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The Aloha Festival will visit Kaua'i before wrapping up in Maui in October. Festivities include a parade, a dance and a street fair. This festival, which is Hawaii's largest, is more than a half-century old. Its theme changes each year. This festival is entirely volunteer-staffed and draws a total attendance of more than 1 million people. If you're in Kaua'i at the time it visits, you literally won't be able to miss it. Admission is free.

Bayfest Hawaii welcomes you to a fun-filled festival of entertainment, music and games. Held at the Marine Corps Base in Kaneohe Bay every year, the event is organized by Marine Corps Community services and features carnival rides, live concerts of world-famous bands, and nightly firework shows. There are also contests with great prizes to be won, military displays, and more!

The annual Hawaii Book and Music Festival was organized for the first time in April, 2006. And its success in the very first year has made it a much-anticipated festival on Hawaii's event calendar. Held over a weekend, it features numerous activities like presentations, signings, demonstrations, books and music fairs by several national and international authors, poets, storytellers, composers, musicians and song-writers. For more details on next year's affair, check the website.

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This popular food festival is held in the gardens of the Honolulu Civic Center every year and is organised by Easter Seals Hawaii. The festival welcomes you to try out a range of food specialties and wine of all continents. Its profit is used to support various social activities for disabled children and adults. So, be a part of this food feast held in June, and contribute to a noble cause. See website for complete yearly particulars.

This annual event, known as the People's Triathlon of Honolulu, is one of the largest of its kind in the United States. The triathlon is coordinated each year, with the help of sponsors and volunteers, in an attempt to provide participants with a memorable and exhilarating experience. Participants must be 15 years or older and must meet the requirements of the Triathlon committee. A broad range of ages and skill levels will participate; one year the oldest contestant was 85! The race begins at Ala Moana Beach Park and finishes at Kapiolani Park. The event usually ends by 10:30a.

This one-day annual event in Waikiki is a new and unique addition to Honolulu's happening festival scene. Held in May 2006 for the first time, the event has already created a stir among the locals. The festival's concept is to bring together the past and present of Waikiki onto one stage. It's an evening of metamorphosis, when you get to see how this place and its culture has evolved and changed over time. Fashion shows, culinary booths, concerts, and art and craft stalls all reflect these changes. It's a perfect platform to see how the "past" and the "present" meet to shape the future.