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Mardi Gras March 1st First Friday!

SAMBA IN THE STREETS!!

Come get your way finding on and dance flow moving in Honolulu’s Historical Culture & Arts District as we experience the rich culture of the Latin/Caribbean celebration of Mardi Gras through the arts! Fat Tuesday…make way for First Friday!!!

LIVE MUSIC – SAMBA DANCERS – OUTDOOR BAR

8p-10p
LIVE Music & Samba Hotel Street Block pARTy!
Samba & Latin Dancers
LIVE Latin & Caribbean Music

8p-11p:
Hotel Street Outdoor Beer & Wine BAR
Ono Local & Latin Style Street Grinds
LIVE mural artist

Hotel Street Venues DJs, musicians & drink specials till 2am:
The Manifest
Bar 35 Hawaii
Nextdoor
Downbeat Lounge
Tchin Tchin

HIGHLIGHTED EXPERIENCES:

Samba in the Streets!
Hotel Street (Between Nu’uanu & Smith St.)
Live, provocative, Latin roots performance artists in the local music & dance scene will have everyone dancing to the rhythm and beats!

HI Design Barber & Lounge
954 Maunakea St. 7p-10p
Wine’n Poets Wine Tasting and Sharing with Poetry EPIC MOTIVATION THEME
“Speak Easy Style” wine tasting & sharing invitational featuring award winning spoken word poets & entertainment.

Art, Music, and Fashion First Friday at HiSAM
250 South Hotel St. 6p-10p
Free, family-friendly evening of art, music, and fashion at HiSAM! Admission is always free. Live music & DJs galore!

The ARTS at Marks Garage
1159 Nu’uanu Ave. 6p-10p
Monthly Art Exhibition Opening pARTy

OPEN STUDIOS:
Pūko‘a Studios
Chinatown Artists Lofts
Zwick Academy of Fine Art
Louis Pohl Gallery
The Pegge Hopper Gallery

***Location & Featured Experiences Vary – Check Venues Directly for Details***

5p-10p:
Boutiques, visual & performance art shows
Owens & Co. Barrio Vintage Hound and Quail In4mation – I Shall Proceed and Continue Ginger13 Valia Honolulu Indigo Alliance Hawaii Louis Pohl Gallery The Pegge Hopper Gallery Ali’i Coffee Co. Pantheon Contemporary Rangoon Burmese Kitchen Bethel Union Pūko‘a Studios Zwick Academy of Fine Art Chinatown Artists Lofts The Naughty Vegan Studio Good Vibe Center Sakura Loft onG kinG aRts cenTer

5p-2a:
Restaurants, lounges, clubs, bars, late-night dance venues (DJ, live music, performances, food & drink specials)
Proof Public House Jj Dolans’s Fête Hawaii Encore Saloon Brick Fire Tavern Rangoon Burmese Kitchen Ethiopian Love Topped Livestock Tavern Lucky Belly The Pig and the Lady
O’Toole’s Irish Pub – Honolulu Bethel Union Murphy’s Bar and Grill The Dragon Upstairs in Honolulu Hawaii

ChinatownHonolulu.com for the DIGITAL MAP & all the First Friday experiences throughout Honolulu’s Historical Culture and Arts District!!

Support & Promote unapologetically!!

FACEBOOK: @firstfridaychinatownHNL
INSTAGRAM: @axis_project

#firstfridayhonolulu #chinARTown #axispoints

The Acoustic Guitar Project in Honolulu

The Acoustic Guitar Project has finally made its way to Honolulu! What is TAGP? The short answer is… One week… One song… Five Artists.

Five Musicians are selected each year to represent their city by writing an original song in only one week using their local TAGP guitar. They sign the guitar, and pass it on!

This year, the featured artists will be….
Thunderstorm Artis
Dylan O’Clairey
John Valentine
Ron Bronstein
and
Keilana Mokulehua

Join us for an evening of inspiration as you feast your ears upon the diversity of sounds, rhythms, and emotions evoked by the sharing of this guitar. This event is ticketed and a portion of the proceeds will be going to TAGP to continue funding in Honolulu. As TAGP grows in Honolulu, we will be expanding our musical outreach in a myriad of ways with a focus on making music accessible and fun for keiki and youth in our community. If you know of a group or organization that would benefit from music performances/songwriting workshops, please share that information to Catherine Ritter (catherine.n.ritter@gmail.com), TAGP curator for Honolulu.

Lots of Aloha and see you there!

www.theacousticguitarproject.com

Mike Izon’s 1st Annual ALS Fundraiser & Purple Haze Celebration.

808 State Productions in association with Aku Bone Media presents a fundraiser for the ALS Association West Chapter.

During the event, we will be honoring the people who dedicate their lives to helping others in need while raising awareness and, donations for The ALS Association Golden West Chapter. Some attending the event are diagnosed with ALS and it’s thru the support of the community that we will have the capability to make it the best experience possible for all involved.

The fundraiser will include a live music line up of talented and popular local musicians, surprise musical guest, a celebrity ice dunk tank, door prizes and, catered food by some of Hawaii’s best kitchens while celebrating Mike’s new song Purple Haze. His father passed away 3 years ago from ALS. So he has seen first hand what it can be like for families. He now wants to use the popularity of his song to bring awareness and to celebrate his success.

Performances by, Rachel Cruz, Keith Batlin, Yoza and Mike Izon with special surprise guests.

$5 Early Bird | $10 Door | 21+

All net proceeds will be donated to the ALS Association West Chapter.

Thanksgiving Eve Food Drive and Concert with Drake Bell

What better way to kick off the Thanks Giving Holiday than by coming together for a night of live music, drinks, and donations for Honolulu’s homeless community. After a great event in April, Drake Bell will be back at Nextdoor headlining our Thank Giving Eve Special Event alongside some of Honolulu’s favorite DJ’s and Live Musical Acts. This event is 18+ and tickets can be found below. Please remember to bring canned food for Honolulu’s homeless. By giving to them we will be giving discounted drinks to you!

November First Friday Chinatown HNL

First Friday REVIVAL!! Celebrating 15 years of First Fridays in Chinatown!!

For November we are celebrating local creators FOR ARTS SAKE! Elevating and activating our wealth of local talent through artistic expressions throughout the ENTIRE neighborhood for ALL with over 40 venues to experience! From keiki to kupuna and everything in between, there is something for everyone!!

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS INCLUDE:

Hawaii Theatre Center
BENEFIT PREMIERE OF Last Taxi Dance by local Indie filmmaker Brayden Yoder!!

Pantheon Contemporary (The old Indigo Restaurant):
Pop up visual & sound experiential exhibition by Chinatown creative, Ara Laylo.

The ARTS at Marks Garage
Opening of “For Art Sake”, a group artist exhibition featuring local artists Albert “Hardkoa” Weight, Brook Parker, Barry Napolean, Sonya Hoffermeister, Nadia Fairlamb.

Hotel Street Storefront Visual Installation @31 N Hotel St.:
AXIS in partnership with the national artistic advocacy organization, For Freedoms revives vacant spaces in historial places with a visual installation by Maoli artists Cory Taum & Imaikalani Kalahele. A symbol of artistic civic engagement in identifying our relationship to place.

Hotel Street Block pARTy:
LIVE music by Mike Izon
LIVE mural painting by Marina Staubus Art
LIVE performances including Rikita Turner & The Worlds Smallest Burlesque Show

(Location times vary – check location website for specific event details)
5p-10p: Boutiques & restaurant specials, art shows & performances
8p-12a: Hotel St. block party (live music, street art, beer/wine bar)
8p-2a: Clubs, bars, late-night dance venues (DJ, live music, performances)

**Way finding stations & printed MAP available throughout neighborhood***

Something for EVERYONE…Art spaces, event venues, cuisine places, libation locations, street spots, boutique stops, barber shops, studios, rooftops, lofts, lanais and coworking plots. Cultivated, curated & cared for by local place-makers, entrepreneurs & artists mapped within 6 square blocks of Honolulu’s ONLY Historical Culture & Arts District, the oldest Chinatown in the U.S.

Every month we will be honoring a significant theme, topic or collective issue we can gather around as an island community…from keiki to kupuna, there is something for everyone!

#firstfridayhonolulu #chinARTtown #axispoints

***MAPPED LOCATIONS INCLUDE***

ARTS:
HiSAM Museum Gallery Shop x Mori
The Old Blaisdell Hotel
Louis Pohl Gallery
Hawaii Theatre Center
Kumu Kahua Theatre
The Pegge Hopper Gallery
In4mation – I Shall Proceed and Continue
The ARTS at Marks Garage
The Art Treasures Gallery
Nu’uanu St. Storefronts
Pantheon Contemporary
Front Lobe – Solomon Enos Studio
ROC – Real Office Centers
Ravizza Brownfield Gallery
Chinatown Artists Lofts
Zwick Academy of Fine Art
The Naughty Vegan Studio

ENTERTAINMENT:
onG kinG aRts cenTer
Scarlet Honolulu
Bar Elixrs
The Dragon Upstairs in Honolulu Hawaii
O’Tools Irish Pub
Polearity Studio
HI Design Barber & Lounge
Good Vibe Center
Sakura Loft

SHOPPING:
Valia Honolulu
Ginger13
Barrio Vintage
Hound and Quail
Owens & Co.
Madre Chocolate
Roberta Oaks, Hawaii
HI Design Barber & Lounge
Indigo Alliance Hawaii

HOTEL STREET BLOCK pARTy including live music, outdoor bar & live mural painting!!!

**TIMES VARY – CHECK SPECIFIC LOCATIONS FOR DETAILS ON ARTFUL EVENTS & OFFERINGS**

Local art exhibitions, galleries, artist lofts, open studios & new installations. Live demonstrations, trunk shows & exhibitions at area retailers including exclusive sales! Restaurants & bars offer specials, launch seasonal menus & host live entertainment throughout the evening. Late night venues to keep you moving with DJ’s, live music & dance floors.

Starting at 8pm, Hotel street will close. Live music will be available on the street till 10pm and outdoor bar till 11pm!!! Live mural painting until midnight!!!!

TRANSPORTATION: Biki In – Lyft Home!!
Biki Hawaii (Richard & Pauahi Street locations)
Lyft (Discount Codes – FIRSTFRIDAYCT or FIRSTFRIDAYCT18)

PARKING:
FREE – street parking starting 6pm
$5 flat rate – Chinatown Municipal Garages (Bethel, Beretania & Mauna Kea St.) 5pm – midnight
$12 flat rate – Marks Garage 5pm – midnight

Savvy’s Surf Shack – Surfin’ USA

 

 

🌺 Alooooohaaaaa! 🌺

Savvy’s Surf Shack returns!

🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

Savvy’s Surf Shack Presents:

Burlesque! Hula! Circus!
All live with local surf rock band “Men in Grey Suits”

Featuring:

Miss Catwings
Miss Nikki Marie
Miss Savvy
Miss Betty Luna
Reyna Hoops
Miss Christie Brooke

Live Visual Arts by:
Miss Aloha Andrea

Games!
Libations!
Vingage Fashion!
Tunes!

Dress in your finest Aloha threads!

You do not want to miss this SINSATIONAL Hawaii Experience!