MAUI, Hawaii – Clipped into hair and strung into leis, fresh plumerias fill the banquet hall with a sweet scent. Soon, the dim stage lights brighten and the audience quiets. A group of 10 or so ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Saturday marked the third and final day of the 50th Anniversary Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition. More than 600 young dancers, ages 6 to 12, competed in the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The annual Queen Liliuokalani Keiki Hula Competition will once again showcase Hawaiian culture through music and dance. But this year, one group will travel nearly 4,000 ...

A new hula competition is taking center stage in Hawaiʻi — one that’s all about the students. The ʻAʻa I Ka Hula Competition was created to give haumāna (students) from DOE, private, and charter ...

HILO, Hawaiʻi (Island News) -- Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela was named the overall winner of the 2025 Merrie Monarch Festival. This hālau, under the leadership of Kunewa Mook and Kauʻionālani Kamanaʻo, was ...

Maui Iokepa-Purdy won Mr. Hulu Maui in the 2024 Kū Mai Ka Hula contest. The 18th annual Kū Mai Ka Hula will be Friday and Saturday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Courtesy photo Maui’s adult hula ...

The 23rd Hula O Na Keiki, Maui’s only children’s hula competition, is set for Nov. 8-10 at Ka’anapali Beach Hotel. Tickets are available at Ka’anapali Beach Hotel’s Ohana Fun Center, 667-0129. Prices ...

The 61st annual Merrie Monarch Festival hula competition wrapped up Saturday evening at Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo with group hula ‘auana (modern hula) performances. The judges’ ...

The sounds of ipu, pahu and chanting permeated the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium on Friday evening during the 61st Annual Merrie Monarch Festival’s group hula kahiko (ancient hula) ...

Thirteen-year-old Kekoa Arucan performs a playful opening hula of the George Na’ope Hula Festival, set to a song originally composed for the opening of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, on Friday.

Elizabeth Kamaile Kahailihauwelo Kekahuna takes the title at the 33rd Hula O Na Keiki competition, representing Halau Ke'alaokamaile and guided by the renowned Keali'i Reichel.