Gallery
The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Showcase Gallery contains links to Showcase presentations and photos of Showcase events presented in 2023.
2023 Video Gallery
Most Showcase Presentations include video performances by Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i NextGen steel guitarists. * Note: Some livestream events may contain multiple livestream segments due to technical issues.
Livestream Steel Guitar Saturday - January 28, 2023 (Greg Sardinha and Po‘okela, Bobby Ingano, Alan Akaka) *- Livestream Steel Guitar Saturday - January 28, 2023 (Greg Sardinha and Po‘okela, Bobby Ingano, Alan Akaka) *
- Livestream Steel Guitar Saturday - January 28, 2023 (Greg Sardinha and Po‘okela, Bobby Ingano, Alan Akaka) *
- Kona Steel Guitar Festival Part 1 - March 25, 2023 (Pomai Brown, Geri Valdriz, Isabella Bertelmann, Makamae Lyu-Napoleon, Kapono Lopes, Alan Akaka)
- Kona Steel Guitar Festival Part 2 - March 25, 2023 (Greg Sardinha, Dwight Tokumoto, Enosa Lyman, Pono Fernandez, Al Greene, Jr., Bobby Ingano)
- Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival: Sheraton Kaua‘i Coconut Beach Resort Part 1 - May 5, 2023 (Joseph Zayac, Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz, Mamamae Lyu-Napoleon, Isabella Bertelmann, Kapono Lopes, Alan Akaka)
- Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival: Sheraton Kaua‘i Coconut Beach Resort Part 2 - May 5, 2023 (Greg Sardinha, Sebastian Mueller, Enosa Lyman, Mālie Lyman, Joey Misailidis, Tai Misailidis, Bobby Ingano)
- Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival: Kukui Grove Center - May 6, 2023 (Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz, Alan Akaka, Isabella Bertelmann, Makamae Lyu-Napoleon, Enosa Lyman, Greg Sardinha, Sebastian Mueller, Tai Misailidis, Joey Misailidis, Mālie Lyman, Bobby Ingano)
- Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Ka Makana Ali‘i - May 27, 2023 (Kapono Lopes, Makamae Lyu-Napoleon, Isabella Bertelmann, Steve Cheney, Alan Akaka and Hi‘ipoi Lindsay, Reign Lyu, Enosa Lyman, Mālie Lyman, Pono Fernandez, Greg Sardinha and Po‘okela)
- Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall - June 10, 2023 (Kapono Lopes, Makamae Lyu-Napoleon, Isabella Bertelmann, Steve Cheney, Greg Sardinha and Po‘okela, Tai Misailidis, Joey Misailidia, Enosa Lyman, Pono Fernandez, Mālie Lyman, Alan Akaka and Hi‘poi Lyndsay, Paul Kim)
- Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival - July 14, 2023 (Shinichi Kakiuchi, Noriko and Shuki Tomita, Paul Okubo, Matt Kobayashi, Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi)
- Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival - July 15, 2023 Part 1 (Steve Cheney, Kapono Lopes, Greg Sardinha and Po‘okela, Billy Cardine, Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz)
- Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival - July 15, 2023 Part 2 (Mikiya Matsuda, Bobby Ingano, Ethan Goore, Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi, Alan Akaka and The Islanders)
- Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival - Keiki Kine at Kahala Mall - August 19, 2023 (Tai Misailidis, Enosa Lyman, Isabella Bertelmann, Makamae Lyu-Napoleon, Pono Fernandez, Hi‘ipoi Lindsay)
- Maui Steel Guitar Festival Reprise - October 14, 2023 (Alexis Tolentino, Anegogumi, Duke Kaleolani Ching, Eddie Palama, Geri Valdriz, Joel Katz, Joey Misailidis, Kanika Pila, Keen Ching,Konapiliahi Lau and Maui Jam Band, Lion Halau, Makana (Japan), Makoto Shiraishi & Coco Music Society. Na Kanaka, Owana Salazar, Ross Ka‘a‘a, Sam Ako, Tadashi Arakawa, Tetsuya Ishiyama, Tony Locke & Combo Mahalo, Yokohama Bay Breeze, Yokohama Hawaiian Music Academy)
- Hawaiian Steel Guitar Experience at Mauna Lani - December 15, 2023 (Alan Akaka, Pōmai Brown, Ethan Goore, Bobby Ingano, Mālie Lyman, Dwight Tokumoto, and Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz)
- Hawaiian Steel Guitar Experience at Mauna Lani - December 16, 2023 (Open Stage with Barbara Bones, Vickie Van Fechtmann, Jim Dowiat, Daniel Toft, and NextGen steel guitarists)
2023 Photo Gallery
- Livestream Steel Guitar Saturday - January 28, 2023
- January Showcase
- Livestream Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Ka Makana Ali‘i - February 18, 2023 Postponed
- Livestream Kona Steel Guitar Festival - March 23-25, 2023
- Kona Steel Guitar Festival Part 1
- Kona Steel Guitar Festival Part 2
- Livestream Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Featival - May 6-7, 2023
- Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival at Sheraton Kaua‘i Coconut Beach Resort Part 1
- Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival at Sheraton Kaua‘i Coconut Beach Resort Part 2
- Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival at Kukui Grove Center Part 1
- Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival at Kukui Grove Center Part 2
- Livestream Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Ka Makana Ali‘i - May 27, 2023
- Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Ka Makana Ali‘i Part 1
- Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Ka Makana Ali‘i Part 2
- Livestream Hawaiian Steel Guitar Featival at Windward Mall - June 10, 2023
- Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall Part 1
- Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall Part 2
- Livestream Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Featival - July 14, 2023
- Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival
- Livestream Waikīkī Steel Guitar Featival - July 15, 2023
- Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival Part 1 - Morning
- Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival Part 2 - Afternoon
- Livestream Hawaiian Steel Guitar Featival - Keiki Kine at Kahala Mall - August 19, 2023
- Hawaiian Steel Guitar Featival - Keiki Kine at Kāhala Mall
- Livestream Hawai‘i Island Steel Guitar Featival Concert - December 15, 2023
- Hawai‘i Island Steel Guitar Featival Concert Part 1
- Hawai‘i Island Steel Guitar Featival Concert Part 2
- Livestream Hawai‘i Island Steel Guitar Featival Open Stage - December 16, 2023
- Hawai‘i Island Steel Guitar Featival Open Stage
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2023 Showcase Posters
First Quarter, 2023
Second Quarter, 2023
Third Quarter, 2023
Fourth Quarter, 2023
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