2025 Festival 2

The festival featured steel guitar masters Alan Akaka, Bobby Ingano, Mālie Lyman, Devin Nakahara, and Greg Sardinha & Po‘okela (Darrell Aquino and Kata Maduli). Also featured were NextGen steel guitarists Isaac Woodward, Hi‘ipoi Lindsey, Enosa Lyman, Tai Misailidis, Makamae Lyu-Napoleon, and Isabella Bertelmann. Backup musicians included Helene Woodward, Kaipo Lindsey, Kaipo Asing, and David Woodward. Dylan Nakahara also provided backup assistance to Devin Nakahara and Mālie Lyman. The festival was livestreamed.

Claude Kutaka provided hands-on opportunities for festival guests to learn more abouit the Hawaiian steel guitar.

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• NextGen steel guitarist Enosa Lyman.
• Enosa Lyman with Kaipo Lindsey.
• Enosa and Kaipo Lindesy.
• Enosa Lyman with Helene Woodward, David Woodward, Kaipo Lindsey, Alan Akaka, and Kaipo Asing.
• Enosa Lyman with sister Mālie Lyman.
• Mālie Lyman.
• Featured steel guitarist Mālie Lyman with Kaipo Lindsey and Kaipo Asing. Darrell Aquino is also in the picture.
• Mālie Lyman showing off her frypan steel guitar.
• Mālie Lyman with Devin Nakahara, Dylan Nakahara, Kaipo Lindsey, and Kaipo Asing.
• Devin Nakahara, Dylan Nakahara, Kaipo Lindsey, Mālie Lyman, and Kaipo Asing.
• Featured steel guitarist Greg Sardinha.
• Greg Sardinha & Poʻokela (Darrell Aquino and Kata Maduli).
• Claude Kutaka demonstrates the steel guitar to a festival guest.
• Greg Sardinha with Darrell Aquino and Kata Maduli.
• Darrell Aquino.
• Kata Maduli.
• Greg Sardinha.
• NextGen steel guitarist Isaac Woodward and Kaipo Lindsey.
• Isaac Woodward with dad David Woodward and Kaipo Lindsey.
• Helene Woodward, David Woodward, Kaipo Lindsey, Isaac Woodward, Alan Akaka, and Kaipo Asing.
• Isaac Woodward with Kaipo Lindsey.
• David Woodward.
• Kaipo Lindsey,
• Isaac Woodward with Kaipo Lindsey.
• NextGen steel guitarist Tai Misailidis with Kaipo Lindsey.
• Tai Misailidis with Kaipo Lindsey and Alan Akaka.
• Helene Woodward, David Woodward, Kaipo Lindsey, Tai Misailidis, Alan Akaka, and Kaipo Asing.
• Featured steel guitarist Bobby Ingano with Kaipo Lindsey and Alan Akaka.
• Bobby Ingano.
• Helene Woodward, David Woodward, Kaipo Lindsey, Bobby Ingano, Alan Akaka, and Kaipo Asing.
• Helene Woodward, David Woodward, and Kaipo Lindsey.
• David Woodward, Kaipo Lindsey, and Bobby Ingano.

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Photography by Don Rostow ©2025 by Don Rostow and HIMELE.