Join us on Sunday, July 26th, 2026, from 9 AM to 6 PM at Kulaokahuʻa, Thomas Square, in Honolulu. This free, public event celebrates community-created works and shares a space of learning and engaging in all things EA through hands-on workshops, cultural demonstrations, artistic installations, and performances. Attendees will experience artistic mediums highlighting materials of place, including lauhala weaving, block printing, kuku kapa, lei making, hau cordage, niu cordage and weaving, kanikapila, cyanotype sun printing, pāʻani kōnane, kālai, and other offerings of creation.
This event is a celebration of our very existence, welcoming all with a deep and undying love for Hawaiʻi, continuing the work of many generations before us and ushering in many more to come.
Come join us for a day of celebration, creation, community, and EA.
Event Parking Information
Kūpuna Drop-Off: King Street (Makai side of Thomas Square)
Straub Benioff Medical Center – Public Parking Garage
Entrance off King Street · Open 24 hours · No validation needed
$5 for the first 2 hours
$7 for 2–4 hours
$11 for 4–8 hours
Honolulu Museum of Art School Lot
1111 Victoria Street · Entrances on Beretania Street and Young Street
$3 per hour, or $8 all-day
Credit card only (scan-to-pay, no attendant)
Other Parking Notes
The Blaisdell Center may be event parking only on July 26 (concert that evening)
McKinley High School parking is not available
The Alapai Transit Center garage is reserved for HPD and other government departments
Please plan accordingly to ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience!
Event Parking Information
Kūpuna Drop-Offs can happen on Victoria Street
Blaisdell Center
Rate: $8 (paid upon entry)
Straub Clinic & Hospital
Public Parking Garage (No validation needed)
2 hours: $3
4 hours: $5
8 hours: $9
Honolulu Academy of Arts School
Rate: $5 for the first 5 hours, $2 for each additional half hour
Other Parking Notes:
McKinley High School parking is not available.
The garage by the bus station is reserved for the police department and other state departments.
Please plan accordingly to ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience.
Hōʻeu Mana
This gathering began as Hōʻeu Mana, Puʻuhonua Society's contribution to the national initiative One Nation/One Project and its Arts For EveryBody campaign, which brought together 18 communities across the country to show how the arts can lead to healthier people and healthier communities. The Hōʻeu Mana series of artist-led community gatherings reawakened ancestral stories of Kou, what is now known as downtown Honolulu, and culminated in our first community art gathering at Thomas Square on Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea in July 2024, in partnership with Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea Honolulu and Hui Aloha ʻĀina Momona. What began as a single-year project has grown, through direct community feedback and a growing network of Native Hawaiian artists and cultural practitioners, into an enduring partnership.
Event Parking Information
Kūpuna Drop-Off: King Street (Makai side of Thomas Square)
Straub Benioff Medical Center – Public Parking Garage
Entrance off King Street · Open 24 hours
No validation needed
$5 for the first 2 hours
$7 for 2–4 hours
$11 for 4–8 hours
Honolulu Museum of Art School Lot
1111 Victoria Street · Entrances on Beretania Street and Young Street
$3 per hour, or $8 all-day
Credit card only (scan-to-pay, no attendant)
Other Parking Notes
The Blaisdell Center may be event parking only on July 26 (concert that evening)
McKinley High School parking is not available
The Alapai Transit Center garage is reserved for HPD and other government departments
Please plan accordingly to ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience!
