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Date
Sunday, September 08, 2024
Time
All Day
Place
Armory Food & Event Hall
Cost
Free Event

Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival will take place on September 8: 11am-7pm at the Armory Food & Event Hall, Mural Amphitheatre, and Fisher Rooftop. The festival is part of the Seattle Center Festál series. It is free and open to the public.

Seattle Center Festál is a year-round series of 24 free cultural festivals, produced in partnership with community organizations. In 2022, Festál celebrated 25 years of stories and traditions, ushering in a new era of hybrid programming. Learn more about Festál and subscribe to the newsletter for updates.

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EVENT SCHEDULE - September 8, SUNDAY

ARMORY STAGE

Time Event
11:00am Opening Ceremony and Land Acknowledgement
11:15am ​Baby Honoring Ceremony
11:30am Arden Fujiwara
12:15pm Al Tringali and Friends
1:30pm Leo Aloha
2:30pm Na Kamali'i a Kiele
3:45pm Na Hilahila
4:45pm Ho'okani
5:45pm Carlton Aranda and Friends

MURAL AMPHITHEATRE

Time Event
11:00am ​Halau Hula O Napualani
12:15pm Northwest Blend
1:15pm Ke'ala 'O Kamailelauli'ili'i
2:30pm Aldrine Guerrero
3:45pm Halau Hula Ka Lei Mokihana I Ka Ua Noe
4:45pm The Kahaialii Brothers
5:30pm Spam Musubi Contest and Raffle
5:45pm ​Na Leo Pilimehana

Keiki Korner

E Heluehelu Pū (Read Together) 

Time Event
12:00pm Lawai'a
2:00pm Malama ‘Āina
4:00pm 'Ohana

Na Hana Pakaukau (Table Activities)

  • Hana 1: Pa'ani i Ka Hale (Play House)

At this station, we will have a Play House set up with some house items from our Hawaiian culture. Additionally, we will have 'Ōlelo Hawai'i posters to help encourage you to "E 'Ōlelo Hawai'i Pū" with your keiki as they play house.

  • Hana 2: Kanu i Ka Ipu (Plant the Ipu)

At this station, keiki can plant ipu seeds to make an ipu starter. We will focus on the 'Ōlelo Hawai'i for plant parts and gardening.

  • Hana 3: Hana i Na I'a (Make the Fish)

At this station, we will be exploring the 'Ōlelo Hawai'i having to do with Lawai'a and I'a. The keiki will decorate little cardboard fish ornaments to look like a fish that are in Hawai'i.​

Food & Product Vendors

  • Kanile'a 'Ukulele
  • Aunty's Designs
  • Sam Choy's Poke to the Max
  • Sun Chong Co. Ltd.
  • Happy Wahine
  • Kilo Books LLC
  • Seattle Office for Civil Rights
  • 808 Clothing
  • Seattle Poi Company
  • HUD Office of Housing Counseling
  • Kiana's Jewelry
  • Big Island Poke & Grill
  • Ethnica
  • Kama'aina Grill
  • Braddaz Malasadaz
  • Kalei Designs
  • Hawaiian Attitude
  • Honi Hala
  • Iwalani's Creations
  • Lei of Aloha
  • Nalei Designs
  • Da Papale Guy
  • HISEA
  • Pa'akai Shop
  • Juisala
  • Clarence Nishikata Nursery
  • Kauʻi's Studio
  • Imo Madoi 芋円居
  • PNW Ohana
  • Dylee + Lylee
  • 'Alohi Images Maui
  • Uncle Mike's Filipino Comfort Foods
  • Seattle Children's Hospital
  • Te Fare O Tamatoa
  • Caveman Eats Concessions
  • Goodbelly Malasadas
  • Pacific Islander Health Board of Washington
  • Pac Island Grill
  • Plowline Publishing
  • Kalanaka Jewelry
  • Mike's Shave Ice
  • Manaola Hawai'i
  • Da Pua Plug
  • Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services
  • City of Seattle, Office of Police Accountability
  • Live Inspired Jewelry
  • Kelley's Kookies
  • Hawai'i General Store
  • Maui Feather Lei
  • Cafe Ohana Grillin' & Caterin'
  • Moku'aina A Wakinekona Hawaiian Civic Club
  • Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association PNW
  • Taste of Samoa
  • Doskoi Japanese Catering
  • Barefoot Graphics LLC
  • Humble Honu@ Co.
  • Ryan's REZ-ipes Food Truck
  • Seattle Public Utilities
  • 33IMPORTS
  • Das My Jam LLC
  • Main Squeeze Lemonade
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