The Palace Theater is proud to present the 3rd annual variety show competition: A Night of Island Stars! 11 finalists are competing for the grand prize of $1000, selected by a panel of 3 judges on the night of the show. This unique variety show promises a family friendly, fun filled evening filled with music, dance, aerial and more! All acts are eligible for the Audience Choice Award, so come ready to Vote for your favorite performer. The evening is MC'd by Ku'ehu Mauga, with a special performance from last year's winner Diego Gutierez.

The light, the lives, and the textures of contemporary, working-class Mumbai are explored and celebrated by writer/director Payal Kapadia, who won the Grand Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for her revelatory fiction feature debut. Centering on two roommates who also work together in a city hospital—head nurse Prabha (Kani Kusruti) and recent hire Anu (Divya Prabha)—plus their coworker, cook Parvaty (Chhaya Kadam), Kapadia’s film alights on moments of connection and heartache, hope and disappointment. Prabha, her husband from an arranged marriage living in faraway Germany, is courted by a doctor at her hospital; Anu carries on a romance with a Muslim man, which she must keep a secret from her strict Hindu family; Parvaty finds herself dealing with a sudden eviction from her apartment. Kapadia captures the bustle of the metropolis and the open-air tranquility of a seaside village with equal radiance, articulated by her superb actresses and by the camera with a lyrical naturalism that occasionally drifts into dreamlike incandescence. All We Imagine as Light is a soulful study of the transformative power of friendship and sisterhood, in all its complexities and richness.

The BrownChicken BrownCow Circus Sideshow is returning to Hilo to the Hilo Palace Theatre on Saturday, February 8th!! AG Presents and The Hilo Palace Theatre are excited to present one of Mauiʻs favorite bands, BrownChicken BrownCow Stringband, Saturday, February 8th as part of the Hilo Palace Theatre’s 100 year anniversary. Xander, Orion, Justin, and Matt are bringing the Appalachian jams to Hilo. Fresh off their sold out performances on Maui and Ohio’s Grassfire 2024 Festival (the event featured Greensky Bluegrass, Del McCoury Band, Leftover Salmon, Peter Rowan Band, and more). The energy coming off their strings is unmatched in the World of Bluegrass, Jamgrass, and Mountain Music.

David Lynch takes us on an intimate journey through the formative years of his life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to shape one of cinema's most enigmatic directors. David Lynch the Art Life infuses Lynch's own art, music and early films, shining a light into the dark corners of his unique world, giving audiences a better understanding of the man and the artist. As Lynch states "I think every time you do something, like a painting or whatever, you go with ideas and sometimes the past can conjure those ideas and color them, even if they're new ideas, the past colors them."

When their relationship turns sour, a young couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories.

"That’s Sew Hilo" delves into Hilo’s rich history as a hub for sewing, tailoring, and garment-making, celebrating the artistry and resilience of Hawai‘i Island’s people through the lens of fashion. This documentary weaves together stories of the past with insights from contemporary designers, honoring deep-rooted traditions while imagining a bold, creative future.

Beloved ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro returns to the Palace stage for an intimate concert performance. The Palace Theater is proud to present Jake Shimabukuro live in concert on February 14th at 7pm. Doors, Box Office and concessions open at 6pm. Tickets available now: $65 Priority Orchestra $40 General Admission All tickets $5 more on day of show. All sales final, tickets are non-refundable or transferable. Ticket sales benefit the ongoing restoration and maitanence of the historic Palace Theater.

Back by popular demand, Aerial Arts Hawai'i brings us a one-night post-Valentine's performance with LOVE, an aerial variety + burlesque show. This hour-long production features aerial acrobatics, dance and burlesque, and is suitable for those ages 18+ due to its celebration of sensual self expression.

A retired Honolulu man, a WWII veteran and member of the famed 442nd RCT, has visions of a young German soldier which recalls an incident from the war that haunts him still.

Silent Movie Night returns to the Palace Theater is a special presentation of Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill Jr (1928) accompanied by a live score performed on the Mighty Palace Pipe Organ by Walter Greenwood. Preceding the feature presentation will be a special short film from the same era. Silent Movie Nights are a joint fundraising event between the Friends of the Palace Theater and the Hilo Theatre Organ Society to raise money for the on going maintenance of the Mighty Palace Pipe Organ. Steamboat Bill Jr synopsis: The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.

A sonic fusion of the grateful Dead and Steely Dan. The Palace Theater is proud to present STEELY DEAD live in concert on Friday February 21st at 7:00pm. Doors, Box Office & concessions open at 6pm on night of show. Tickets are available now: $40 General Admission Presale $50 General Admission Day of Show All sales final, tickets are non-refundable or transferable.

Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost...

Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid). She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: THE SUBSTANCE. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn – temporarily – as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue (Margaret Qualley). The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. A perfect balance. What could go wrong? Deliriously entertaining and ruthlessly satirical, Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes sensation turns toxic beauty culture inside out with a be-careful-what-you-wish-for fable for the ages. Explosive, provocative and twisted, THE SUBSTANCE marks the arrival of a thrillingly visionary filmmaker.