Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: June 27–30, 2019
Eat all the tacos, have an art-filled afternoon with the family, solve a murder mystery and more.
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Chinatown Taco Bar Crawl
Saturday, June 29, noon to 7 p.m.
Who doesn’t love tacos? The Chinatown crew celebrates their love for the tasty Mexican food this Saturday with a Cinco de Mayo-style bar crawl. First head to Nextdoor for registration, then make your way to the six participating bars for specials on food (your ticket gets you three tacos), beer and tequila. Stop by the various DJ booths to dance off that taco food baby, then go back and do it all over again.
$25, throughout Chinatown. For more information and to purchase tickets, go here.
Super Saturday at HiSAM
Saturday, June 29, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A special summertime event geared at families, this Saturday Hawai‘i State Art Museum invites parents and keiki to spend some quality time with an art-packed afternoon featuring block printing, watercolor collage making, a photo booth and more, plus food vendors and a live performance by Kailua Moon.
Free, Hawai‘i State Art Museum, 250 S. Hotel St., Second Floor. For more information, go here.
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Streetlight Cadence
Thursday, June 27, at 8 p.m.
Hawai‘i-grown alt-pop quartet (and two-time Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award-winner) Streetlight Cadence returns to O‘ahu this Thursday, bringing its experimental folky sound to The Republik for an all-ages show. Group members will be performing tracks off their newest album, Momentary, an entirely self-produced and engineered collection of anthems, ballads and headbangers characteristic of the band.
$25, The Republik, 1349 Kapiʻolani Blvd., #30. For more information and to purchase tickets, go here.
ARTafterDARK: Murder Mystery
Friday, June 28, 6 to 9 p.m.
The Honolulu Museum of Art spices things up on Friday with an artsy party inspired by Art Deco, the Jazz Age and the classic game of Clue. There’s been a mysterious murder at the museum, and it’s your job to catch the killer. The game will have you playing detective, visiting galleries and vendors in search of clues to solve the whodunit.
$30, free for museum members. Honolulu Museum of Art, 900 S. Beretania St. For more information and to purchase tickets, go here.
CreativeMornings Honolulu Presents "Wonder" with Ben Flores of Hi Brau Room and Aloha Beer
Friday, June 28 | 8 to 10 a.m.
The Shape of Wave to Come
Friday, June 28 to Sunday, July 28 | 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Blue Note Comedy Series Presents Comedian Jon Lovitz
Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29 | Various times
Deck Bar and Grill Waikīkī Announces Monthly Concerts Featuring Local Artists
Sunday, June 30 | 4–8 p.m.
Looking for more things to do? Check out our events calendar.
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