{"id":97184,"date":"2019-05-28T16:25:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T02:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=97184"},"modified":"2019-05-29T08:10:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T18:10:59","slug":"musicians-headline-concert-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/28\/musicians-headline-concert-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Hawai\u02bbi musicians headline Waik\u012bk\u012b Aquarium\u2019s summer concert series"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_97484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97484\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/manoa-aquarium-kkokk-2.jpg\" alt=\"musicians\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/manoa-aquarium-kkokk-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/manoa-aquarium-kkokk-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/manoa-aquarium-kkokk-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kalani Pe\u02bba entertains the crowd at last year&#8217;s Ke Kani O Ke Kai concert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waikikiaquarium.org\/\">Waik&#299;k&#299; Aquarium<\/a>\u2019s popular annual summer concert series, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waikikiaquarium.org\/interact\/annual-events\/ke-kani-o-ke-kai\/\">Ke Kani O Ke Kai<\/a>, offers visitors and residents an evening of live entertainment and food under the stars.<\/p>\n<p>The five-concert series featuring some of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s top entertainers is held on alternating Thursday evenings from mid-June through early August. <\/p>\n<p>Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Concerts begin at 7 p.m. and conclude by 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<h2>Ke Kani O Ke Kai schedule <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>June 13 &#8211; Kupaoa \/ Mark Yamanaka \/ Bobby Moderow<\/li>\n<li>June 27 &#8211; N\u0101 Hoa \/ Del Beazley \/ Ka L&#257; <span aria-label=\"Onohi\">&#699;&#332;nohi<\/span> Mai o <span aria-label=\"Haehae\">Ha&#699;eha&#699;e<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>July 11 &#8211; Kalani <span aria-label=\"Pea\">Pe&#699;a<\/span> \/ Josh Tatofi <\/li>\n<li>July 25 &#8211; Masters of Slack Key Guitar: George Kahumoku and Kawika Kahiapo \/ Ben &#38; Maila \/ Kawaiulaokala <\/li>\n<li>August 8 &#8211; Kawaikapuokalani Hewett \/ Jerry Santos and Kamuela Kimokeo \/ Streetlight Cadence <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Guests can purchase food and refreshments from Laverne\u2019s Lunch Wagon, La Tour Caf\u00e9, Ban\u00e1n and more. Different restaurants will be paired with each concert. Guests are encouraged to explore Waik&#299;k&#299; Aquarium galleries and to bring their own low sand chairs or beach mats for seating. <\/p>\n<p>Tickets are priced at $50 for adults, $20 for children (ages 5\u201312) and free for children 4 and under. Tickets for Friends of the Waik&#299;k&#299; Aquarium members are priced at $30 for adults, $15 for children. Special series pricing, including single admission to all five concerts, will be available for $200 general admission ($75 for children) and $120 for Friends of the Waik&#299;k&#299; Aquarium members ($45 for children). <\/p>\n<p>Guests can purchase their tickets at the Waik&#299;k&#299; Aquarium or by calling the Friends of the Waik&#299;k&#299; Aquarium at (808) 440-9054. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/ke-kani-o-ke-kai-2019-summer-concert-series-tickets-61273905902\">Individual tickets<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/ke-kani-o-ke-kai-2019-summer-concert-series-5-concert-package-tickets-61406638910\">the series package<\/a> can be purchased online. <\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Ke Kani O Ke Kai concert series visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waikikiaquarium.org\/\">Waik&#299;k&#299; Aquarium website<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The five-concert series is held on alternating Thursday evenings from mid-June through early August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[302],"class_list":["post-97184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-waikiki-aquarium","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97184"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97189,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97184\/revisions\/97189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}