Palace Theater: Movies, Concerts & Special Events

Talons and Talent

Wednesday December 11th @ 9:30am and 1:00pm
Doors, Box Office and Concessions open 30min prior to each showtime

Talent show | 90 min

Tickets Available Now
$2 General Admission
All Sales final, Tickets are non refundable or transferable. Seating is open for each performance.

Connections Public Charter School returns to the Palace stage to present: “Talons and Talents”: A Variety & Talent Show.


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The Nutcracker Ballet 2024

Friday December 13th @ 7:00pm
Saturday December 14th @ 7:00pm
Sunday December 15th @ 2:00pm
Doors, Box Office and Concessions open 1 hour prior to each showtime

Live Ballet

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
$20 General Admission
*All Sales Final. Tickets are non-refundable or transferable. All Tickets $5 more on Day of Show. Seating is assigned for all performances, seats are selected at time of ticket purchase.

   

Island Dance Academy and the Palace Theater present “The Nutcracker”, with performances on Friday December 13 and Saturday December 14 at 7 p.m., and 2 p.m. on Sunday December 15. Featuring whirling twirling ballerinas, tap dancing soldiers, sword fighting combatants and more, this is a long-time holiday tradition for Hilo, first started by Island Dance Academy’s director, Suen Hughes, in 1989.

And, as a special bonus, Rick Mazurowski will introduce the shows with Christmas music played on the Palace’s magnificent pipe organ.


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Hollywood Classics: White Christmas

Wednesday December 18th @ 2:30pm  & 7:00pm
Doors, Box Office and Concessions open 30 minutes prior to showtime

Holiday Musical | Not Rated
120 min

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
$10 General Admission
$9 Senior, Student, Veteran
All Sales Final. Tickets are non-refundable or transferable. Seating is open for this show.

Synopsis: A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.

Hollywood Classics is a ongoing film series presented by AARP

Hilo Jazz Orchestra plays Steely Dan

MY OLD SCHOOL!
Thursday December 19th @ 7:00pm
Doors, Box Office and Concessions open at 6:00pm

Live concert | approx 120 min

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
$10 Student with valid student ID
$20 General Admission
$30 Priority Orchestra
*All sales final. Tickets are non-refundable or transferable. All tickets $5 more on Day of Show, except Student tickets. Seating is assigned for this show, seats are selected at time of ticket transaction.

The Hilo Jazz Orchestra returns to the historic Palace stage to play the music of Steely Dan in this live concert tribute featuring performances from HAASTILE and THE HOT POTAYTAHS.


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Kalani Pe’a

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Friday December 20th @ 7:00pm

Doors, Box Office and Concessions open at 6:00pm

Live concert | approx 120 min
with intermission

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
$70 Priority Orchestra
$40 General Admission
All sales final. Tickets are non-refundable or transferable. All seating is assigned for this performance, seats are selected at time of tickets transaction.

The Palace Theater is proud to present three time Grammy Award Winner Kalani Pe’a live in concert on December 20th.

With Special Guests Kumu Hula Polanimakamae + No’eau Kahakalau-Kalima & Halau Hula Kauluola.

All ticket sales benefit the ongoing maintenance and restoration of the historic Palace Theater.


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Tease the Season

Saturday December 21st @ 7:00pm
Doors, Box Office and Concessions open 6:00pm

Live Aerial Burlesque | approx 90 min
RESTRICTED TO 18+ ONLY

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
$27 General Admission
$42 Priority Orchestra
All sales final. Tickets are non-refundable or transferable. All tickets $5 more on Day of Show. Seating is assigned for this show, seats are selected at time of ticket purchase.

Aerial Arts Hawai’i returns to the Hilo Palace with TEASE THE SEASON, a cheeky holiday aerial cabaret, just in time for winter solstice! Come enjoy an evening of high flying aerial acrobatics and playful burlesque, suitable for audiences 18+.


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Gremlins

Sunday December 22nd @ 2:30pm
Doors, Box Office and Concessions open at 2pm

Horror Comedy | rated PG
106 min

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
$10 General Admission
$9 Senior, Student, Veteran
All Sales Final. Tickets are non-refundable or transferable. Seating is open for this show.

Synopsis: A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.

Conclave

Thursday December 26th @ 7:00pm
Friday December 27th @ 7:00pm
Saturday December 28th @ 7:00pm
Sunday December 29th @ 2:30pm & 7:00pm

Doors, Box Office and Concessions open 30 minutes prior to showtime

Conspiracy Thriller, Drama | Rated PG
120 min

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
$10 General Admission
$9 Seniors, Student, Veteran

All ticket sales final. Tickets are non-refundable or transferable. Seating is open for this film

Directed by Edward Berger
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow

Synopsis: When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.

 

Aloha Spirit Rising

Friday January 17th @ 7:00pm
Doors, Box Office and Concessions open at 6:30pm

Documentary | Not Rated
86 min

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
$10 General Admission
$9 Senior, Student, Veteran
All ticket sales final. Tickets are non-refundable or transferable. Seating is open for this film

Synopsis: A spiritual journey through the lives of a free-spirited community living off-the-grid in the secluded Hawaiian jungle to achieve human liberation via the elevation of collective consciousness.