2023 Family Easter Events in Hawaiˊi
We’re tracking Easter Bunny appearances and other family-friendly springtime activities on O‘ahu.
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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.
We Tried It: Got Funn? at Windward Mall
Spend a day at an imaginative play center and enjoy an hour of preschool class with songs, crafts and stories.
Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: Jan. 19–25, 2023
Go to a drive-in movie, watch a play written by Da Pidgin Guerrilla or attend a new keiki-friendly event with food trucks, hopscotch and face painting.
We Tried It: Keiki Republic
Jump into a ball pit, fight dinosaurs on a projector screen and climb a rock wall at this new indoor playground at Windward Mall.
We Tried It: Storybook Station (with boys!)
Find out what two little boys thought about makeovers at this imagination wonderland at Windward Mall.
Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: Aug. 25–31, 2022
Enjoy a concert under the stars with your keiki, attend a bon dance, watch UH Mānoa battle it out on the football field live and more this weekend.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Hawai‘i for December 16–23, 2021
Walk into a snow globe, roller skate and shop, create art at one museum’s final free day for 2021 and find out how much time you have left for some popular holiday events.
Where to Find Santa in Honolulu in 2021
Where can your kids find Santa Claus this weekend? Here is our list for this holiday season.
Your Weekend(s): The Best Family Fun in Hawai‘i for November 18–28, 2021
Ride a Christmas train and meet Santa, drive through a giant lights display, grab a coveted spot in a free ocean clinic and send birthday wishes to a family-favorite cafe.
Best of HONOLULU Family 2021
From butterfly kits to a fun place for little speedsters, here are more than 70 winners selected by our editors and readers.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Hawai‘i for September 9–15, 2021
Join a keiki ceramics or art classes, make apple cider treats, taste fresh cacao and visit baby goats or spend an evening with a few princesses.
Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: September 8-14, 2021
Celebrate with Hawaiian musicians, see a blockbuster directed by a Hawai‘i-raised storyteller, watch new TV shows set in the Islands and shop online for a good cause.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Hawai‘i for August 19–25, 2021
Shop for gently used kids toys and clothes (for half-off the price), catch a movie three different ways or go on an adventure to the North Shore.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Hawai‘i for July 1–7, 2021
Visit princesses at a new party space, tour a museum after dark, walk into a world of Vincent van Gogh and and find some fireworks on the fourth.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-March 11, 2021
Photo: Boeing, Courtesy of the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Above and Beyond at Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum This is the final weekend to visit this Boeing exhibit which takes kids through the world of flying at various levels. "Above and…
Where and How Santa Claus is Coming to Town in Honolulu
The pandemic can’t stop the magic of the holidays including keiki’s cherished chats and memorable photos of angelic smiles (or terrified screams) with Kris Kringle. But, of course, everything is a little bit different this year, so expect to encounter…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-June 18, 2020
Photo Courtesy of: Dave and Buster Play Games In An Indoor Arcade The arcade at Dave & Buster’s re-opens this Friday at noon! Not all of the games will be on, but customers can make special requests for their favorite machines—if social distancing is practiced. There…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-Jan. 16, 2020
Photo: By Brad Goda Rainbow After two consecutive weekends of wind and rain, are you ready to see rainbows? Rainbow—the new play at Honolulu Theatre for Youth, that is. It debuts this Friday, Jan. 17, and runs for three weekends through Feb. 8,…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-Dec. 19, 2019
Christmas With the Animals Saturday morning update: Christmas with the Animals has been postponed until next week. The zoo will be closed until Sunday. If you think it's funny to watch little kids unwrap Christmas presents, wait ’til you see Honolulu Zoo’s…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-Aug. 29, 2019
Photo: Courtesy of Honolulu Chinese Jaycees/Edmar Castillo PhotographyThis is the 66th year for the Healthy Baby Contest. Okinawan Festival The world’s largest festival of Okinawan culture happens this weekend at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center. There’s so much to see and…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-Aug. 22, 2019
Photo: Courtesy of Nichiren Mission of HawaiʻiOne of the last bon dances of the summer season takes place this weekend at Nichiren Mission of Hawaiʻi. Rhea Lana’s Twice a year, Rhea Lana's comes to Honolulu to host a consignment sale…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-July 25, 2019
Photo: Kids First Film FestivalThe Adventures of Zach and Molly by cartoonist Jim Toomey is an 11-minute film that explores the deep ocean. Queen Lili‘uokalani Keiki Hula Competition Watch hula dancers, ages 5 to 12, from Hawaiʻi and Japan aim for…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-May 8, 2019
We Are Samoa Festival and World Fireknife Championships Sharp blades and open flames are no-nos for kids, but that’s what makes the World Fireknife Championships appealing. This four-day event brings together the Pacific region’s top fireknife dancers to determine a world…