Program for the 9^th Annual Festival

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The Saturday festival will begin at 10:00 AM on June 12 and feature seven different Hawaiian steel guitar artists and groups and three NextGEN steel guitarists presenting their individual programs of steel guitar music. Emcee will be Jake Fernandez.

Featured Steel Guitarists

• Alan Akaka
• Steve Cheney
• Bobby Ingano
• Paul Kim
• Mālie Lyman
• Nā Kūpuna o Ko‘olau
• Greg Sardinha

NextGEN Steel Guitarists

Three "NextGEN" steel guitarists of Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i School of Hawaiian Music will perform for enjoyment of festival guests.

• Isaac Woodward
• Hi‘ipoi Lindsey
• Kui Joy

The Festival Poster

Festival Archives

The Festival Archives contains program information from previous Windward Mall festivals.

• The 2025 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall
• The 2024 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall
• The 2023 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall
• The 2022 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall
• The 2021 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall – Festival canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
• The 2020 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall – Festival canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
• The 2019 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall
• The 2018 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall
• The 2017 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall
• The 2016 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall