Honolulu festival — Attraction in Honolulu

NEWS FLASH!!! PLEASE KEEP YOUR NEXT YEAR'S (2025) MID-MARCH schedule open for Honolulu Festival events.

This year the parade started at around 4:30 PM on Sunday, March 10th.

The Honolulu Festival once again came to Oahu and Waikiki over the weekend of Saturday, March 9th through Sunday, March 10th, 2024. You won't want to miss these memorable attractions in 2025, especially the high octain parade featuring energetic singing and dancing on Sunday which began at around 2:30PM until 8:00PM according to published reports. But, come early in order to secure your seat or standing room space.

Then, come and enjoy the activities as well as various booths found in the Hawaii Convention Center.

The festival concluded, on the evening of Sunday, March 10th with another festival highlight (please view my snapshots). Featured was the world-famous Nagaoka fireworks team set to blast off from 8:30 PM on Sunday evening with fiery, booming aerial displays off of Waikiki beach. For me, last year and again this year, Fort DeRussey Park was the IDEAL viewing location. In both 2023 and again in 2024 my view was never obstructed. Again, next year, please come early in order to secure your place to sit or stand.

I saw the Nagaoka fireworks in person last March, 2023 and again in March 2024. They blew me away. I promise YOU, the masterful display will impress. YOU and your family will not be disappointed. I personally believe that they are the VERY BEST across Japan and throughout the world. Yes. I'm biased. I grew up in Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Nagaoka City is in Niigata Prefecture just across the Prefectural (State) border. However. I believe you'll also join me soon in extolling their praises!!! :):):)

PLEASE NOTE: Kindly consult the Honolulu festival website for full activity details and their respective times. Enjoy the weekend.

ALSO, PLEASE feel absolutely free to forward this clip on to family, friends, business associates and neighbors. It promises to be a FUN, informative, culture-filled, exciting weekend. See YOU there!!!

ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION: For those of you who are unable to attend, PLEASE check out the Nagaoka Fireworks on the internet and YouTube. Enjoy...

Fun, small town parade vibe. Surprisingly, you'll need to get there early to get a spot with a good view. The parade certainly needed to go faster (they were releasing each group quite slow and should condensed them further). Favorite parts were the marching bands by far. Huala studios were a close second.

The corvette club was a bunch of old men in their corvettes with the various princesses atop. The VW club was kind of neat. The parade could really use a Marshall to send groups at pre-defined periodic intervals. We ended up going to dinner because the official parade is 4 hours long! That's just ridiculous.

Please, please, please send the groups faster, and with more consistency. Keep them moving! I understand the need to stop at 100m intervals for performances, but they should be running to catch up after that. Please limit the corvette club to just the...

Organizers of the Honolulu Festival and Nagaoka Fireworks should think about the huge environmental cost of their extra loud polluting (noise, air and water) fireworks shows. Our houses shook, our animals freaked out from the...