Address: 1200 Ala Moana Boulevard (former Famous Footwear at Ward Centre)

Hours: Open daily, except Wednesdays, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm; extended hours on select evenings.

Parking: Free parking available at Ward Village Shops

Admission: Free with HB19 All-Access Pass, $7 for university students and seniors, $10 for kama‘āina and military, $12 general admission, free for visitors under 18 years of age. Tickets can be purchased online and at venue.

Artists: Pio Abad and Frances Wadsworth Jones, DB Amorin, Brook Andrew, Bradley Capello, Abraham Cruzvillegas, DAKOgamay, Demian DinéYazhi ́, Solomon Enos, Andy Graydon, Taloi Havini, Florence Jaukae Kamel, Mat Kubo, Ara Laylo, Jeremy Leatinuʻu, Lee Kit, mario lemafa, Marianne Nicolson, Natalie Robertson, Chiharu Shiota, Taupōuri Tangarō, Cory Kamehanaokalā Holt Taum, Maikaʻi Tubbs, Kaliosolaite ‘Uhila, YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES.

Those who enjoy story-telling in all of its forms won’t want to miss the 14th annual Hawaii Book & Music Festival, taking place on Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5, 2019, from 10 am to 5 pm both days on the historic grounds of Honolulu’s Frank F. Fasi Civic Center. Presented by Bank of Hawaii, this free, family-friendly event welcomes thousands of residents and visitors each year. Multiple pavilions and stages will feature 150 events throughout the two-day festival, introducing Hawaii’s multicultural heritage to the world through its literary and musical arts – and introducing Hawaii to new worlds of books and music beyond the Islands’ shores. Festival-goers can look forward to readings, presentations and book-signings by local, national and internationally published authors; music and hula performances by award-winning Hawaii artists and hula halau; storytellers, youth performers and other entertainment for the festival’s youngest audiences; the popular Bank of Hawaii Book Swap; and bookseller and publisher booths. A multi-ethnic, open-air food court keeps festival-goers fueled as they take in a weekend of books, ideas and music.