Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: Dec. 15–21, 2022
Have brunch with Santa, explore a giant snow globe, and watch Kermit and Miss Piggy on the big screen with live orchestral music.
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Have brunch with Santa, explore a giant snow globe, and watch Kermit and Miss Piggy on the big screen with live orchestral music.
Run a marathon, catch Hamilton, see Kimié Miner in concert, and shop all weekend long at craft and gift fairs.
Kids can have a blast at Kids City Hawai‘i, Wet ’n’ Wild, KidzArt, Dole Plantation, Kualoa Ranch and other local destinations.
A tipping bucket, water sprayers, 60 additional keiki fun activities—the perfect place for a party, or just a super fun day.
Take in the Honolulu City Lights, shop an eco-friendly holiday market and listen to Yo-Yo Ma under the stars.
Ballet Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Ballet Theatre, Honolulu Classical Ballet and Hawai‘i State Ballet are all staging the classic holiday show.
Taste festive holiday craft cocktails, watch Uncle Roger on-stage and pick up a Christmas tree.
Dress up like a bug, try out animal night vision and play video games to investigate the science found all around your backyard.
Join the block party at Honolulu Night Market, decorate cookies and eat doughnuts, and get a head start on holiday shopping at a craft fair.
Here’s the rundown of where you can get festive this month.
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Get a jump-start on your holiday shopping at the annual Honolulu event, now at Ala Moana Center, featuring a wonderland of clothes, jewelry, accessories and food.
Jump into a ball pit, fight dinosaurs on a projector screen and climb a rock wall at this new indoor playground at Windward Mall.
Have a blast at the Hanahau‘oli Children’s Fair and Leeward CC Discovery Fair, celebrate Hawai‘i entrepreneurs at the Mana Up Showcase 2022 and check out Maui artist Noah Harders’ wearable art at HoMA.
DIY your own spooky charcuterie board with Fig & Ginger Honolulu, have fun while raising funds for the Hawaiian Humane Society and watch the wizarding world of Harry Potter come to life onstage.
Blast off to space from this high-tech, immersive planetarium offering kid-friendly shows.
It’s a bit off the beaten path, between the Wai‘anae and Ko‘olau mountain ranges in Central O‘ahu. But that means you’re bound to have a lot of space—27 acres to be precise—to yourself for peaceful wanderings and dreamy, solitary…
On Nov. 6, kiddos can make poke nachos with a celebrity chef during the 2022 Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival.
Its annual members-only party takes place Saturday, Oct. 22, with other perks year-round.
Find out what two little boys thought about makeovers at this imagination wonderland at Windward Mall.
Check out an epic floral exhibit, experience a frightening haunted drive-thru and shop all things Disney-inspired.
These costume contests, trick-or-treating spots and spooky scavenger hunts are eerie-sistible.
Dr. Suma Metla offers free yoga classes at the end of every month at Ka Makana Ali‘i
Introduce keiki to a new musical genre through a beloved children’s classic at Blaisdell Concert Hall.
From plantation towns to planned communities, Central O‘ahu has its share of secret spots, a bumper crop of bowling alleys and neighborhood eats.
We celebrated National Take a Hike Day (Nov. 17), with a round up of our top picks for the best hikes on the Island.
Not willing to change her identity to be part of the industry, Mahina Florence is at the height of her career because of her flawless Hawaiian complexion, strong athletic build, and friendly aloha spirit.
These restaurants and cafés hold themselves to a higher eco-standard that make deciding where to eat for ocean-minded people an easy decision.