Hawaii's Best Christmas Concerts in 2009

Hawaii's most popular Christmas concerts sell out fast, so it's not too early to decide which events you will attend. Tickets for these holiday concerts featuring big name performers are on sale now:

Nov 27-29: Jim Nabors Honolulu Christmas Concert

Nov 29: Amy Hanaialii's Maui Holiday Concert

Dec 04: Amy Hanaialii's Big Island Holiday Concert

Dec 05: Willie K Waikoloa Big Island Christmas Concert

Dec 11-13: Brothers Cazimero Honolulu Christmas Concert

Dec 20-23: Na Leo Holiday Music Spectacular Waikiki Concert

Other Popular Christmas Concerts in Hawaii:

Nov 28: Maui Choral Arts "Home for the Holidays" Concert

Dec 05: Honolulu City Lights Opening Night Christmas Concert

Dec 05: Kamehameha Schools Honolulu Christmas Concert

Dec 13: Maui Pops Orchestra Holiday Concert at Maui Arts

Dec 19: Honolulu Boys Choir Christmas Concert

Dec 20: Messiah Sing-Along at Hyatt Regency Maui

Dec 21: Kauai Christmas Hula Concert

If I left off your favorite holiday concert in Hawaii please send me a message using the email address on our contacts page. See also

Award Winning Hawaiian Music Christmas Albums

New Obama's Hawaii Children's Book Includes Amy Hanaialii CD

The July 2009 book, "A President From Hawaii" teaches young people about the history, cultural values, and language of Hawaii, using quotes from United States President Barack Obama and illustrations by Kauai artist Joanna Carolan. The included CD features songs by two of Hawaii's top award winning recording artists, Amy Hanaialii and former HAPA lead singer, Kelii Kaneali. The CD also includes a chant by Kelii's wife, former Miss Aloha Hula Healani Youn. "A President from Hawaii" was selected to represent the State of Hawaii at the Library of Congress September 2009 National Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington DC.

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2009 Veteran's Day Events in Hawaii

Most of Hawaii's 2009 Veteran's Day Events, including parades, family festivals, and ceremonies, will take place on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, which is Veteran's Day. There will also be a few early events this weekend, including the Kauai Veteran's Day Parade, and the Waianae Veteran's Day Parade in West Oahu, and the Hilo Veteran's Day Parade on the Big Island, all of which take place on Saturday, November 7. Veteran's day is an official state holiday in Hawaii so city and county offices will be closed and public bus lines may run on their weekend schedules. For more information see: Veteran's Day in Hawaii

Hawaii Events This Weekend: November 6-8, 2009

Events in Hawaii this weekend, Friday, November 6 through Sunday, November 8, 2009, will include Arbor Day events on Oahu and the Big Island, Pre-Veteran's Day Parades on Oahu, Kauai, and the Big Island, the Celebrate Kaimuki Street Festival in Honolulu, a drag race on Kauai, the Kona Coffee Festival and the Moku o Keawe Hula Festival on the Big Island, a gay-friendly Mama Mia Movie and Sing-Along on Maui, a Healing Arts Expo at the Unity Church of Hawaii in Honolulu, and many other events. For more information see

Calendar of November 2009 Hawaii Events

More About November Events in Hawaii

Oahu Halloween Events and Activities

Halloween Events on Oahu include Hawaii's Haunted Plantation in Waipahu, the Haunted Lagoon Ride at the Polynesian Cultural Center, the Haunted Village Night Walk and Show at the Hokulani Imaginarium in Kaneohe, a huge Halloween music and arts street festival in Downtown Honolulu, adults-only Halloween parties at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki, a gay-friendly "Man in the Mirror Hulaween" party at Hula's Bar and Grill, Halloween costume parties at many other night spots, a "Silent Scream" screening of the silent film "Phantom of the Opera" accompanied by live organ music, and as always, plenty of costumed revelers parading up and down Kalakaua Avenuer in Waikiki. For more information see Halloween on Oahu. For information about Other Halloween events in Hawaii see Halloween on Maui, Halloween on Kauai, and Halloween on Hawaii Island (aka the Big Island).

2009 Maui Halloween Events and Activities

2009 Maui Halloween Events will include haunted house attractions in Lahaina and Wailuku, a Halloween costume cruise out of Malaaea Harbor, Halloween events for kids at Maui shopping centers, and of course Lahaina's famous "Mardi Gras of the Pacific" Halloween block party.

The Old Laie Inn Will Close on October 31

The 45 year old, motel-style Laie Inn, a small hotel on the northeast shore of Oahu, near the Polynesian Cultural Center, will close on October 31, 2009. It is scheduled to be demolished in November. The hotel's owners, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, plan to open a larger, moderately price hotel on the property in 2010. They are in negotiations with Marriott Hotels and Resorts to possibly have the new hotel operated as a Courtyard Marriott. For more information about the old hotel and the new hotel that will replace it, see

The Laie Inn on Oahu's North Shore is Closing