E Komo Mai Windward O‘ahu!

The 2026 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall will be presented on Saturday, June 13, 2026 at Kāne‘ohe's Windward Mall. This festival will begin at 11:00 A.M. and feature seven favorite steel guitar masters from O‘ahu singing and playing Hawai‘i's favorite Hawaiian music.

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 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). Equipment provided to NextGEN steel guitarists by John Pearse Strings.