Three Time GRAMMY® Winner Kalani Pe’a Returns To Hawaii Theatre For May Day 2025 “Gifted with a gorgeous voice and a flair for composing resonant Hawaiian songs, [he’s] a major, innovative figure in contemporary Hawaiian music.” – Maui News “Kalani Pe 'a holds an important place in the history of Hawaiian music... [His] third album...displays the depth and breadth of his talent as a vocalist and songwriter in vivid style.” -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser Three Time GRAMMY® Winner & Five Time Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award Winner Kalani Peʻa returns to the Hawaii Theatre stage for his 6th Annual May Day is Lei Day in Hawaiʻi Concert. The concert will be held on Saturday May 3th 2024. Doors open at 5:00p.m. and showtime starts at 6:00p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at Hawaiitheatre.com or calling the Hawaii Theatre box office at (808) 528-0506. About Kalani Peʻa - Kalani Pe’a’s third and most recent release Kau Ka Pe’a garnered his 3rd Grammy win in Regional Roots. He took home his 2nd Grammy Award in 2019 for his second CD No ‘Ane’i [We Belong Here], a release that hit #1 on iTunes World Music Charts and #11 on Billboard’s World Music Charts. His debut album E Walea won him his first Grammy® Award in 2017 for “Best Regional Roots Music Album”, which also received the 2017 Na Hoku Hanohano Award (Hawai‘i’s “Grammy”) for Best Hawaiian Contemporary Album, making Hawaiian music history as the only album ever to win both a Grammy and Na Hoku. The Maui News praises “[his] distinguished...flair for Hawaiian language composition, a talent for fusing traditional and contemporary elements into his music and his wide, expressive vocal range.” February 2020 saw his New York debut, at a sold-out performance at Jazz at Lincoln Center for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook, the first Hawaiian artist to be featured on the series. His original song He Lei Aloha (No Hilo) was also featured on NBC’s Little Big Shots hosted by Melissa McCarthy, sung by Keala Suttle (The Greatest Showman) and danced by Hunnay Demello, and his recording of He Lei Aloha (No Hilo) was featured on the 2021 Netflix release Finding ‘Ohana. In 2019, he made his debut appearance at the prestigious Merrie Monarch hula competition, with an original song for Hula Halau ‘O Kamuela, the group that went on to win top honor at the competition. Self-described as “Hawaiian contemporary soul”, Kalani Pe‘a’s is garnering awards and recognition: Native Arts & Cultures Foundation Fellowship, Artist in Business Leadership Fellowship by the First Peoples Fund, Distinguished Alumni Award by his alma mater Colorado Mesa University, and a WAA Native Launchpad Award in 2020. In May 2021, Kalani was selected as a featured artist for Spotify and Amazon Music campaigns during AAPI (Asian-American Pacific Islander) month, gracing billboards on over 120 transit shelters in New York and San Francisco. He was also nominated for a Folk Alliance International Artist of the Year Award in 2022. In 2022 Pe'a was selected to be apart of the AAPI Campaign with Pandora Music & Tune Core Music