Second Annual Hilo Inter-tribal Powwow - http://www.hilopowwow.com
Date: May 24-26, 2008
Location: Wailoa Park in Hilo
Email: info@hilopowwow.com
Family-oriented Traditional PowWow that will celebrate indigenous cultures. The Powwow will provide a cultural exchange between Native Americans and Hawaiians. Starting at 9 a.m.
2008 Ironman 70.3
Date: May 29-30, 2008
On January 8, 2004 the World Triathlon Corporation announced the addition of a new triathlon on Hawaii’s Big Island. Distance: 1.2 mi. swim • 56 mi. bike • 13.1 mi. run. The field of athletes participating was as varied as the Hawaiian landscape itself. Triathletes, ages 17 to 74, registered from 15 countries and 38 states, all of them with aspirations to finish, most with hopes of gaining one of the 85 Ironman World Champion slots up for grabs. Thirty-five of those slots were going to Big Island of Hawaii residents, twenty to athletes from the state of Hawaii, and thirty slots would be allocated to international athletes (those not meeting the strict longtime resident of Hawaii/Big Island requirements). The stakes were as high as the winds that disrupted their slumber but hey, this is what racing in Hawaii is all about.
World Billfish Challenge
Date: August 2-4, 2008
If you are fishing around for new spot for big game fishing, you've come to the right place. The Ko Olina Resort and Marina has hosted the World Billfish Challenge for the past five years. The Leeward coast of the island of Oahu is rich throughout the year for a variety of species and during the summer months the big Ahi run and with them Billfish. Over the years the sport of big game competitive fishing in Hawaii has evolved from the virtual killing of every marlin towards conservation and tag and release thanks in large part to the efforts of the Hawaiian International Billfish Association and events such as the WBC.
34rd Annual Parker Ranch Round-up Club Rodeo
Date: Aug 30-31, 2008
Email: info@ParkerRanch.com
This exciting two-day event is held annually at the Parker Ranch Rodeo Arena in Waimea as a fundraiser to provide scholarships for school-age children of Parker Ranch employees. As the event celebrates its 34rd year and Parker Ranch its 160th, the rodeo is highly anticipated with loads of family-style fun.
Kona Coffee Cultural Festival
Date: November 2-11, 2008
For more than 30 years, this ten-day festival has been celebrating the annual coffee harvest. It's the oldest product festival in Hawaii and the only coffee festival in the United States. Events, which take place in various venues around coffee country, include bean-picking contests, tastings, art shows, tours of working farms and mills, and, of course, the crowning of the year's "best of the best" cup of Joe.
Hawaii's Big Island Festival
Date: end of the summer in 2008
Hawaii's Big Island Festival and we are celebrating with a theme of “The BEST of The Big Island”. Throughout this fun weekend guests will be treated to special golf and spa events, culinary and wine experiences, a special artists’ reception and an exclusive Festival Pavilion, featuring the ”Best of the Big Island”- more than a dozen events in all.
