Quick facts

• Proper title of event:  Islandwide Crafts & Food Expo

• Begun in 1987 by Founding Expo Director Caroline M. Infante

• Held every Black Friday weekend at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii

• Family-run, kamaaina small business in Hawaii that supports hundreds of other small businesses through our events

• Typically draws 200 to 300 vendors and about 20,000 shoppers

• A Hawaii holiday tradition for decades! Named Hawaii's "Best Holiday Market" by Food & Wine magazine in 2019 and in its subsequent update in 2022. (The COVID-19 pandemic and the passing of our founder pre-empted the expo for three years.)