Merrie Monarch Hawaiian Arts & Crafts Fair 2026

04/07/2026

The official start to the 63rd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival 2026 at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo.
LIVE at TV: https://themerriemonarch.com/festival-live-stream-2026/

04/06/2026

63rd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival starts now 🙌🏽
📺For all the livestream action: https://themerriemonarch.com/festival-live-stream-2026/

Date: April 5–11, 2026. Location: Hilo, Hawaiʻi Island.

04/05/2026

HOW TO WATCH? Merrie Monarch Festival 2026
For all the livestream action: https://themerriemonarch.com/festival-live-stream-2026/

The 63rd annual Merrie Monarch Festival 2026. Date: April 5–11, 2026. Location: Hilo, Hawaiʻi Island.

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04/05/2026

Are you Ready 2026?
FIRST PLACE KĀNE OVERALL
Nā Kamalei O Līlīlehua

04/05/2026

GET READY HILO, IT’S TIME TO SHINE ✨
Merrie Monarch Festival 2026!

04/04/2026

The official start to the 63rd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival week will soon be upon us! E naue mai a launa pū me mākou: This Sunday, April 5 (9am), for the opening Hoʻolauleʻa at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo.

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04/02/2026

𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 😊
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04/02/2026

GET READY HILO, IT’S TIME TO SHINE ✨
Merrie Monarch Hawaiian Arts & Crafts Fair 2026

04/02/2026

Hello

03/07/2026

𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 😊
𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘...𝗦𝗔𝗬 ALOHA 🌊🏝🏖

03/06/2026

Auhea ʻoukou e ka poʻe makamaka mai nā lehua ʻula o Hawaiʻi, a i nā ʻale o Niʻihau, ā puni ka honua! Aloha nui nō kākou! Listed below are the 2026 judges and participating hālau hula for the upcoming 63rd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival.
2026 Judges:
Maelia Loebenstein Carter
Vicky Hanakaʻulaniokamāmalu Holt Takamine
ʻIwalani Kalima
Noenoe Zuttermeister Lewis
Nani Lim Yap
Etua Lopes
Wallis Punua
2026 Participating Hālau
Nā Kumu Hula Karl Veto Baker & Michael Lanakila Casupang
Pauoa, O‘ahu
Hālau I Ka Wēkiu
Kumu Snowbird Puananiopaoakalani Bento
Honolulu, O‘ahu
Ka Pā Hula O Ka Lei Lehua
Nā Kumu Hula William Kahakuleilehua Haunu‘u “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, O‘ahu
Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu
Kumu Hula Keolalaulani Dalire
He‘eia, O‘ahu
Keolalaulani Hālau ‘Ōlapa O Laka
Kumu Hula Kapua Dalire-Moe
He‘eia, O‘ahu
Hālau Ka Liko Pua O Kalaniākea
Kumu Hula Māpuana de Silva
Ka‘ōhao, O‘ahu
Hālau Mōhala ‘Ilima
Kumu Hula Niuliʻi Heine
Kapālama, Oʻahu
Nā Pualei o Likolehua
Kumu Hula Mark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu
Oakland, California
Academy of Hawaiian Arts
Nā Kumu Hula Lilinoe & Pele Kaio
Carson, California
Hālau ‘O Lilinoe & Nā Pua Me Ke Aloha (Kāne)
Nā Kumu Hula Kunewa Mook & Kau‘ionālani Kamana‘o
Kalihi & Waimānalo, O‘ahu
Hula Hālau ‘O Kamuela
Kumu Hula Robert Keano Ka‘upu IV
Niuhelewai, Kona, O‘ahu
Hālau Hi‘iakaināmakalehua
Nā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
Pū‘ahu‘ula, Ko‘olaupoko, O‘ahu
Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e
Nā Kumu Hula Haunani & ‘Iliahi Paredes
Wailuku, Maui
Hālau Kekuaokalā‘au‘ala‘iliahi
Kumu Hula Breeze Ann Kalehuaonālani Vidinha Pavao
Kalāheo, Kaua‘i
Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leinā‘ala
Kumu Hula La‘akea Perry
Wai‘anae & Lāʻie, O‘ahu
Ke Kai O Kahiki
Kumu Hula Keli‘iho‘omalu Puchalski
Kaiwiʻula, O‘ahu
Kawai‘ulaokalā
Kumu Hula Nāpua Silva
Waiohuli, Maui
Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka
Kumu John Renken Kahaʻialiʻiokaiwiʻulaokamehameha Topolinski
Waipiʻo, Oʻahu
Ka Pā Hula Hawaiʻi
Kumu Hula Kenneth Dean Alohapumehanaokalā Victor
Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
Hālau Kala‘akeakauikawēkiu

03/01/2026

The Merrie Monarch Hula Festival is a week-long festival that takes place in Hilo Hawaiʻi during the spring. This event was created back in 1963 by the Hawaiʻi Chamber of Commerce. After five years, a private Merrie Monarch Community organization took over to run and organize the event, today it is recognized as a non-profit organization that is registered with the State of Hawaiʻi. The original vision of the festival was to perpetuate, preserve, and promote the traditional culture of the Hawaiian people as well as the art of hula. The event has continued to grow and flourish over the years, it maintains its original vision, and is a celebrated part of the Hilo community and beyond. The highlight of the festival is a three-day hula competition with hula halauʻs from Hawaiʻi and beyond the islands. There are arts and crafts workshops, demonstrations, and exhibits that commemorates the knowledge of the Hawaiian culture.