GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
Every year, Aloha Festivals' Downtown Ho'olaule'a offers
an evening rich with dance and music, as well as food and crafts.

Delayed party returns in style

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Star-Bulletin

At last, at last, the biggest block party of all arrives at Bishop Street as the long-postponed Aloha Festivals Downtown Ho'olaule'a takes place tonight.

There will be three hours of non-stop music on six stages. While the adults party away, families with kids can head straight to Aloha Tower, where it'll be playtime at Keiki Fun Zone, with its rock-climbing wall, wave slide, bungee run, inflatable castle and obstacle course. (Note: Organizers urge against using baby strollers due to crowd density.)

Food, craft items and lei will be available for purchase.

Here is the Downtown Ho'olaule'a entertainment lineup:

>> Pacific Guardian Center (Dillingham Transportation Building), 737 Bishop St.

6:30 p.m. -- Keahiwai

7:15 p.m. -- FM 100 All Star Band with Norm

8:15 p.m. -- Kapena

9:15 p.m. -- Sean Na'auao & the Poi Pounders

>> Davies Pacific Center, 841 Bishop St.

6:30 p.m. -- Opening ceremony and blessing

6:40 p.m. -- Paka Smith & Asia Minor

7:25 p.m. -- S.O.G.

8 p.m. -- Calvary Chapel Hula Performers

8:25 p.m. -- Devotion

9 p.m. -- Calvary Chapel Youth Group

9:25 p.m. -- Native Roots

>> Financial Plaza of the Pacific

6:30 p.m. -- Moment of Silence -- Celtic pipes, drums and bagpipes

6:35 p.m. -- Maunalua

7:15 p.m. -- Makaha Sons

8:15 p.m. -- Amy Hanaiali'i

9:15 p.m. -- Kalapana

>> Bishop Square, 1001 Bishop St.

6 p.m. -- Keali'i Ka'apunihonua Ke'ena A'o Hula

6:30 p.m. -- Aloha Festivals Royal Court appearance

7:05 p.m. -- Ko'u Mana'o

8:05 p.m. -- Robi Kahakalau & Friends

9:05 p.m. -- Na Leo Pilimehana

>> Executive Centre, 1088 Bishop St.

6:30 p.m. -- Pacific Fleet Band "Tsunami"

7:45 p.m. -- Lost in Paradise

9 p.m. -- 25th Infantry Division Light Band

>> Verizon Hawaii, 1177 Bishop St.

6:30 p.m. -- Donald Kauila & Friends

7:15 p.m. -- Amy Hanaiali'i

8:15 p.m. -- Kupono Kane

9 p.m. -- Jason Sadang

Parking will be available as follows:

3 p.m. to midnight -- Mark's Center, 22 S. Pauahi St., $3

4 p.m. to 10 p.m. -- Harbor Square, Richards Street, $2

4 p.m. to midnight -- Propark, 1171 Nuuanu Ave., $4; and Chinatown Cultural Plaza, 100 N. Beretania, $3

4 p.m. to 1 a.m. -- Amfac Garage, Nimitz Highway and 745 Fort St., $4

4:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. -- Davies Pacific Center, Alakea Street, $4

4:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. -- Harbor Court, Bethel Street off Nimitz, $2

4:30 p.m. to midnight -- Aloha Tower Marketplace Irwin Park and Ampco Piers 5 and 6, $2

5 p.m. to midnight -- Bishop Street open lot, corner of South and Pohukaina, Marin Tower, and Ali'i Place, Alakea Street, $2; Executive Centre, 1088 Bishop St. and Pacific Guardian Center, $3

5 p.m. to 6 a.m. -- South and Queen Street open lot, $5

After 5 p.m. -- Pioneer Plaza, Merchant Street, $2

6 to 10 p.m. -- King and Bethel streets, $3

6 to 11:30 p.m. -- Chinatown Gateway Plaza, 110 Bethel St., $3

6 p.m. to midnight -- Bishop Square, $3

Until lot is full -- 1199 Bishop St., $4

Downtown Ho'olaule'a Where: Bishop Street from Beretania Street to Aloha Tower When: 6:30 to 10 p.m. Admission: Free; purchase of a $5 Aloha Festivals ribbon on-site will defray the cost of staging the festival Call: 589-1771

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