for 10 years. We are located in Kaka'ako. We strive to perpetuate the hula and its culture as was engrained to us through our Kumu 'Ala. Our mission is to carry on the traditions and skills surrounding hula; maintain the cultural traditions of mele oli and mele hula and to preserve the legends, genealogies and history of the Hawaiian people through dance.

10:05 AM : Special On Stage Programming

Emcees Host

10:20 AM : Hālau Hula Maunalei

Kumu: Lelehua Bray

Founded in 2009, in Holualoa, on Hawaiʻi island, Hālau Hula Maunalei is led by Kumu Hula Lelehua Bray who studied under Kumu Hula Michael Pili Pang and ʻūniki (graduated) from his school in 2002. She shares the gift of hula with her students ages 5 – 75.  The great grand-daughter of Lydia Maunahina Dusson Bray, Kumu Hula Bray’s mission is to teach others to love and embrace the traditions and art of hula as it has been taught by her kupuna.

10:55 AM : Hālau Hula ʻO Pukaʻikapuaokalani

Kumu: Darcey Noelani Moniz

The hālau was established by Aunty Ellen Castillo in the late 60s first in Waimānalo, then in Kailua. In 2012, Aunty Ellen passed away and Kumu Darcey (Aunty Ellen's niece and haumana) continued her teachings. The hālau has since expanded and Kumu Darcey continues the legacy of Aunty Ellen, teaching students in Kailua, Mililani and Japan. The hālau has competed in the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition, Hula ʻOni E Festival, and Iā ʻOe E Ka Lā Hula Competition in Pleasanton California. The hālau is made up of a diverse group of keiki, wāhine, and kane, ranging from ages 3 to 81.

11:25 AM : Hālau Hula Kauluokalā

Kumu: Uluwehi Guerrero

Under the direction of Kumu Hula Uluwehi Guerrero Hālau Hula Kauluokalā is from Kahului Maui.

11:50 AM : Kamahaʻo Haumea-thronas

1 PM : Haku mele workshop

Join us at 1pm in the Mission Memorial Auditorium for a Haku Mele workshop with Celebrated Hawaiian musical legends & rising stars! Hear about their journey to stardom & bring your mele drafts to sit with these mentors to pick their brain and learn from the professionals!

1:05 PM : Nā Pua ʻĀhihi Lehua Mai Pihanakalani

Kumu: ʻAuliʻi Hirahara

‘Auli’i Heine Hirahara learned hula from her mother’s kumu Aunty Maiki Aiu Lake at age five years old and from her mother Leināʻala Kalama Heine for 25+ years starting from age nine years old until her adulthood. In 2013, Kumu ‘Auli’i Heine Hirahara’s mother started to train her for the ʻūniki ceremony. Before her mother passed in 2015, she asked her oldest daughter Niuli’i Heine to complete the Kumu hula training. Kumu ‘Auli’i received her kīhei on January 13, 2018 at her ʻūniki ceremony in Punalu’u. After she received her Hālau name through a dream, Kumu ’Auli’i formed Hālau Nā Pua ‘Āhihi Lehua Mai Pihanakalani on August 1, 2021. The hālau has approximately 40+ members. Kumu ‘Auli’i holds hula classes weekly in Honolulu, O’ahu.

1:40 PM : Ka Pā Hula ʻo Kaʻohukuilehua

Kumu: Allen Kaʻohu Kam

Ka Pā Hula ʻo Kaʻohukuilehua, based in Waiʻalae, Oʻahu is under the direction of Allen Kaʻohu Kam, who was a student of Kalani Akana and Wayne Keahi Chang.