Slack-key guitar music: John Keawe performs selections from his CDs "Ho'onanea" and "Auhele" and the soon-to-be released "Mana'olana," 7:30 p.m. Friday, Atherton Performing Arts Studio, Hawaii Public Radio. Tickets $12.50. Call 955-8821.
Coco Montoya in concert: 8 p.m. Friday at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel (935-9361 or 885-5002) and 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kona Surf Resort (322-3411 or 885-5002). Tickets $15 in advance (or $18 at the door for Kona concert).
Montoya plays 8 p.m. Sunday at the Hawaii Theater. Tickets $15 and $20 in advance. Call 528-5535 or 528-0506.
Reggae concert: Big Mountain and Ulise perform, 8 p.m. Friday, Kona Surf Convention Center, Big Island. Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door; available at MJS Music, Rhythm 'n Reading and the Kona Surf Hotel.
Hawaii Guitar Festival:
Performances by Carlos Barbosa-Lima, 8 p.m. Friday, and by Charlie Byrd, 8 p.m. Saturday, Orvis Auditorium. With double bassist Byron Yasui. Tickets for each concert are $12 general, $10 students and seniors. Call 956-3836.
Festival continues with All-Star Concerts 7:30 p.m. Sunday on Maui (242-7469), 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on Kauai (245-8270) and 7:30 p.m. June 21 in Hilo, Big Island (933-3310). The Lodge at Koele on Lanai will also host two concerts.
Lecture-demonstrations on guitar playing will be given by Byrd (jazz) 1 to 4 p.m. Friday and by Barbosa-Lima (classical) 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Costs $30 per workshop. Call 956-7221.
Sea Life Park concert: With Teresa Bright, Jerry Santos, Jesse Rivera, Frank Hewitt and his halau, David Kahiapo and Rodney Villanueva, noon Saturday. Kama'aina tickets $14 adults, $9 children. Presale tickets, which include park admission, available at Sea Life Park, Waimea Falls Park and Gordon Biersch restaurant. Call 599-4877.
Jam at the Shell: Performances by San Diego-based pop-reggae band Big Mountain, the Ka'au Crater Boys, Mililani, Ho'aikane, Polynesian reggae star Ulise and the Po'okela Street Band from Seattle, 4 p.m. Saturday, Waikiki Shell. Gates open 3 p.m. Tickets $16, $17.50 and $18.50 in advance, $17.50 at the gate; available at the Blaisdell Box Office and Connection outlets. Call 545-4000.
Big Mountain, Ho'aikane and Marty Dread perform a benefit concert for Na Keiki O Ke Kai, an ocean awareness program for children, 1 p.m. Sunday at the Maui Tropical Plantation. Tickets $20, available at the plantation Activities Desk, Sir Wilfred's, Maui Coffee Roasters, Requests Music and Stella Blues; $10 tickets available at the door for youth under age 16; free for children younger than 5.
Art songs and folk songs: Tenor Arthur Tennent performs, 4 p.m. Saturday, Academy Theater. With Estrella Larioza on piano. Tickets $10 general, $8 students and seniors. Call 532-8700.
"In Honor of Dad" concert: The Honolulu Boy Choir performs, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Harris United Methodist Church, 20 S. Vineyard Blvd. Freewill offering. Call 596-7464.
Honolulu Symphony concerts: With guest conductor Joseph Flummerfelt and the Oahu Choral Society, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Hawaii Theatre. Program includes Haydn's Symphony No. 100, "Military," and Mozart's "Coronation Mass"; with soloists Melanie Furhmann, Ella Edwards, Laurence Paxton and John Mount. Tickets $28 to $40. Call 528-0506.
The Symphony presents Aaron Mahi's Na Leo Nahe Nahe with Karen Keawehawaii, Kaipo Hale and Puamana, 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Also featured are Na Leo Ku Ho'okahi and hula dancer Tracy Farias. Tickets $25 to $32. Call 528-0506.
"Hawaii from the Heart": Program of Hawaiian culture and music and dance with the Brothers Cazimero, 5 p.m. Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, Bishop Museum. Concert begins 7 p.m. General admission $47.50 for tour, picnic-style supper and concert, $32.50 tour and concert only; kama'aina, $37.50 and $22.50. Reserve at 847-MELE (847-6353).