E Komo Mai East O‘ahu!

The 2022 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival - Keiki Kine at Kahala Mall was held on August 27, 2022 at Honolulu's Kahala Mall in East O‘ahu. The festival began at 3 PM and featured Keiki NextGen steel guitar players and musicians age 9 and older from Alan Akaka's Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i School of Hawaiian Music, singing and playing Hawai‘i's favorite Hawaiian music.

This festival was presented free to the public by Hawaii Institute for Music Enrichment and Learning Experiences (HIMELE) and the Kahala Mall. NextGen steel guitarists received support from Breezy Ridge® Instruments, Ltd., the home of John Pearse® Strings.