Festival celebrating family music !  Multiple performers will be joining hosts Doug & Sandy McMaster for a festival of family music.  Performers confirmed so far include Ho'onani (ukulele duo), Kellie Lin Knott (award winning singer/songwriter), Kawika & Kauilani (slack key guitar, ukulele, and leo ki'eki'e), Lindsay Maclean (board certified music therapist, percussionist, singer), and Doug & Sandy McMaster (slack key guitar, ukulele, storytelling).

The festival is sponsored by Slack Key Music Center, a non-profit whose mission is to preserve and perpetuate the traditional family music of Hawaiian slack key. 

Family friendly ticket pricing:
Teens, Adults, Seniors: Presale $20  At the door: $25
Youngsters: 6-12 yrs $10
Keiki: 0-5 yrs $0

Absolutely Awesome!

Torrential rains over several days didn't keep the fans away.  Flash flood warnings had been delivered via texts several times during the day.  Yet every seat in the house filled.  Several rows had to be made available for the ticket table as the rain was blowing onto the lanais.  At one point I looked out at the water streaming off the roof (glad the roof was replaced earlier this year), the outdoor safety LED lights were shining on the streams of water making them look like icicles.

Warmth and Aloha filled the sanctuary bringing smiles to faces and joyous clapping at the end of each performance.  Hosts Doug and Sandy McMaster took the stage to set the ambience with their roots of traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and ukulele.  A song from early 1800's blessed the gathering, the place, and invited the ancestors to join the experience.

Ho'onani, an ukulele duo, Barbara Bones and Susan Bransfield took the stage to share their lanai stylings of beautiful Hawaiian song and stories of healing the world with an ukulele in every hand.  Budding songwriters, the hook was set with their own Mahalo Nui Loa Kauai. (Awaiting images and video to be shared.)

Mahalo nui loa to SKMC for bringing piping hot coffee!  (Priceless!)

Kawika and Kauilani:  Growing up with the 'new' slack key born in the early 1900's, hearing the songs by so many beloved performers - such as Gabby Pahinui, Dennis Kamakahi, Ledward Kaapana, and Leonard Kaapana -  this duo brings it home in a polished package using modern technology to express their medleys and arrangements of the classics.

Up next, Kellie Lin Knott, a performing songwriter, introduced her latest CD to Kauai - The World Awake - with several numbers from that beautiful recording including Tomorrow River, Stay Right Where You Are, Take Comfort, The Dream, and ever sassy Make Me Wonder.  She shared a 'yet to be released' number as well. Her stories gave the audience an moving  understanding of the life experiences that are expressed beautifully in the songs she writes.   www.kellielin.com

Lindsay Maclean, captured the audiences hearts with her stories of life as a board certified music therapist and the music she shared.  She was called to this profession in a deep and profound way and we were all on the edge of our seats as she told the story.

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SLACK KEY DAYS 2017
"Celebrating Family Music & Art with Aloha!"
JULY 29 - AUGUST 6

CONCERTS
Saturday July 29: 
    Slack Key Music Center Open House & Concert

Thursday Aug 3: FESTIVAL CONCERT (Free, donations welcome)

•  4p to 8p  St. Michael's Church, Lihue                                                      (Corner of Umi St. and Hardy St.)
•  Artists performing: Aja Gample (slack key and ukulele); Paul Togioka (slack key guitar); Lindsay Maclean (music therapist); Doug & Sandy McMaster (slack key guitar & ukulele); guest student artists

Sunday Aug 6:  SLACK KEY DAYS 2017 FESTIVAL  2pm to 7:30pm (Free)
Prince Albert Park, Princeville, Kauai Hi
4334 Emmalani Rd.
Music, Artisan Fair, Food, Family Fun
Pick up your free gift drawing ticket at Slack Key Music Center station.
Family Event:  No Alcohol, Drugs, or Smoking Please
Music Lineup includes Paul Togioka, Mike & Mckenna, Not My First Rodeo, Michael & Linda Keale, Aja Gample, Doug & Sandy McMaster, Guest Student Artists

Throughout the week guest & student artists will be doing 'guest spots'  at the McMaster Slack Key Concerts:
Information & Tickets @ McMasterSlackKey.com
or Call (808) 826-1469

• Sunday 7/30 3pm to 5pm Hanalei Community Center
• Wednesday 8/2 - 6 to 8pm All Saints' Church, Kapaa 
• Friday 8/4 - 4pm to 6pm Hanalei Community Center
• Saturday 8/5 - 6pm to 8pm Princeville Community Center
• Sunday 8/6 - 3pm to 5pm Hanalei Community Center

WORKSHOPS
Mahalo to Hanalei Community Center (Hale Halawai 'Ohana 'o Hanalei) for sponsoring space for the workshops.

Sunday July 30: Slack Key Guitar Clinic with Doug McMaster
1:30p-2:30p Hanalei Community Center, Malolo Rd. Hanalei
Info & Reservations Call (808) 826-1469

Monday July 31:  Workshops (Free, donations welcome)
9am to 3pm Hanalei Community Center Malolo Rd. Hanalei
Info & Reservations Call (808) 634-5216
Bring your ukulele for the Ukulele class & kanikapila session.

• 9am Family Music: Communication, Healing, Hospice
  • Lindsay Maclean, Music Therapist
• 10:30am Slack Key Musical Meditation
  • Doug & Sandy McMaster, Lindsay Maclean
• 12noon Writing Lyrics in Hawaiian and English
  • Aja Gample
• 1:30pm Ukulele Class and Kanikapila ("Play the Strings")
  • Aja Gample

Wednesday Aug 2:  Workshops (All Welcome) (Free, donations welcome)
9am to 12noon  Hanalei Community Center Malolo Rd. Hanalei
Info & Reservations Call (808) 634-5216

•    Life Making Music (Moderated by Sandy McMaster)
  • Great for both musicians and non-musicians, those considering music as profession, and friends/family supporting children pursuing music as profession
  • Participating artists will talk story, answer questions, demonstrate tips and techniques, and share their mana’o (wisdom learned from experience), music gear & tools, business of music, balancing music career and family/personal life, and value of family music.
  • Bring your three top questions or areas of interest.

Friday Aug 4: Workshops (All Welcome) (Free, donations welcome)
12noon - 2:30pm  Hanalei Community Center Malolo Rd. Hanalei
Info & Reservations Call (808) 634-5216

•    Life Making Music (Moderated by Sandy McMaster)
  • Great for both musicians and non-musicians, those considering music as profession, and friends/family supporting children pursuing music as profession
  • Participating artists will talk story, answer questions, demonstrate tips and techniques, and share their mana’o (wisdom learned from experience), music gear & tools, business of music, balancing music career and family/personal life, and value of family music.
  • Bring your three top questions or areas of interest.

Sunday August 6: Workshops (All Welcome) (Free, donations welcome)
12noon-1pm Hanalei Community Center, Malolo Rd. Hanalei
Info & Reservations Call (808) 826-1469

• 12noon Storytelling
  • Sandy McMaster
• 1:00pm Slack Key Ukulele
  • Doug & Sandy McMaster

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2015
2 Award Winning Concerts to Benefit the
​Slack Key Music Center
and
Introduce the NEW
Slack Key Student Artist Development Program
Learn More...

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2013 Fundraising Concert

Tickets Also Available at:

Via Phone:  1-808-634-9091
Hawaiian Music Store
      - Princeville by Foodland
      - Coconut Marketplace in Kapaa
Ono Family Restaurant
Mahelona Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop
Kapaa Music & Sound

2013
Tickets $30 at door; $25 in Advance

At the PayPal window, you can adjust the quantity and pay with your PayPal account or your credit card.  No PayPal account is required.

Theater seating limited.  Order your tickets today!  Your tickets will be held for you at the SKMC Welcome table when you arrive at the theater (Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital lobby).

Click link below for the Google Map.

Google Map to Hospital

Questions?  Email Us!

Proceeds benefit Mahelona Hospital Auxiliary and the Slack Key Music Center (both 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations).
At the hospital the funds are dedicated to expanding the patient resident music program expansion from Music for Memory to include physical and occupational therapies, depression, anxiety, agitation and other symptoms often associated with forms of dementia, brain injury, etc.
At the Slack Key Music Center, funds raised are dedicated to growing the programs to preserve and perpetuate traditional slack key guitar and ukulele music.

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Music for Memory 2012
CONCERT & MOVIE
Raises over $1,500 for Mahelona Medical Center patient programs.
Click here for press release.

For More Information on the Slack Key Music Center's 'Seeds of Aloha" programs click here.

Healing organizations interested in our programs can email us.