Arizona Aloha Festival

Arizona Aloha Festival

A free family event in Tempe!
Mark your calendars for our 20th Anniversary Festival, March 8 and 9, 2014
10 a.m.to 5 p.m.

About the organization:

Updates also posted on our Facebook page....

(You don't have to have a Facebook account to check us out for updates and other information.)

WHAT'S NEW ...breaking news, updates, and opportunities

Keep up with us all Festival weekend!
Starting on Friday, we'll be posting pictures and updates via our Facebook page.

picture of volunteers in Keiki Activities

MAHALO!
To put this Festival on takes a lot of people.
We especially thank our Sponsors and our Volunteers. Our Sponsors invest in us. Our Volunteers give us their most precious gifts: time and talent.
Please take a moment to tell them 'Mahalo.'

Don't forget our free program available at the Information Booths.
It's got all the information you need to plan your day to try
to do ALL the fun things that Festival has to offer!
Here's a map of the Festival to help you get around.

We've prepared some answers to Frequently Asked Questions and added some tips to help you enjoy the weekend: such as what should be left home, if you can get extra dollars at the park, and more...

By the way, check our Location & Map page for finding us in Tempe, how to catch Light Rail, and where parking garages are located.

Let's not forget our hard-working Planning Committee, who are getting into high gear for this weekend. When you see them in their red polos (probably with radios hanging off them somewhere), give them a high-five!

We really appreciate our program advertisers, some of which you've seen already. We want to acknowledge Taro Brand Poi for their support and show you their ad...which has a discount for you to discover the freshest yet frozen poi-to-you.

We know you're focused on the upcoming Festival, but we're excited
to tell you about a new opportunity coming up in April!
Waipuna and Stephen Inglis will be performing at the MIM on Sunday evening, April 13.
And that afternoon, they are doing 'ukulele and slack key guitar workshops in Phoenix.
Here's the workshop flyer and their biographies.
If you play uke or slack key - or ever wanted to - these workshops are for YOU!

Shopping or eating? So hard to choose which to do first!
Look through our Island Marketplaces and Local Grinds Food Court to see your choices.

Let's go to Maui!
Imagine flying over to the Valley Isle on Hawaiian Air and opening the door to a one bedroom condo that's yours for five glorious nights. Sound good? Just buy a raffle ticket for only $5 - two winners drawn on Sunday afternoon. (And we won't put your name on a list for junk mail and telemarketers...we shred all non-winning tickets.)
All details are on the Raffle page, including rules and regulations for participation.
And check out last year's winners while you're there.

Look at these smiling faces! Wouldn't you like to spend some time with them?

They are our Guest Artists and are doing a workshop on Festival Saturday night titled "Mele Hawai'i: Expressing history, experience, and cultural influences through song." It's fun and totally interactive. Here's the flyer for time, place and cost.

There's also lots to see on the Mountain and Lakeside Stages. Here's a combined schedule for both, in case you like to see your choices, and here are separate schedules for Mountain or Lakeside.

And don't forget, while the Festival's hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, on Saturday morning we start at 9:30 for Opening Ceremonies with a special performance on Mountain Stage.

What will YOU discover on our Discovery Stage this year? Cook Islanders? Coconut grating? OBon dancing?
Adorable keiki dancers? Hawaiian falsetto singing? There's always something interesting on our schedule.

Ohana means family and our Ohana Village has lots of fun family things to explore: outrigger canoes, Keiki Activities, Rugby players, displays, clubs, Parrotheads, Marines and more.

Where can you find out about Hawaiians and sharks, Princesses and royalty, Samoan folk tales, and learn to make a lei or dance a hula? Those and more interesting topics are at Hale Mana'o - what will YOU find interesting?

MAHALO to this year's SPONSORS!

Lakeside Stage

Mountain Stage

Aunty Aloha's Ukulele Corner

Ohana Village

Hale Mana'o

Raffle Donation

Please see our Sponsors page for ALL our sponsors and supporters

Please welcome our Guest Artists!
Click over to our information sheet about Chadwick Pang and Kawika Alfiche and find where and when to join them at Hale Mana'o and Aunty Aloha's Ukulele Corner!

Share this year's poster:
Here is a pdf of this year's poster design. You can share it or download, print on 8x11 1/2" paper, and post! (note: this is a large file and may take a minute to load)

Don't forget our teeshirts!
Find them for sale at the event and help commemorate our 20th year!
Check out how they will look here.
(see how they look in black!)

Would you like to Volunteer at the 20th Anniversary in March? Visit our Volunteers page to find information about the many fun ways your help is needed. You can also sign up online! Join us!

Our Food or Merchandise Vendor spots are COMPLETELY FULL for our 20th Anniversary in March. Our waiting list is also full. Visit our Vendor Information page to have basic questions answered for next year.

Our 2013 Annual Report is a great place to remind yourself what makes Festival Fun! Please check out the pictures and facts from last year. Please note this is a big file, so it takes a while to load...

	How we Keep the Festival free: Airline Discount Donations Grants Raffle Program ads Soda, water & teeshirt sales Sponsors Volunteers

About the Festival: