Aloha Festival

The Aloha Festivals are an annual series of free cultural celebrations observed in the state of Hawaii in the United States. It is the only statewide cultural festival in the nation. It features concerts, parades, street parties called ho‘olaule‘a as well as various other special events planned for resident and tourist families. The Aloha Festivals are celebrated on six islands — Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and the Big Island of Hawaii — over the course of six weeks in September and October.

Each year has a specific theme:
2008: Hula ("The Art of Hawaiian Dance")
2005: Nā Honu Hawaiʻi ("The Spirit Within")
2004: No Nā Kamaliʻi ("For the Children")
2003: E Mau Ana Ka Hula I Ke Kanaka ("Hula Lives Through Its People")
2002: Ka ʻUhane O Ka Loea ("The Spirit of the Masters")
2001: Hoʻohanohano I Nā Holokai ("Honor the Voyagers")
2000: He Makana O Nā Lei Nani ("A Gift of Beautiful Leis")
1999: Hui Pū I ka Hula ("Together in Song and Dance")
1998: Ola Ka ʻŌiwi ("The Natives Endure")

FOOD

HAWAII'S MIXED PLATEHawaii has always been linked with food - ever since Captain Cook namedthe Islands after his sponsor, the Earl of Sandwich.
The various ethnic groups that immigrated to Hawaii in the last 200 years didn't forget their cook pots - filled with some of the most delectable aromas on earth.The kaleidoscope of cultures that make up the peoples of the Islands allows you to experience the special diversity that is dining out in Hawaii.Hawaii's multi-ethnic convergence of cuisines is just like Hawaiian culture - a melting pot of tastes - offering so many worlds for the choosing.