Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: Oct. 23–29, 2025
Say farewell to Aloha Stadium, walk with your pups for a good cause, grow a food garden, learn about endangered snails and more.
Photo: Kendra Baxter
Aloha to Aloha Stadium Concert
Saturday, Oct. 25, 4 to 10 p.m.
Here’s your chance to bid farewell to the venue that hosted nearly 50 years of sports and music memories before it is demolished and redeveloped. Jam to sets from Ekolu, Ho‘onu‘a, Henry Kapono, Kimié Miner, The Mākaha Sons and more.
Family-friendly, $10 general admission, $30 family six-pack admission, $79 VIP standing room admission, $149 VIP open seating admission, Aloha Stadium lower Hālawa parking lot, ‘Aiea, tmrevents.thundertix.com, @tmrevents
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Photo: Kelli with an Eye Photography
PetWalk
Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 a.m. to noon
Take your furry friends on a walk for a good cause at the annual fundraiser for the Hawaiian Humane Society. Join other animal lovers on the 1.8-mile dog walk around Kapi‘olani Park, attend the doggie yoga session, enter the pet costume contest and shop local vendors. Free pet adoptions will also be available onsite.
Family-friendly, $35 general participation, $20 keiki participation, Kapi‘olani Park, 3840 Pākī Ave., Waikīkī, hawaiianhumane.org, @hawaiianhumane
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Photo: Courtesy of University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience
Better Crops and Seed Sharing Workshop
Friday, Oct. 24, 9 to 11 a.m.
Earn your green thumb status with hands-on training offered by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience. You’ll learn how to grow fruits and veggies, such as grape tomatoes, lettuce, pole beans and basil, plus take home seeds to start your own food garden. Remember to bring a water bottle, hat and sunblock!
Family-friendly, free, Urban Garden Center, 955 Kamehameha Highway, Pearl City, cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu, @ctahr
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Photo: Courtesy of Bishop Museum
Kāhuli Festival
Saturday, Oct. 25, 3 to 9 p.m.
Learn about endangered Hawaiian land snails and their significance to Hawaiian culture. Listen to talks by conservationists, artists, researchers and cultural practitioners, see Queen Lil‘uokalani’s shell lei, view rare snail species, get hands-on with craft activities, admire art displays and enjoy live music, food and drink stations.
Family-friendly, $10 reduced admission for kama‘āina and military, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Kalihi, bishopmuseum.org, @bishopmuseum
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Photo: Courtesy of PlayBuilders of Hawai‘i Theater Company
Hanafuda with Grandma
Monday, Oct. 27, 5 p.m. learn to play hanafuda, 6 p.m. staged reading, 7 p.m. talk story
Watch a new play, written by Diane Aoki and directed by Aiko Chinen, about a teenager who spends an afternoon playing the traditional Japanese card game with his grandmother who is living with dementia. Arrive early to play the game yourself and stick around for a talk-story session with the playwright, director and cast afterwards.
Family-friendly, free, Mission Memorial Auditorium, 550 S. King St., Downtown, playbuilders.org, @playbuilders.hawaii
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Laura Dornbush is a regular contributor to HONOLULU Magazine. @ldornbush
