Holo Holo Festival brings Hawaiian reggae to San Diego in 2026
Holo Holo turned Waterfront Park into a two-day Pacific reggae stop, led by The Green and Hirie on Saturday and a deeper island-music mix on Sunday.
Holo Holo Music Festival locked in Waterfront Park as its San Diego home for a July 18-19, 2026 weekend built around Hawaiian reggae, island pop and crossover beach-culture sounds. Saturday’s bill featured The Green and Hirie, while Sunday added High Wata, Ekolu, Natural Vibrations, Wavvy and more, giving the event a clear Pacific identity instead of a standard mainland reggae template.
That day-by-day split made the San Diego stop easier to read for fans weighing summer festival options. The Green brought polished, melodic roots reggae with broad festival pull, and Hirie added a reggae-soul-pop blend that reaches beyond the core roots crowd. Sunday shifted the emphasis toward island-rooted acts like High Wata, Ekolu and Natural Vibrations, which made the second day feel less like a repeat of Saturday and more like a fuller showcase of the region’s sound.
The venue detail also mattered. The official San Diego pages and social posts identified Waterfront Park, while third-party event listings also pointed to Gallagher Square at Petco Park, showing how the date circulated across ticketing and event calendars. SeatGeek listed the San Diego event at Waterfront Park with a starting price of $88, and Tixr described Holo Holo as born from a love of island and reggae music, genres rooted in connection, culture and movement.
Holo Holo’s San Diego date also sat inside a broader California run that made the festival feel more like a touring circuit than a one-off local show. The official Holo Holo Instagram account listed Sacramento for Sept. 26-27, Avila Beach for Oct. 3 and Long Beach for Oct. 17, all part of the 2026 slate. Festival posts also noted a livestream option for fans who could not make the trip in person.
For reggae fans, that combination set Holo Holo apart from a generic summer bill. The mix of Hawaiian artists, island-reggae staples and modern crossover names gave San Diego a Pacific-facing weekend with enough variety to reward both the day-one headliner crowd and the Sunday fan who wanted the deeper island lineup.
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