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
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.
Saturday - Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival
The Festival Poster
The Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week poster was designed by Addison Ching and features pictures of the master performers superimposed on a facsimile of a Rickenbacher Bakelite steel guitar. Click on the thumbnail for a larger view.