Roots Music Hawai'i

Roots Music Hawai'i T-Rx Entertainment has been producing events in Hawai'i for over 10 years.

Each year, we produce the Hallowbaloo Music + Arts Festival and Mardi Gras - Carnaval Festival in Honolulu and roots concerts around the state. Past shows include Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Diplo, Xavier Rudd, Allen Toussaint, Steve Gadd, Maceo Parker, Big Freedia, Gaudi, Quantic, Nahko and Medicine for the People, David Lindley, Z-Trip, Brett Dennen, Ozomatli, Cut Chemist, John Cruz, Reb

irth Brass Band, Warpaint, Delta Spirit, Jon Cleary, Anders Osborne, Iyeoka, Old Blind Dogs, Eddie Bo, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, 7 Walkers (feat. Bill Kreutzmann & Papa Mali), Dengue Fever, Baths, Man Man, The Budos Band, Blitzen Trapper, Mad Professor, The New Mastersounds, Paper Diamond, Benzi, The Helio Sequence, Ursula 1000, DJ Logic, Jeremy Sole and more.

03/03/2026

⚡🌹💀🌺 The train’s rounding the bend and will be here soon! All aboard for the Maui Pranksters’ Waikīkī debut!! 💫

⚡🌹 LET IT ROCK! 🌹⚡
Maui Pranksters
Friday, March 13
Blue Note Hawaiʻi

Click for tickets and info:
tinyurl.com/pranksters-waikiki

In recent years, the Maui Pranksters’ headlight has grown bright, shining through Maui’s mountain rains and deep valleys in grand fashion thanks to countless shows, including escapades at the glorious New Year’s Eve parties of Joey ‘Electric’ (Jammin’ on Maui's captain), that have left the coconut wireless fully lit.

At the center of it all is the Pranksters’ founder and chief instigator Troll Garcia. We are *lucky* to have him as a lead conductor of the Grateful Dead locomotive in Hawaiʻi - countless years on tour starting in the early 80’s at age 17 🚌, innate knowledge of and deep respect for the music 🐢 and a mischievous, compassionate soul that epitomizes the great beauty and power of the Grateful Dead community 💜✌🏽️🎭🌀🌈☮️✨.

“Can’t stop the train; we gotta let it roll on!!”
- Jerry Garcia from the closing refrain of ‘Let It Rock’

🚂 MAUI PRANKSTERS 3/13 LINEUP
♪ Troll Garcia - Guitar, Vocals
♪ Matt Novotney - Hammond Organ w/ Leslie Cabinet, Vocals
♪ Matt Del Olmo - Bass, Vocals
♪ Kevin Garland - Drums

♪♪♪: “Let It Rock” | Jerry Garcia | Album: “Garcia” [1974]

🎥: Mark Tarone

02/12/2026

Amendola Vs. Blades - Live In Concert
with opening set by Jerome James & Friends
February 24 - Blue Note Hawaiʻi

In these times of trouble and strife, it is IMPERATIVE to never miss an opportunity to shake yo' b***y and put that glide back in your stride.

See you Feb 24 at Blue Note Hawai'i!!!

We could not be more excited about this show. When we featured Charlie Hunter at Hallowbaloo 2016 and on Maui immediately before, Charlie played as a duo - Charlie on his 8-string guitar and Scott Amendola on drums. During these shows, Scott handed us his “Amendola Vs Blades” “Greatest Hits” live album. We fell in love with that record on first listen and have wanted to present Amendola Vs Blades ever since.

The time is now - majestic Hammond B3 organ and groovealicious beats incoming.

-Peace...and Good Funk

02/12/2026

“Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on!” - Jerry Garcia

On Friday, March 13, the prophecy of Captain Trips becomes reality as the Maui Pranksters make their Waikīkī debut and keep the train rollin’ down the golden road to salvation.

It’s an opportunity to gather with the tribe, connect directly to the source and propel the positivity into the future.

With guitar-wielding, band leader Troll Garcia at the helm, the Maui Pranksters’ performances and spirit serve as a powerful catalyst, creating a joyous, judgement-free environment that breaks through today’s “me first” zeitgeist and declares “all are welcome” and “love and community are paramount.”

It’s a continuation of the culture fostered by Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters, the Warlocks, Grateful Dead and Deadheads, and a celebration of the wondrous power of aloha by a Maui band that feels it and lives it every day.

Musically, the Pranksters bring a unique flavor of fun-loving chaos to the stage, delving into both exploratory jams and sly musings that prove music hits harder when you don’t take yourself too seriously. But fear not; the band does not trade authenticity for levity. Troll hopped on “the bus” at age 17 and stayed there for over a decade. He possesses innate knowledge of the music and its meaning.

🚂 The train be roundin’ the bend! The Maui Pranksters will soon be posted atop the bar car beneath the big city, bright lights of Waikīkī with no choice but to..

LET IT ROCK!!! ⚡🌹💀🌺

Click here for tickets and additional info:
tinyurl.com/maui-pranksters

♪♪♪: “Let It Rock” - The Grateful Dead - June 23, 1974 (ʻDave’s Picks 34’)

02/12/2026

Coming Soon
AMENDLOLA Vs BLADES
with Opening Set by Jerome James & Friends
Feb 24 - Blue Note Hawai'i

In these times of trouble and strife, it is IMPERATIVE to never miss an opportunity to shake yo' b***y and put that glide back in your stride.

See you Feb 24 at Blue Note Hawai'i!!!

Tickets and more information available here:
tinyurl.com/ab-hawaii

We could not be more excited about this show. When we featured Charlie Hunter at Hallowbaloo 2016 and Maui immediately prior, Charlie played as a duo with Scott Amendola. At those shows, Scott gave us his "Amendola Vs Blades" "Greatest Hits" live album. We've wanted to present him in Hawai'i ever since.

The time is now - majestic Hammond B3 organ and groovealicious beats incoming.

-Peace...and Good Funk

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