Events for Kids in March 2023 on O‘ahu
Meet and take photos with Storybook Princesses, check out North Shore Stables Outpost at Pearlridge Center, enjoy Keiki Fun Day at Wet ’n’ Wild Hawai‘i and more!
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Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: Feb. 16–22, 2023
Go whale watching, listen to steel guitar music, eat shave ice and go for a 8.15-mile foot race from Aloha Tower to Aloha Stadium.
Aloha Friday FYI: Events for Kids in February 2023
Save the date for Wet ‘n‘ Wild’s Dive ‘n‘ Movie, Matsumoto Shave Ice’s 72nd anniversary and the 36th Annual Hawaiʻi Pacific Health Keiki Great Aloha Run.
Don’t Miss These Halloween Events on O‘ahu
Save the date for these fall activities and spooky events.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Honolulu for May 19–25, 2022
Visit your neighborhood public library, watch a movie at a museum, help clean up a beach and more on O‘ahu this weekend.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Hawai‘i for January 13–19, 2022
Visit wild birds, go hunting in a gallery, start to celebrate the tigers in your life and gather your bottles for a local teenager’s nonprofit.
5 Hawai‘i Memberships to Gift Your Keiki for Christmas
Here’s another way to support local. We break down what you’ll get with an annual membership at five local parks and activity centers.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Honolulu for July 22–28, 2021
Dance and dine at a new family-friendly happy hour, attend a unique live performance in a museum garden, borrow a book from a library in a park and more.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-March 4, 2021
Photo: Courtesy of Sea Life Park Sea Life Park Opens Almost a year after it closed, the park in Waimānalo is finally reopening this weekend. The new rules will sound familiar: masks will be required for everyone 2 years and…
Help Name Sea Life Park's New Baby Dolphin
Sea Life Park's baby is getting bigger. The Waimānalo park's animal care team says the almost 4-month-old bottlenose dolphin calf is curious, full of energy and doing well in key developmental milestones. Since her birth on Dec. 4, 2019, she has been…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-Oct. 17, 2019
Photo: Courtesy of Sea Life ParkWhat's behind these spooky doors? Find out this weekend at Sea Life Park. Ka Makana Aliʻi Birthday Celebration The biggest mall in West Oʻahu turns 3 years old this weekend. The birthday bash kicks off Friday…
5 Fin-tastic Activities To Get Your Keiki Excited for Baby Shark Live in Hawai‘i
Photo: Laura DornbushWe found Baby Shark cereal at Sam's Club in Honolulu. Since HONOLULU Family announced that the Baby Shark show is coming to Honolulu in November, my toddler’s obsession of the song, characters and sharks in general has exploded. Duke, my…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-June 12, 2019
Photo: Lance Tominaga ESPN Honolulu Sports Festival Got sports fans and athletes in your family? Stop by the ESPN Honolulu Sports Festival Saturday for kid-friendly activities ranging from Nerf battles and rock climbing to light-saber duels and VEX Robotics competitions. Even…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-May 29, 2019
Photo: Courtesy of Pearl Harbor Aviation MuseumKeiki can climb into cockpits, fly remote-control airplanes and play with all things aviation (with free entry) at Flight Adventures. Flight Adventures The cockpits are open and remote-control aircraft are ready to take off…
Earth Day 2019: Where To Go, What To Do
Photo: Getty Images Every day should be Earth Day! But if you want to get technical, Earth Day officially is Monday, April 22. Here are seven kid-friendly Earth Day events we think your ʻohana might enjoy this weekend: 1. Beach…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-Feb. 27, 2019
Photo: Sea Life ParkSea Life Park announced it will close from March 17 until further notice. Mamma Mia! and Disney’s Newsies It’s the season for high school spring musicals! This Friday, the Kaimukī High School Performing Arts Center will open Mamma Mia!,…
Our Guide: Winter Programs in Hawai‘i-2018
Photo: Courtesy of Therapeutic Horsemanship of Hawaiʻi Halloween is done! Now, let's think about winter break. If your family will be in town for Christmas and New Year's, consider signing up your keiki for a specialty day camp on Oʻahu. Here are the details…
Halloween Events in Hawai‘i—2019
Photo: Courtesy of Royal Hawaiian Center We will be updating this list throughout October. Check back weekly to find the latest roundup of family-fun events. Updated: Oct. 22, 2019. Ongoing Events Sunday, Oct. 5 through Oct. 27 Fall Harvest Festival at…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-Aug. 29, 2018
Photo: Courtesy of Okinawan FestivalAt the Okinawan Festival this weekend, keiki can take pictures wearing traditional kimono while holding paranku hand drums. Okinawan Festival You won’t need sunscreen and bug repellant at this year’s Okinawan Festival. The popular event has…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-May 9, 2018
Photo: Courtesy of ʻIolani PalaceSee the Throne Room at ʻIolani Palace on Kamaʻaina Sundays. ʻIolani Palace Kamaʻāina Sunday Once a month, ʻIolani Palace offers free-admission tickets to kama’āina on a first-come, first-served basis. Walk the halls where King Kalākaua and…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-February 28, 2018
Photo: Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Open Cockpit Day Dress up as a pilot and climb into historic aircraft this weekend. Save money with the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor’s online buy-one-get-one-free ticket offer. In addition to exploring the two…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-November 15
Photo: Aaron K. YoshinoSanta Claus is coming to Kāhala Mall Saturday. Getting Savvy About Shearwaters Take four for the price of one to Sea Life Park this weekend. The park is allowing three kids to get in free with each…
Our Guide: Sea Life Park
Photo: Lavonne Leong Where: Sea Life Park, 41-202 Kalaniana‘ole Highway, Waimānalo Who: Three parents and three kids–two 6-year-olds and an 18-month-old. When: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on a sunny high-season Sunday. I grew up going to Sea Life Park, perched…
What to Do If You Find a Shearwater Chick
Photo: Courtesy of Sea Life Park The alert is going out to families across Hawai‘i: Watch out for shearwater chicks. The Islands are home to ‘a‘o, the endangered Newell’s shearwater, and ‘ua‘u kani, wedge-tailed shearwater. Both federally-protected species work in pairs…
