Merrie Monarch Ho’ike tickets on sale Sunday

Kelsey Walling/Tribune-Herald Halau o Kekuhi, under the direction of na kumu hula Nalani Kanaka’ole and Huihui Kanahele Mossman, performs in the 59th Merrie Monarch Ho’ike on April 20, 2022.

The late kumu hulu Johnny Lum Ho, center, chants as his wahine dancers perform hula kahiko at the 2016 Merrie Monarch Festival. (Hawaii Tribune-Herald /file photo)

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Tickets for this year’s Merrie Monarch Festival Ho‘ike will go on sale at 9 a.m. Sunday at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium box office in Hilo.