Citizen volunteer (love that title!) Greg Askew (preferred the Ono Pops moniker better) said Japanese Grandma Keiko will be hosting a free Kid’s Day Festival on Friday (yikes, it’s the same date as the Saint Catherine Carnival in Kapa‘a) from 4 p.m. for keiki 10 years and under at the Japanese Grandma restaurant. The free event that coincides with Friday Night Art will offer a bunch of keiki activities, including Mother’s Day (that’s coming up next week) crafts.
Citizen volunteer (love that title!) Greg Askew (preferred the Ono Pops moniker better) said Japanese Grandma Keiko will be hosting a free Kid’s Day Festival on Friday (yikes, it’s the same date as the Saint Catherine Carnival in Kapa‘a) from 4 p.m. for keiki 10 years and under at the Japanese Grandma restaurant. The free event that coincides with Friday Night Art will offer a bunch of keiki activities, including Mother’s Day (that’s coming up next week) crafts.
And then on Saturday, there’s the big Visitor Industry Charity Walk (Samira Siale of the Hawai‘i Lodging and Tourism Association said there are still lots of opportunity available in the Hawai‘iUSA Federal Credit Union Slippa Drop!) taking place at the Vidinha Stadium soccer fields … 6 a.m. is on-site registration (you can do it online at www.charitywalkhawaii.org/kauai).
The annual event benefits about 50 Kaua‘i nonprofit organizations like Kumu’s Cupboard, who was vending donated Kaua‘i Shrimp, Aloun Farms and Maluhia Cattle Company products on Saturday at Kukui Grove … lucky thing the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation baseball game is at Vidinha Stadium with the junior varsity starting at noon.
Need Sunday things to do? The 8th annual Outrigger Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival takes place at Kukui Grove Center with the festival’s ho‘olaule‘a concert with Hawaiian steel guitar masters like Alan Akaka, Ed Punua, Bobby Ingano, Malie Lyman and more, as well as New Gen guitarists. The event starts at 11:30 a.m. — just in time for lunch.
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Dennis Fujimoto can be reached at 245-0453 or at dfujimoto@thegardenisland.com.