Hawaii Children and Youth Day at the Capitol, plus UH Manoa's Hawaii-Taiwan dance show

Oct 04, 2026

A light weekend lineup in Honolulu, with a free family festival downtown and a cross-cultural dance production closing out at UH Manoa — good news for families looking for something cheap to do.

  • Hawaii Children and Youth Day runs today on the State Capitol's Diamond Head lawn, free, with bounce houses, games, stage shows and food.
  • Kids can collect stamps at booths for a goodie bag, and there's an air-conditioned tent with photos, games and prizes.
  • UH Manoa wraps up "Epic," a dance production pairing artists from Hawaii and Taiwan, at the Earl Ernst Lab Theater with cheap tickets.
  • Comedian Damon Wayans plays Blue Note Waikiki tonight, giving local fans a close-up show from a long-running TV and stand-up name.
  • On the mainland, Dakota Johnson hosted Saturday Night Live for a third time with a surprise Taylor Swift appearance, and British singer Olivia Dean is being sued over claims her song copies a Bill Withers classic — the labels, not Dean, are the defendants.

Outlook: The Capitol festival ends this afternoon and the dance run closes today, so both are last-chance; the music copyright case will play out over months.

← Latest · Archive