Last weekend was a little nuts for residents and visitors, who attended this year’s 17th annual Coconut Festival, hosted by the Kapaa Business Association at Kapaa Beach Beark. The two-day festival, which ran on Saturday and Sunday, featured 60 craft
Last weekend was a little nuts for residents and visitors, who attended this year’s 17th annual Coconut Festival, hosted by the Kapaa Business Association at Kapaa Beach Beark.
The two-day festival, which ran on Saturday and Sunday, featured 60 craft vendors, 21 cultural performances, seven cooking demonstrations from island chefs and a new variety of games for keiki.
This year’s festival, which included a variety of entertainment options, including taiko drumming and hula dancing, featured headlining performances by Amy Hanaialii Gilliom, a four-time Grammy Award nominee for Best Hawaiian Music Album.
Kap Teo-Tafiti from the Polynesian Cultural Center on Oahu, a crowd favorite, was also on hand to conduct fire making, coconut husking, fire dancing and coconut tree climbing on both days.
For more information, visit the Kapaa Business Association website at www.kbakauai.org or send an e-mail to info@kbakauai.org.
