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55th Kona Coffee Cultural Festival

November 6-15th, 2026

2025 Festival Events

Multi-Day Events

Island Sun Coffee: Farming Kona Coffee with Diversified Crops
November 7-15, 2025
9 am to 1 pm
Island Sun Coffee

Island Sun Coffee: Farming Kona Coffee with Diversified Crops

November 7-15, 2025
9 am to 1 pm
Island Sun Coffee
$10 Festival Button

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
November 9-14, 2025
9:30 am & 1:30 pm
Kealakekua

GREENWELL FARMS – SEED TO CUP FARM TOUR

November 9-14, 2025
9:30 am & 1:30 pm
Kealakekua
Free with a festival button.

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
November 10 - 14, 2025
Store opens at 9:00 a.m., tour starts at 10:00 a.m.
Holualoa

UCC Hawaii Kona Coffee Picking & Farm Experience

November 10 - 14, 2025
Store opens at 9:00 a.m., tour starts at 10:00 a.m.
Holualoa
Tour is free with a festival button.

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
November 10-14, 2025
9:30 am ­– 1:00 pm
Holualoa

Buddha’s Cup: Tasting Coffee Like Fine Wine

November 10-14, 2025
9:30 am ­– 1:00 pm
Holualoa
Tour is free with a festival button.

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
November 10-14, 2025
2 pm
Hala Tree Coffee

Hala Tree Coffee: Brewing Workshop

November 10-14, 2025
2 pm
Hala Tree Coffee
$15 plus $10 Festival Button

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
November 10 - 14, 2025
1:00 pm daily
Holualoa

Botanical Garden & Coffee Farm Tour + Kona Coffee Tasting by Grade

November 10 - 14, 2025
1:00 pm daily
Holualoa
Free with a $10 festival button

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
November 10-15, 2025
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Kailua-Kona

KONA COFFEE QUILT SHOW

November 10-15, 2025
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Kailua-Kona
$10 Festival Button

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
November 12-14, 2025
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Donkey Mill Art Center

Exhibition: Mana Ka Mo’omo’o – Donkey Mill Art Center

November 12-14, 2025
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Donkey Mill Art Center
$10 Festival Button required

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

More about the exhibition >>

Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Art 2025

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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