Rumours to host First Years event

Grab your baby and get ready to move at the Rockin’ Hula Baby fundraising event at Rumours Night Club next Saturday.

Nonprofit group First Years Hawaii is hosting the event, which will include healthy snacks, bubbles, hula hoops, books, games and lots of dancing.

Babies and their families can bop to pop, rock, hip-hop and reggae spun by a live deejay from 3 to 6 p.m.

Cocktails will be available for nondriving parents.

Proceeds from the event go toward First Years programs such as Nohea, a traveling puppet show, and Family Child Cares, an initiative that aims to improve education.

Rumors Night Club is inside the Ala Moana Hotel. Tickets are $10 per walking human. For more information, visit www.firstyearshawaii.org.

Party Animals arrive for family-friendly fun

Military families are invited to performances by the Party Animals Live, a entertainment group that features singing, dancing and other kid-friendly fun.

“These shows are for military families in celebration of ‘Month of the Military Child’ (April),” said Party Animals founder Mark Allen Ruegg in an email.

The Party Animals wear colorful animal costumes and perform rock music with age-appropriate lyrics. Ruegg created the show after realizing that young children were often attracted to the beat or melody of rock tunes without understanding the adult nature of the lyrics. He got Phil X and Ninette Terhart from the rock band Powder to compose new songs for the group. The group has performed at U.S. military bases around the world.

Shows will be today at Schofield Barracks at 9 a.m. and at Ward Field at Pearl Harbor/Hickam at 5:15 p.m.

Banana Man will be off and running

Try to catch a human-sized banana at the 10th annual Banana Man Chase at Magic Island on May 7. The 5k race starts at 7 a.m. Children, ages 13 and under, may participate in a 500-meter dash. Additional keiki activities include speed and quickness drills, balloon animals, bounce house and face painting.

Visit www.jambahawaii.com or active.com to register.

Top winners will be awarded Jamba Juice for a year (valued at $117). The registration fee for the 5k race is $30 and includes a T-shirt and free Jamba Juice smoothie. Cost for the 500-meter Keiki Fun Run is $15 and includes a T-shirt and race medal.

Proceeds benefit MDA Hawaii. The goal is to raise $50,000 this year.

The Jam to open a can on Waikiki streets

It’s time to show your love for SPAM again at Waikiki’s annual SPAM JAM.

The street festival takes place on Kalakaua Avenue from 4 to 10 p.m. next Saturday, offering arts and crafts, music, and of course, food booths showcasing the trademarked luncheon meat.

Last year an estimated 24,000 people turned out for the SPAM JAM, which is one of the most popular family-friendly festivals in the state, according to Barbara Campbell, vice president of Outrigger Enterprises Group and one of the festival’s founding sponsors.

The festival benefits the Hawaii Foodbank.