Free and open to the public, Sunset on the Beach features viewing of great movies on a 30-foot screen, with popular restaurants serving affordably priced meals and live Hawaiian style entertainment with deejays from popular radio stations.  The event is located on Queen's Surf Beach, across from the Honolulu Zoo.  It starts about 4:30 pm and ends at about 9:30 pm, with the movies being shown after sunset. Waikīkī Improvement Association is also on facebook, "Like" us and you will receive notifications of upcoming Sunset events.

2024: Southwest Airlines presents 5 movies at Sunset on the Beach!

June 22: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

July 13: Trolls: Band Together

August 10: Wonka

September 14: Jumanji (1995)

October 12: Hotel Transylvania

Arrive early (4:30pm) for live music, games, food photo ops and more!
Movie will start after sunset (between 6:30-7:30pm).

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The Kuhio Beach Hula show will resume from Tuesday, April 9, 2024, through the end of the year!

Join us for authentic Hawai‘ian music and hula shows by Hawai‘i’s finest hālau hula (dance troupes) and Hawaiian performers.  Opens with the traditional blowing of the conch shell. The free shows are held on Tuesdays and Saturdays, from 6:30pm - 7:30pm at the Kūhiō Beach Hula Mound, located near the Duke Kahanamoku Statue, across the street diagonally from the Hyatt Regency Waikiki. Shows will cancel for parades, street fairs and bad weather. Outdoors, casual seating on the grass; beach chairs, mats, etc. okay.  Cameras welcome. 

Presented by the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort & Spa, the City & County of Honolulu and Aloha Festivals. 

For information on weather or block party cancellations, call 808-843-8002.

The Waikiki 'Ohana Workforce is the employee council of the Waikiki Improvement Association. We represent the 35,000 employees who work in or service the Waikiki area.

WOW Quarterly Beach Clean-ups

The Waikiki Ohana Workforce (WOW) coordinates two Waikiki Beach clean-ups each year. These are held in April (Earth Day) and October (Lets Make a Difference Day). A special mahalo to all of the companies who donate their time, supplies and manpower: Hilton Hawaiian Village, Hyatt Regency Waikiki, ABC Stores, E NoaCorporation, Polynesian Adventure Tours, Halekulani, HPD-D6, International Marketplace, Kyoya Hotels in Waikiki, Alohilani Resort, Hawaiian Building Maintenance, Queen Liliuokalani Trust.

For more information about WOW:
Waikiki Improvement Association
2250 Kalakaua Avenue, Suite 315
Honolulu, Hawaii 96815
Ph: 808.923.1094     Fax: 808.923.2622    e.mail: mail@waikikiimprovement.com

Upcoming Scheduled Beach Clean ups:

*April 19, 2025 “Earth Day”
*October 25, 2025 “Let’s make a Difference Day”                             

HONOLULU’S Aloha Festivals is the oldest and largest Hawaiian cultural celebration in the United States. What is known today as Aloha Festivals was created in 1946, as Aloha Week - a cultural celebration of Hawai'i’s music, dance and history intended to perpetuate our unique traditions.

Aloha Week became Aloha Festivals in 1991. Aloha Festivals has become a celebration of our Hawaiian culture, events are held in September.  Integrated into the culture are many island traditions and customs of each of the Hawaiian islands. Hundreds of volunteers labor together each year to stage the events, which are attended statewide by nearly one hundred thousand people.  Since 2008 the Aloha Festivals have been administered by the Waikīkī Improvement Association.  The festivals are funded through the sale of Aloha Festivals ribbons and power bands, via corporate and private donations and grants from the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority and the City and County of Honolulu.   As a 501©3 corporation, donations are tax deductible and welcomed.

For more information visit: Aloha Festivals

The 2025 Waikiki New Year’s Fireworks is ON!

Sponsored by the members of the Waikiki Improvement Association, Hawaii Explosives & Pyrotechnics Inc will welcome the new year, 2025, with a fabulous fireworks display. On December 31st, at the stroke of midnight, the sky will be filled with electrifying colors and bright lights shot from a barge off the coast of Waikiki and will be visible throughout the Waikiki shoreline!

It will be a show worthy of our world class destination and also symbolizes Waikiki Improvement Association members practicing the spirit of Lokahi - or unity - a everyone comes together to make this event possible.

An elegant, dazzling, fast paced fireworks performance fired from a barge offshore of the renowned Waikiki Beach. This breathtaking custom program will include pyrotechnic display effects that majestically rise from the ocean to saturate the heavens with a collage of luminous jewel tones, and flashing, brilliant patterns. Carefully selected multi-shot cakes and specialty shells will add accent, drama and exhilaration as part of the display’s creative and unique design. The performance will focus on artistry and merriment, with the use of luxurious, vivid hues, shimmering silver and sparkling gold. Choreographed to a festive musical score, this production will celebrate our memories of 2024 and welcome the coming New Year, 2025, with revelry and the anticipation of great things to come!

A truly magnificent finale will “top off the evening” providing all the sparkle and joy of the season as spectators ring in the New Year from the beautiful vista of Waikiki!

To add to the excitement of celebrating the new year, tune into radio station 105.9 The Wave FM for a live radio broadcast of festive music synced to the fireworks display! As the fireworks light up the sky, the station will play a special soundtrack that complements the beauty and excitement of the show. It’s the ultimate way to experience the magic of Waikiki’s New Year’s Fireworks! The radio broadcast will begin at midnight on December 31st.

SPONSORED BY THE MEMBERS OF
WAIKIKI IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION:

Ka Lai Waikiki Beach
Springboard Hospitality
Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach
First Hawaiian Bank
Duke's Waikiki
Robertson Properties
The Laylow Hotel
Tiki’s Grill & Bar
Kaimana Beach Hotel
Architects Hawaii
Honolulu Cookie Company
Hyatt Centric Waikiki Beach
Queen Kapiolani Hotel
Paradise Cruises
105.9 The Wave FM

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