Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival - July 13, 2024 - Part 1

The 4^th Annual Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival was held on Saturday, July 13, 2024. The festival was incorporated into the weeklong Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week and presented and livestreamed in two parts. Emcee was Kimo Kahoano. Part 1 began at 11:00 AM HST and featured steel guitarists Steve Cheney, Roberto Alaniz, Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz, Joseph Zayac, Greg Sardinha & Po‘okela. Part 2 began at 4:00 PM HST and featured Mālie Lyman, Bobby Ingano, Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi, and Alan Akaka & The Islanders.

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• Featured steel guitarist Mālie Lyman with Joseph Zayac on guitar.
• Mālie with Joseph Zayac and Kaipo Asing.
• Mālie and Joseph.
• Mālie Lyman, Joseph Zayac, and Kaipo Asing.
• Mālie Lyman.
• Mālie with Joseph and Kaipo.
• Pomaikaʻi Keawe joined daughter Mālie. Kaipo looks on.
• Mālie Lyman, Pomaikaʻi Keawe, Joseph Zayac, and Kaipo Asing.
• Featured steel guitarist Bobby Ingano.
• Bobby Ingano.
• Bobby Ingano with Helene Woodward, Joseph Zayac, and Kaipo Asing.
• Bobby, Joseph, and Kaipo.
• Helene Woodward and Bobby Ingano.
• Featured steel guitarist Kiyoshi ʻʻLionʻʻ Kobayashi.
• Lion Kobayashi.
• Lion Kobayashi with his steel guitarist student Hajime Takahashi.
• Lion Kobayashiʻs steel guitar student Hajime Takahashi.
• Emcee Kimo Kahoano.
• Featured steel guitarist Alan Akaka.
• Kimo Kahoano sings his signature ʻʻIt's Aloha Friday, No Work 'Til Monday.ʻʻ Alan Akaka accompanies Kimo.
• Alan Akaka with Helene Woodward, Joseph Zayac, and Kaipo Asing.
• Alan Akaka.
• Joseph Zayac and Kaipo Asing.
• Helene Woodward and Alan Akaka.
• Alan, Joseph, and Kaipo.
• Some of the festival guests.
• Kimo also shared a hula with the festival guests.
• Guest steel guitarist Al Greene, Jr. from Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi, along with Joseph and Kaipo.
• Al Greene, Jr., with Joseph and Kaipo.
• Guest hula by Kumiko Kakiuchi from Japan.
• Kumiko Kakiuchi.
• Kimo Kahoano.

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