Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island Ethan Goore of the Big Island and Pono Fernandez, a student at Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama ready their steel guitar for Kika Pila, the introduction to the Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival, Thursday evening at Duke’s.
Steel Guitar Festival – February 28 & 29
Event Details
When: February 28 to 29, noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Sheraton Kauai Coconut Beach
Organizer: Hawaii Institute for Hawaiian Entertainment
Telephone: 808-822-3455
Website: https://royalcoconutcoast.com/kauai-events/steel-guitar-fes…l-february-28-29/
Event Description
Two days of steel-guitar artistry are on tap at the Sheraton Kaua‘i Coconut Beach Resort when the Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival opens at noon February 28th and continues through the 29th.
The gathering features workshops, exhibits and a kanikapila* with steel-guitar masters and the next generation of musicians, and concludes Saturday.
Kaua‘i artists Heu‘i Bandmann and Kaua‘i Fire Department Captain Kilipaki Vaughan are among those scheduled for individual performances during the open stage segments today and Saturday.
The Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival is presented free to the public by the Hawai‘i Institute for Music Enrichment and Learning Experiences in association with Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i School of Hawaiian Music, with partial funding from the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority through the Kukulu Ola Program, and Hawaiian Airlines.
*Kanikapila is a style of Hawaiian music produced in an impromptu jam session, most commonly taking place at a beach, or family gathering. The term comes from kani which means sound. and pila which means any string instrument in the Hawaiian language.
From The Garden Island, by Dennis Fujimoto
