Holo Holo Fest<\/a> will be in San Diego. Several island favorites are performing starting at noon at Waterfront Park, including The Green, who are releasing an album Friday, Hirie, High Watah, Ekolu, Natural Vibrations, Wavvy and Pau Hana, hosted by Western Conference.<\/p>\n\u201cIt is celebrating not only the music, but the culture, the food and having the halaus (hula groups) come out \u2026 that\u2019s why it\u2019s so special,\u201d said Dana Greer, chief brand and operations officer.<\/p>\n
Good Vibez, a company overseeing several traveling reggae festivals, including California Roots Music and Arts in Monterey, added Holo Holo to its list in 2022. It is inspired by owner Dan Sheehan, who was raised in Hawaii, and wanted to create \u201ca love letter\u201d to the islands, according to Greer.<\/p>\n
\u201cHolo holo\u201d means \u201cto move,\u201d which it\u2019s done the past four years \u2014 between Las Vegas, Sacramento, Washington, Hawaii, Irvine, San Jose and Oceanside. And it continues with first-time appearances in Long Beach and Avila Beach this year.<\/p>\n
Different from Good Vibez\u2019s other festivals, Holo Holo brings in only island artists, as well as island food and halau, Greer said. The goal is to celebrate island culture on the mainland.<\/p>\n
The event has grown since its establishment, she said, describing it as a \u201csmall seedling into a big plant,\u201d driven by a love of uniting people.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really exciting to be able to see so many people embrace it and it become a gathering place,\u201d Greer said. \u201cPeople use it as a family reunion \u2026 it\u2019s very family oriented.\u201d<\/p>\n
The festival usually brings in five to six thousand people, Greer said. A notable signal of its growth, she said, is seeing returning faces who are willing to drive to different parts of the state for another show.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re wanting to come out; it\u2019s not just a yearly event to them,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019ll drive to Sacramento just as much as they\u2019ll drive to San Diego.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the planning process, Greer said Sheehan, who books the artists, considers who fans will resonate with the most. With The Green releasing a new album just a day before the event, they thought fans would \u201cgo crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tickets<\/a> can be purchased on holoholofestival.com: general admission for $94.63, VIP for $207 and a four-pack deal for $292. The event will also be live-streamed on their website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pacific island cultures from places such as Hawaii, New Zealand, Samoa and Guam will be celebrated in San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[7,5196,967,181,6682,74,84,76,75,420],"class_list":["post-399948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-california","tag-downtown-san-diego","tag-entertainment","tag-latest-headlines","tag-music-and-concerts","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}