What to do in Kailua-Kona in December 2026

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Dec 12

  Revisiting Kealakekua Bay, Reworking the Captain Cook Monument

  Gaye Chan · Kaili Chun · Sean Connelly · Dan Taulapapa McMullin · Lawrence Seward · Cory Kamehanaokalā Holt…

  Donkey Mill Art Center · Holualoa

  • Visual arts

  Free

Friday, December 4, 2026

• Music

  7 PM

  Blind Boys of Alabama

  Kahilu Theatre · Waimea (Kamuela)

  • Music

  $50–$75 Tickets ↗

• Theatre

  7:30 PM

  Nunsense

  Aloha Theatre · Kainaliu / Kealakekua (South Kona)

  • Theatre

  Tickets ↗

Saturday, December 5, 2026

• Theatre

  7:30 PM

  Nunsense

  Aloha Theatre · Kainaliu / Kealakekua (South Kona)

  • Theatre

  Tickets ↗

Sunday, December 6, 2026

• Theatre

  2:30 PM

  Nunsense

  Aloha Theatre · Kainaliu / Kealakekua (South Kona)

  • Theatre

  Tickets ↗

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

• Literature

  6 PM

  Fiction Book Club

  Kona Stories Book Store · Keauhou

  • Literature

  $5

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• Cinema

  7 PM

  A Christmas Story (Friday Flicks)

  Aloha Theatre · Kainaliu / Kealakekua (South Kona)

  • Cinema

  $10 Tickets ↗

Thursday, December 10, 2026

• Cinema

  7 PM

  White Christmas (Friday Flicks)

  Aloha Theatre · Kainaliu / Kealakekua (South Kona)

  • Cinema

  $10 Tickets ↗

• Comedy

  7 PM

  Whose Live Anyway?

  Kahilu Theatre · Waimea (Kamuela)

  • Comedy

  $70–$100 Tickets ↗

Friday, December 11, 2026

• Cinema

  5 PM

  Gremlins (Friday Flicks)

  Aloha Theatre · Kainaliu / Kealakekua (South Kona)

  • Cinema

  $10 Tickets ↗

• Cinema

  7 PM

  Krampus (Friday Flicks)

  Aloha Theatre · Kainaliu / Kealakekua (South Kona)

  • Cinema

  $10 Tickets ↗

Sunday, December 13, 2026

• Music

  2 PM

  Kalani Peʻa – Hawaiian Christmas Show

  Kalani Peʻa

  Kahilu Theatre · Waimea (Kamuela)

  • Music

  $50–$75 Tickets ↗

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• Music

  2:30 PM

  Kona Aloha Singers’ Holiday in the City

  Kona Aloha Singers

  Aloha Theatre · Kainaliu / Kealakekua (South Kona)

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

Saturday, December 19, 2026

• Dance

  2 PM

  The Nutcracker Ballet

  West Hawaii Dance Theatre

  Aloha Theatre · Kainaliu / Kealakekua (South Kona)

  • Dance

  Tickets ↗

• Music

  6:30 PM

  Frankie Luxxe: A Very Luxxe Christmas

  Frankie Luxxe

  Kona Elks Lodge (Elks Theater) · Kailua-Kona (Hualālai Center)

  • Music

  $26.13 Tickets ↗

Sunday, December 20, 2026

• Dance

  2 PM

  The Nutcracker Ballet

  West Hawaii Dance Theatre

  Aloha Theatre · Kainaliu / Kealakekua (South Kona)

  • Dance

  Tickets ↗

Wednesday, December 23, 2026

• Dance

  2 PM

  The Nutcracker Ballet

  West Hawaiʻi Dance Theatre

  Kahilu Theatre · Waimea (Kamuela)

  • Dance

  $25–$72 Tickets ↗

Saturday, December 26, 2026

• Cinema

  7 PM

  Die Hard (Friday Flicks)

  Aloha Theatre · Kainaliu / Kealakekua (South Kona)

  • Cinema

  $10 Tickets ↗

Monday, December 28, 2026

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Rocky Mountain High: A John Denver Christmas

  Rick Schuler

  Aloha Theatre · Kainaliu / Kealakekua (South Kona)

  • Music

  Tickets ↗

Tuesday, December 29, 2026

• Literature

  6 PM

  Just the Facts Book Club

  Kona Stories Book Store · Keauhou

  • Literature

  $5

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