EahouFest
Eahou Fest 2026
Conference-Meets-Festival in Mō'ili'ili, O'ahu
Three days. Infinite possibilities.
Join us for a gathering rooted in ea and culture, powered by global solidarity, and built for the future of our lāhui. Walk in curious. Walk out skilled. Walk forward building kīpuka that last.
Be part of building the Hawaiʻi our kūpuna imagined and our keiki deserve.
Haku Waiwai: The Active Weaving of Abundance
Eahou Fest weaves skill-building, collective design, technology, art, music, and community activation into three days of transformation. Rooted in our theme of Kihoʻihoʻi Kānāwai — the restoration of ancestral ecological law and our relationship with ʻāina — we bring together community organizers, farmers, artists, technologists, and cultural practitioners from across Hawaiʻi and the world to build the tools, relationships, and vision for a self-determined Hawaiʻi.
What to Expect
May 1st: Kihoʻihoʻi (Regeneration Through Return)
A kīpāepae opens the gathering, followed by a keynote from Kekuhi Kealiʻikanakaʻole, grounding us in ancestral law as the foundation for everything that follows. Eahou Global Sessions, cooperative workshops, and tech demos explore what restoration looks like in practice across ʻāina, economy, and technology. The evening closes with pau hana and our inaugural Eahou Short Film Festival celebrating cultural narratives and movement stories rooted in ea.
May 2nd: Kānāwai (Collective Stewardship)
The active practice of living law — just as our kūpuna managed water together, building capacity was never individual. Workshops in graphic design, digital storytelling, soil science, tissue culture, regenerative finance, food sovereignty, and community-led governance run throughout the day. The evening closes with a Nite Mākeke and fashion show celebrating pua and ʻŌiwi design.
May 3rd: Haku Waiwai (Weaving Abundance)
We gather as a working assembly mapping Hawaiʻi 2046, aligning cooperative institutions and community enterprises, and committing to the long-term infrastructure of a sovereign, self-determined Hawaiʻi. We close with a kīpāepae — weaving a shared lei as a collective commitment to carry what we've built forward, together.
Eahou Sessions
Learn from 30 global leaders, practitioners, and innovators who participated in a six-month learning cohort with Purple Mai'a. Each session opens with cohort members sharing their community's experience, then shifts into collective design where you co-create tools and strategies rooted in Hawaiʻi but informed by what's being built worldwide.
Topics include: Moananuiaka Storytelling & Media, ʻĀina Justice & Return, Indigenous Tech & Data Sovereignty, Cooperative Economics & Solidarity, Regenerative Finance & Sovereign Wealth, Governance & Community Power, and Food Sovereignty & Resilient Food Systems.
Eahou Labs
Hands-on skill-building facilitated by Purple Mai'a staff, program alumni, and community practitioners. Rooted in Kānāwai — the understanding that collective capacity is shared stewardship — each lab grows the full range of skills our communities need.
Available labs include:
Digital Creators (visual storytelling with Canva)
Hālau ʻŌhiʻa (hula and chant as living practice)
KILO: Environmental Monitoring Sensors
Makaliʻi Metrics Soil Lab
Tissue Culture (plant propagation for food sovereignty)
Reels (short-form video creation)
Food+ Policy (shaping food policy from the ground up)
Waiwai Studios (animation for cultural storytelling)
Community Activations
We gather in Mō'ili'ili with intention, honoring the layers of resistance, spirit, and ea this wahi pana carries — home to Kā Moʻo'iliʻili and the site of the 1895 Wilcox Rebellion.
Across the three days, the Eahou Malaplex Campus activates the neighborhood: Shinnyo-En Hawaiʻi hosts the inaugural Eahou Short Film Festival, the Church of the Crossroads opens for Nite Mākeke, and the Japanese Cultural Center serves as our main venue.
What You'll Gain
Three days to learn, connect, and build alongside people doing this work across Hawaiʻi and the world. Through design labs, hands-on workshops, and shared meals and conversations, you'll develop real skills and deepen your understanding of the systems, models, and movements shaping our collective future.
You'll leave with new tools, lasting relationships, and an expanded sense of what's possible in your work and community — grounded in the knowledge that you are part of a much larger movement working toward the same horizon.
Tickets
Presale: March 2-16, 2026
General: $129
ʻŌpio (Under 25): $18.93 (limited to 50)
Full price tickets will cost more after presale ends.
Your ticket includes the full three-day festival with all Eahou Sessions, Eahou Labs, pau hana, the inaugural Short Film Festival, Nite Mākeke, fashion show, food, swag bags, and community programming rooted in ea and ʻŌiwi values.
Optional add-ons available on website e-commerce (coming soon): festival merchandise and Kilo workshop kits designed to deepen your Eahou experience.
When & Where
May 1-3, 2026 Mō'ili'ili, O'ahu
Ea cannot be extinguished.