2025 Event Info

The 2025 Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week will be July 6 through July 12, 2025.

The 2025 Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week will kick off on Sunday, July 6, with the launch of Hula Grill Waikikl's Steel Guitar Sundays program. This new monthly program will present vafious Hawaiian steel guitar artists in a two-hour concert on the first Sunday of each month through 2025.

Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week will once again feature nightly one-hour performances on Monday through Thursday beginning at 5:30 P.M. Each night will feature performances by a different steel guitar master or steel guitar ensemble including the NextGen steel guitarists and musicians from Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i School of Hawaiian Music.

The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association (HSGA) has planned their Waikiki Festival '25 to coincide with this year's Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week. HSGA will offer member performances on Wednesday, July 9, from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM on the Royal Grove Stage and again on Thursday, July 10, from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM at the Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort's Diamond Head Ballroom. All HSGA performances are being offered free to the public by the HSGA.

The 4^th annual Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival will be presented on Friday of Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week beginning at 2:30 P.M. and feature steel guitarists from Japan. The festival will be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube.

The 7^th Annual Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week will culminate in the 15^th Annual Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival on Saturday of the event week with morning and afternoon programs showcasing the talents of popular Hawaiian steel guitarists. Saturday's festival performances (both programs) will be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube.

Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week is free and open to the public. Parking will be available at the Royal Hawaiian Center parking garage. Standard parking rates apply with validated parking available with $25 purchase from any center merchant.