Gallery: 2025 Kona Steel Guitar Festival

This gallery contains pictures, videos and/or links to select videos from the 2025 3^rd Annual Kona Steel Guitar Festival held on February 27-March 1, 2025.

Livestream Broadcasts

   Kona Steel Guitar Festival - March 1, 2025 Part 1 (Dwight Tokumoto, Colin John, NextGen Makamae Lyu-Napoleon, Devin Nakahara, NextGen Isabella Bertelmann, Alan Akaka)

   Kona Steel Guitar Festival - March 1, 2025 Part 2 (Ken Emerson, Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz, NextGen Enosa Lyman, Mālie Lyman, Billy Cardine, and Bobby Ingano)

Please enjoy these livestream broadcasts. All livestreams ©2025 by HIMELE. Livestreams are also archived on the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Showcase YouTube Channel.

Photo Gallery

School Visitations

   Hōlualoa Elementary School

   Ho‘okena Elementary School

   Kealakehe High School Period 5

   Kealakehe High School Period 6

   Konawaena High School

Exhibit

   Steel Guitar Exhibit and Sales

Wokshop

   Workshop

Concert

   Saturday Ho‘olaule‘a Part 1

   Saturday Ho‘olaule‘a Part 2

Kanikapila

   Friday Evening Kanikapila Part 1

   Friday Evening Kanikapila Part 2

   Saturday Evening Kanikapila

Open Stage

   Open Stage

Please enjoy these photos for your personal use. There may be a slight pause as picture slideshows load. Photography by Don Rostow unless otherwise noted. All photos © 2025 by respective photographers and HIMELE.