Our January events calendar offers a wide variety of affordable entertainment across the Hawaiian Islands. We’ll continue to update this calendar throughout the month as many organizers announce new events.
As always, we focus on “cheap” things to do with a kamaʻāina adult ticket price of $15 or less or a regular price of $25 or less. Sometimes we suggest events with higher ticket prices that we feel might be worth a splurge, mostly local music, film, and arts events. For more expensive events, we look for popular events with available ticket discounts that can help bring the price down.
If money is tight, check out our free things to do in January. For more things to do every day (free and paid), see our Calendar of free and cheap things to do (hawaiionthecheap.com)

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January Holidays & Special Events
- Free National Park entrance day (always Jan 1)
- New Year’s Day (always Jan 1)
- New Year’s holiday observed (January 2, 2023)
- Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (3rd Monday, January 16, 2023)
- Lunar New Year (Year of the Rabbit: Jan 22, 2023 – Feb 9, 2024)
- National Pie Day (always Jan 23)
- Tax preparation season (Jan 31 – Apr 17, 2023)
Calendar of free and cheap January events
Featured Events are list first each day, highlighted by a photo. Featured events are unique or annual events that we or our advertisers don’t want you to overlook.
Sunday, January 1, 2023
Monday, January 2, 2023
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Friday, January 6, 2023
Saturday, January 7, 2023
Sunday, January 8, 2023
Monday, January 9, 2023
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Thursday, January 12, 2023
Friday, January 13, 2023
Saturday, January 14, 2023
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Monday, January 16, 2023
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Friday, January 20, 2023
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Monday, January 23, 2023
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Friday, January 27, 2023
Saturday, January 28, 2023
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Monday, January 30, 2023
Tuesday, January 31, 2023