Events, Concerts and Shows

This Miss Hawaii Continental and Miss Hawaii Continental Plus Pageant Returns! Featuring 2021 Miss Continental Juliana Rivera! Come Cheer On the Contestants!

Date: Sunday, May 29, 2022

Time: 6pm to 11pm

Where: Scarlet Honolulu

Cost: $40 and Up

Age: 21+

Gay Island Guide and Kaimana Beach Hotel present a monthly Drag Brunch on the Beach featuring a two course brunch and Hawaii’s top drag performers! Come experience this fabulous show and brunch at Hawaii’s only beachside LGBTQ hotel!

All tickets include a two course brunch, coffee, tea and show! Shared Seating for general admission based on availability and first come, first seat. Reserved seat or table package also available.

Date: Saturday, June 4, 2022

Time: 1pm to 4pm

Where: Kaimana Beach Hotel - Hau Tree Restaurant 

Cost: $70 and up

Age: All Ages (Everyone Must Be Ticketed Regardless of Age)

*No refunds. Rain or Shine. 

Dark Mirror Entertainment & Gay Island Guide presents The Carpet Munchin‘ Cabaret Burlesque and Drag Show! Join Us For an Evening Featuring Hawaii’s Best Burlesque and Drag Performers! 

All tickets include free admission to Scarlet Honolulu for official after-party!

Date: Saturday, June 4, 2022

Time: 8pm

Where: Arts at Marks Garage 

Cost: $25 and Up

Age: 21 and Over

Gay Island Guide and Dark Mirror Entertainment present Bunker: A Red Light District All-Fetish Party! Get your Gear and Toys ready! It Will Be Dark and Smoky! Featuring Top Hawaii DJ’s, Gogo Dancers, Drag Performances and More!

All tickets include FREE entry to Scarlet Honolulu After Party!

Date: Friday, June 10, 2022

Time: 7pm to 12am

Where: Arts at Marks Garage

Cost: $20 and up

Age: 21 and Over

In partnership with film directors and exhibit co-curators Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson, Bishop Museum is proud to present the premiere in-person screening of The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu, a feature documentary that premieres alongside the opening of a major exhibition of the same name. Plus, food trucks, live entertainment and a panel discussion. 

Using rare archival materials, new historical findings, and vivid animation, The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu brings to life the legend of four monumental stones on Honolulu’s famous Waikīkī Beach. According to legend, the stones are a tribute to four māhū—people of dual male and female spirit—who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaiʻi and used their spiritual power to cure disease. Although the stones have survived for centuries, the true story behind them has been suppressed and the role of māhū erased. These stones represent a Hawaiian tradition of healing and gender diversity that is all but unknown to the millions of locals and tourists passing by. The film explores how, when, and why the legend was altered and the importance of protecting and preserving sacred spaces and traditional knowledge. This is also the first feature documentary film to be presented in ʻŌlelo Kanaka Niʻihau, the only form of the Hawaiian language unbroken by foreign contact.

Join us for the in-person premiere of this hour-long documentary for a one-night-only outdoor screening on Bishop Museum’s Great Lawn. The screening will be followed by a post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers and key creative partners. Guests are encouraged to bring your own lawn chairs and mats as seating is limited!

The documentary is a companion piece to the ongoing gallery exhibition, which will be on view in Bishop Museum’s Castle Memorial Building through Oct. 23, 2022. The gallery will be open for viewing prior to the screening.

Date: Friday, June 17, 2022

Time: 5:30pm to 9pm

Where: Bishop Museum
Cost: $20

Age: All

In partnership with the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, Bishop Museum presents a curated series of short films that bring the stories of queer Pacific Islanders to life on screen. This diverse collection of narrative and documentary shorts will make you laugh, cry, and reconsider what it means to honor culture and traditions without giving up who you are. See film lineup below.

Schedule:

Gallery open | 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Screening + post-screening Q&A | 7-9 p.m.

Join us for this outdoor screening on Bishop Museum’s Great Lawn. The screening will be followed by a post-screening Q&A with filmmakers. Guests are encouraged to bring your own lawn chairs and mats as seating is limited! This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu, on view in the Castle Memorial Building through Oct. 16, 2022. The gallery will be open for viewing prior to the screening.

Films include:

“Tits on a Bull” (New Zealand, 2015)

Set in a women’s rugby team in rural New Zealand, Tits on a Bull follows star player Phoenix as she struggles to choose between her longtime friendship with aging coach Rusty and the new relationship blossoming between her and team captain Melanie.

“Lady Eva” (Tonga, 2017)

Meet the irrepressible Eva Barone, a young transgender woman on a journey of self-discovery in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga—with a little help from Tina Turner along the way.

“Kamaʻāina” (Hawaiʻi, 2020)

After suffering abuse by her stepfather, a 16-year-old queer Mahina must navigate life on the streets, until she eventually finds refuge at the Puʻuhonua O Waiʻanae—Hawaiʻi’s largest organized homeless encampment.

“The Rogers” (Sāmoa, 2020)

An intimate glimpse of the first visible group of transgender men in the Pacific Islands—the Rogers of Sāmoa.

“Leiti Cop” (Tonga 2020)

She’s Tongan, she’s Leiti and she’s here to save the day!

“Paradise Pride” (Rarotonga, 2022)

Why are the Cook Islands holding firm to a law that most of the rest of the world reformed decades ago, and what’s the toll it’s taking on their people?

“Other People” (Hawaiʻi, 2018)

A surreal look into the final moments of a couple’s relationship as it slips away within a crowded shopping mall.

Date: Saturday, June 18, 2022

Time: 5:30pm to 9pm

Where: Bishop Museum

Cost: $15

Age: All