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Please Support Us!

While the Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival is free and open to the public, it is completely dependent upon grants and contributions to defray the cost of producing the festival. Festival production and support staff volunteer their time and resources for this event. Festival production expenses including stipends for the professional festival entertainers and instructors, transportation costs for festival personnel, and miscellaneous production and administrative costs are completely supported through grants and donations.

Major Supporters

The Sheraton Kaua‘i Coconut Beach Resort provided the festival venue and accommodations for some festival musicians and staff through the 2023 festival.

The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA) provides comprehensive management of tourism for the State of Hawai‘i. The HTA is Hawai‘i's official source for information on tourism market research, partnership opportunities, industry news and timely updates during emergency situations.

Funding through the HTA's Community Enrichment Program provided for festivals held in 2015 through 2019.

Funding through the HTA's Kūkulu Ola Program provided for the 2020 and 2022 festivals.

The Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) promotes, perpetuates, and preserves culture and the arts in Hawai‘i.

Funding provided for festivals in 2017-2019 and 2022 to present.
This festival is supported in part by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA), through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i or grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

The Laurence H. Dorcy Hawaiian Foundation was created in 2013 from the Estate of Laurence H. Dorcy offering grants to Hawaiian organizations whose charitable purposes are consistent with Mr. Dorcy's interests.

Additional Supporters

John Pearse Strings supports NextGen steel guitarists by providing steel guitar strings and accessories to them at no cost.

The Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival needs and welcomes your donations to help us underwrite festival production costs. If you wish to make a cash donation, please fill out the HIMELE Support Form. Your contribution may be tax-deductible and will go a long way to support and perpetuate music education and the Hawaiian steel guitar. Your kokua is sincerely appreciated. Mahalo!

All contributions will be acknowledged by a Mahalo (thank you) letter from Hawaii Institute for Music Enrichment and Learning Experiences (HIMELE), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and may qualify for a tax deduction. Consult your financial advisor to verify your eligibility.

Mahalo for your support!