SAVE THE DATE!
55th Kona Coffee Cultural Festival
November 6-15th, 2026
2026 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 100% Kona Coffee, Chocolate bars, chocolate covered peaberry beans, cacao nibs & more. Tour is free with a $10 festival button.




GREENWELL FARMS – SEED TO CUP FARM TOUR
Greenwell Farms
81-6581 Mamalahoa Hwy., Kealakekua
Tour times 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 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 times at 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Tours 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: Kona Coffee Farm Tour
Hala Tree Coffee
82-5966 Mamalahoa Hwy.,
Captain-Cook
Tours begin hourly from 9:00am-3:00pm. Last tour departs at 3:00pm.
| Experience Kona coffee from seed to cup at Hala Tree Coffee, a family-owned, 100% Kona coffee farm on the slopes of Mauna Loa. This guided walking tour takes you through the coffee orchards and every stage of production—from cultivation and processing to roasting and brewing—while sharing the history, craftsmanship, and unique terroir that make Kona coffee world-renowned. Enjoy breathtaking ocean views and conclude your visit with a tasting of freshly roasted estate-grown coffees. There is a capacity for 12 guests per tour. Tour is free with a $10 festival button.
Festival button holders will receive $5.00 off any purchase in their farm store. Please note that this is a walking tour. An adjusted route is available for guests with mobility limitations – please contact the farm in advance so that they can accommodate your needs. |




Doutor Coffee “Mauka Meadows” Self-Guided Farm Tour & Coffee Tasting
Doutor Mauka Meadows Coffee
75-5476 Mamalahoa Hwy., Holualoa
Hours 9am-3pm (last entrance is at 2pm)
Experience tasting Kona Coffee harvested from our farm, brewed in different grades. Entrance is free with a $10 festival button for those over the age of 12.




KONA COFFEE QUILT & FIBER ARTS SHOW
Quilt Passions
Next to TK Noodles – 75-5722, Hanama Pl Ste 1100, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
| Discover a beautiful collection of coffee-themed quilts and fiber art at the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Quilt & Fiber Arts Show. Artists from Hawaiʻi and around the world will showcase their creative interpretations of Kona coffee, island life, and tropical beauty. Many of the quilts and fiber art pieces will be available for purchase. Whether you’re a quilter, coffee lover, or art enthusiast, this unique exhibit is sure to inspire. Free entry to exhibit with $10 Festival Button.
Quilt Passions offers free validated parking. Guests do not need to scan the sign in the parking lot, just bring your license plate number and parking will be validated. If you would like to submit an quilt or fiber arts piece in the show, please visit quiltpassions.net and search Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Quilt Challenge. |




Exhibition: Revisiting Kealakekua Bay, Reworking the Captain Cook Monument
Donkey Mill Art Center
78-6670 Mamalahoa Hwy., Holualoa
Featuring interventionist proposals by artists Bernice Akamine, Gaye Chan, Kaili Chun, Sean Connelly, Les Filter Feeders, Maliewai Productions, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Lawrence Seward, and Cory Kamehanaokalā Holt Taum. Since 2018, this collaborative effort has grown through research, dialogue, and community partnerships. Together, these artists revisit an ancestral place to rework a historic monument, honor untold stories of intergenerational resistance, address scientific colonialism in the Pacific, and cultivate remediated futures.
Entry is $10 festival button for those over the age of 12. Registration is required to participate. Visit https://donkeymillartcenter.org/event/?event=7034 to register.




Kona Historical Society’s Kona Coffee Living History Farm Tour
Kona Coffee Living History Farm
82-6199 Mamalahoa Hwy., Captain Cook
10 a.m.– 2 p.m.
Stroll through this award-winning, historic farm that tells the story of Kona’s coffee pioneers during the early 20th century. A self-guided experience, you’re free to walk among the coffee trees, meet a “Kona Nightingale”, or watch how farmers used the kuriba and hoshidana to mill and dry their world-famous coffee. Visit the original 1920’s farmhouse where you may find the homemaker starting the fire to cook rice or making musubi for the farmer’s lunch. Living history gives visitors an opportunity to experience history “brought to life” by costumed interpreters who demonstrate traditional crafts, agricultural activities, and the everyday tasks of people from the past. “Talk story” along the way with the farm’s living history interpreters and discover the story behind Kona’s gourmet crop. Self-guided farm tour tells the story of Kona’s coffee pioneers during the early 20th century. The cost is $15 with a $10 festival button, $10 for Hawai’i residents with a $10 festival button. Admission is available for purchase on-site. Last entry into the farm is at 1:15 p.m.


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.


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