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Top 10 Big Island events for Oct. 23-29: Check out the annual East Hawai‘i Jazz and Blues Festival, Halloween activities

Big Island Now·Oct 22, 2026 · 8:00 AM CT
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Big Island Now's top 10 events for Oct. 23-29 lean into Halloween, with keiki trick-or-treating, a haunted house in Hilo and a stage production of "The Rocky Horror Show."

"The Rocky Horror Show" opens Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu and runs over two weekends for audiences 18 and up. On Oct. 24, the Hawaiʻi Island Festival of Birds fills the Grand Naniloa Hotel in Hilo from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with a free public hour from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. and proceeds going to bird conservation.

Also on Oct. 24, Parker Ranch Center in Waimea hosts trick-or-treating, crafts and a prize wheel from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and a community health fair runs in Kealakekua. The list also highlights the 12th annual East Hawaiʻi Jazz and Blues Festival and touring artists in Kona.

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