{"id":606,"date":"2014-02-26T10:20:03","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T02:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/?p=606"},"modified":"2014-02-26T10:20:03","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T02:20:03","slug":"honolulu-festival-to-offer-biggest-fireworks-show-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/26\/honolulu-festival-to-offer-biggest-fireworks-show-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Honolulu Festival to offer biggest fireworks show yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/02.jpg\" alt=\"02\" width=\"399\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/02.jpg 399w, https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/02-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year, the Honolulu Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary of promoting cultural and ethnic ties between Hawaii and Asia Pacific countries with a weekend of live performances, exhibits, a parade and the festival\u2019s biggest fireworks show ever.<br \/>\nThe festival, which takes place March 8-9 at the Hawaii Convention Center, Waikiki Beach Walk and Ala Moana Center, is free and open to the public.<br \/>\nOn Tuesday, organizers celebrated a kick-off preview in Waikiki, which included a performance by Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble and the announcement of this year\u2019s theme, \u201cJubilation, One Heart, One Pacific, One World.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI think (the theme) really captures the essence of the festival in bringing the people of the various cultures together and promoting cultural understanding amongst everyone,\u201d said Lenny Yajima Andrew, Honolulu Festival spokesperson.<br \/>\nHighlights include the Friendship Gala at the Hawaii Convention Center on Saturday, featuring cultural entertainment by Honolulu Festival performers and cuisine from some of Oahu\u2019s top restaurants. Proceeds support educational and cultural programs in Hawaii. On Sunday, ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro holds a benefit concert for Japanese children affected by an earthquake in 2011.<br \/>\nThe festival concludes Sunday evening with two highly anticipated events: the Grand Parade, which starts at 4:30 p.m. along Kalakaua Ave., and the Nagaoka Fireworks Show, which starts at 8:30 p.m.<br \/>\nIn honor of the festival\u2019s 20th anniversary, organizers are promising the biggest and brightest pyrotechnic display yet with fireworks being shot from four barges off Waikiki Beach.<br \/>\nThe fireworks show is going to be about 20 minutes (long) and it\u2019s going to be spectacular.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, the Honolulu Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary of promoting cultural and ethnic ties between Hawaii and Asia Pacific countries with a weekend of live performances, exhibits, a parade and the festival\u2019s biggest fireworks show ever. The festival, which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/26\/honolulu-festival-to-offer-biggest-fireworks-show-yet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,53,42,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fireworks-news","category-fireworks-show-photo","category-new-years","category-21"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":608,"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions\/608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfireworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}