# Event Details - **Event Name**: WAYFIND Music Festival - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 27 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 am – Sat, 27 Dec, 2025 at 09:00 pm - **Event Description**: FREE EVENTS: Performances and conversations exploring the intersections of sound & culture, and the space between tradition & innovation.About this EventThe inaugural Lōʻihi Records Music Festival: Wayfind — a celebration of sound, culture, and contemporary experimentation will take place on December 27, 2025, at Capitol Modern!For one full day, morning til night, we will be gathering musicians, composers, cultural workers, and thinkers from Hawaiʻi and beyond, united under a theme of wayfinding. Through performances and conversations, the program explores how artists navigate the space between tradition and innovation, digital futures, and the responsibilities of ʻāina, ʻohana, and pilina.To cap it off, Grammy Award-winners and will join Lōʻihi Records artists — Pulitzer Prize-finalist, and headliner — for the closing concert.This programming reflects Lōʻihi Records’ commitment to flip the long-standing narrative of Hawaiʻi artists being secondary in their own homelands. And it reflects our mission: to promote artists engaged in the contradictions of life in contemporary Hawaiʻi.Wayfind invites audiences to consider how we navigate identity, diaspora, technology, and place. Throughout the day, performers and audience will investigate the intersections of sound, culture, and care, creating a space where Hawaiian leadership is not only present, but centered.Mark your calendars, it's going to be an incredible day of music and conversation.  December 27, 2025 10AM - 9PMAbout Lōʻihi Records:Lōʻihi Records is dedicated to supporting artists who challenge conventional boundaries in music and culture. Through its programming, the label champions Kānaka, Hawaiʻi-based, and diasporic voices working at the forefront of experimental and contemporary sound. Agenda?: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Welcome & DonutsInfo: Conversation: Cultivating vinyl and print in a post-digital world with Lōʻihi Records founder Dean Harada, and Matthew Dekneef, Executive Editor at FLUX Magazine?: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AMPaul Cosme & Yu-Yuan Kuan – Kulintang & Erhu, solos and duetInfo: Conversation to follow: "An Invasive Species" – western portability and suppression of indigenous voices, moderated by Dean Harada?: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PMLunch Break?: 01:00 PM - 01:45 PMPerformance: Jessica Ackerley – Wave II | Clara Kim – Second NatureInfo: Conversation to follow: "Authentication" – technology & the human touch, moderated by Gahlord Dewald?: 02:00 PM - 02:45 PMPerformance: Andrew Yee – The Sea as it Is | Koʻu InoaInfo: Conversation to follow: "Wayfinding" – composing a path through life, with Leilehua Lanzilotti?: 03:00 PM - 03:45 PMPerformance: T.J. Keanu Tario | Kalia Vandever – Pieces TBAInfo: Conversation: Homelands – understanding ‘āina, ʻohana, pilina and kuleana in the liminal space between tradition and innovation, moderated by Nāwāhineokalaʻi Lanzilotti?: 04:00 PM - 04:45 PMPerformance: Leilehua Lanzilotti – beyond the accident of timeInfo: Audience participatory performance with Leilehua Lanzilotti?: 05:00 PM - 05:45 PMPerformance: Blind Date Info: Three writers randomly paired with three musicians, on the spot, for a blind improvisatory date! Featuring Deborah Harada, Illnomadic (Navid Najafi) & Megan Kamalei Kakimoto (words) | Gahlord Dewald, Kit Ebersbach & Jonny Lam (music) Conversation to follow: "Discourse, Improvisation and Storytelling", moderated by Deborah Harada?: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PMReception & MixerInfo: DJ Kamalu Fung, cash bar, heavy pupus?: 07:00 PM - 09:00 PMClosing ConcertInfo: T.J. Keanu Tario headlines an evening that includes Grammy winners Kalia Vandever and Andrew Yee, as well as Pulitzer finalist Leilehua Lanzilotti. Godai opens the show at 7:00. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/honolulu/wayfind-music-festival/100001978194162993 - **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, art, music-festivals, festivals, concerts, contests, performances, it, literary-art, calendar, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Honolulu - **state**: HI - **country**: United States - **location**: Capitol Modern: the Hawaii State Art Museum - **lat**: 21.3088373 - **long**: -157.858341 - **full address**: Capitol Modern: the Hawaii State Art Museum, 250 South Hotel Street, Honolulu, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: WAYFIND Music Festival - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/e4ac6ebd44fe35db93ffab583c2a8c0819e74144bf7769a2eb81362390b8fbff-rimg-w1200-h600-dcdbae2f-gmir.jpg?v=1766259839 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is WAYFIND Music Festival being held? - **A:** WAYFIND Music Festival takes place on Sat, 27 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 am to Sat, 27 Dec, 2025 at 09:00 pm at Capitol Modern: the Hawaii State Art Museum, 250 South Hotel Street, Honolulu, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing WAYFIND Music Festival? - **A:** WAYFIND Music Festival is organized by Lōʻihi Records. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** WAYFIND Music Festival is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Honolulu, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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