Merrie Monarch is an annual festival in Hilo, Hawaii. It celebrates Hawaiian traditions with craft fairs, parades, and hula competitions. This article is part of "Community in Focus," a series ...

Train your ears to listen for the different types of oli on display at Merrie Monarch Festival. 2018 Hula Kahiko: Ke Kai O Kahiki (Kane) By Lacy Deniz. Published: Jul. 2, 2021 at 3:13 PM HST ...

As kumu hula Meleana Manuel proudly watched her haumana (students) step onto the Merrie Monarch stage for the first time, she said she suddenly felt a breeze sweep across the hallowed Edith Kanaka ...

HILO >> The Kane‘ohe hula halau Ka La ‘Onohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e made a clean sweep of the 60th Merrie Monarch Festival by being named the overall winning halau early Sunday morning, following ...

All three nights of the 2024 Merrie Monarch Festival will be televised on K5, the broadcast home of the festival. You can find K5 on channel 6 if you are a Spectrum, Hawaiian Tel or DirecTV customer.

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- With the Merrie Monarch festivities already underway and the start of the hula competition approaching, many local businesses prepare all year for this one week.

For vendors, the Merrie Monarch craft fair is their premiere event of the year. “This is everything to our company. This is the biggest season, it’s like our Christmas and Super Bowl all put ...

The Merrie Monarch Festival returns to Hawaii Island next month. Bethany Bickley. By Christina O'Connor – Senior Digital Editor, Pacific Business News. Mar 26, 2025. Preview this article 1 min.

The Merrie Monarch festival is coming to a close in Hilo. The event kicked off on Easter Sunday and of course, it was just a bunch of festivities for the week.