HEART of Honolulu Street Festival 2026
Saturday, May 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Save the date for our next HEART of Honolulu Art Street Festival, Saturday, May 9, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.! We invite artists and arts organizations to take to the streets, as we shut down Nuuanu Avenue in Chinatown and open it to pedestrian traffic for everyone to experience and enjoy the HEART of the Chinatown Arts District, including art, live music, food, creative local vendors, performances and more.

HEART is an acronym that stands for Heritage, Entertainment, Arts & Culture, Restaurants, and Theatre & Performing Arts. Together, these elements make up the core of the vibrant creative community that exists in the Bethel and Nuʻuanu Avenue district, between King Street and Beretania Avenue.

The HEART of Honolulu Street Festival is organized by the nonprofit Downtown Art Center. Some notable participating artists and creative organizations in previous years have included: Hawaiʻi Craftsmen, Honolulu Printmakers, Hawaiʻi Watercolor Society, Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui, Pastel Artists of Hawaiʻi, Glass Fusion Collective, El Dorado Casting Lab, The ARTS at Marks Garage, Classic Waves Boutique, and many more!

This year, we are excited to welcome back the HeART STRUT, a fun parade of handmade, wearable art, with an “Inspired by Chinatown” theme! Due to popular demand, we invite you to participate in TWO occurrences: The first at 12:30 p.m. (meet at 12 p.m.) and the second at 2:30 p.m. (meet at 2 p.m.) Everyone is invited to strut their stuff as we wend our way around the Festival, led by processional artist Patricia Brubaker. Just meet at the HeART STRUT booth next to DAC at 1041 Nuuanu Ave.!

Participating 2026 Vendors

Aloha Angel on My Shoulder of Hawaii

Alohamade Bites LLC

Angela Tisseraud

Annette Priesman

Art Tent Studio

Blue Bungalow Cards

Breezy Designs

Chubby Fries & Wings

Classic Waves Boutique

Deasegatto/Ferbot

Designs by Jarvia

El Dorado Casting Lab

Flattery Designs

George Evan Art

Glass Fusion Collective

Grace Nastase

Hawaii Arts Alliance

Hawaii Craftsmen (Community Raku Kiln)

Hawaii Handweaver's Hui & Glass Fusion Collective (Pop-up market in Studio 1C of Chinatown Gateway Plaza, 1041 Nuʻuanu Ave.)

Hawaii Taiji Health and Sports Association (Tai Chi demonstrations in Sun Yat-Sen Park)

Hawaii Theatre Center

Hawaiian Soulshine Stained Glass

Heart Cards Global

Hi Zine & Print Collective

Honolulu Printmakers (DAC Make & Take: insect printing)

Hope Hamada (DAC Make & Take: mini books)

Images by Debra Casey

Island Truck Books LLC

James McCarthy’s We Got The Beat (DAC Make & Take: interactive percussion)

JoJo Art

Juanita Ka'ahanui Art

Kai Hana Art LLC

Kora Tilmemeowoj

La & Po Moutique

Lani Jungeun Lee Art

Lemonade By H

Mabuhaylicious

Major Comeback Skincare

Malama Village Hawaii

Mari's Creative Outlet

Morgan Snyder

Northern Lights Studio

Olay's Thai-Lao Express

Pasta Boys

Pastel Artists of Hawaii

Paul Strouse

Plein Air Artists Group

Rachel Porturas

Roberta Oaks

Russ Kato

Salty Air Swimwear

Senne Souki

Sol Printing

Star Padilla

Stefani Truyol

Tamale Hale

Tea at 1024

The Corndog Co of Hawaii

The Henna Shack

These Stuffed Cookies LLC

Upcycled Aloha

Wenli Art Studio

Yoly Jon

Mahalo to the City and County of Honolulu for their support of this event!