Hawai'ian Music Festivals

I want to lose myself for a week or two in the best Hawai'ian music festival.

Where is it?
When is it?

I found a few on the internet but the info was incomplete and some outdated.

Please help me, those in the know!

Best place for a Hawaiian Music Festival? Hilo! The Big Island Hawaiian Music Festival, featuring ukelele, steel guitar, and slack key performances, July 17-18......take me with you!

DAMN DAMN DAMN! i'll miss it by THAT much...my family and i are headed to the garden isle on the first weekend of july...too big a stretch in time to extend our stay and hop and island to get to listen to some AMAZING music...i will be sorry to miss it though i am going to enjoy our 5 days on Kauai!

Mahalo.
I found a blurb or two about it on the web and it reads pretty fun.

That's a bit quick for my schedule THIS year.

But next year, LOOOOKOUT...

...and I hereby vow to try longboarding when I get there.