Masters of Hawaiian Music with George Kahumoku Jr, Herb Ohta Jr, and Sonny Lim

Three Masters, featured regularly at Maui’s renowned “Slack Key Show®” share the uniquely Hawaiian styles of slack key guitar and ‘ukulele, with origins in the early 19th century when the ‘ukulele and the guitar were introduced to Hawai‘i by Portuguese immigrants and Mexican vaqueros, respectively. Ever since, Hawaiians have made these instruments their own.

Four-time Grammy-winner, master slack key guitarist GEORGE KAHUMOKU, JR, known as “Hawai‘i’s Renaissance Man”, is a multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards (Hawaiian Grammy) Award winner, a vocalist, storyteller, songwriter & author, teacher, sculptor, farmer, and chef, and honored with a Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award and named to the Maui Nui Hall of Fame in 2024.

Slack Key Guitarist, Hawaiian Steel Guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer, SONNY LIM developed his guitar & vocal styles performing with his famous Lim Family of the Big Island. He was also one of the early members ofthe renowned Makaha Sons of Ni‘ihau for whom he played lap steel guitar beginning at age 15. He performed on the first Grammy-winning CD in Hawaiian music, and has won multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards on his solo CDs 

‘Ukulele virtuoso HERB OHTA, JR’S natural talent, knowledge, technique, and speed are unsurpassed. Herb’s versatility and ability to adapt to the changing times will captivate you, the listener, and transport you.

Doors: 6:30 PM
Show: 7:00 PM

All proceeds benefit programs/outreach of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, including supporting those impacted by the 2023 Maui wildfires.