Every auntie on Oʻahu has the same December problem: twelve people to shop for and zero interest in a mall parking structure. The answer has been the same for decades. You go to the craft fair.
Hawaiʻi’s big annual markets are where the small brands show up in person. Think lauhala weavers, koa woodworkers, crack seed makers, aloha wear designers, and the lady with the lilikoʻi butter who sells out by noon every single year.
We pulled together the 14 biggest ones, in calendar order starting from right now, with dates, prices, and the status of every 2027 date we could confirm.
Related: Made in Hawaiʻi Festival: Dates, Tickets, Parking, and What to Buy, Oʻahu Farmers Markets: 10 Worth Getting Up For, and December Events on Oʻahu 2026.
How to Use This List
These are the once-a-year events, the ones worth planning a weekend or even a trip around. The weekly and monthly makers markets are a different animal, and they get their own guide.
Dates below come from each organizer’s own site as of mid-November 2026. Several 2027 dates have not been announced yet, and we say so plainly instead of guessing. When an organizer posts a date, we update this page.
One tip before the list. Bring a real bag, some cash for the smaller booths, and a snack plan. The line for the garlic shrimp plate is always longer than the line for the jewelry.
Still Coming in 2026
1. Mayor’s Craft and Country Fair
📍 Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, 777 Ward Ave, Honolulu, HI 96814
Saturday, November 21, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Admission is free.
This is the kūpuna fair, and 2026 is its 50th year. The vendors are the city’s senior clubs, which means hand-sewn quilts, crochet, baked goods, plants, and prices that feel like 1996.
It only runs four hours, and the serious shoppers are in line before the doors open. Go early, say hi to the aunties, and do not try to haggle with somebody’s grandma.
2. Islandwide Crafts and Food Expo
📍 Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, 777 Ward Ave, Honolulu, HI 96814
It opens Friday, November 27, 2026, from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday, November 28 runs 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, November 29 runs 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Let’s talk money, because this one is not free. General admission is $7, kūpuna 65 and up and military with ID pay $5, and keiki 12 and under get in free.
Here is the move if you are watching the budget: entry is free for the last two hours on Saturday and Sunday. You give up first pick, but the food booths are still going.
With more than 250 vendors over Thanksgiving weekend, this is the local answer to Black Friday at the mall. Details are on the Islandwide Expos shopper page.
3. Hawaiian Mission Houses Holiday Craft Fair
📍 Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site, 553 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813
Saturday, November 28, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Admission is free.
This is the 55th year, and the setting does a lot of the work. You shop from 40-plus crafters on the lawn beside the oldest wood-frame house in the islands, right next to Kawaiahaʻo Church.
It is smaller and calmer than the Blaisdell shows, which makes it the one we send people to when crowds are not their thing. Pair it with a walk past ʻIolani Palace and you have a full downtown morning.
4. A VeryMerryFest Gift Festival
📍 Pearlridge Center, former Toys R Us building, 98-1005 Moanalua Rd, ʻAiea, HI 96701
Saturday, December 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, December 6 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free.
Pacific Expos runs this one, with more than 170 vendors inside the old toy store. It is indoors and air-conditioned, which matters more than you would think in December.
West side and central Oʻahu families, this is your closest big show. Free mall parking takes a little sting out of the season too.
5. Mele Kalikimaka Marketplace
📍 Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, 777 Ward Ave, Honolulu, HI 96814
Saturday, December 12 from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, December 13 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
General admission is $7, with $5 tickets for kūpuna 65 and up and military with ID. Keiki 12 and under are free with a paying adult.
The organizer counts nearly 300 booths, which makes this the biggest holiday market left on the 2026 calendar. It is also the last big one before Christmas, so the procrastinators all meet here.
Be prepared for Sunday. The Honolulu Marathon runs on December 13, and roads around Ala Moana and Kakaʻako close in the early morning. Our Honolulu Marathon guide has the closure details. Saturday is the easier day to drive in.
Hours and vendor updates are on the Mele Kalikimaka Marketplace site.
Confirmed for 2027
6. Merrie Monarch Invitational Hawaiian Arts Fair, Hilo
📍 Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium, 323 Manono St, Hilo, HI 96720
The fair runs Wednesday, March 31 through Friday, April 2, 2027, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, April 3 closes an hour earlier, at 4:00 p.m. Admission is free.
If you only fly to one market in your life, make it this one. Merrie Monarch week turns Hilo into the center of the Hawaiian arts world, and the invitational fair is where the best makers in the state set up.
The hula competition tickets are famously hard to get. The arts fair needs no ticket at all, and plenty of people fly in just to shop, eat, and soak up the week.
Book the flight and the room early, because Hilo fills up months ahead. The official 2027 festival page has the schedule, and our Hilo guide covers where to eat and stay.
7. Hawaiʻi FoodieCon and Spring Expo
📍 Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, 777 Ward Ave, Honolulu, HI 96814
Mark Saturday, April 3 and Sunday, April 4, 2027, and note that it overlaps the last day of Merrie Monarch in Hilo. Hours and admission have not been posted yet.
Pacific Expos pairs a food festival with a spring vendor show. Come hungry and shop second, because that is how everybody else does it.
8. Snax to da Max and Summer Expo
📍 Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, 777 Ward Ave, Honolulu, HI 96814
The dates are Saturday, June 19 and Sunday, June 20, 2027, right as summer break gets going. Hours and admission have not been posted yet.
The name tells you the theme. This is the summer stop on the Pacific Expos calendar, built around local snack brands, with a vendor floor attached.
9. OnoFest and Fall Expo
📍 Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, 777 Ward Ave, Honolulu, HI 96814
Friday, October 15 and Saturday, October 16, 2027, per the organizer’s calendar. Hours and admission have not been posted yet.
This is the fall food-and-shopping show, and it works as a warm-up lap before the holiday season. All three Pacific Expos dates live on the Pacific Expos calendar.
Annual Events Waiting on 2027 Dates
These five are the heavy hitters. Every one of them ran in 2026, and none had announced 2027 dates when we checked in mid-November. We list when each one ran this year so you know which month to watch.
10. Made in Hawaiʻi Festival
📍 Hawaiʻi Convention Center, 1801 Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815
The 2026 festival ran August 20 to 23, its 32nd year and its first at the Convention Center. It had more than 800 vendor booths, which makes it the largest local-products show in the state.
Everything sold has to be made in Hawaiʻi, and that rule is why people line up. This is where new brands launch, and where the hot item of the year sells out by Saturday afternoon.
Expect a mid-to-late August weekend again, but wait for the official word before you book anything. We keep the dates, ticket prices, and parking plan current in our Made in Hawaiʻi Festival guide.
11. Best of Hawaiʻi Mākeke
📍 Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, 777 Ward Ave, Honolulu, HI 96814
Hawaiʻi’s Finest ran this one August 21 to 23, 2026, the same weekend as Made in Hawaiʻi. It had more than 250 vendors, free general admission, and live local music all weekend.
Yes, that meant two giant markets a short drive apart on the same weekend. Our wallets are still recovering.
Watch the Hawaiʻi’s Finest mākeke page for the 2027 announcement.
12. Nā Lehua Marketplace and Festival
📍 Hawaiʻi Convention Center, 1801 Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815
The new kid. Nā Lehua debuted November 6 to 8, 2026, with hundreds of local vendors in the ground-floor exhibit halls.
General admission was $6, with a $25 early-access ticket that sent a portion to Make-A-Wish Hawaiʻi. Keiki six and under were free, and tickets at the door were cashless.
The Nā Lehua site says more announcements are coming. A first-year event does not always return on the same weekend, so check before you plan around it.
13. Black Friday Mākeke
📍 Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, 777 Ward Ave, Honolulu, HI 96814
Do not let the name fool you. The 2026 edition ran November 6 to 8, three full weeks before the real Black Friday, and it shared the weekend with Nā Lehua.
Hawaiʻi’s Finest runs it with 250-plus vendors and free general admission starting at 10:00 a.m. A paid early-entry ticket got shoppers in at 9:00 a.m.
It is the unofficial start of the local holiday shopping season. If the pattern holds, look for it in early November 2027.
14. Made in Maui County Festival
📍 Maui Arts and Cultural Center, 1 Cameron Way, Kahului, HI 96732
Maui’s biggest products show ran November 6 and 7, 2026, its 13th year. Everything on the floor comes from Maui, Molokaʻi, or Lānaʻi.
The Friday shopping preview was $36 and limited. Saturday general admission was $9, and keiki 12 and under were free.
That Friday ticket is for the serious shopper who wants first pick before the popular booths sell out. Everybody else does fine on Saturday morning.
The Calendar at a Glance
November is the big month. Black Friday Mākeke, Nā Lehua, and Made in Maui County all landed on the first weekend in 2026. The Mayor’s fair, Islandwide, and the Mission Houses fair follow before the month ends.
December belongs to A VeryMerryFest and Mele Kalikimaka Marketplace. Spring means Merrie Monarch in Hilo and FoodieCon in Honolulu. Summer brings Snax to da Max in June, then the August double-header of Made in Hawaiʻi and Best of Hawaiʻi Mākeke.
October has OnoFest, and then the whole cycle starts over.
Tips From Too Many Years of Craft Fairs
Go on the first day if there is one thing you really want. The small makers bring what they can carry, and when the mochi or the earrings are gone, they are gone.
Go in the last two hours if you want room to breathe. The aisles open up, the vendors have time to talk story, and some shows drop the admission fee.
Parking at the Blaisdell fills fast on show days, and so does the Convention Center garage. Give yourself an extra 20 minutes, or get dropped off and skip the circling.
Bring cash in small bills even though most booths take cards now. The signal inside a packed exhibition hall is nobody’s friend, and a card reader with no bars helps no one.
Ask the maker about the work. Most of these folks made the thing with their own hands, and the story behind it is half of what you are buying.
And eat first. Shopping hungry at a Hawaiʻi craft fair is how you end up carrying four bags of li hing gummies and no gifts.
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