HILO HULA TUESDAYS continues at the Mo`oheau Park Bandstand across from the Hilo Farmers Market at 329 Kamehameha Avenue every Tuesday from 12 noon to 1 p.m.  This free event is sponsored by Destination Hilo’s members and supported by various hula hālau who lovingly perpetuate our Hawaiian culture. Please join us.  We have a one-time […]

Hilo Hula Tuesday at the Mooheau Park Bandstand is being held every Tuesday through December 27, 2022, from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m.  Please join us for this free event across from the Hilo Farmers Market!  Various well-known Hilo musicians and halau will be featured.

PETROGLYPH PRESS CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF SHARING STORIES A family-run, multi-generational business founded in Hilo, Petroglyph Press celebrates 60 years of sharing stories through its collection of books about Hawai‘i. The other branch of the family business is Basically Books, an award winning bookstore named the Best Bookstore in East Hawaii annually since 2011. David […]

Welcome to a 21st Century Golf Tournament Fundraiser! This year’s Fred Koehnen Memorial Golf Tournament Fundraiser is going VIRTUAL! We are playing the Lakes/Beach Course (the original Beach Course 18-holes) at the Waikoloa Beach Golf Course — AND we have a little over a month to play… You may even play twice if you want. […]

Thursday, September 23, 2021, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. We are your partners promoting sustainable tourism and the Hawaiian culture in East Hawai‘i. Guest Speaker:  UH-Hilo’s Helen Tien, Instructor in Marketing and Management, winner of UH Hilo’s Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.  Helen owns Hang 10 Consulting which works with businesses on Hawai‘i Island to […]

East Hawai’i Cultural Center is currently displaying Shingo Honda’s exhibition Parallel which is curated by Andrzej Kramarz through September 24, 2021. Honda, who came to the Big Island in 2005, was associated with the Mono-Ha art group in Japan. A striking feature of Honda’s work is his exploration of white space – described by author and art critic […]

Please join us on Saturday, July 10, 2021 from 11am – 2pm for a Hawaiian Cultural Celebration supporting Downtown Hilo and presented by Downtown Hilo Improvement Association and Destination Hilo. We will have the Hula Sisters from 11am to 12pm, story telling (haʻi ōlelo) from 12pm to 12:30pm with Leilehua Yuen and music with Bert Naihe from 12:30 to 2pm! We will be practicing social distancing! The event will be located in front of 186 Kamehameha […]

Join on Saturday, May 8th, 2021 from 11am – 2pm for a Hawaiian Cultural Celebration supporting Downtown Hilo and presented by Downtown Hilo Improvement Association and Destination Hilo.

Join on Saturday, March 13th, 2021 from 11am – 2pm for a Hawaiian Cultural Celebration supporting Downtown Hilo and presented by Downtown Hilo Improvement Association and Destination Hilo.

Hawai‘i is beginning to open to visitors.  We are glad to see you.  Please follow County regulations for keeping safe. Our HeART OF HILO HAWAIIAN CULTURAL CELEBRATION is live with HULA, STORYTELLING and MUSIC.  Stroll through Downtown Hilo on the SECOND SATURDAY of the month through June 2021.  Find our tent in front of one […]