2023 Kona Steel Guitar Festival - March 23-25, 2023

Aloha!
The first annual Kona Steel Guitar Festival is coming to the Outrigger Kona Resort and Spa in 2023 in Keauhou. Keauhou, Hawai‘i is located in the Kona, Hawai‘i area of Hawai‘i Island.

The Kona Steel Guitar Festival will bring the Hawaiian steel guitar experience to Keauhou, about a half-hour from the Kona airport. The festival will also extend that experience to the newly-relocated Aloha Music Camp participants who may have previously enjoyed that experience when the Camp was held on Kaua‘i. As in prior years, the Kona Steel Guitar Festival will be presented in the days preceding the Aloha Music Camp.

The Kona Steel Guitar Festival is a new event developed to coincide with the relocation of Keola Beamer's Aloha Music Camp from Kapa‘a, Kaua‘i, to Keauhou. The Kaua‘i Steel Guitar festival will continue to be presented at the Kapa‘a venue.

The lineup includes Alan Akaka, Pōmai Brown, Al Greene, Jr., Bobby Ingano, Kapono Lopes, Greg Sardinha, Dwight Tokumoto, and Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz. NextGen steel guitarists Enosa Lyman, Makamae Lyu-Napoleon, Isaballa Bertelmann, and Pono Fernandez will also perform.

The event's emcee will be Kimo Kahoano.

Please see the reservations page for information on resort rooms.

Please check back for further information including the event schedule.

Patti Maxine has withdrawn from the festival due to a medical issue.