Hālau Hula I Ka Lā
Hula school serving the Greater Toronto Area, sister hālau to Hālau Hula I Ka Lā in Clovis, California. Presenter of AlohaFest Toronto.
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Who you'll see
Hula hālau, Tahitian dancers and Pacific performers from across the GTA and beyond unite for one day of Aloha. The 2026 lineup is being finalized — many of the same beloved hālau return each year.
Meet the hālau
The 2026 hālau & groups
Led by our host hālau, Hālau Hula I Ka Lā. Tap through to each group's page where available.
The groups below are our 2025 lineup — a good sense of who joins us each year. The 2026 hālau and groups will be confirmed and updated here once finalized.
United We Band
The festival’s house band — live island music and warm welcomes that keep the day moving between performances.
Hui o Keikialiʻi
Montréal Hawaiian hula group — the local chapter of Hālau o Keikialiʻi under Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche — teaching hula kahiko and ʻauana with oli and mele, in French and English.
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Precious Kūpuna
Hula group celebrating the grace of kūpuna (elders) through dance.
Terama
Greater Toronto's first ʻOri Tahiti (Tahitian dance) school, teaching traditional Tahitian dance through classes and workshops.
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Hoʻomaka Hanu A Ke Aloha
"To begin to breathe aloha" — non-profit society established 2019, teaching hula kahiko, ʻauana and ʻori Tahiti at Blue Quill Community Hall in south Edmonton, with an annual Hōʻike.
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ʻOhana Hula
Hula at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre with instructor Renee Siao — recreational classes at three levels four terms a year, and the ʻOhana Hula performance club. Ages 18+; JCCC membership required.
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Hālau Ka Liko Pua O Kalaniākea
Toronto branch of Hālau Ka Liko Pua O Kalaniākea — the Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu hālau founded by Kumu Hula Kapua Dalire-Moe, a former Miss Aloha Hula whose dancers compete at the Merrie Monarch Festival in hula kahiko and ʻauana.
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Leiʻala Dance School
Mississauga Polynesian dance school teaching hula and ʻori Tahiti under the guidance of Hālau Hula ʻO Nāpunaheleonāpua, presenting an annual Hōʻike at the Maja Prentice Theatre.
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Spirit of Aloha ʻOhana Hula
Toronto hula school sharing Hawaiian culture through hula since 1986, with Sunday classes in Scarborough for all levels from beginner to competitive dancer.
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Hālau Hula ʻO Walea
Markham hula hālau led by kumu hula Joy Emalani Walea Corpuz-McKoy, perpetuating hula and Hawaiian and Polynesian arts. One of the largest hālau in the GTA (around 100 members), it presents an annual Hōʻike and in 2025 became the second Canadian hālau invited to compete at the Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition in Hilo.
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HulaLa
Scarborough hula group run by Lourdes Sadiua, teaching Hawaiian hula and connecting local dancers through its Facebook community.
Visit → Sharing the aloha spirit
More than a dance — a way of being.
Aloha means hello and goodbye — but more deeply, it is love, compassion, and moving through the world with warmth. AlohaFest exists to share that spirit, and the living cultures of the Pacific, with the whole city.
Cultures of the Pacific
Hawaiʻi
Hula & Mele
Storytelling through dance and chant — the heart of the festival, in both ancient and modern forms.
Tahiti
ʻOri Tahiti
Fast, powerful hip movement and drumming from French Polynesia.
Sāmoa
Siva
The graceful, storytelling siva — the dance of Sāmoa.
Aotearoa
Māori Kapa Haka
The haka and poi of the Māori people of New Zealand.
Two styles of hula
Kahiko
Ancient
Traditional hula performed to chant (oli) and percussion — rooted in centuries of Hawaiian history and ceremony.
ʻAuana
Modern
The graceful, flowing hula many know best — danced to song and instruments like the ʻukulele and guitar.
A little Hawaiian
Aloha love · hello · goodbye
Mahalo thank you
ʻOhana family
Hālau hula school
Mele song · music
Lei flower garland
E komo mai welcome
Keiki children
Kūpuna elders
Perform with us in 2026.
Are you a hula hālau, Polynesian dance group or Pacific musician? We'd love to welcome you to the AlohaFest stage for our 10th anniversary.