THIS WEEK

"The Jam" featuring UB40's Bitty McLean and his band, 8 p.m. June 19, and Macka B., The Mad Professor and the Robotiks with Nolan Irie, 8 p.m. June 20, Kona Surf. Gates open at 7 p.m. with Natural Vibrations opening. Cost: $20 per night, advance; $25 per night, day of the show; and $35 advance 2-show purchase. Tickets available at MJS Music in Hilo, Rhythm and Reading in Waimea, Tempo Music in Kona, and the Kona Surf Hotel. Information: 1-808-322-3411.

Also appearing, 3 p.m. June 22, Maui Arts and Cultural Center Amphitheater with Fiji and his band joining the groups as backup. Gates open at 1:30 p.m. Tickets: $20 advance; $25 day of the show. Tickets available at all Connection Outlets on Maui, at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center box office, or charge by phone at 1-800-333-3388. Information: 1-808-242-7469.

Fourth annual "Make Music!" festival, June 20-22. "International Variety Show" features music and dance from India, 7:30 p.m. June 20, Honolulu Academy of Arts Theater. Free tickets available at the Academy's front desk. Entertainment, arts and crafts, and food, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. June 21 and noon-6 p.m. June 22, Honolulu Hale and grounds. Guests include Fiji, Kaau Crater Boys, Loyal Gardner and Mel Cabang. Call 396-0639.

Also performing, Tone Deaf Teens, 3-4 p.m. June 21, by the Skygate sculpture in downtown Honolulu. Information: 626-1106.

"Mixed Marriages" featuring singer, songwriter and pianist Matt Yee, 7:30 p.m. June 20-21, Windows on Eaton Square. Tickets: $15. Call 951-7000 or 946-4442.

Na Leo Pilimehana celebrate their latest hit "Retrospective," 7:30 p.m. June 21, Honolulu Academy of Arts. Cost: $12. Call 532-8700.

Ku'uipo Kumukahi, 3 p.m. June 21, Borders, Waikele. Call 676-6699.

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SPECIALS

Stephen Chun-Tao Cheng leads "The Tao of Voice," a three-part vocal training workshop, June 21-22, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Music Building 118. Cheng's method combines elements of the Western technique with a specifically Chinese-Taoist approach. Cost: $80 for workshop I; $110 for workshops I and IA or IB; and $130 for all three workshops. Information: 956-7221.

Second annual "Na Himeni Ki'eki'e" contest, July 19, Hyatt Regency Kauai Resort and Spa, Kauai Ballroom. Contest focuses on leo ki'eki'e, the Hawaiian form of falsetto singing. Contestants and trailblazers in the renaissance of Hawaiian music are welcomed from all islands. Amateur and professional category contestants will perform two songs. Contestants will be judged on their ability to hit all the right notes from one of the following songs: Kalamaula, Alika, Kahealani or Akaka Falls. Scoring on a second song, selected by the contestants, will be reserved in the event a tie occurs. There also will be a new category for leo ki'eki'e original compositions, which will acknowledge the composer's creativity.

Amateur contestants should not have been affiliated in any professional recording or have earned a wage performing professionally. First place winner will advance to the 1997 Frank B. Shaner Hawaiian Falsetto Contest on Oahu in September.

Professional contestants will receive a recording contract.

Information: call Ernell Gonzales, 1-808-742-1234 (Kauai), extension 4406; or page Chala Vidinha, 1-808-654-3186.