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Whether it’s celebrating Aloha Festivals or visiting Bishop Museum, you’ll enjoy many exciting Waikīkī Beach events when you stay at Holiday Inn Express Waikīkī.
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Whether it’s celebrating Aloha Festivals or visiting Bishop Museum, you’ll enjoy many exciting Waikīkī Beach events when you stay at Holiday Inn Express Waikīkī.
View Events In The AreaWalter J. Macfarlane Memorial Canoe Regatta (July) - Every 4th of July canoe paddlers from around Oahu join thousands of tourists at Waikīkī Beach for the Outrigger Canoe Club’s annual Walter J. Macfarlane Memorial Canoe Regatta. The Macfarlane Regatta is the only wave race on the Oahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association schedule and is the oldest outrigger canoe race in the world, getting its start in 1943.
The regatta is named after Walter J. Macfarlane, a part-Hawaiian Territorial Legislator, avid waterman, businessman and president of the Outrigger Canoe Club at the time of his death in June 1943.
Held every December, it brings together over 35,000 runners from around the world for a race that blends challenge, scenery, and the Aloha spirit like nowhere else.