NextGen steel guitarists will be featured LIVE in a special Livestream broadcast of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Showcase.
The Livestream Steel Guitar Saturday Extra! will be broadcast on October 16 as the first of two Livestream Steel Guitar Saturday broadcasts scheduled for October. The second broadcast will be livestreamed direct from Kaua‘i on October 30 and feature Ed Punua and Kilipaki Vaughan plus guest steel guitarists Ki‘ileiah Jenkins, Corrie Desierto, Ginger Kamalei and Heu‘i Bandmann.
The Extra! event will feature live performances by NextGen steel guitarists Enosa Lyman, Tai Misailidis, Pono Fernandez, Joey Misailidis, and Mālie Lyman. All NextGen artists in the livestream play multiple instruments, so it's possible that one or more may switch off to other instruments during performances to provide musical backup for the main NextGen performer. The all-star band, including Alan Akaka, Bobby Ingano, Greg Sardinha, Kaipo Asing and Helene Woodward, may also help with backup.
An all-star band kanikapila jam session will follow the NextGen performances if time permits.
Although the Showcase venue is outdoors, past livestream broadcasts have featured NextGen steel guitarists in prerecorded videos rather than in live performances. This was done to protect the health and safety of the NextGen steel guitarists during the pandemic and minimize the number of participants in the live broadcast. The first live NextGen performance was by Ethan Goore in the Hawai‘i Island livestream broadcast this past June.
The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Showcase is a series of livestreamed broadcasts designed to promote and perpetuate Hawaiian Culture, Hawaiian Music, and the Hawaiian Steel Guitar. The series comprises the Livestream Steel Guitar Saturday Showcase (featuring performances by two steel guitar masters,) a Livestream Kanikapila Showcase (home audience play-along with a live kanikapila all-star band,) and an Open Stage showcase (prerecorded videos submitted by steel guitarists worldwide.)
Showcases are broadcast live at least once each month on the Showcase's Facebook page and YouTube channel.
Showcase
February, 2025
January, 2025
December, 2024
November, 2024
October, 2024
September, 2024
Complete Issue Archive
Complete Series Archive
2025 Festivals and Workshops
2025 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Showcase Livestream Broadcasts
All broadcasts originate from the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Showcase Facebook Page and YouTube Channel.
2025 Events
Copyright ©2021 by Hawaii Institute for Music Enrichment and Learning Experiences, Inc., and Cyberventures Unlimited.Terms of Use
About HIMELE
HIMELE is a Hawai‘i non-profit corporation that supports music enrichment and education for people of all ages. Our purpose is to educate, promote, and perpetuate Hawaiian music, Hawaiian culture and Hawaiian musical instruments.
Visit HIMELE
Board of Directors
Mission Statement
Support Us
Learning Resources
Ke Kula Mele Hawai‘i
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Symposium
Statewide Festivals
Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival
Maui Steel Guitar Festival
Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week
Hawai‘i Island Steel Guitar Festival
Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival
Kona Steel Guitar Festival
Community Festivals
Ka Makana Ali‘i - Kapolei
Windward Mall - Kāne‘ohe
Kahala Mall - Wai‘alae-Kāhala
Livestream Hawaiian Steel Guitar Showcase