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🎟️ Free Culture & Outdoors on Oʻahu
Free hula shows, museum free days, Hawaiian music, night markets and the park and garden programmes that cost nothing. Kamaʻāina-only and free-with-admission are both labelled where they apply.
Ala Moana Center
FREEDAILY · 3 PMDaily Hula Show at CenterstageAla Moana Center · DowntownFREEDetails →Waikiki Beach Walk
MONDAYS · 4–8 PM · FREEWaikiki Makers MarketWaikiki Beach Walk · WaikikiFree to enterDetails →Waikiki Beach WalkFREETUESDAYS · 4:30 PMKū Haʻaheo Hawaiian Music & HulaWaikiki Beach Walk · WaikikiFREEDetails →Royal Hawaiian Center
FREETUE–SAT · 5:30 PMLive Hawaiian Music at The Royal GroveRoyal Hawaiian Center · WaikikiFREEDetails →Royal Hawaiian CenterFreeTUESDAYS · 5:30–6:30 PM · FREEKawika Trask Trio at the Royal GroveRoyal Hawaiian Center · WaikikiFreeDetails →Royal Hawaiian CenterWEDNESDAYS · 4–8 PM · FREESunset Rooftop MarketRoyal Hawaiian Center · WaikikiFree to enterDetails →Wai Kai
FREETHURSDAYS · 4–8 PMʻOno Grindz & Mākeke Night MarketWai Kai · Leeward SideFREEDetails →ʻIolani Palace
FreeFRIDAYS · 12–1 PM · FREERoyal Hawaiian Band ConcertʻIolani Palace · DowntownFreeDetails →Honolulu Museum of Art
FRIDAYS · UNTIL 9 PMHoMA NightsHonolulu Museum of Art · Downtown$25 · $15 kamaʻāina · free for membersDetails →Capitol Modern%20(3).png)
FreeFRI, OCT 16Island PulseCapitol Modern · DowntownFreeDetails →Honolulu Museum of Art
3RD SUNDAY · 10 AM–2 PMCommunity & Family SundayHonolulu Museum of Art · DowntownFree · Hawaiʻi residentsDetails →Waikiki Beach WalkFreeSUN, OCT 18Mele Hali'a (To Recall Fondly)Waikiki Beach Walk · WaikikiFreeDetails →Pearl at Kalauao
FREELAST WEDNESDAY · 5–9 PMNight Market at Pearl at KalauaoPearl at Kalauao · Central OahuFREEDetails →Capitol ModernFRI, NOV 6First FridayCapitol Modern · DowntownFree admissionDetails →OurSpace
WED, NOV 1158 Half Bags: Participatory Installation by Ben RooseveltOurSpace · DowntownFree (optional donation)Details →Windward Mall
FREE2ND FRIDAY · 5–9 PMKoʻolau Night MarketWindward Mall · Windward SideFREEDetails →Capitol Modern%20(2).png)
SAT, NOV 14Everyone Has a Coastline: Trashion Show & FundraiserCapitol Modern · DowntownCommunity Ticket: Free + optional donation · General Admission: $25 (suggested donation) · VIP 'World of SCH': $150 per person (21+)Details →Capitol ModernFreeFRI, NOV 20Island PulseCapitol Modern · DowntownFreeDetails →Capitol ModernFRI, DEC 4First FridayCapitol Modern · DowntownFree admissionDetails →Capitol ModernFreeFRI, DEC 18Island PulseCapitol Modern · DowntownFreeDetails →
FREEDAILY · 3 PMDaily Hula Show at CenterstageAla Moana Center · DowntownFREEDetails →Waikiki Beach WalkFREETUE–SAT · 5:30 PMLive Hawaiian Music at The Royal GroveRoyal Hawaiian Center · WaikikiFREEDetails →Royal Hawaiian CenterFreeTUESDAYS · 5:30–6:30 PM · FREEKawika Trask Trio at the Royal GroveRoyal Hawaiian Center · WaikikiFreeDetails →Royal Hawaiian CenterWEDNESDAYS · 4–8 PM · FREESunset Rooftop MarketRoyal Hawaiian Center · WaikikiFree to enterDetails →Wai KaiFREETHURSDAYS · 4–8 PMʻOno Grindz & Mākeke Night MarketWai Kai · Leeward SideFREEDetails →ʻIolani PalaceFreeFRIDAYS · 12–1 PM · FREERoyal Hawaiian Band ConcertʻIolani Palace · DowntownFreeDetails →Honolulu Museum of ArtFRIDAYS · UNTIL 9 PMHoMA NightsHonolulu Museum of Art · Downtown$25 · $15 kamaʻāina · free for membersDetails →Capitol ModernFreeFRI, OCT 16Island PulseCapitol Modern · DowntownFreeDetails →Honolulu Museum of Art3RD SUNDAY · 10 AM–2 PMCommunity & Family SundayHonolulu Museum of Art · DowntownFree · Hawaiʻi residentsDetails →Waikiki Beach WalkFREELAST WEDNESDAY · 5–9 PMNight Market at Pearl at KalauaoPearl at Kalauao · Central OahuFREEDetails →Capitol ModernFRI, NOV 6First FridayCapitol Modern · DowntownFree admissionDetails →OurSpaceWED, NOV 1158 Half Bags: Participatory Installation by Ben RooseveltOurSpace · DowntownFree (optional donation)Details →Windward MallFREE2ND FRIDAY · 5–9 PMKoʻolau Night MarketWindward Mall · Windward SideFREEDetails →Capitol ModernSAT, NOV 14Everyone Has a Coastline: Trashion Show & FundraiserCapitol Modern · DowntownCommunity Ticket: Free + optional donation · General Admission: $25 (suggested donation) · VIP 'World of SCH': $150 per person (21+)Details →Capitol ModernFreeFRI, NOV 20Island PulseCapitol Modern · DowntownFreeDetails →Capitol ModernFRI, DEC 4First FridayCapitol Modern · DowntownFree admissionDetails →Capitol ModernFreeFRI, DEC 18Island PulseCapitol Modern · DowntownFreeDetails →What lands on this page
This is what most people mean by “free things to do”, and it is the largest of the three lists. Two warnings the cards carry and the aggregators do not: some museum free days are for kamaʻāina with a Hawaiʻi ID only, and “free with admission” means the talk is free once you have paid to get in. Both are labelled.
The rest of what’s free
The good ones sell out.
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