Saturday, April 25, 2026, 9 AM-3 PM at the Bishop Museum
Free Admission. Pre-registration is strongly recommended.
Parking is $5 cash only, paid upon arrival before parking. Please bring exact change.
Join us for a day of cultural exchange and celebration at the 2026 Celebrate Micronesia Festival! This annual festival brings together Micronesian voices and communities from across the Pacific for a day of music, dance, art, food, fashion, and storytelling. This year’s theme Ocean of Peace uplifts a framework endorsed by Pacific Island leaders in 2025, envisioning a future for the Pacific region as a space of harmony and cooperation drawn from traditional values and cultural customs.
Hosted in partnership with the East West Center, Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, the Smithsonian Institution’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, and leaders from Micronesian communities across Hawai‘i, the festival honors the rich traditions and contemporary expressions of the Republic of Palau, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guåhan (Guam), Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Kiribati, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Come and experience traditional weaving, poetry readings, contemporary fashion, cultural performances, panel discussions, food vendors, art displays, hands-on demos, educational booths, and a marketplace featuring local Micronesian artists and makers. Bring the whole ʻohana for a day of learning, sharing, and celebrating the stories that connect us across the Pacific.
