The Best Performing Arts Venue in Kauai, Hawaii

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Although luau remain a primary source of evening fun for families on vacation, there are a handful of other possibilities. There are no traditional dinner cruises, but some boat tours do offer an evening buffet with music along Napali Coast. A few times a year, Women in Theater (WIT), a local women's theater group, performs dinner shows at the Hukilau Lanai in Wailua and the Kauai Community Players offers regular performances at its Puhi Theatrical Warehouse. Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center also draws well-known artists.

Smith Family Garden Luau

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A 30-acre tropical garden on the Wailua River provides the lovely setting for this popular luau, which begins with the traditional blowing of the conch shell and imu (pig roast) ceremony, followed by cocktails, an island feast, great music, hula, and an international show in the amphitheater overlooking a torchlit lagoon. Presented Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in winter, and also Tuesday and Thursday in summer, it's fairly authentic and the oldest commercial luau on Kauai. Advance reservations strongly recommended.