About the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture

Ho‘oulu Lāhui: Regenerating Oceania

Originally scheduled to take place in 2020, FestPAC was one of the first major festivals in Hawaiʻi to be postponed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The early decision was made out of an abundance of caution for the health and safety of Hawaiʻi residents and visiting delegations. The new date in 2024 maintains the four-year cycle of festivals while maximizing the opportunity for delegations to participate as their own Pacific island nations recover from the economic and social impacts of the pandemic. The theme for FestPAC Hawaiʻi 2024 is “Ho‘oulu Lāhui: Regenerating Oceania,” honoring the traditions that FestPAC works to perpetuate with an eye toward the future.

A New Logo

As Hawaiʻi hosts FestPAC for the first time ever, the FestPAC Hawaiʻi 2024 logo is a homecoming. Designed by Kīhei de Silva for the Hawaiʻi delegation at the 8th Festival of Pacifc Arts in 2000 (New Caledonia), the petroglyph design has been used by the Hawaiʻi delegation for each festival hence: Republic of Palau (2004), American Samoa (2008), the Solomon Islands (2012), and Guam (2016).