E Komo Mai Windward O‘ahu!

The 2023 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at Kāne‘ohe's Windward Mall. This festival will begin at 11:00 A.M. and feature your favorite steel guitar masters from O‘ahu singing and playing Hawai‘i's favorite Hawaiian music.

 The festival will be livestreamed on the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Showcase's Facebook page and YouTube Channel as a part of the Showcase's festival presentations.

This festival will be 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 is 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 is provided by the Laurence H. Dorcy Hawaiian Foundation. Equipment provided to NextGEn steel guitarists by John Pearse Strings.