2025 Event Program

Emcee for the Monday-Thursday concerts is Monte McComber.

Co-emcees for Friday's Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival are Masami Sato and Alan Akaka.

Saturday's Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival will be hosted by Kimo Kahoano.

Program

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Sunday - Steel Guitar Sundays at Hula Grill Waikiki

Monday-Thursday - Evening Concert Performances

• Monday - Alan Akaka & The Islanders
• Tuesday - Mālie Lyman Quartet
• Wednesday - Masami Sato & Makana
• Thursday - NextGen Steel Guitarists
• Hi‘ipoi Lindsey
• Enosa Lyman
• Tai Misailidis
• Ever Ta‘ala
  
• Isaac Woodward

Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association Waikiki Festival '25

• Wednesday - HSGA Member Performances at the Royal Grove Stage
• Roberto Alaniz
• Johnny Crash (Fabio Martins)
• Eric Rindal
• Christo Ruppenthal
• Joe Stewart
• Vickie Van Fechtmann
• Thursday - HSGA Member Performances at the Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort
• Roberto Alaniz
• Shinichi Kakiuchi
• Yukio Katagiri
• Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi
• Masami "Matt" Kobayashi
• Johnny Crash (Fabio Martins)
• Haruko Ozeki / Michiyo Fujita
• Eric Rindal
• Christo Ruppenthal
• Joe Stewart
• Moto Suzuki
• Vickie Van Fechtmann
• Masako Wakamatsu / Sakae Michida

Friday - Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival

Complete festival information available at Festival Website.

• Michiyo Fujita
• Shinichi Kakiuchi
• Yukio Katagiri
• Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi and his Steel Guitar Ensemble
• Matt Kobayashi
• Paul Okubo
• Masami Sato & Makana

Saturday - Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival

• Alan Akaka
• Steve Cheney
• Bobby Ingano
• Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi
• Mālie Lyman
• Johnny Crash (Fabio Martins)
• Christo Ruppenthal
• Greg Sardinha
  
• Masami Sato & Makana
• Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz
  

The Festival Poster