More than a dozen food vendors will work all day to help fuel the crowd for the big finale of the annual Taste of Kalihi Festival: a massive line dance.
TASTE OF KALIHI
Where: Colburn Street at McNeil Street, adjacent to Dillingham Plaza Shopping Center
When: 10 a.m.- 8 p.m. Saturday
Cost: Free admission
Info: filipinochamber.org/taste-of-kalihi or 306-1428
The 10th annual event will highlight a wide range of Kalihi businesses, a variety of Oahu food vendors and entertainment by performers from Kalihi, presented by the Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii Foundation, the City and County of Honolulu, the Hawaii Construction Alliance and Western Union.
Many exhibitor booths will highlight products and services offered in Kalihi.
In addition, more than a dozen food vendors will offer a range of cuisines reflecting Hawaii’s multicultural demographics and appetites, with a concentration on Filipino food and local favorites.
Food vendors will include Andong’s, Crazy Country Corn, Da Hub, Dick’s Lechon, G-Town Catering, Nayong Filipino, Tea Girls Hawaii and Tiano’s Restaurant.
A “Keiki Zone” will offer rides and games, and live entertainment will include musical performances and dance exhibitions.
The event will be staged along Colburn Street near the Dillingham Plaza Shopping Center and McNeil Street, just makai of Dillingham Boulevard.
“And we have this big finale at the end, which is basically a large line dance. I think it’s probably going to be the ‘Electric Slide’ once again,” said volunteer Brandon Dela Cruz. “We have 500 people all jump in. Everybody has fun with it.
“This was created to highlight the good things that happen in Kalihi, that it’s a great place to do business and to live and be a part of what’s happening” in the community, he said.
