PURPOSE—Sharing, promoting, and raising awareness of Korean culture in the community.
The Korean Festival presents a unique, authentic taste of Korean culture through food, dance, art, music, and entertainment. Organized by the Korean Festival Foundation.

COME SEE, TASTE AND LISTEN... AND EXPERIENCE KOREA!

The Korean Festival attracts wide participation from the local community, giving people of diverse backgrounds and ethnicities a small taste of Korean culture.

August 2, 2025
10am - 8pm
Honolulu Hale Civic Grounds

(530 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813)

The event features flavorful Korean foods, various Kids and Family Activities, and non stop stage entertainment. Free festival parking will be available at Honolulu Hale and surrounding parking lots.  

The festival is proud to announce a partnership with one of the biggest entertainment companies in Korea - PLEDIS, a subsidiary of the HYBE Corporation. Current popular PLEDIS artists include Seventeen, TWS and fromis9. PLEDIS is looking for talent in Hawaii and will be collaborating with the Korean Festival to find Hawaii’s next star. HYBE recently discovered Honolulu born and raised Megan Skiendel, who is now a member of the KPOP group “Katseye”. PLEDIS will be hosting a KPOP contest with live performances from 4:30pm - 6:00pm at the Korean Festival. 

The festival will close the day with a KPOP Celebration by Moobek (aka DJ Y.U.P) and Yumi. Moobek is an award winning hip hop and EDM producer, while Yumi is a singer and dance instructor. They will be headlining a 2 hour KPOP Celebration with seven special guests. These guests include actors and actresses from popular shows such as Hawaii Five-O, Rescue Hi-Surf and Too Hot to Handle.

Kukkiwon, the World’s central governing body for Taekwondo will be bringing a Demonstration Team to perform.

Cooking demonstration with a celebrity Chef Andre Rush.

Kimchi and a jjajangmyeon (Korean-Chinese black bean noodle) eating contest! This year, the contest is welcoming Competitive Eater Raina Huang (@rainaiscrazy). She will be participating in all the contests. Contestants are taken on a first come, first serve basis. 

Other entertainment on stage include the Arang Go Go Janggu Team, Hawaii-based KPOP Dance Groups, Taekwondo Hawaii, Korean Farmers Music Association, Halla Huhm and much more. 

The festival will be filled with food stalls, such as Kimchi, Korean Pancake, Kalbi, Mandoo, Korean BBQ Chicken and many more for attendees to enjoy.

9:45 - 10:00
Opening - Korean Farmers Band

10:00 - 10:15
Hunseo Oh - Korean Traditional Band from Korea

10:15 - 10:20
Taekwondo - Mun (keiki)

10:20 - 10:35
Taekwondo - David Ippen

10:35 - 10:45
Korean Farmers Band--Samulnori

10:45 - 11:00
Korean Line Dance

11:00 - 11:10
Chin Chu Roche (Nanta)

11:10 - 11:20
METRO Hula Halau

11:20 - 11:35
Arang Gogo Janggu

11:35 - 11:55
K-Pop Celebration by Emcee Curry and Keilaisha

11:55 - 12:10
K-Era (kpop)

12:10 - 12:25
Hawaii Dance Bomb

12:25 - 12:40
Hawaii Gogo Janggu

12:40 - 1:00
Halla Huhm Korean Dance Studio

1:00 - 1:10
Opening

1:10 - 1:35
Traditional Dance Troupe/Seoul City

1:35 - 2:00
Wi Heekyung Band-Traditional Singing & Dancing

2:00 - 3:00
K-Fish Cooking Demonstration - Chef Andre Rush

3:00 - 4:00
Eating Contests (Jajangmyun, kimchi)

4:00 - 4:30
Kukkiwon Taekwondo Demonstration

4:30 - 6:00
K-Pop Contest (singing, rap, dance, model, acting)

6:00 - 6:20
Honolulu Dance Studio - K-Hip hop

6:20- 8:00
K-Pop Celebration by Yumi then Moobek (aka DJ Y.U.P)