Editing Honokaʻa, Hawaii (section)

== Culture ==
[[File:Honoka'a, Hawai'i.jpg|left|thumb|280x280px|[[Bank of Hawaii]] and the People's Theater]]
Honoka{{okina}}a boasts a historic downtown district. In 1930, the Honok{{okina}}aa People's Theatre was built on Māmane Street by the Tanimoto family. The theater hosted the Hāmākua Music Festival every fall from 1993 to 2006, and again in 2009. Proceeds went to fund local music education on the island. The festival has hosted a number of jazz, classical, and Hawaiian folk musicians, including [[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]], [[Gene Harris]], [[James Moody (saxophonist)|James Moody]], [[Howard Alden]], [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]] and [[Hubert Laws]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Revival of Hamakua Music Festival |work=web site |url=http://www.hamakuamusicfestival.com |access-date=2010-03-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111012517/http://www.hamakuamusicfestival.com/ |archive-date=2010-01-11 }}</ref>
[[File:Konokaa, Big Island, Hawaii.jpg|thumb|right|A church in Honokaa]]
Ranching, along with nascent diversified agriculture, is the primary industry in Honoka{{okina}}a and the [[Hamakua]] District. Honoka{{okina}}a hosts a Saturday [[farmers' market]], held on Māmane Street, The Farmers' Market at Hāmākua Harvest on Sundays from 9:00am – 2:00pm on the corner of Māmane Street and Māmalahoa Highway, and the Honoka'a Country Market features Hawaii Big Island Beef, a locally raised and grass-fed beef.

While ranching and rodeos may seem idiosyncratic to some visitors, [[ranch]]ing in Hawaii has a long history. This tradition has been celebrated annually on Western Weekend beginning in 2006, and included children's activities, country western bands, a block party with [[paniolo]] barbecue, a rodeo, and the ribald Saloon Girl Contest. Western Weekend was sponsored in part by a grant from the County of Hawai{{okina}}i Department of Research & Development, Hawai{{okina}}i Tourism Authority.