11th Annual Slack Key Festival
1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
USA
Played from the heart and soul through the fingers, and flowing with vivid tropical images, Hawaiian ki ho’alu (slack key) is truly one of the great acoustic guitar traditions in the world. In slack key, some of the strings are slacked from the standard tuning, with the thumb playing the bass while the other fingers play the melody and improvise in a finger-picked style.
For the last ten years, the Southern California Slack Key Festival has been the biggest Hawaiian music concert event on the mainland U.S., showcasing Grammy-winning slack key guitarists, the best hula dancers in the world, special guest performers and an Island Marketplace.
Join us for our 11th annual celebration January 14, 2018 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center!