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If you visit the island of Kauai in Hawaii than you will not want to miss out on the weekly art walk in Hanapepe. This beautiful old town has been gutted, refurbished and turned into quite the little character. With delicious food and fun music to enjoy, you can walk the streets admiring local artists every Friday evening on your visit to Kauai.

Food

There are several great little places to grab a place to eat down in Hanapepe including some delicious barbeque pork and chicken. The Hanapepe Bakery is also a wonderful little place to have a special dinner on Friday nights if you make reservations. They fill up fast so make sure you call ahead.

In addition to cute little places to eat there are several trucks that make their way throughout the island and park in Hanapepe for art walk night every Friday. There is currently a truck that makes delicious authentic Thai food and Thai iced tea. Also they have a taco truck that prepares some delicious fresh fish tacos.

While dinner is delicious you have to save some room for the yummy pies that are baked fresh and served at art walk. There is a local baker that brings an assortment of fun flavors every week so you can try different ones or purchase a whole pie to take back to your home away from home.

Music

As a wonderful form of art music is abundant at the Hanapepe art walk. There are plenty of local musicians that rotate the art walk each week. With guitars and singing there is a mix of new age and old school Hawaiian music that is sure to get you and your children up and dancing.

Make sure you wear some comfortable shoes so that you can walk around and dance for all the great musicians. The main street in Hanapepe where the art walk is can be long for little ones so pack a stroller when you visit. Then the whole family can enjoy an evening of fun music and dancing.

Galleries

The main street in Hanapepe is full of great little art galleries that host a variety of art types from mostly local artists. There is plenty for sale if you would like to take a little piece of Kauai home with you as well. With so many different types of artists in Kauai there is sure to be an artist that suits your taste for artwork in your home.

When you visit the galleries some of the local artists will be part of art walk so you can meet them in person. It is great to chat with the gallery owners and workers as well to get a feel for the artist if they are not present. Most of the people selling there are down to earth and friendly so you can ask as many questions as needed.

Enjoy the Evening

Since every Friday night is an art walk in Hanapepe you should try to go as many times as you can while you are on the island. Each week there are different local artists out selling on the streets and bringing different types of delicious edible art as well. Enjoy your stay on Kauai and remember to stop by Hanapepe on Friday evening while you are there.