Oʻahu festivals 2026–27
Next up: Honolulu Pride, Saturday, October 17, 2026. Every festival on Oʻahu for the coming year, with dates read from the organisers’ own sites — and which ones are free.
The festival calendar
In date order. Tap a name for the organiser’s own page.
Free entrySaturday, October 17, 2026 · Parade from 3pm · festival at the Shell from 5pm
Pride · Parade: Magic Island → Kalākaua Ave → Waikīkī Shell. Festival: Tom Moffatt Waikīkī Shell
Free — the organiser calls it "Hawaiʻi’s largest free LGBTQIA+ festival".
Parade and festival are the same day and flow into each other.
TicketedOct 21 kick-off, Oct 22 – Nov 1 at Kāhala
Hawaiʻi International Film Festival
Film · Consolidated Theatres Kāhala, plus Kapolei
6-pack $90 · 12-pack $160 · all-access $500 · platinum $1,000 (members pay less)
The festival’s own homepage says the fall festival is Oct 22 – Nov 1, while its box office says Oct 22 – Nov 15.
TicketedOʻahu leg: November 5–8, 2026
Food · Sheraton Waikīkī, Alohilani, KCC Great Lawn, Hyatt Regency, Halekulani, Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi
On sale, but the organiser does not publish per-event prices on its schedule page
The 16th, and a three-island festival — Hawaiʻi Island Oct 16–17 and Maui Oct 23–25 come first.
March 5–7 (Fri–Sun), 2027
Cultural · Not yet detailed for 2027. In 2026: Hawaiʻi Convention Center, Ala Moana Center Centerstage, Waikīkī Beach Walk and International Market Place
The 2026 Grand Parade and Nagaoka fireworks did not happen because a Kona low storm hit that weekend, not because the festival dropped them.
Saturday, April 24, 2027, 4:00–10:00pm · 4–10pm
Food · Kalākaua Avenue, five blocks closed
The organiser publishes no admission policy.
A street festival built entirely around Spam, which sounds like a joke until you see the queues.
FreeMonday, May 31, 2027 (Memorial Day) · Lantern tent 10am–4pm · ceremony from 6:30pm
Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi
Cultural · Ala Moana Beach Park
Now branded "Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi"; older listings use the shorter name.
- Free
Every year, but no date yet
Annual, but the organiser hasn’t announced the next one.
What other guides get wrong
The 2026 Honolulu Festival parade was a weather cancellation
The Grand Parade down Kalākaua and the Nagaoka fireworks were called off in March 2026 because a Kona low storm hit that weekend.
Prince Lot Hula Festival is not at Moanalua Gardens
It moved to the Frank F.
There is no Bon Dance at the Okinawan Festival this year
Convention centre renovations have forced a scaled-down 44th, with Early Admission dropped and no Bon Dance.
Merrie Monarch is not on Oʻahu
It is in Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island, roughly a 50-minute flight.
HIFF publishes two different end dates
The homepage says the fall festival ends November 1; the box office says November 15.
Dates were read from each organiser’s own site on Aug 12, 2026; where an organiser hasn’t published the next date, we say so rather than guess. See how we verify.
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