Mō‘ili‘ili Summer Fest, Saturday July 5, 2025

About the Mō‘ili‘ili Summer Fest

The Mō‘ili‘ili Summer Fest is an annual festival hosted in Hawaiʻi. It is held during the Bon season and is a fundamental aspect of modern-day culture and life in Hawaiʻi. The Mōʻiliʻili Summer Fest started as a family and friends’ dining, cultural, and shopping experience to commemorate the origins and diversity of the Mōʻiliʻili society. Celebrating Japanese and Hawaiian roots of one of the oldest neighborhoods in Hawaiʻi, the Mōʻiliʻili Summer Fest is home to one of the largest Bon dances in Honolulu.

The event provides the opportunity to learn more about the Tanabata holiday on the 7th day of the 7th month, decorate a round Japanese fan called Uchiwa for using during the night, write a wish on a paper and suspend it on a bamboo tree from the Japanese Cultural Center. The Mōʻiliʻili Community Center also exhibits historical pictures of Mōʻiliʻili’s Hawaiian, Japanese-American, and Hawaiian-Chinese inhabitants.