| The Merrie Monarch Festival
always begins on Easter Sunday.
The week-long festivities begin with a Ho'olaulea
(music festival) on Moku Ola (Coconut Island) on Easter
Sunday and continues all week with free noon-day entertainment
at the Hawaii Naniloa Resort and the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel
on Banyan Drive. On Wednesday, there is a free exhibition
night at the Edith Kanaka'ole Tennis Stadium that begins
at 6:30 p.m. Thursday is the solo Miss Aloha Hula Competition,
Friday and Saturday are the group Kahiko (Ancient) and 'Auana
(Modern) hula competitions. There are arts and crafts fairs
on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at several locations.
The big Merrie Monarch Royal Parade winds through downtown
Hilo at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Except for the hula competition,
the events are free.
For ticket request information, contact the
Merrie Monarch Festival Office. You will need to mail in
your request along with a money order or cashier's check
for tickets to the Merrie Monarch Festival Office no sooner
than the end of December. The festival committee will return
any request received prior to Christmas. Ticket requests
are filled in the order they are received. Should we be
unable to honor your original request, please state whether
or not an alternate seating section or General Admission
would be acceptable. You can only purchase two sets of tickets.
A set consists of two or three night's admission for one
person. If your group is larger than two people, please
have your members send in their own ticket requests.
Merrie Monarch Festival Office
C/o Hawaii Naniloa Resort
93 Banyan Drive, Suite 234
Hilo, HI 96720
Phone: (808) 935-9168
Fax: (808) 969-3058
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Round trip air transportation, accommodations, airport & hotel taxes, car rental, lei greetings, Earned Travel Credit, free fundraising programs and more!
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