Hukilau Tiki Festival — Fort Lauderdale Weekend

The Hukilau begins Thursday, June 4, at the BeachComber Resort in Pompano Beach, Florida, and runs through Sunday, June 7, with programming split between the oceanfront hotel and the Mai-Kai in nearby Oakland Park. The event’s official site bills it as a four-day “tiki weekender” built around live bands, guest cocktail bars, symposiums, workshops, vendors and late-night room parties. Organizers list more than 20 guest bars serving daily, poolside performances on Thursday through Saturday, and additional Mai-Kai programming across the weekend. The event is centered in Pompano Beach rather than downtown Fort Lauderdale, though outside listings describe it as part of the greater Fort Lauderdale weekend calendar. BeachComber Resort & Club, at 1200 S Ocean Blvd., is the host property, and the Mai-Kai remains a second anchor venue for performances and special presentations. The official event page says the 2026 edition runs June 4–7, while the posted schedule begins with Wednesday, June 3, programming tied to the Build-Your-Own-Bar series and Mai-Kai activities. (hukilauevent.com) ### Where is the festival actually taking place? BeachComber Resort & Club is the main site for the weekend’s daytime and late-night activity. The official venue page describes the resort as the host hotel and says its layout is designed to move guests between speeches, bungalows, vending, the beach, poolside concerts and after-hours parties. Weekend Broward’s event listing says the property sits on the shoreline of Pompano Beach, just north of Fort Lauderdale. (hukilauevent.com) The Mai-Kai in Oakland Park is the other major venue. The official Hukilau site says Mai-Kai will host special performances, including Polynesian entertainment and Charles Phoenix’s “Floridaland” presentation, and describes the restaurant as a long-running part of the festival’s identity. ### What do attendees get during the day? More than 20 guest bars are scheduled to serve daily sample cocktails as part of the pass program, according to the official homepage. (hukilauevent.com) The site says attendees can also move through lectures and symposiums on tiki, rum, cocktail history and Polynesian pop culture, along with hands-on classes such as bar-building, painting and craft workshops. (hukilauevent.com) Saturday is also the main vendor day. The official site says the Tiki Marketplace will run all day Saturday with artists, makers and merchants selling mugs, apparel, art, records, jewelry and books, while Weekend Broward says the marketplace will include more than 30 vendors. ### Which bands and presenters are on the schedule? The official bands page lists The Intoxicators, Black Valley Moon, Patina Turners and The Mermers among the featured performers for the 2026 poolside main stage lineup. (hukilauevent.com) Weekend Broward’s listing also names Kreepy Tikis and The Disasternauts in the live-music schedule. Charles Phoenix is scheduled for Sunday at Mai-Kai, according to the posted schedule and event descriptions. (hukilauevent.com) Weekend Broward’s listing also names presenters including Tim “Swanky” Glazner, Daniele Dalla Pola, Abby Laughlin, Devon Lopez and Dizz Fernandez, along with a $1,000 rum tasting led by Joe Horstkamp and Myssi Davis. ### What happens after dark? Room parties are a defined part of the weekend’s late-night programming. (hukilauevent.com) The official room-parties page says hosts transform private suites into themed environments with custom bars, cocktails, music and décor, and the main event page describes them as after-hours bungalow takeovers with rotating bars and one-night-only menus. Saturday night adds a separate luau-and-fire-show ticket. (hukilauevent.com) The official meals page says the luau begins at 7 p.m. on June 6 at the Main Palapa, followed by an 8 p.m. Polynesian fire show on the beach and a 9 p.m. set by The Disasternauts. ### How much does it cost, and what comes next? Passes start at $199 plus service charges for Saturday-only access and run to $659 plus service charges for the all-inclusive South-Seas pass, according to Weekend Broward’s event listing and the official pass chart. (hukilauevent.com) The event is restricted to guests 21 and older, the listing says. Sunday, June 7, is the closing day. (hukilauevent.com) The official meals page says brunch runs from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Main Palapa with morning cocktails, and the schedule lists Charles Phoenix at Mai-Kai later that day. The full daily lineup is posted on the event’s official schedule page. (weekendbroward.com)