2026 Kauaʻi Chocolate & Coffee Festival Schedule of Events

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Chef Orly Yadao, 

   Orly Patisserie      

2 pm - 2:45 pm  

FREE DEMONSTRATION 

Kauaʻi residents Aldrine & Aaron, world famous ʻukulele performers and instructors based on Kauaʻi.  Aldrine and Aaron are currently operating the AG ʻUkulele Academy, which offers 'ukulele lessons for players of all ages on the island of Kauaʻi.

Paul Togioka has received numerous awards during his career including “Best Recording by a Slack Key Artist” and “Best Hawaiian Instrumental Recording” by the HAWAIIAN MUSIC AWARDS.

Paul is also a featured artist at the HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITAR FESTIVALS and on the two time GRAMMY Nominated and Nã Hökü Hanohano Award Winning CD “Hawaiian Slack Key Kings.”

Photo by Grant Honma

We are a Taiko drumming group that performs at community events and private parties. Ages range from 7 to 18 years old

2026

Tsunami Taiko

10 am - 10:15 am

Chef Orly Yadao   

Orly Patisserie 

10:20 am - 11:00 am

Aldrine & Aaron

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Paul Togioka  

11:45 am – 12:15 pm

Kapaʻa Middle School ʻUkulele Ensemble 

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

Presentation by Raven Hanna 

One Cacao Tree: a guide to backyard cocoa, tiny fermentations, and making chocolate in the tropics 

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm

Silent Auction Closes

2:45 pm 

Tumoaona Tahitian Dance School

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm  

Schedule subject to change 

Support the Silent Auction benefitting Måkama Kaua'i featuring everything from specialty wine to jewelry and dinners. 

(See Silent Auction Page for details)

Raven Hanna plays with cacao trees in a food forest on the Hāmākua Coast of Hawai‘i Island. She brings curiosity and intuition for experimentation from her science background (Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry from Yale University) to tiny-scale cacao processing and chocolate making. She has many other interests, but you wouldn’t know it if you get her started talking about chocolate. Raven is a certified Hawai‘i Master Gardener, a certified Hawai‘i Master Food Preserver, and a certified science communicator (UC Santa Cruz). Author of the book One Cacao Tree: A Guide to Backyard Cocoa, Tiny Fermentations, and Chocolate Making in the Tropics, she teaches cacao growers and chocolate makers and occasionally sells healthy, tiny-batch, hand-dipped chocolates.Raven Hanna plays with cacao trees in a food forest on the Hāmākua Coast of Hawai‘i Island. She brings curiosity and intuition for experimentation from her science background (Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry from Yale University) to tiny-scale cacao processing and chocolate making. She has many other interests, but you wouldn’t know it if you get her started talking about chocolate. Raven is a certified Hawai‘i Master Gardener, a certified Hawai‘i Master Food Preserver, and a certified science communicator (UC Santa Cruz). Author of the book One Cacao Tree: A Guide to Backyard Cocoa, Tiny Fermentations, and Chocolate Making in the Tropics, she teaches cacao growers and chocolate makers and occasionally sells healthy, tiny-batch, hand-dipped chocolates.