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a cafe serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner; upstairs is a happening entertainment and dance
club. Tuesday is $2 drink night, but with a $5 cover (it's the busiest night of the week).
Rumours Nightclub,
in the lobby of the Ala Moana Hotel, 410 Atkinson Dr. (
&
808/
955-4811
), is the disco of choice for those who remember Paul McCartney as something other
than Stella's father. Friday 5 to 9pm and Saturday 9pm to 3:30am the music is strictly retro; on
Sundays from 9pm to 3:30am, Top 40 music is played. A spacious dance floor, a good sound
system, and the music draw a mix of generations.
Gay Bars & Clubs
The reigning queen of gay bars and clubs in Waikiki is
Hula's Bar & Lei Stand,
Waikiki
after 35 years. Overlooking Kapiolani Park, Queen's Surf Beach, and the Honolulu Zoo,
it's packed from the 10am opening until last call at 2am the next day. Drag queens gather
at
Fusion Waikiki,
2260 Kuhio Ave., near Seaside Ave., second floor (
&
808/924-2422;
www.fusionwaikiki.com
)
, for the Gender Bender Lip Gloss Revue on Fridays and the Paper
Doll Revue on Saturdays, plus a male strip show both nights (cover charge). The clientele
tends toward local Hawaii residents at this only after-hours (till 4am) gay bar.
The In-
neighborhood gay bar with a great karaoke sound system. (You can belt out everything from
contemporary hits and Broadway to Hawaiian and country & western.)
MUSIC
Hawaiian Music
“Aloha shirt to Armani” is what we call the night scene in Honolulu—mostly casual, but with
ample opportunity to dress up if you can bear to part with your flip-flops.
Oahu has several key spots for Hawaiian music. A delightful (and powerful) addition to
the Waikiki music scene is Hawaii's queen of falsetto,
GenoaKeawe,
who fills the Lobby Bar
of the
HawaiianRegentHotel
(
&
808/922-6611
) with her larger-than-life voice. You'll find her
here from 5:30 to 8:30pm every Thursday; the rest of the week, except Monday, other contem-
porary Hawaiian musicians fill in.
Brothers Cazimero
remains one of Hawaii's most gifted duos (Robert on bass, Roland
on 12-string guitar), appearing every Wednesday at 7pm at
Chai's Island Bistro (
&
808/
585-0011
), in the Aloha Tower Marketplace. Also at Chai's: Robert Cazimero plays by himself
on the piano on Tuesdays at 7pm; and
Jerry Santos and Hula
performs on Mondays at 7pm.
Impromptu hula and spirited music from the family and friends of the performers are an
island tradition at places such as the
HiltonHawaiianVillage
(
&
808/949-4321
), which has
live music nightly at the Tapa Bar and at the Tropics Bar and Grill. Plus every Friday night
is the Rocking Hawaiian Rainbow Review with fireworks starting at 7pm. Its
WaikikiStyle
Luau
features Hawaiian entertainment with dinner five nights a week (Sun-Thurs) for $120.
The
Royal Hawaiian
also has its own form of luau.
