Visitors will enjoy local and historic art at the Academy of Arts, Contemporary Arts Museum, Hawaii State Art Museum, Mission Houses Museum, and the Bishop Museum. Galleries from fine art to contemporary include the Honolulu Print Makers, Arts of Paradise Gallery, Hawaii Craftsmen, Native Winds Gift Gallery, Pegge Hopper Gallery, and Tennent Art Foundation Gallery. Watch the traditional hula dance on Kuhio Beach in Waikiki nightly. Other entertainment venues include the Diamond Head Theatre, Hawaii Theatre, Iona Contemporary Dance Theatre,or Tau Dance Theatre, Hawaii Opera Theatre, and the Manoa Theatre.

Popular annual events include the Art at the Zoo Fence, Talk Story Festival, Garden Isle Artisan Faire, Downtown Gallery Walk, Art After Dark, Waikiki Art Fest, and Native Hawaiian Arts Festival.