Aloha and Welcome to the 13th Annual Big Island Jazz and Blues Festival
at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. OCEAN FRONT Saturday MAY 16, 2025 from 5-9PM.
4 days of Jazz, Blues, Zydeco, Cajun and ALOHA!
Featuring Grammy Award Winners, Grammy Nominated Artists,
Music Hall of Fame Members and Jazz and Blues Legends.
GATES OPEN AT 4:30PM - TICKETS ON SALE SOON!
Our May 16, 2025 Festival has another incredible lineup of Grammy Award Winners, Grammy Nominated Artists, Music Hall of Fame Members and Jazz and Blues Legends.
For 13 years running, the Big Island Jazz and Blues Festival has brought Aloha to the island of Hawaii and to the Amazing Mauna Kea Beach Hotel.
Main Festival Concert - Saturday May 16, 2026 OCEANFRONT at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, with events taking place all weekend (May 14-17), including a Jazz Teaser Show at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel's Copper Bar on Friday May 15th and JAZZ BREAKFAST, Sunday May 17th.
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel is perfectly positioned along the beautiful crescent-shaped white sand beach of Kauna‘oa Bay, on the sunny Kohala Coast of Hawaii’s Big Island (Hawaii Island).
Come Experience the Newly Renovated Resort
Grammy Winning Jazz Legend
Grammy Nominated Sax Master
4x Grammy Winner Jazz Legend
Chicago Queen of the Blues Guitarist
Grammy Zydeco Master
Singer Songwriter and Cajun Ambassador
Grammy Zydeco Master
Violin Singer Songwriter & Cajun Ambassador
7x Grammy Winner
New Orleans Favorite Band
Guitar Virtuoso
Grammy and Na Hoku Winner
Jazz and Blues Rock Guitarist
Jazz Alley TV - Big Island JazzFest Band
The Big Island Jazz and Blues Festival has been hosted at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel since the first event was held in 2011. The Festival is produced by award winning Filmmaker Kenneth K. Martinez Burgmaier, who's Jazz Alley TV is the longest running Jazz Blues and World Music television show on the planet. Bringing 30 Years of Aloha to Hawaii with amazing music and events throughout the islands.