Join the Aquarium for its twentieth annual Pacific Island Festival. This festival features traditional music and dance, cultural displays, and craft demonstrations, and celebrates Pacific Islander cultures, including Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan, Chamorro, Marshallese, and Maori.

Festival Programming

Saturday

• 9:45 a.m. Honda Blue Cavern Show / Great Hall
• 10:00 a.m. Sea Otter Show / Northern Pacific Gallery
• 10:00 a.m. Hawaiian Dance – Hula Halau ‘O Lilinoe / Honda Blue Cavern*
• 10:30 a.m. Penguins Film / Great Hall
• 10:30 a.m. Tropical Reef Show / Tropical Pacific Gallery
• 10:45 a.m. Hawaiian Dance – Hula Halau ‘O Lilinoe / Honda Blue Cavern*
• 11:00 a.m. Seal & Sea Lion Show / Seal & Sea Lion Exhibit 2nd Floor
• 11:10 a.m. Hula Implement Demonstration – Shark Lagoon*
• 11:30 a.m. Hawaiian Dance – Hula Halau ‘O Lilinoe / Honda Pacific Visions Theater*
• 12:10 p.m. 25 Years of Conservation Film / Great Hall
• 12:15 p.m. Hawaiian, Maori, and Tahitian Presentation – Hālau Nā Pua Lehua I Ka Ua Noe / Honda Blue Cavern
• 12:45 p.m. Honda Blue Cavern Show / Great Hall
• 1:00 p.m. Hawaiian, Maori, and Tahitian Presentation – Hālau Nā Pua Lehua I Ka Ua Noe / Honda Pacific Visions Theater*
• 1:25 p.m. Maori Poi Ball Demonstration / Shark Lagoon*
• 1:30 p.m. 25 Years of Conservation Film / Great Hall
• 1:45 p.m. Hawaiian, Maori, and Tahitian Presentation – Hālau Nā Pua Lehua I Ka Ua Noe / Honda Blue Cavern*
• 1:45 p.m. Tropical Reef Show / Tropical Pacific Gallery
• 2:00 p.m. Sea Otter Show / Northern Pacific Gallery
• 2:30 p.m. Hawaiian, Maori, and Tahitian Presentation – Hālau Nā Pua Lehua I Ka Ua Noe / Honda Pacific Visions Theater*
• 2:55 p.m. Maori Poi Ball Demonstration / Shark Lagoon*
• 3:00 p.m. 25 Years of Conservation Film / Great Hall
• 3:15 p.m. Hawaiian, Maori, and Tahitian Presentation - Hālau Nā Pua Lehua I Ka Ua Noe / Honda Blue Cavern*
• 3:15 p.m. Seal & Sea Lion Show / Seal & Sea Lion Exhibit 2nd Floor
• 4:00 p.m. Hawaiian, Maori, and Tahitian Presentation – Hālau Nā Pua Lehua I Ka Ua Noe / Honda Pacific Visions Theater*
• 4:30 p.m. Honda Blue Cavern Show / Great Hall
• 4:45 p.m. 25 Years of Conservation Film / Great Hall
• 5:45 p.m. Penguins Film / Great Hall

Sunday

• 9:45 a.m. Honda Blue Cavern Show / Great Hall
• 10:00 a.m. Sea Otter Show / Northern Pacific Gallery
• 10:00 a.m. Micronesian Chamoru Traditional Cultural Presentation / Honda Blue Cavern*
• 10:30 a.m. Penguins Film / Great Hall
• 10:30 a.m. Tropical Reef Show / Tropical Pacific Gallery
• 10:45 a.m. Micronesian Chamoru Traditional Cultural Presentation / Honda Blue Cavern*
• 11:00 a.m. Seal & Sea Lion Show / Seal & Sea Lion Exhibit 2nd Floor
• 11:10 a.m. Pelito and Acho’: Chamoru Sticks and Rocks Implements Demonstration / Shark Lagoon*
• 11:30 a.m. Micronesian Chamoru Traditional Cultural Presentation / Honda Pacific Visions Theater*
• 12:10 p.m. 25 Years of Conservation Film / Great Hall
• 12:15 p.m. Tahitian, Samoan & Maori Presentation – Nonosina / Honda Blue Cavern*
• 12:45 p.m. Honda Blue Cavern Show / Great Hall
• 1:00 p.m. Tahitian, Samoan & Maori Presentation – Nonosina / Honda Pacific Visions Theater*
• 1:25 p.m. Tahitian Dance Demonstration / Shark Lagoon*
• 1:30 p.m. 25 Years of Conservation Film / Great Hall
• 1:45 p.m. Tahitian, Samoan & Maori Presentation – Nonosina / Honda Blue Cavern*
• 1:45 p.m. Tropical Reef Show / Tropical Pacific Gallery
• 2:00 p.m. Sea Otter Show / Northern Pacific Gallery
• 2:30 p.m. Hawaiian Dance – Hālau Hula O Noelani / Honda Pacific Visions Theater*
• 2:55 p.m. Hula Implement Demonstration / Shark Lagoon*
• 3:00 p.m. 25 Years of Conservation Film / Great Hall
• 3:15 p.m. Hawaiian Dance – Hālau Hula O Noelani / Honda Blue Cavern*
• 3:15 p.m. Seal & Sea Lion Show / Seal & Sea Lion Exhibit 2nd Floor
• 4:00 p.m. Hawaiian Dance – Hālau Hula O Noelani / Honda Pacific Visions Theater*
• 4:30 p.m. Honda Blue Cavern Show / Great Hall
• 4:45 p.m. 25 Years of Conservation Film / Great Hall
• 5:45 p.m. Penguins Film / Great Hall

All programs subject to change and weather dependent.

Ocean Theater and Ocean Science Center — See monitors for shows and times.

Cultural Demonstrators & Exhibitors:

• Fijian Cultural Display – Great Hall
• Hawaiian Cultural Display – Great Hall
• Tongan Cultural Display – Great Hall
• Samoan Cultural Display – Great Hall
• Marshallese Display – Great Hall

Pacific Islander Festival Coordination Partner W. Keikilani Lyons

Thank you to a contributing museum - Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum – Many Islands. Many Stories. One Museum