Kāhuli Festival 2024

Saturday, November 9, 2024
3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Reduced Admission $5.00 for Kama‘aina and Military
Free for Museum Members

The 3rd Annual Kāhuli Festival’s theme is Partnerships for Preserving Biodiversity. Hosted by the Bishop Museum, the festival offers an opportunity for the many partners in research, conservation, education, and natural resource management to showcase how we mālama pū i ka ʻāina, especially through the lens of our endangered Hawaiian land snails. The festival brings together the community of research and conservation partners, along with artists and community members to showcase the collective efforts necessary to save these jewels of the forest and the ecosystems on which we all rely.

This is an opportunity to learn about and celebrate the rich biocultural diversity that makes Hawaiʻi unique. Programs will include hands-on workshops and talks by conservationists, authors, researchers, and cultural practitioners; family-friendly activity booths hosted by community partners; snail captive rearing exhibits featuring live endangered and rare snails from Bishop Museum’s Hawaiian Land Snail Conservation Program and the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Snail Extinction Prevention Program; art exhibits featuring local artists, cultural workshops, and more.

Although kāhuli is often mistakenly thought to refer primarily to the famous O‘ahu Tree Snails, it refers to land snails, broadly. At least 759 species of land snails are native to Hawaiʻi, and 99% of them are found nowhere else in the world. Unfortunately, many of them are critically endangered, with nearly 100 more expected to go extinct in the next decade without effective partnerships and actions.

Meet Live Native Snails!
3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Pūpū Ola: Kāhuli Captive Rearing Research Center
Science Adventure Center – First Floor

Pūpū Painting & Kūpeʻe Krafting
3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Great Lawn

Kāhuli Art Display & Silent Auction
3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Science Adventure Center – First Floor

Community Partner Education Booths & Activities
3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Great Lawn & Science Adventure Center Lawns

Food & Drink Stations

Main Stage Program
3:45 p.m. Opening Protocol & Welcoming Remarks
4:30 p.m. Kamehameha Schools Children’s Chorus
5 p.m. Hoʻolono i ka leo o ke kāhuli – Listen to the voice of the Hawaiian land snails with Aimee Sato & the snail chorus
6 p.m. Partners for Preserving Biodiversity, a panel discussion
7 p.m. Live Music with Ahe Mālie

Confirmed Community Partners
Snail Extinction Prevention Program
HawaiiKahuli.org
Kaiʻili Kaulukukui
Honolulu Beerworks

Koʻolau Mountains Watershed Partnership
Waiʻanae Mountains Watershed Partnership
Army Natural Resources Program, Oʻahu (ANPRO)
Honolulu Zoo
Lyon Arboretum

American Bird Conservancy, Birds Not Mosquitoes
Autochthonous Hawaii
Conservation Council for Hawaii
Hawaiʻi Invertebrate Program, DLNR Division of Forestry & Wildlife
Hawaiʻi Pacific University
Bishop Museum E Ulu, E Ola
Bishop Museum Press
Kanu o Ka ʻĀina, Ka ʻOhā
Laulima
Maoli Farms
Mea Lāliʻi
Morgan Snyder, artist
National Science Foundation
Oʻahu Invasive Species Committee
Teanri Designs
Tressa Hoppe, artist
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Insect Museum
University of Hawaiʻi College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Alumni Association and Friends
Urban Garden Center

Photo Credit: Brendon Wang