Overall Timeline
9 a.m. Doors open
All Day – Cultural Booths, Community Partner Booths, Food & Drinks
9 a.m. Ceremony in Honor of Latte Stones
9:45 a.m. – 11 a.m. Festival Opening, Welcoming Remarks, & Mainstage Performances
10 a.m. Festival Opening & Welcoming Remarks
10 – 11 a.m. Mainstage Performances
11 a.m. Storytelling: Poetry & Oral History Readings
11 a.m. Celebrating Indigenous Voices in Film
Noon – 1 p.m. Celebrating Micronesian Voices: Panel Conversation
Noon – 1 p.m. Main Stage Performances
1 p.m. Storytelling: Student Author Readings
1:30 p.m. Celebrating Indigenous Voices in Film
2 p.m. Closing Mainstage Performances

Ceremony in Honor of Latte Stones
Location: Gallery Lawn
The Bishop Museum is currently working with the Chamorro community to care for and consider long term stewardship inquiries for the latte stones and other ancestral creations brought to the museum in the 1920s. The latte are considered sacred to the Chamorro people of Låguas yan Gåni (Mariana Islands) who, along with Bishop Museum specialists, have recently cleaned, relocated, and re-presented them in a more dignified manner. In honor of the latte, the Bishop Museum, in partnership with the Pacific Islands Development Program, Bulacheros, and Håfa Adai Club of Hawaii, the working group invites the Chamorro community and friends to participate in a special ceremony on June 15th, 2024 at 9 a.m. on the Gallery Lawns of the Bishop Museum. Prayer and offerings made of natural materials will be gifted.

Mainstage Performances
Location: Great Lawn
See cultural demonstrations and performances all day.

Celebrating Micronesian Voices – Storytelling Stage
Location: Gallery Lawn
The Celebrating Micronesian Voices stage near Hawaiian Hall will feature authors who offer a wide variety of experiences as Micronesians. Their poems and stories may take us to home islands or share the complexity of growing up multilingual. Community members will share their original work during the first session, and newly published student-authors from Highlands Intermediate School, Pearl City High School, Waipahu Intermediate School, and Waipahu High School will read poems and stories during the second session. The Celebrating Micronesian Voices program will be closed by Punahele, a Kānaka Maoli artist and educator from Mākaha, Hawaiʻi who stands against anything that is harmful to ʻāina.

Celebrating Indigenous Voices Through Film
Location: Atrium of Hawaiian Hall
Understanding history and culture is essential to strengthening our community’s resilience and ability to change in the face of the racism and discrimination experienced by Micronesians in Hawaiʻi. Films in Chamorro language that feature stories, customs and traditions will be shown alongside the work of Indigenous Taiwanese filmmakers who tell stories about the reclamation of land and culture. Panelists Michael Q. Ceballos, Rita P. Nauta, and Sayun Simung and moderator Brilyn Aguilar, will discuss perpetuating and celebrating indigenous language and identity through the medium of film. The film screenings and panel discussion during the Celebrate Micronesia Festival offer the community an opportunity to cultivate social justice and harmony through conversation and appreciation.
Celebrating Indigenous Voices Through Film is funded by a grant from the Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, through support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this discussion or films do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Cultural Booths: Celebrating Micronesian Voices
Location: Great Lawn, Gallery Lawns
Visit cultural education booths representing Kiribati, Chuuk, Remetau, Kosrae, Mariana Islands, Palau, and more.

Community Partner Booths
Location: Great Lawn, Gallery Lawns
AlohaCare, Sienna, LocalsLimited, Twiddle Productions Inc., Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services – Seams Wonderful, HawaiiKidsCAN, Hawaii Language Roadmap Initiative, Bess Press, Kapi’olani Community College, Leeward Community College, Pacific Drought Knowledge Exchange, UN CIFAL Center of Honolulu, East West Center Education Program, Chaminade University, Honolulu Community College, and more.