The Oregon Aloha Festival

05/11/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing mothers everywhere 🌺

Today we celebrate the women who carry our families with strength, love, sacrifice, wisdom, and aloha every single day. From our mothers and grandmothers to our aunties, sisters, cousins, and friends — thank you for being the heart of our communities.

Your love shapes the next generation and keeps our cultures, traditions, and families strong.

Wishing all of our beautiful moms a day filled with love, laughter, peace, and appreciation. ❤️

Me ke aloha,
The Oregon Aloha Festival Team 🌴🌺

05/07/2026

Huge MAHALO to Anavai O Te Ora for inviting us out to your 4th Annual Student Showcase! What an incredible evening filled with energy, culture, pride, and so much heart. The talent on that stage was amazing and the support from the community made it even more special.

AANHPI Month always reminds us how fortunate we are to be surrounded by so many powerful cultural groups, leaders, artists, and families helping keep our traditions alive here in the PNW. We’re grateful to be a small part of it all alongside groups like Anavai O Te Ora who continue pouring into the next generation.

If you want to catch them, make sure to support their upcoming performance in Springfield, OR in June! It’s absolutely worth it:

https://www.facebook.com/events/2868645696804214

We had an awesome time! 🤙🌺😘
Naomi Hunkin Tiara Atuatasi

05/01/2026

May 1st is May Day, and in Hawaiʻi, that means one thing—Lei Day. 🌺

Lei Day is a celebration of aloha, culture, connection, and the traditions that make Hawaiʻi so special. First celebrated in 1928, Lei Day honors the art of making and giving lei—something much deeper than flowers. A lei is love. A lei is welcome. A lei is respect, remembrance, and connection.

In Hawaiʻi, Lei Day is celebrated with music, hula, storytelling, cultural demonstrations, and of course, beautiful lei made with intention and care. It’s a day to honor the spirit of aloha and the cultural practices that keep our communities connected across generations.

Here in Oregon, May Day is a beautiful opportunity to celebrate that same spirit locally.

How to celebrate Lei Day in our community:
🌺 Wear a lei
🌺 Gift a lei to someone you appreciate
🌺 Support local island makers and small businesses
🌺 Learn the meaning behind lei and the flowers used
🌺 Listen to Hawaiian music
🌺 Share a meal with people you love
🌺 Practice aloha in how you show up for others

For those of us in the diaspora, Lei Day is more than a tradition—it’s a way to stay connected to home, to culture, and to each other.

So today, celebrate gently. Share aloha. Honor culture. Wear your lei with intention. 🌿🤍

Happy Lei Day, Oregon.

03/23/2026

Hawai‘i is hurting right now.

For the past several days, the islands have been hit with some of the worst flooding they’ve seen in over 20 years. This didn’t just happen overnight—it started around Thursday and has been building from relentless storms dumping massive amounts of rain on land that was already soaked from earlier weather systems.

Entire communities—especially on O‘ahu’s North Shore and parts of Maui—have been overwhelmed.

We’re talking:

* Homes completely flooded and destroyed
* Families forced to evacuate with little notice
* Over 200 people rescued from rooftops, cars, and rising water
* Thousands displaced and without power
* Roads, schools, hospitals, and farms damaged or shut down

Some people literally had to swim or kayak out of their homes to survive. Others came back to find everything they owned sitting on the curb—soaked, ruined, gone.

There were even serious fears that a 120-year-old dam could fail, which would have made the situation catastrophic for thousands more people.

This isn’t just “bad weather.”
This is families losing everything.
This is communities trying to rebuild—again.

And while there have thankfully been no confirmed deaths, the emotional, financial, and cultural impact is heavy. Damage could reach over $1 billion.

Hawai‘i is known for its beauty—but right now, it needs support, awareness, and real attention.

If you’ve ever felt love from the islands, now is the time to send it back.

Donate here to help :

Various organizations are now accepting donations to help those affected by the severe weather.

03/11/2026

We’re very excited to welcome businesses interested in being part of the 5th Annual Oregon Aloha Festival marketplace. Our marketplace is a vibrant space celebrating culture, creativity, and community.

At the heart of this event is our mission to uplift Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander-owned businesses, artists, and entrepreneurs. Because of this, priority placement will be given to Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander vendors who share and represent our island cultures.

At the same time, Aloha means community. We will reserve a limited number of marketplace spaces for our neighbors and supporters who are not Pacific Islander who want to respectfully be part of this special event.

This year, businesses interested in participating will submit a vendor inquiry form first. Our team will review submissions and select vendors from the inquiry pool to help create a balanced and vibrant marketplace.

Once an inquiry is received and approved, an official vendor application will be sent directly to the business. Businesses that have already completed the inquiry process will receive their application via email NLT Friday March 13, 2026.

Please note: We will not hold vendor spaces. Vendors are confirmed only after completing the full application process and payment.

✨ Pacific Islander businesses are strongly encouraged to submit an inquiry.
✨ A limited number of spaces will be available for non-Islander vendors.

If you’re interested in being part of a marketplace centered on culture, community, and the spirit of Aloha, we invite you to submit an inquiry.

More details and the inquiry form are available now.

https://www.oregonalohafestival.com/vendor-inquiry-form

02/10/2026

When Bad Bunny referenced Hawaiʻi in his music, we FELT it—and we UNDERSTOOD it.

Hawaiʻi and Puerto Rico share parallel histories of COLONIZATION.

Both were sovereign Indigenous nations. Both were taken without consent. Both exist today in a complicated relationship with the U.S., celebrated for beauty while carrying the weight of land loss, cultural exploitation, militarization, and economic dependence.

This wasn’t just a lyric. It was island-to-island recognition.

Different oceans. Different cultures. Familiar wounds—and familiar resilience.

We believe moments like this matter. They remind us that Pacific and island communities across the world are connected by shared histories and a shared responsibility to protect culture, land, and identity.

Aloha isn’t just a feeling—it’s resistance, remembrance, and connection.

01/26/2026

We’re incredibly honored and deeply grateful to be selected as a 2026 Art in the Parks grant recipient 🙏🌺

Huge mahalo to Cultural Services, City of Eugeneultural Services, City of Eugene, Parks & Open Space, City of Eugene Government, and everyone involved in reviewing and supporting this year’s community-focused programming. Being recognized alongside so many creative, impactful events speaks volumes about the strength of Eugene’s arts and culture community.

As we return to Eugene for the year of the Oregon Aloha Festival, this support helps us continue creating a family-friendly, inclusive space that celebrates Pacific Islander cultures, connection, and community—right here in our parks.

Thank you for believing in long-term impact, equity, and the power of gathering. We can’t wait to share another season of aloha with Eugene 🌈✨



📸: Eugene Cultural Services, City of Eugene
Group name : Hālau Hula Aulani
Kumu Hula : Tiffani Parker
Location : Roseburg, OR

Get ready for another season of family-friendly events produced by our creative community! We're excited to announce 22 community grant recipients for 2026 🎉

Through the Downtown Program Fund grant, Cultural Services, City of Eugene provides up to $5,000 to individuals or organizations producing events in Downtown Eugene. Similarly, the Art in the Parks grant (in collaboration with Parks & Open Space, City of Eugene Government) provides up to $5,000 for events held within City parks.

Dozens of applicants were reviewed this year with consideration for their programming quality, capacity, long term impacts and equity, inclusion and diversity. All programming will occur between April and October.

👉 2026 Downtown Program Fund grant recipients: eugene-or.gov/5089/Downtown-Program-Fund-Events
👉 2026 Art in the Parks grant recipients: eugene-or.gov/5103/Art-in-the-Parks

Featured: The Oregon Aloha Festival will be returning to Eugene for its fifth year with support from an Art in the Parks grant.

01/21/2026

Aloha is not about escaping reality.

It’s about facing it together—with respect, care, and humanity.

In a time when our country feels strained, divided, and heavy, we are working intentionally to create a unifying event—one rooted in culture, kindness, and connection. Not as a distraction, but as a reminder of what is still possible when people gather with openness and respect.

This space exists to help neighbors deal and heal.

To offer moments of grounding, shared experience, and belonging in a world that often feels overwhelming.

The work hasn’t been easy.

Building something centered on unity during times like these comes with challenges—but the purpose remains clear.

Aloha continues because community still matters.

12/11/2025

Super excited to attend this show...

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See you there🤙

Natia O Le Pasefika Polynesian Dance Group

10/17/2025

We'll be attending this very important meeting - please join us!

Please join us and learn more how to protect yourself and the community.