###  Largest Hawaiian Music Event of the Year!

    Details    CityWatch     January 11 2023

    January 11 2023

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> ***16th Annual Southern California Slack Key Festival
> (Concert 2pm-5pm)*
> *and Free Outdoor Island Marketplace (11am-5pm)***
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> **Largest Hawaiian Music Event of the Year!**
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> **Sunday, January 15, 2023
> Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center**
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> **WHAT:**
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> Kala Koa Entertainment celebrates 16 years of bringing the biggest and brightest names in Hawaiian music to the mainland with the ***2023 Southern California Slack Key Festival*** returning to the **Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center this Sunday, January 15, 2023**.
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> One of the most acclaimed Hawaiian concerts to ever leave the islands, the ***Southern California Slack Key Festival*** takes fans on a Hawaiian musical journey showcasing GRAMMY-winning slack key guitarists, the best hula dancers in the world, special guest performers and a free to the public Island Marketplace.
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> Since 2008, the Southern California Slack Key Festival has been the largest Hawaiian music concert event in the mainland U.S. and features the most respected names in Hawaiian guitar music and hula today. Taking its name from a finger-picking style of guitar playing indigenous to Hawaii (as heard on the Grammy-nominated soundtrack for "The Descendants"), the Slack Key Festival brings the art of ki ho'alu guitar to Redondo Beach.
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> This year’s Southern California Slack Key Festival’s line-up includes:
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> **- George Kuo**, one of Hawaii’s premier Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar artists
> **- Makaha Sons**, one of Hawaii’s leading Hawaiian musical groups
> **- Sonny Lim**, a member of Hawaii’s famous musical Lim family
> **- Kamuela Kimokeo**, a member of the Na Hōkū Hanohano award winning group Hi’ikua; along with his son **Ka’ihi Kimokeo
> \- Jeff Peterson**, contributed to two Grammy Award-winning recordings and a winner of eight Na Hōkū Hanohano Awards
> **- Jim “Kimo” West**, 2021 Grammy Award-winner and multiple Na Hōkū Hanohano Awards (and Weird Al Yankovic’s lead guitarist)
> **- Kainani Kahaunaele**, won seven Na Hōkū Hanohano Awards in 2021
> **- Bryan Tolentino**, popular ukulele player who can be heard on scores of recordings for other artists as well as his own Grammy nominated CD’s.
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> In addition to the concert, an **Island Marketplace** – **free** to the public – takes place from **11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.**, Browse a variety of island themed gifts, home décor, accessories, apparel, and more. Plus, Hawaiian food, authentic island-style shave ice and outdoor entertainment.
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> **WHEN: Sunday, January 15, 2023;**
> **Concert 2:00 p.m.; Free Island Marketplace 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.**
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> **WHERE:**
> **The Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center**
> [1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd (at Aviation Blvd.), Redondo Beach, CA 90278](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Redondo+Beach+Performing+Arts+Center/@33.8881693,-118.3796,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2b46c550c6c35:0xa54be38ced62647c!8m2!3d33.8881693!4d-118.3774113)

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