In Honor of Sally Moanikealaonapuamakahikina Wood Nalua’i
Saturday October 4th, 2025
1:00 - 5:30 PM | HAWAII VILLAGE
$15 (TAXES & FEES NOT INCLUDED)
Join us in the Hawai‘i Village at the Polynesian Cultural Center to celebrate the rich tradition of hula at the Moanikeala Hula Festival. This cherished event honors the legacy of the Center's first kumu, the late Aunty Sally Moanikeala Wood Nalauai, who taught many students until she retired in the 1980s.
It include all-day activities in the Islands, canoe rides, and admission to the Moanikeala Hula Festival.
1:10pm - Kekuaokalani Ohana
1:30pm - Hula Halau O Kekela
2:00pm - Halau Hula O Lilinoe
2:30pm - Halau O Kawaikapuokalani Pa‘Olapa Kahiko
3:00pm - Halau O Kawai’ulaokala
3:30pm - Halau Hula Makana A Ke Aloha
4:00pm - Halau Ka Lima Kuhi Lani
4:30pm - Halau Na Pua Kukui
Nā Kumu Ellen Gay Dela Rosa & Kumu Sunday Mariteragi
Kumu Kekela Miller
Kumu Lilinoe Lindsey
Kumu Kawaikapuokalani Hewett
Kumu Keli’i Puchalski
Kumu La’ai Felix
Na Kumu TC & Kuhi Southard
Kumu Ed Collier
The annual Moanikeala Hula Festival seeks to preserve, perpetuate, educate and celebrate all forms of hula, while sharing the traditional storytelling and culture with the people of Hawaii as well as visitors from across the globe.
Named after Sally Moanikeala Woods, a key figure in the development of the hula on the North Shore of O’ahu, her legacy continues through the many famous Kumu (instructors) who were themselves taught by Aunty Sally.
Over the past few years, the Polynesian Cultural Center’s Moanikeala festival has been a single day event bringing halau’s from across the world to perform against the backdrop of the Center’s Hawaiian Village.