Oahu Night Markets: What Runs When

Each market below was confirmed on its organizer’s own page or event calendar on October 14, 2026. Drive times are our own count from the Duke Kahanamoku statue in Waikīkī, with no traffic. These are outdoor events, so check the organizer’s Instagram the day you go.

We left out any market whose organizer posts no fall dates, including the Royal Hawaiian Center’s Wednesday rooftop market, which a vendor calendar lists only through September.

Most people searching for the Honolulu Night Market mean Our Kakaʻako’s street festival. The 2026 edition we can find ran Saturday, July 18, from 5 to 10 p.m. at Our Kakaʻako, 660 Ala Moana Boulevard (Kamehameha Schools listing). We found no fall date. Honolulu Magazine described it in 2025 as a twice-a-year event, in June and November (Honolulu Magazine), so a late date is possible, but none had been announced. Check the Our Kakaʻako site before you plan around it.

If your dates fall between editions, the weekly markets below do most of the same job on a smaller scale.

This is the one night market inside Waikīkī. Island Craft Fairs runs it every Monday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Waikiki Beach Walk, on Lewers Street between Kalākaua Avenue and Kālia Road (Beach Walk), and lists Mondays through December 28 (Island Craft Fairs). The listing promises handcrafted items, permanent jewelry, prepackaged and cooked food and desserts, and live entertainment, with free admission to shoppers. Music is scheduled in two sets, at 5 and 6:30 p.m.

Parking at Beach Walk is $8 for four hours with a validation and $4 per half hour without. The free valet runs only 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., before the market opens (Beach Walk parking). Most visitors will walk; our Waikiki parking guide covers the rest.

This is the Friday market closest to Waikīkī. Honolulu Harbor Nights runs every Friday from 4 to 9 p.m. at the old Fisherman’s Wharf in Kakaʻako Makai, 1011 Ala Moana Boulevard. Gates open at 4, music plays from 4:30 to 6:30 and again from 7 to 9, and the calendar lists Fridays through December 25 (Ka Wai Ola calendar). By our count it is 3.3 miles, about 9 minutes by car, from central Waikīkī.

Honolulu Magazine visited in 2024 and reported free on-site parking, food trucks and craft vendors, deck seating that fills early, and Waikīkī’s Friday fireworks going off at 7:45 p.m. over the market’s tents (Honolulu Magazine, 2024). The show is Hilton Hawaiian Village’s; our Waikiki fireworks guide has the details. Check the market’s Instagram first, since the calendar lists Christmas Day and we cannot say that one will run.

Art + Flea turns the galleries and sculpture garden at Capitol Modern, 250 South Hotel Street downtown, into a market on the first Friday of each month, 5 to 9 p.m. (November 6 and December 4). Admission is free and all ages are welcome. On the third Friday the same venue hosts Island Pulse, an evening of island roots and reggae, also free (Art + Flea).

One date moves. On Friday, November 20, Art + Flea sets up at Bishop Museum from 4 to 9 p.m. for the opening of a new Hawaiʻi Walls exhibition, free and all ages. Its page does not say whether Island Pulse still runs at Capitol Modern that night, and it lists no parking. The museum’s posted parking fee is $16 per vehicle for non-residents (Bishop Museum directions); the event page does not say whether it applies.

The Hawaii Farm Bureau runs two evening sessions: Wednesdays from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, and Thursdays from 4 to 7 p.m. at Kailua Town Center. Both list ample free parking (Hawaii Farm Bureau). The page lists no vendors, so we cannot say how much hot food each has.

Every Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m., Pearlridge Center puts food trucks, craft and retail vendors, seating, live music and a beer garden in its parking lot along Kamehameha Highway (Pearlridge). The event page calls the spot the mauka lot in its header and the Wai Makai lot in its text, so look for the signs. Honolulu Magazine lists admission as free (2025 roundup). It is 14 miles, about 27 minutes by car, from Waikīkī.

Island Craft Fairs runs this one on the second Friday of the month, 5 to 9 p.m., at Windward Mall in Kāneʻohe, with food trucks, retail artisans, free admission to shoppers and live music at 6 and 7:30 (Island Craft Fairs). The only fall date posted is Friday, November 13. It is 14.7 miles, about 31 minutes by car, from Waikīkī.

Wai Kai, the surf venue at 91-1621 Keoneula Boulevard, holds its market every Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. (Wai Kai). The operator’s page does not list admission or parking; Honolulu Magazine reported both free in 2025 (2025 roundup). It is about 25 miles, 45 minutes by car, from Waikīkī to ʻEwa Beach.

On a Friday, Harbor Nights and the fireworks fit in one evening; for the rest of the Waikīkī week, see things to do in Waikiki and free things to do in Waikiki. If you want to eat first, our Oahu food tour guide sorts the island by area.

These are outdoor events that cancel for wind and rain, so check the organizer’s Instagram that afternoon. If you want daytime shopping instead, our guide to Oahu holiday markets and craft fairs lists the weekend fairs through December, and Honolulu City Lights covers the holiday lights in Waikīkī. Our International Market Place guide covers the shopping center itself.