SAVE THE DATE!
55th Kona Coffee Cultural Festival
November 6-15th, 2026
2025 Festival Events
Multi-Day Events


Island Sun Coffee: Farming Kona Coffee with Diversified Crops
Island Sun Coffee
78-6759 Makenawai Street,
Kailua Kona
Hours of Operation 9am to 1pm
Tour Times 9 a.m., 10 a.m. & 11 a.m.
Enjoy a farm and mill tour with Kona Coffee and diversified crops that include cacao, mangos, avocados & miscellaneous citrus. Visit our gift shop that includes various products from the farm including coffee, chocolate bars, chocolate covered peaberry beans, cacao nibs & more! Tour is free with a festival button.


GREENWELL FARMS – SEED TO CUP FARM TOUR
Greenwell Farms
81-6581 Mamalahoa Hwy., Kealakekua
Tour times 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
A life-changing sojourn into the soul of a vertically integrated 100% Kona Coffee operation. Visit Nursery, Farm, wet mill, dry mill, roasting and of course tasting. A $10 festival button for those over the age of 12 is required for entry.


UCC Hawaii Kona Coffee Picking & Farm Experience
UCC Hawaii Kona Coffee Estate
75-5568 Mamalahoa Hwy., Holualoa
Store opens at 9:00 a.m., tour starts at 10:00 a.m.
One tour daily, meet at the farm’s retail shop.
Try your hand at picking ripe coffee cherry and witness how the harvest transforms to coffee in your cup. Tour is free with a festival button.


Buddha’s Cup: Tasting Coffee Like Fine Wine
Buddha’s Cup
78-1377 Bishop Rd., Holualoa
Open 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
For the true coffee enthusiasts, Buddha’s Cup is pleased to present the Coffee Flight. Much like a wine tasting with the vintner or sommelier, knowledgeable baristas will guide you through a carefully curated gastric tour of our award-winning specialty coffees. Tour is free with a festival button.


Hala Tree Coffee: Brewing Workshop
Hala Tree Coffee
82-5966 Mamalahoa Hwy.,
Captain-Cook
Tour time 2:00 p.m.
During the brewing workshop we will prepare and taste the same coffee brewed with different methods: Pour over, French Press and Expresso. Cost is $15 and a festival button. A maximum of 6 people per tour. Visit halatree.com to book your tour today!


Botanical Garden & Coffee Farm Tour + Kona Coffee Tasting by Grade
Doutor Mauka Meadows Coffee
75-5476 Mamalahoa Hwy., Holualoa
Tour will begin at 1:00 pm daily.
Experience tasting Kona Coffee harvested from our farm, brewed in different grades. Entrance is free with a $10 festival button.


KONA COFFEE QUILT SHOW
Kona Hawaiian Quilt Museum & Gallery
Kona Seaside Shops
75-5663 Palani Rd., Suite E,
Kailua Kona
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Quilters and fiber artists come together to celebrate the rich cultural and agricultural heritage of Kona coffee through stitch, texture, and imagination. Free entry to exhibit with $10 Festival Button.


Exhibition: Mana Ka Mo’omo’o – Donkey Mill Art Center
Donkey Mill Art Center
78-6670 Mamalahoa Hwy., Holualoa
Featuring artists and practitioners from across the Pae ʻĀina and the Continent, I Mana Ka Moʻomoʻo honors kapa making as a deeply transformative practice—one that reclaims ʻike kūpuna (ancestral knowledge), restores connection to ʻāina (land), and realigns practitioners with the natural cycles and seasons of life.
Exhibiting Artists:
Maile Andrade, Kamalu du Preez, Kanani Enos, Puakea Forester, Hina Puamohala Kneubuhl, and Lehuauakea

Hawaiʻi’s Oldest Food Festival
Since its inception in 1970, the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival organization has sought to preserve, perpetuate and promote Kona’s unique nearly 200-year coffee heritage. The Festival and the local community embrace visitors and residents by sharing the unique history and culture of Kona coffee pioneers, farmers and artisans throughout the 10-days that celebrate the Kona coffee lifestyle.
Kona Coffee Cupping Competition Awards
Nearly Four Decades of Winning Farms
Entering the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Cupping Competition is a moment of pride and anticipation for Kona coffee farmers who have invested seasons of hard work and dedication into growing one of the world’s most celebrated coffees.
Cupping Kona coffee is more than a competition; it’s a connection to the land and farmers who make this exceptional coffee possible.

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