The Annual Filipino Fiesta, the largest cultural event of the Filipino community in Hawaii, has been scheduled for Saturday, May 9, 2009 at the Kapiolani Park in Waikiki. This will be the 17th edition of a festival that showcases the varied aspects of Filipino history and culture. The theme is "Kabataan: Pag-asa ng Bayan" (Youth: Hope of the Fatherland) and focuses on the role of the youth nation building and the promise that they bring to the Filipino community in Hawaii.

The fiesta will once again be a three-in-one event. It will feature a historical-cultural parade from Fort DeRussy to Kapiolani Park in the morning, which will showcase marching bands, colorful floats, cultural groups, street dancers, and various business and community organizations. An all-day Fiesta will follow the parade at the Kapiolani Park and will have a bevy of local and Philippine entertainers, cultural village showcasing the various regions of the Philippines, food booths, a keiki village, and business and non-profit booths. In the evening, a Santacruzan festival will be held at the park which will feature Filipino beauties representing religious and historical personages, marching under colorful, flower-bedecked "arcos" in a candle-lit parade.

The fiesta is sponsored by the Filipino Community Center in the collaboration with the Congress of Visayan Organizations, the Honolulu Filipino Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Oahu Filipino Community Council, and the United Filipino Council of Hawaii. Chairing the event is Jun Colmenares.

2009 Filipino Fiesta Packet (pdf)

Fiesta Flyer

For more information, please contact the FilCom Center at (808) 680-0451.