{"id":794,"date":"2017-10-22T20:18:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T20:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/?p=794"},"modified":"2024-05-08T05:17:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:17:12","slug":"festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/festival\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kona Coffee Cultural Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>The award-winning Kona Coffee Cultural Festival<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><em><strong>November 3, 2017 through November 12, 2017<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-795\" src=\"https:\/\/konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Kona-Coffee-Festival.png\" alt=\"Kona Coffee Festival \" width=\"237\" height=\"118\" \/>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/konacoffee.com\">Kona Coffee<\/a> Festival<\/strong> recognizes the achievements of Kona&#8217;s coffee pioneers, farmers and <a href=\"https:\/\/konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/artisan-coffee-roasting\/\">artisans<\/a>. This award-winning coffee fest is recognized as the oldest and most successful food festival in Hawaii. The festival starts Friday, November 3 and runs through Sunday, November 12, 2017. The festival includes 10 days of events honoring Kona coffees cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Festival Events include:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"ai1ec-event-title\"><em><strong>A Lantern Parade.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><span class=\"ai1ec-event-location\">\u00a0Historic Kailua Village.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nov 3, 6:00 pm \u2013 9:00 pm.\u00a0Watch as the lantern parade winds its way through Historic Kailua Village with its glowing procession of light, music and color. And finally culminating with an evening bon dance at Hale Halawai.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ai1ec-weekday\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><em><strong>The Holualoa Village Coffee &amp; Art Stroll.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ai1ec-event-location\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In historic Holualoa Village.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Nov 4 &#8211; 9:00 am \u2013 3:00 pm.\u00a0Stroll through the art district of quaint Holualoa Village. While strolling visit galleries exhibiting an extensive collection of local artists. Also over 30 Kona coffee farms join the festivities offering tastings and products for purchase.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ai1ec-weekday\"><span class=\"ai1ec-event-title\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><em><strong>The Miss Kona Coffee Scholarship Pageant.<\/strong><\/em><span class=\"ai1ec-event-location\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheratonkona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheraton Kona Resort &amp; Spa<\/a> \u2013 Kaleiopapa Convention Center.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Nov 4 &#8211; 5:30 pm.\u00a0The Miss Kona Coffee Scholarship Pageant is hosted by the Kona Coffee Fest each November. A big mahalo to the scholarship sponsor &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ucc.co.jp\/eng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ueshima Coffee Company, Ltd.<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ai1ec-weekday\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The newly crowned winner will also travel to Japan to promote Kona, it&#8217;s special coffee and the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ai1ec-event-title\"><em><strong>The Kona Coffee Recipe Contest &amp; Big Island Showcase.<\/strong><\/em><span class=\"ai1ec-event-location\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheratonkona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheraton Kona Resort &amp; Spa<\/a> \u2013 Kaleiopapa Convention Center.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nov 5 &#8211; 10:00 am \u2013 3:00 pm.\u00a0Big Island Showcase opens at 10 a.m.\u00a0 Featuring Hawaii Island products, gifts, and opportunities to buy farmer-direct Kona coffee. Also amateurs, culinary students and professional chefs present their <a href=\"https:\/\/ocrenewables.org\">favorite sweet<\/a> and savory recipes . All featuring 100% Kona Coffee. Keiki (children) showcase sweet or savory snacks. Recipe contest doors open at 11 a.m.\n<ul>\n<li>You&#8217;ll experience:\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Cooking demonstrations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Judging &amp; award presentations.<\/li>\n<li>Public tasting to follow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"ai1ec-event-title\"><em><strong>Cupping Competition\u2013Preliminaries<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<span class=\"ai1ec-event-location\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.daylightmind.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daylight Mind Coffee Company<\/a> at Waterfront Row.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nov 8 @ 8:30 am \u2013 1:30 pm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>More Events:<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"ai1ec-event-title\"><em><strong>Kona Coffee Cultural Fest Ho\u2019olaule\u2019a.<\/strong><\/em><span class=\"ai1ec-event-location\">\u00a0Makaeo County Pavilion.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nov 11 &#8211; 9:00 am \u2013 3:00 pm.\u00a0A celebration of all things Kona coffee.\n<ul>\n<li>Ho&#8217;olaule&#8217;a vents include:\n<ul>\n<li>Hands-on cultural demonstrations.<\/li>\n<li>An ethnic food market.<\/li>\n<li>The Festival of Arts &amp; Crafts.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, all-day live entertainment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy the beautiful lei contest. Participate in traditional Hawaiian poi making, ikebana and traditional Japanese calligraphy.\u00a0 Also visit the heritage display. Indeed, all day fun for the entire ohana (family).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"ai1ec-event-title\"><em><strong>Kona Coffee Council Farm &amp; Mill Tour<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0<span class=\"ai1ec-event-location\">\u00a0Leaves from <a href=\"http:\/\/keauhoushoppingcenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keauhou Shopping Center.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nov 7 and 10th &#8211; 9:00 am \u2013 2:00 pm. You will visit three working <a href=\"https:\/\/konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/kona-coffee-farms-hawaii\/\">coffee farms<\/a> in Kona. The fee of $75 includes your transportation and a box lunch. Pick up and drop off located in front of Regal Keauhou Stadium 7 Theatres in the Keauhou Shopping Center. Reservations required; book online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kona-coffee-council.com\/page-687835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.kona-coffee-council.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ai1ec-event-title\"><em><strong>Kona Coffee Living History Farm Tour<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; November 3-10, 2017. Daily at 2:00 pm. $10 with festival button (available for purchase on site). Stroll through this historic farm on a self-guided tour that reveals the story of Kona\u2019s coffee pioneers during the early 20th century. Walk among the coffee trees and meet a \u201cKona Nightingale\u201d.\u00a0 Also discover how farmers used the kuriba and <a href=\"https:\/\/konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/processing-kona-coffee-beans\/\">hoshidana<\/a> to mill and dry Kona&#8217;s world-famous coffee.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/konacoffeefest.com\/schedule-of-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Festival Calendar of Events and more info at konacoffeefest.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The award-winning Kona Coffee Cultural Festival November 3, 2017 through November 12, 2017 The Kona Coffee Festival recognizes the achievements of Kona&#8217;s coffee pioneers, farmers and artisans. This award-winning coffee fest is recognized as the oldest and most successful food festival in Hawaii. The festival starts Friday, November 3 and runs through Sunday, November 12, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,17,19,28,6],"tags":[30,27,24,15,16],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56784,"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794\/revisions\/56784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.konacoffee.com\/kona-coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}