Honolulu’s 85th Na Hula Festival scheduled for Aug. 2 at Kapiolani Park

Honolulu’s 85th Na Hula Festival is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 2, at the Kapiolani Park bandstand, with free admission and an all-ages program running from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event is scheduled to mark the 85th edition of the Na Hula Festival, which has celebrated hula artistry and legacy since 1940. The festival is identified as Hawaii’s longest-running noncompetitive hula festival.

The program offers a public setting for hula performances and traditions at Kapiolani Park. It is organized with support from the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation.

Six performance times are listed

The Royal Hawaiian Band is scheduled to perform at 9 a.m., opening a lineup that includes six listed performance times during the five-hour event.

Additional performances are scheduled for 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, 12:15 p.m. and 1:10 p.m. The available event information identifies the times but does not provide further performer names for those five slots.

Because the festival is noncompetitive, the scheduled program is distinct from a hula contest. Its stated focus is the presentation of hula artistry and legacy, continuing a festival tradition dating to 1940.

Admission and accessibility

Admission is free, and the event is open to people of all ages. The festival is scheduled at the Kapiolani Park bandstand in Honolulu.

People seeking accessibility accommodations or an interpreter may make a request through the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation. The available event information does not provide additional details about accommodations in the material reviewed.

What is known about the Aug. 2 event

The Aug. 2 program is the announced festival date, and the listed schedule runs from 9 a.m. through the final performance time of 1:10 p.m., within the event’s scheduled 2 p.m. end time.

No attendance forecast or weather contingency plan was provided in the available event information. Final attendance and any schedule changes were also not available in the source material, so the event remains described here as scheduled rather than confirmed as completed.