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COURTESY CITY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
This year’s theme, “Starry, Starry Night,” honors Polynesian voyagers who used the stars to navigate their way to the Hawaiian Islands.
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Foster Botanical Garden will transform into a fantastical wonderland at its annual Midsummer Night’s Gleam on Saturday, when the 14-acre urban Honolulu oasis will be aglow with thousands of luminaries and decorative lighting.
This year’s theme, “Starry, Starry Night,” honors Polynesian voyagers who used the stars to navigate their way to the Hawaiian Islands. Members of the Polynesian Voyaging Society will be part of the event to talk about the famed vessel Hokule’a.
There will be botanical painting activities, storytelling, children’s games and crafts, balloons and bubbles, food trucks, as well as ancient Mongolian “Golden Horde” martial arts and archery exhibitions.
Entertainment on the main stage includes the Middle Eastern Dance Artists of Hawaii, West African dance and drum group Sewa Fare and the U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific’s Hana Hou music group.
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MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S GLEAM
>> Where: Foster Botanical Garden, 50 N. Vineyard Blvd.
>> When: 4-9 p.m. Saturday
>> Cost: Free admission
>> Info: 768-7135, 808ne.ws/midsummer