Summer heats up with shows, festivals
By Dave Dondoneau
TGIF Editor
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These are the days and nights "Lucky we live Hawai'i" comes to mind.
Island music on warm summer nights under the stars, movies you can watch while floating on an inner tube, great theater productions, and some one-time shows and festivals that will leave you begging for more.
Summer is here, or at least it already feels like it.
This is a cut-out-and-save article because it's your guide to some of the highlights of summer fun with something for everyone through September.
MOVIES
If you go: If you're heading out to Kapolei to splash around at the newly named Wet 'n' Wild Hawaii, make an evening of it, too. You can grab an inner tube and soak in The Wave Pool (heated), or grab a chaise lounge and enjoy a family-friendly movie every Friday night. Concessions offered.
Fridays, June 19-Aug. 28
6-10 p.m., movies start 7:30 p.m.
Wet 'n' Wild at The Wave Pool
After 5 p.m. $25.99 adults, $22.99 ages 3-11, annual and summer pass holders are free
MUSIC: SUMMER CONCERTS
HEINEKEN HOT HAWAIIAN NIGHTS
A weekly summer concert series (already under way), televised live on K5 The Home Team, except where noted. Most bands TBA.
Airs at 7 p.m. Fridays; 8 p.m. is a repeat of preview week's show and 9:30 p.m. Saturdays is a repeat of 7 p.m. show.
Three more shows TBA.
ATHERTON EARLY SUMMER 2009 CONCERT
Saturdays through July 4
7:30 p.m. (unless otherwise noted)
Atherton Performing Arts Studio
$25 general, $20 members, $15 for students with ID
955-8821
2009 WILDEST SHOW IN TOWN
6 p.m Wednesdays (gates open 4:35 p.m.)
Honolulu Zoo
$3 donation
2009 MOONLIGHT MELE
Thursday; July 30 and Aug. 27
7 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
Bishop Museum, Great Lawn
$15 advance, $20 at the door, $10 members
847-3511, www.bishopmuseum.org
TWILIGHT CONCERT SERIES
June 28, July 26, Aug. 30 and Sept. 27
5-9 p.m.
Gordon Biersch, Aloha Tower Marketplace
Free
599-4877
FOSTER GARDENS TWILIGHT SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
Thursdays, July 2-30
4:30 to 7:15 p.m.; concert 5:45 to 6:30 p.m.
Free
522-7064
'KE KANI O KE KAI'
July 2-Aug. 13
7 p.m. Thursdays (gates open at 5:30 p.m.)
Waikiki Aquarium
$25 adults, $10 children 7-12, free for keiki 6 and younger; $18, $7 for Friends of Waikiki Aquarium
440-9015, www.waquarium.org
The schedule:
ONE-TIME GIGS
PABLO CRUISE
June 26
7 p.m.
The Waterfront at Aloha Tower Marketplace
*$35
877-750-4400, www.ticketmaster.com
THIRD EYE BLIND
June 27
8 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.)
Pipeline Café
*$30
877-714-7663, www.groovetickets.com
EDDIE VEDDER
July 1-2
8 p.m.
Hawai'i Theatre
*$72
528-0506, www.hawaiitheatre.com
MGMT
July 16
8 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.)
Pipeline Café
$25, $50 VIP
877-714-7663, www.groovetickets.com
TIFFANY
July 17
8 p.m.
Pipeline Café
$20, $50 VIP
877-714-7663, www.groovetickets.com
BOYS LIKE GIRLS
Aug. 4
7 p.m.
Pipeline Café
$27, $45 VIP
877-714-7663, www.groovetickets.com
AMERICA
Aug. 7
7:30 p.m.
Blaisdell Arena
*$45
800-745-3000
CANDLEBOX
Aug. 7
10 p.m.
Pipeline Café
Tickets go on sale today
877-714-7663 www.groovetickets.com
NO DOUBT
Aug. 11-12
8 p.m.
Blaisdell Arena
*$78
877-750-4400
ZIGGY MARLEY LIVE IN CONCERT
Aug. 15
5-10 p.m.
Waikiki Shell
$35, $45 and $55
877-750-4400
PEPPER
Aug. 29
8 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.)
Pipeline Café
$27.50, $55 VIP
877-714-7663, www.groovetickets.com
JOHN LEGEND
Sept. 12
8 p.m.
Blaisdell Concert Hall
$69.50, $79.50, $99.50
877-750-4400
FESTIVALS/STAGE
HAWAII INTERNATIONAL LATIN MUSIC FESTIVAL
July 4
Doors open at 9 p.m.
Ala Moana Hotel
*$35
342-0911
HAWAII SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — 8TH SEASON
7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 3:30 p.m. Sundays
The ARTS at Marks Garage
$10 Wednesdays, $15 Thursdays and Sundays, $20 Fridays-Saturdays
800-838-3006, www.hawaiishakes.org
37TH ANNUAL HAWAII STATE FARM FAIR
July 18-19
9 a.m.-8 p.m. July 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. July 19
Bishop Museum
$5 adults, $4 ages 4-12, free for members
KCCN FM 100 BIRTHDAY BASH
July 24-25
5:30 p.m.
Waikiki Shell
$18 lawn, $19 terrace, through June 30, after July 1 $25 lawn, $27 terrace, also $36 lawn, $38 terrace for discounted two show tickets anytime
591-2211, www.kccnfm100.com
July 24: Jawaiian Jam All Stars, Kapena, Katchafire, Natural Vibrations, Rebel Souljahz, Kawao, Maoli, Ho'okoa, "Battle to the Bash" winner
July 25: Jawaiian Jam All Stars, Fiji, The Mana'o Company, Na Wai, J Boog, Koa'uka, Pohaku, City Side
TARGET 39TH ANNUAL 'UKULELE FESTIVAL
July 19
9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Kapi'olani Park Bandstand
Free
732-3739
Artists: Taimane, Tapia, Holunape, Ohta-San, Palolo, Ken Makuakane, Natalie Ai Kamauu, Sunset Strummers (California), Langley 'Ukulele Ensemble (Canada), Yuji Igarashi and Kolohe Imamura, George Matsushita, Lealea 'Ukulele Garden (Japan), 'Ukulele 4 Ladies (Sweden), some 800 children, teens and adults of Roy Sakuma 'Ukulele Studios
'BEAUTY & THE BEAST ON ICE'
July 29-Aug. 2
7:30 p.m., 2 p.m. matinees Aug. 1-2
Blaisdell Arena
$30, $45, $60
877-750-4400, www.ticketmaster.com
HONOLULU FAMILY FESTlVAL
July 30-Aug. 2
5-10 p.m. July 30
5 p.m.-midnight July 31
10 a.m.-midnight Aug. 1
10 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 2
Magic Island, Ala Moana Beach Park
Free
www.honolulufamilyfestival.com
'DISNEY'S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SUMMER CELEBRATION!'
Aug. 8
7:30 p.m.
Blaisdell Concert Hall
$60, $75, $100, $150 VIP
877-750-4400, www.ticketmaster.com
'PETER PAN' BALLET
Aug. 15-16
1 p.m.
Blaisdell Concert Hall
$35-$75
877-750-4400, www.ticketmaster.com
27TH ANNUAL HAWAIIAN SLACK-KEY GUITAR FESTIVAL, O'AHU STYLE
Aug. 16
10 a.m.-6 p.m. (music starts at 12 p.m.)
Kapi'olani Park
Free
226-2697, www.slackkeyfestival.com
'SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW'
Aug. 12-23
7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 7 p.m. Sundays, matinees 1:30 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays
Hawai'i Theatre
$30-$80
528-0506, www.hawaiitheatre.com
BAYFEST
Aug. 14-16
Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kane'ohe Bay
14TH ANNUAL MADE IN HAWAII FESTIVAL
Aug. 21-23
10 a.m.-9 p.m. Aug. 21-22; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 23
Blaisdell Exhibition Hall
$3
533-1292, www.madeinhawaiifestival.com