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2023 HAWAII: October to December 2023
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
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October 9-13, 2023
National School Lunch Week
Nationwide
School Nutrition Association.

October 13-15, 2023
13th Annual Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival
Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii
Michelin-starred chefs, celebrated winemakers, and master mixologists showcase their talents across three islands for Hawaii’s largest food and wine festival!

October 20-21, 2023  13th Annual Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival
Hawaii Island, Hawaii
Michelin-starred chefs, celebrated winemakers, and master mixologists showcase their talents across three islands for Hawaii’s largest food and wine festival!

November 3-5, 2023  13th Annual Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival
Oahu, Hawaii
Michelin-starred chefs, celebrated winemakers, and master mixologists showcase their talents across three islands for Hawaii’s largest food and wine festival!

November 3-12, 2023  52nd Annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival
Kona, Hawaii
Hawaii's oldest food festival with a parade, art stroll, coffee picking contest coffee cupping competition, and more.  Throughout the Festival, celebrate the harvest as Kona coffee farms offer a firsthand look at growing this world-famous crop, the coffee art scene fills with inspiration, and music and dance enrich cultural exchanges. Kona coffee and food events offer tastings, and hands-on cultural events help tell the story of Kona’s rich coffee history.

November 23, 2023 - THANKSGIVING DAY - Nationwide
There are so many events today they are to numerous to list.
 

December 2, 2023  32nd Christmas with the Chefs
Kona Beach Hotel, Hawaii
The Big Island’s premier holiday extravaganza. "Christmas  with the Chefs" at Kamakahonu Bay. At The Courtyard King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel, Seaside Lu`au Grounds.  The gala benefit features culinary specialties, fine wines, handcrafted ales, live music and an impressive silent auction. Attendance to this exclusive event is limited to 500 people and tickets are $150 per person. VIP tables for 10 are available for $1750.

December 31, 2023  Midnight New Year’s Eve Countdown
Waikiki, Hawaii
Three choices to have a rockin' New Year's Eve celebration at Rock-A-Hula! Two different dinner packages and one cocktail only package; all include "champagne" and party favors. The highlight of our special Rockin' Eve show is an exciting countdown with firework visual effects projected on a 40' x 29' video screen! Add the Legendary Upgrade for the ultimate New Year's Eve (for Stageside VIP only).
 

2021 HAWAII: October to December 2021
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new dates

November , 2021  Coconut Festival - Kapaa, Hawaii
Coconut Festival is cancelled until Further Notice!

December 10, 2021 - Terra Madre Day - Worldwide
A worldwide celebration of local food held every year on December 10. Through hundreds of diverse and unique events across the globe, together we show that a global food revolution grows from local roots.
 

2020 HAWAII: October to December 2020
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new dates

November 1-Dec 15, 2020 - Annual Restaurant Week
Statewide, Hawaii
Showcasing Hawaii’s restaurants and supporting the Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Diamond Head.  Restaurant Week Hawaii is a celebration of the cuisine scene in Hawaii. From fine dining to fast-food, participating restaurants will feature special menu items, promotions and discounts. Diners can sample Hawaii’s newest restaurants, dine at old favorites and taste a variety of exceptional dishes now being prepared by Hawaii’s chefs using locally grown produce. Restaurant Week is a reminder that Hawaii is a culinary destination with top chefs, farm to table dining, wonderful wine and a lot more to discover and explore.

December , 2020  Annual Ho'olaule'a - Pahala, Hawaii
THIS WILL BE A VIRTUAL EVENT.  SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS.  Enjoy the Ka'u Coffee Festival Ho'olaule'a, with a full day of music, hula, food, local crafts, coffee tastings and farm tours at the Pahala Community Center. Festival entry is free; farm tours $20.
 

2019 HAWAII: October to December 2018
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new dates

October 26, 2019  Church of the Crossroads Fall Fair - Honolulu, Hawaii
8am to 1pm.  Great Plant Sale, Bake Sale & Jams, Jellies, Butters and Mango Chutney; Huge Rummage Sale; Silent Auction.

November 13-16, 2019 - Chef Fest - Kailua Kona, Hawaii
Join today's top chefs for a four-day-long celebration of the culinary arts. Experience interactive cooking classes, elite wine tastings and gala dining events all in an intimate paradisiacal setting.

December 31, 2019  Annual New Year's Eve at Aloha Tower Marketplace
Honolulu, Hawaii
Fireworks shows, food trucks, 8 stages and areas of entertainment. Voted Hawaii's #1 New Years Eve party 6 years in a row!
 

2018 HAWAII: October to December 2018
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new dates

October, 2018 - Annual Coconut Festival - Kapaa, Hawaii
Were not having a 2 day event this year because we have seen the devastation on the North Shore of Kauai and on the East Shore of the Big Island, and most funds are going there, so we’re going to have an ALL DAY–Triple event instead. SEE NOVEMBER 3, 2018.
 

2016 HAWAII: October to December 2016
Food & Wine Festivals & Local Events
events waiting for new dates

October 1, 2016 - Nani He'eia - Kaneohe, Hawaii
A fundraiser event to support Paepae o He'eia. This is the first time our annual fundraiser will be held on location at the beautiful and historic He'eia Fishpond.  Celebrated chefs Andrew Le of The Pig & The Lady, Ed Kenney of Town Hospitality Group, Lee Anne Wong of Koko Head Cafe, Mark "Gooch" Noguchi of MISSION Social Hall & Cafe and Kealoha Domingo of NuiKealoha will be serving up delicacies directly from He?eia Fishpond. Na Hoku Hanohano award-winning musicians Kainani Kahaunaele and Ernie Cruz Jr. will serenade you throughout the evening. There will also be live and silent auctions, a hosted bar to include an Awa station, and food stations spanning the fishpond wall, so please wear footwear appropriate for walking.  Proceeds from this event will directly support the future cultivation of local and sustainable seafood in the fishpond. In doing so, we honor the legacy of the fishpond as a place of traditional Hawaiian aquaculture and will activate the 800-year old pond for its intended purpose – to grow food for our community.
 

2015 HAWAII: October to December 2015
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new dates

December 31, 2015 - Pineapple Drop - Mililani, Hawaii
New York City has its famous New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square. Mililani has a big, round, lighted pineapple that will drop from a 60-foot flag pole in Mililani Town Center. This one’s family-friendly, too; you don’t ever have to wait until midnight for the finale. Join local bands Streetlight cadence and Crimson Apple to welcome 2016.