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 ...

Co-host Manu Boyd has been offering commentary at the Merrie Monarch Festival off and on for 25 years. He’s a kumu hula and has competed and served as a judge as well.

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.

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 ...

H ILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela, under the direction of Nā Kumu Kunewa Mook and Kauʻionālani Kamanaʻo, took the top honor at the 62nd annual Merrie Monarch Festival.

The combination of Merrie's love for people and a love for Christmas eventually led to the Merrie Christmas Project. Merrie's mother, Nancy, says it will help them get through the holidays.

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.

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.

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 ...

Kudos to Waco's KWTX-TV for airing the below behind-the-scenes video of their recent interview with Ken Starr. In it, you can see Dallas' Merrie Spaeth try to make her client look less like the ...

Kaplan said to carry on Merrie's Christmas spirit they're giving out Christmas trees, food, and money for presents. So far, they've helped nearly 50 families with about $300 each.