Events 2025
Upcoming Events
We’re excited to bring you another month of activations around the spirit and movement of Ea! Events include panel discussions, workshops, and ‘āina-based workdays throughout July 2025. Some gatherings require registration. Be sure to check ahead of time. If you have an event you’d like to share on our website, please contact us! Don’t forget to tag us on social media using the hashtags: #emaukeea #lahoihoiea
2025 - Hawaiʻi
July 26th | HuiMau's 10th Annual Lā Hoʻi Hoʻi Ea
🗓️ Saturday, July 26
⏰ 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
📍 Paʻauilo School Field
43-1497 Hauola Rd.
In the everyday and the extraordinary, we live ea. Join us for a joyful celebration of that truth at the 10th Annual Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea ma Hāmākua, hosted by @huimau_ohana.
Contact @lahoihoieahamakua for more information!
2025 - Kauai
July 19th | HŌʻEA: Maoli Film Showcase
🗓️ Saturday, July 19th
⏰ 5:00pm-8:00pm
📍 Hale Lihue
4286 Rice St. Lihue, Kauai
🎥 HOEA: Maoli Film Showcase is popping up across the pae ʻāina, and the spotlight lands on Līhuʻe this July. Come through for mele, moʻolelo, and powerful visuals rooted in aloha ʻāina.
5 PM: Music workshop with @kalikomaii — come learn mele lahui
6 PM: Film screening begins
Eo e Manokalanipō — bring your ʻohana and come aloha the story.
Contact @halelihue for more info!
July 27th | HŌʻEA: Maoli Film Showcase,
Standing Above The Cloud with Pua Case
🗓️ Saturday, July 27th
⏰ 5:00pm-8:00pm
📍 Hale Lihue
4286 Rice St. Lihue, Kauai
🎥 HOEA: Maoli Film Showcase is popping up across the pae ʻāina, and the spotlight lands on Līhuʻe this July. Come through for mele, moʻolelo, and powerful visuals rooted in aloha ʻāina.
5 PM: Music workshop with @kalikomaii — come learn mele lahui
6 PM: Film screening begins
July 27: Standing Above The Clouds + talk story with @puacase of @mkea.info ✊🏽
Eo e Manokalanipō — bring your ʻohana and come aloha the story.
Contact @halelihue for more info!
2025 - O'ahu
July 10th | HŌʻEA: Maoli Film Showcase
🗓️ Thursday, July 10th
⏰ 5:30pm-9:00pm
📍 Nation of Hawaiʻi
41-1300 Waikupanaha Street
Join us this Thursday, July 10, as HŌ‘EA: Maoli Film Showcase returns to Oʻahu to celebrate Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea with a powerful evening of mele, film, and community at the Nation of Hawai‘i in Waimānalo.
5:30 PM: Kanikapila with Kaliko Maii & Liko Martin
6:30 PM: Film panel with Ciara Lacy, Leimaile Barrett, ʻĀina Paikai, Bumpy Kanahele, and Liko Martin, moderated by Nicole Naone.
7:30 PM: Short Film Program
✨ Free entry & ʻawa
✨ Food available from @ka_hale_maikai
Come honor the legacy of ea through story, song, and sovereignty.
HŌʻEA organizers @ainapaikai @kalikomaii @tiareribeaux
July 11th | Judiciary History Center History Museum
🗓️ Friday, July 11th
⏰ 5:30 pm– 7:30 PM
📍 Aliʻiōlani Hale, Supreme Court Courtroom
417 S King St.
Join us, the Judiciary History Center and Lā Hoʻi Hoʻi Ea for All Hawaiʻi Stand Togetherl, a short-film screening and panel honoring the legacy of music, law, and aloha ʻāina. This evening features 2025 Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea honoree Liko Martin, joined by international law expert Leon Siu.
🎶 The event title echoes the iconic song “All Hawaiʻi Stand Together,” written by Liko Martin and first performed at the 1977 Sovereign Sunday rally at ʻIolani Palace.
📍 Please note: The Hawaiʻi State Judiciary hosts this event as a public venue. Views expressed by speakers do not represent official positions of the Judiciary.
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info@lahoihoiea.org
July 12th | Nā Hua Ea: Ke Ea o Ka ʻĀina
🗓️ Saturday, July 12th
⏰ Mālama ʻĀina: 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
⏰Poetry Session: 2:00 – 4:00 PM
📍 Ulupō Nui
Parking at 1200 Kailua Rd. (YMCA)
Join us for Nā Hua Ea: Mālama ʻĀina + Poetry on Saturday, July 12, at Ulupō Nui. Start your day tending to ʻāina, and stay for an afternoon of poetic reflection rooted in place. Come for one or both sessions! Let the day move from hana to hana noʻeau.
🌿 Bring outdoor work clothes, water, and snacks
🌺 Lunch will be provided
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info@lahoihoiea.org
July 13th | Nā Hua Ea: Ke Ea o Ka ʻĀina
🗓️ Sunday, July 13th
⏰ 6:00pm-8:00pm
📍 Leeward CC – Waiʻanae Moku
87-380 Kulaaupuni St.
Come through for Sovereignty Restored, an evening of deep dialogue on ea led by Imai Winchester at Leeward Community College.
For more information email: LCRUZ96792@gmail.com
July 17th | Annual Trivia Night
🗓️ Saturday, July 17
⏰ 5:00pm-8:30pm
📍 AnyPlace Cocktail Lounge
1018 McCully St.
Register Today!
Hele Mai!!! Join us at the 3rd annual Hawaiian National Trivia Night. A Lā Ho’iho’i Ea fundraiser for Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Anuenue put on by Hui Aloha ‘Aina o Honolulu.
Funds go directly to @naleokakoo, the makua organization committed to supporting Ke Kula Kaiapuni o ‘Ānuenue!🌈
Get your team of 4 together and register asap. It’s an evening of good laid back fun at @anyplacehawaii.
Mai hilahila! Plenty of prizes, and you don’t have to be at Kumu level to play. Okay, you’re right, maybe in years past you had to be that level, but we getting better and having the Kumu serve as the trivia question makers so they no can play. 🤣
Come support ‘Olelo Hawai’i and an awesome Hawaiian-owned business. See you there! 🤙🏼
Registration link HERE
Please DM @haahonolulu if you’d like to donate a prize. 🤲🏼
July 27th | Lā Hoʻi Hoʻi Ea
🗓️ Saturday, July 27
⏰ 9am-6pm
📍 Thomas Square Park
925 S Beretania St.
Celebrate ea all July long, and gather with us in the park on July 27 for a day of mea ʻai, mele, ʻohana, and a tradition resistance: a time to honor and hold fast to the ea our kūpuna passed down.
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July 27th | Hō'eu Mana
🗓️ Saturday, July 27
⏰ 10am-5pm
📍 Thomas Square Park
925 S Beretania St.
Save the date! Join Puʻuhonua Society at the annual Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea celebrations on Sunday, July 27th, 2025 at Thomas Square Park for Hōʻeu Mana.
Artists and cultural practitioners will gather at the site of Hawaiʻi’s sovereignty restoration to share their embodied understanding of EA through live, interactive demonstrations, hands-on workshops, cultural practices, music, poetry, and more.
FREE. ʻOhana Welcome! 10am-5pm
Contact Pu’uhonua Society for questions
2025 - Pau
July 6th | Mālama ʻĀina at Kaniakapupu
🗓️ Sunday, July 6 | 9am-12pm
📍 near 4282 Nuʻuanu Pali Drive
Meet at Board of Water Supply pumping station field
Who:
Open to keiki 13+ and adults of all ages
Together we’ll provide stewardship through weeding, clearing invasive vegetation, and general upkeep of this wahi pana (storied place). More importantly, this is a valuable opportunity to dive deeper into mo’olelo Hawaiʻi and build pilina with ’āina, kaiaulu, and our ocean of ’ike kūpuna.
What to bring:
• Outdoor work clothes (trail can be muddy!)
• Water & bug repellent
• Your own gardening tools/gloves (tools provided)
• Carpool if possible – limited parking
This restricted watershed access is a rare privilege to connect with the multi-layered history woven into our aloha ʻāina legacy
Mahalo to the coordinators, @hawaiipeoplesfund and all who join us to mālama ʻāina 🙌🏽
July 4th | Annual Theft of a Nation
🗓️ July 4, 10 am-3 pm (gates open at 9 am)
📍 Iolani Palace + Kanaina Building
Reclaim space and celebrate the EA of Hawaii at Iolani Palace this Friday ✊🏽
Bring chairs, mats, water, snacks and the whole ohana! Opening ceremony starts at 10 am followed by the Theft of A Nation hoike with speakers and musicians the rest of the day.
Then, join us in the Kanaina Building at 2 pm for a special presentation by Keeaumoku Kaiama.
E mau ke ea o ka aina 🙌🏽
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