What to do in Hilo in November 2026

Sunday, November 1, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Nov 28

  E ʻAi

  Kainoa Gruspe · Kainoa Makua · Amber Khan · Mary Babcock

  East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center · Downtown Hilo

  • Visual arts

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Music

  7 PM

  Soul Collective

  Hale Kanikapila · Downtown Hilo

  • Music
  • Soul

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Dec 10

  Hawaiʻi Nei

  Wailoa Center · Wailoa River State Recreation Area

  • Visual arts

  Free

Saturday, November 7, 2026

• Music

  7 PM

  Love, Devotion and Surrender

  Larry Dupio & Friends

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Music

  $25–$45 Tickets ↗

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• Comedy

  7 PM

  The Death Show

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Comedy
  • Cabaret

  $20–$25 Tickets ↗

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• Cinema

  7 PM

  The Navigator

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Cinema

  Tickets ↗

• Cinema

  until Nov 15

  Hawaiʻi International Film Festival at the Palace

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Cinema

  Tickets ↗

Friday, November 13, 2026

• Cinema

  6 PM

  EA (Sovereign)

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Cinema

  Tickets ↗

• Cinema

  8 PM

  I Play Rocky

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Cinema

  Tickets ↗

Saturday, November 14, 2026

• Cinema

  1:15 PM

  Keiki Shorts

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Cinema

  Tickets ↗

• Cinema

  3:15 PM

  Made in Hawaiʻi Shorts

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Cinema

  Tickets ↗

• Cinema

  5:30 PM

  Purehearted

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Cinema

  Tickets ↗

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• Cinema

  8 PM

  Making the Line

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Cinema

  Tickets ↗

• Visual arts

  —Time not announced

  Youth Arts Saturday

  East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center · Downtown Hilo

  • Visual arts

Sunday, November 15, 2026

• Cinema

  12 PM

  Protecting Kahoʻolawe: 50 Years of Aloha ʻĀina, with Sacred Island: Living the Dream

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Cinema

  Tickets ↗

• Cinema

  2 PM

  Chura Vita

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Cinema

  Tickets ↗

• Cinema

  4:30 PM

  Dear You

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Cinema

  Tickets ↗

• Cinema

  7 PM

  Drifter

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Cinema

  Tickets ↗

Friday, November 20, 2026

• Music

  7 PM

  How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical

  UH Hilo Performing Arts Center · UH Hilo campus

  • Music
  • Theatre

  $11–$27 Tickets ↗

Saturday, November 21, 2026

• Music

  7 PM

  How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical

  UH Hilo Performing Arts Center · UH Hilo campus

  • Music
  • Theatre

  $11–$27 Tickets ↗

Sunday, November 22, 2026

• Music

  2 PM

  How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical

  UH Hilo Performing Arts Center · UH Hilo campus

  • Music
  • Theatre

  $11–$27 Tickets ↗

Friday, November 27, 2026

• Music

  7 PM

  Silent Movie Night: Gold Rush

  Walter Greenwood

  Hilo Palace Theater · Downtown Hilo

  • Music
  • Cinema

  $12–$15 Tickets ↗

Saturday, November 28, 2026

• Music

  2 PM

  How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical

  UH Hilo Performing Arts Center · UH Hilo campus

  • Music
  • Theatre

  $11–$27 Tickets ↗

Sunday, November 29, 2026

• Music

  2 PM

  How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical

  UH Hilo Performing Arts Center · UH Hilo campus

  • Music
  • Theatre

  $11–$27 Tickets ↗

Everything on in Hilo