Slack Key Festival - Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center

It's the biggest Hawaiian music event of the year! Played from the heart and soul and flowing with vivid tropical images, Hawaiian ki ho'alu (slack key) is one of the great acoustic guitar traditions of the world. 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, award-winning Hula Hālau, special guest performers and a free to the public Island Marketplace. Since 2008, the Southern California Slack Key Festival has been the biggest 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. This year’s Southern California Slack Key Festival’s line-up includes Kula'iwi, Hi'ikua, Jerry Santos, Jeff Peterson, Jim "Kimo" West, Sean Parks, Namaka Cosma, Leokane Pryor, and Ken Emerson.