About Honokaa Western Week

General information, editions, resources and facts about Honokaa Western Week in Hawaii.

EVENT: Honokaa Western Week
TYPICALLY HELD: May
FIRST HELD: 2006
DESCRIPTION: Annual week-long celebration of Hamakua's paniolo heritage
WEB SITE URL: honokaawesternweek.org | Link |
PRESENTED BY: Honokaa Business Association
VENUE: multiple venues in and around Honokaa Town
LOCATION: Hamakua Coast, Northeast Hawaii Island, Hawaii
SOCIAL MEDIA: | Facebook | FB Events | Instagram |

Activities and Events

Events and activities at past Honokaa Western Week celebrations have included:

- Children's Cowboy Ganes
- Hamakua Harvest Farm Festival | Profile |
- Hawaii Saddle Club Rodeo (1st was 1954 / 63rd was 2019)
- Line Dancing
- Paniolo Parade and Block Party
- Portuguese Bean Soup Contest
- Stick Horse Creation
- Sweetbread Contest
- Talk Story Session With Music
- Western Fashion Show
- Western Movie Screening

Videos

Western Week In Honokaa Documentary Film
49-minute documentary film by Steve Roby. Uploaded in July of 2017 to the "Big Island Music Magazine" YouTube videos channel

Editions

2023 May 19-29 | May 2023 Web Site Archive |
2022 | partly virtual and partly in-person? | 2022 Web Site Archive |
2021 | not held due to the COVID epidemic | 2021 Web Site Archive |
2020 | not held due to the COVID epidemic | 2020 Web Site Archive |
2019 May 18-27, 2019 | 2020 Web Site Archive of 2019 Event |
2018 | West Hawaii Today |
2017 May 21-29 | 2017 Web Site Archive |
2014 | Memorial Day Weekend | Big Island News |
2007 | May 19-28, 2007 | Travel Weekly |
2007 | Inaugural event? |

Archives

honokaawesternweek.com
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |

sites.google.com/site/honokaahiwesternweek/
| 2017 | 2020 |