Do this! Jan. 17-21
New Shanghai Circus ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 13 Every year, the New Shanghai Circus rolls through town, bringing a spectacle to incite awe, gasps of wonder and cries of "how did they DO that?" If it's humanly…
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Party pics: Adventure Club
One half of well-known Canadian dubstep duo Adventure Club, Christian Srigley, headlined a nearly sold-out show at The Waterfront Saturday, for a high-energy night of dubstep and electro that kept the excited crowd hyped up and moving all night. He was…
Caleb Shinobi’s Abstract Noir Fashion Show
The Abstract Noir fashion show by Caleb Shinobi attracted an eclectic crowd Friday night at the Coexist Studio, located in the urban arts district in Kakaako. The ambitious show opened with an aerialist couple’s performance. Their creative and somewhat steamy…
Do this! Jan 10-16
Kaleidoscope Thursdays ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 13 Kaleidoscope Thursdays is back with another great lineup of local indie bands; this edition features some already-established names like beatboxer Jason Tom, electro duo Clones of the Queen and the…
Party pics: Downetowne New Year’s Masquerade
Downetowne, Bar 35’s monthly night for ladies who love ladies, was crowded Saturday for the first party of the New Year, with a masquerade theme and special guest DJs Josh Peace from LA and Von Kiss from San Diego and…
Party pics: First Friday January 2013
Although the weather was rainy most of the night, a small crowd still braved the elements to come out to Chinatown on the first First Friday of the year. We hit some of the most happening spots, including The ARTS…
Do this! Jan 3-9
First Thursdays Poetry Slam ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 6 The first First Thursday of the New Year gets the poetry slamming with National Poetry Slam Finalist Kane “Novakane” Smego. In addition to being a slam champ, Kane…
Party pics: NYE 2012 Party of the Year
Thousands of people turned out for Hawaii’s largest New Year’s Eve party at Kakaako Park, with eight areas of live bands like Fiji, Rebel Souljahz, Mana’o Company and others, DJs and entertainment, including headliners LAZRTAG and Toma, plus the Eat…
Do this! Our Top 10 picks for New Year’s Eve 2012
There’s something out there for everyone this New Year’s Eve! Rather than try to give you a comprehensive list of everything going on, here are our top picks in 10 different categories to help you decide how to ring in…
Party pics: 80s Pop Muzik Karaoke Finals
80s Pop Muzik, hosted by DJ Nocturna and Lana Saldania, bid farewell to 2012 at Bar 35 Saturday with a night of song – karaoke, that is. The finalists from the first and second karaoke contests, plus some audience members…
Party pics: BLISS Holiday Party
Russell Tanoue and Pearl Ultralounge celebrated the winter holidays with a special edition of Beautiful, called BLISS, on Saturday. Members of the fashion industry and some of Honolulu’s VIPs and most beautiful people came out for the sexy holiday soiree.…
Party pics: End of the World Block Party
Promoters I Chinatown, Odin Works. Livewire, Pure Coalition, 00-Spot, Jet Setter, Artist Groove Network, Level H Promotions, Defend Hawaii, Restless Kids & Chinatown Get Down teamed up on Friday to throw a huge End of the World Block Party at…
Party pics: Super CW’s Last Ever
Super CW, aka Christa Wittmier, threw her Last Ever Best Ever party… a gathering that traditionally is to celebrate her birthday, a year of photos and support a worthy cause or two — this year it was raising funds for…
Do this! Dec. 20-24
Art & Flea: Ugly Sweater Party ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 10 Tis the season for the third annual Ugly Sweater Party at Art & Flea, and here's your chance to prep for Christmas by breaking out the…
Do this! December 13-19
Reggie Padilla's 'Almost Home' CD release Party ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 11 Start the weekend off with the CD release party for sax player/pianist Reggie Padilla's (you might remember him from Bop Tribal and a lot of…
Party pics: Decadence Venetian Mask Ball
Camera Obscura and DJ Nocturna hosted the Third Annual Venetian Mask Ball at Adega Portuguese Restaurant in Chinatown Saturday night. Guests went all-out to dress up for the formal affair, which started with a full three-course dinner and continued through…
Party pics: First Friday December 2012
We hit some of the most happening spots during December’s First Friday art walk, including the crowded Anti-Canvas art show fundraiser at SoHo, with dozens of boardshorts featuring spectacular work by local artists, plus the grand opening of Article 15…
Party pics: Addiction’s 1st Anniversary
Regulars and hotel guests came to Addiction, the nightclub at The Modern Honolulu, to celebrate a year of parties with complimentary Grey Goose and Ace of Spades drinks, dancing to DJs Compose & Anit from Honolulu and Vice from LA.Photos…
Do this! Dec 6-12
Fresh Web Series Premiere ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 14 This week, Fresh Cafe does something new; they're launching a video series to connect their customers with all things "Fresh." In the video series (a new one will…
Party pics: Troika
Odin Works, NextDoor and thirtyninehotel teamed up to present a night of hard dance, dubstep and house, featuring special guests DJ HIXXY from the UK, hardcore DJ No Left Turn, Dubstep duo At Dawn We Rage from AZ and Alan…
Party pics: Shwayze
So-cal hip-hop artist Shwayze, who got his start rapping with Cisco, and is known for songs like “Buzzin'” and “Corona and Lime,” filled the house at SoHo with his laid-back, feel-good hits. Shwayze ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of…
Party pics: Dub & Bass
Dub & Bass returned to Lotus on Friday night with NYC DJ and musician Ted Ganung, joined by local DJs Packo, Sejika and Oldman Klevansky and a live surf art show by Nicole Vermillion. The night was a fusion of…
Do this! Nov. 29-Dec 5
Eat the Street: It's a Luau! ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 13 Hawaiian food will be the focus at this Friday’s Eat the Street, with squid luau, laulau, kalua pig and more on the menu, along with live…
Party pics: Jake Shimabukuro and Friends
Local uke virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro brought his talent home to Hawaii on Saturday night, with a show at Hawaii Theatre that sold out in advance. For two hours, the crowd listened in almost absolute silence, only punctuated by applause, as…
Do this! Nov. 23-28
Art & Flea: Neon Black Friday ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 10 More than 60 vendors will be participating in a special Black Friday edition of Art & Flea, hosted by Ashtin Party. There will be a crafting…
Did this: Hawaiian Islands Brewing Company tour
We recently got a chance to drop in on the guys at Hawaiian Islands Brewing Company, home of HI Beer, at Vice Nightclub in Ward Center. Owner Frank Wenzl and Brewmaster Greg Yount were gracious enough to show us around,…
Party pics: Nonstop’s 2nd Birthday
Nonstop Honolulu celebrated our 2nd birthday (although we actually launched in August 2010) Friday evening at Royal Hawaiian Center with friends, readers, supporters and more. The event included a dine-around, social media tasting at four Royal Hawaiian Center eateries (Doraku…
Party pics: RAWards 2012
The inaugural RAWards in Honolulu, sponsored in part by Nonstop Honolulu and thrown by the local branch of the RAW:natural born artists movement, went off in a big way at Aloha Beer on Saturday night. Part of a national competition,…
Do this! Nov 15-21
Nonstop Honolulu's 2nd Anniversary Party ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 14 We’re inviting our readers, supporters and friends to join us for our 2nd Anniversary Party at the Five-0 Bar at the Royal Hawaiian Center.We’ve tried to incorporate…
Party pics: thirtyninehotel’s 8th Anniversary
Chinatown club thirtyninehotel celebrated its (belated) eighth anniversary with a low-key soiree Saturday night focused mainly on the music. With free drinks before 10 p.m. and special guest house DJ Gerry Rooney from London, plus residents Mark Chittom and Timo,…
Party pics: Dirty Vegas
Two of the three members of Grammy-winning British house music group Dirty Vegas performed a (mainly) DJ set at The Republik on Saturday to a crowd that included house-heads and old-school fans. Toward the end of the night, vocalist Steve…
Party pics: Thank God for Vampires
Happy Vampsgiving! Vampires and their fans came out to The Venue for Camera Obscura’s Thank God for Vampires event on Friday evening, with performances by some contestants from the Miss Vamp Hawaii beauty pageant and goth, industrial, dark 80s and…
Do this! Nov. 8-14
Oahu Fringe Festival ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 15 Oahu Fringe Festival is back and bigger than ever, with fringe-y shows that range from theatre, dance and comedy to the just plain inexplicable. Three nights, four venues in…
Party pics: First Friday November 2012
We hit the happening spots during November’s First Friday art walk, saying hello and happy anniversary to Mojo Barbershop, celebrating their first anniversary, and JJ Dolan’s, celebrating their fourth anniversary with free pizza and a fundraiser for hurricane victims on…
Party pics: Club Hallowbaloo
Chinatown clubs came together on Halloween night to throw a makeup party for Saturday’s Club Hallowbaloo, which was canceled due to threat of a tsunami. Attendees showed up to walk the streets of Chinatown dressed in their craziest costumes and…
Party pics: Hallowbaloo 2012
Hallowbaloo, Chinatown’s huge annual street festival, went off on Saturday night, with thousands of costumed people taking to the streets to celebrate, until a tsunami warning cut the night short. Hallowbaloo 2012 ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 29…
Do this! October 25-31 + Halloween happenings
SMOKE: The Launch of Kitchen Music Society ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 7 Kitchen Music Society, a new DJ collective that specializes in downtempo, sexy, loungy music, kicks off its flagship event, SMOKE, with DJs Mr. Nick and…
2012 Halloween Happenings
NIGHTLIFE AND PARTIES Thursday, 10/25 Art & Flea: Zombie Apocalypse Fright Fest9 p.m. @ Fresh Cafe; $3 (come as a zombie and get in for $2, all ages.Honolulu’s favorite one-stop-shop for the best vintage collectibles and locally made fashion, music…
Party pics: HEX 2012
The Hawaii Entertainment Expo (HEX, formerly HEXXP) concluded a busy three-day weekend of sci‐fi, anime and gaming-themed concerts, workshops, film premieres, artist and vendor exhibits, and contests on Sunday, with a closing concert by Earthbound Papas, a band headed up…
Party pics: Dash Berlin
Dutch Progressive trance DJ Dash Berlin (Jeffrey Sutorious, frontman of the award-winning three-person Dash Berlin project) packed The Waterfront at Aloha Tower, shortly after DJ Magazine announced the 2012 results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll with Dash Berlin…
