E Komo Mai Windward O‘ahu!

The 2024 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall was held on Saturday, June 8, 2024 at Kāne‘ohe's Windward Mall. This festival began at 10:00 A.M. and featured favorite steel guitar masters from O‘ahu 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 Windward Mall. Funding for the festival and livestream broadcast was provided by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA), through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i or grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Additional funding was provided by the Laurence H. Dorcy Hawaiian Foundation. Equipment provided to NextGEn steel guitarists by John Pearse Strings.