There are also special events that are held here throughout the year. Art exhibitions, festivals, craft fairs and other celebrations make this park a wonderful place to enjoy for everyone. Perhaps the very best day of the year to visit this park is on Kamehameha Day June 11th. V. It is also the day that King David Kalakaua dedicated this park to Queen Kapiolani in 1871. Hawaii still remembers this with a grand parade that begins in Downtown Honolulu and ends at the Waikiki shell parking lot.
Festivities follow the parade at the park.