Honolulu Condos: Aloha Friday, Just for Fun: 7th Annual Waikiki SPAM® Jam

Aloha Friday, Just for Fun: 7th Annual Waikiki SPAM® Jam

On April 24, 2010, visitors to Waikiki will get a big helping of Hawaii's unique culinary tastes when the 8th Annual Waikiki SPAM® Jam returns to the 50th State.

This Saturday, from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., the Waikiki SPAM®; Jam will fill Kalakaua Avenue in the heart of Waikiki with one of the largest street festivals in honor of Hawaii's love affair with the lovable luncheon meat.

Do you like SPAM® so much that you'd consider trying it in just about any form? Well, consider SPAM® Katsu, SPAM® Won Ton, SPAM® Pan Lau Lau, SPAM® Ravioli, SPAM® Tacos, SPAM® Poke ... They're dishes worked up by participating restaurants in last year's SPAM Jam®.

2010 Food Offerings

Hawaii's most talented chefs will staff food booths serving unique SPAM® menu items to more than 20,000 SPAM® fans expected to attend this annual event. Food booths and a just one of dishes that each will feature this year include: Atlantis Seafood and Steak (SPAM® Mahi Carbonara), Cheeseburger Beach Walk (SPAM® Babies with Pineapple and BBQ Sauce), Okonomiyaki Chibo Restaurant (Okonomiyaki w/SPAM®), Coconut Willy's (SPAM® Fried Noodles), Doraku Sushi (SPAM® Musubi), Duke's/Hula Grill (SPAM® Fried Rice Loco Moco), Gordon Biersch (Guava Mango BBQ SPAM® Sliders), Jimmy Buffet's (Volcano Nachos w/SPAM® Chili), Rum Fire (Fiesta SPAM® and Crab Dip), Seafood Village (SPAM® Siu Mai), The Shack Waikiki (To be determined).

2010 Live Entertainment

Throughout the night, revelers will enjoy live entertainment on two stages with Hawaiian music accompanied with traditional hula halaus.

At the Hawaiian 105 KINE Stage (fronting the Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach) the performers will be: 4:30 p.m. - Halau Ka Hale O Kahala, 5:30 p.m. - Cyril Pahinui, 6:30 p.m. - Germaine's Luau, 7:30 p.m. - Weldon Kekauoha, and at 8:45 p.m. - Maunaloa.

At the Krater 96 Stage (fronting the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center) the performers will be: 4:15 p.m. - the USAF Band of the Pacific's Hana Hou, 5:30 p.m. - Emke, 6:45 p.m. - Elephant, and at 8:00 p.m. - Separate Ways

There will also be a variety of craft booths and the always popular SPAM® memorabilia - that includes Spam Jam t-shirts, slippers and cookbooks.

Hawaii Foodbank

Booths will have been set up by volunteers to help collect donations of SPAM® and other food items for the Hawaii Foodbank.

The Hawaii Foodbank is the only nonprofit 501(c)(3) agency in the state of Hawaii that collects, warehouses, and distributes mass quantities of both perishable and non-perishable food to 250 member agencies as well as food banks on the Big Island, Maui, and Kauai. The Hawaii Foodbank forms a vital link between the food donors and its member agencies by providing services in collecting, sorting, salvaging, and distributing food. The Hawaii Foodbank also supports its member agencies through financial and educational assistance. Last year, the Waikiki SPAM® JAM garnered 6,849 pounds of SPAM® for the Hawaii Foodbank. Since 2004, it has donated more than 10,000 pounds of SPAM® to the Hawaii Foodbank.

Sponsors

Sponsors of the 8th Annual Waikiki SPAM Jam® include the following: Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach, Waikiki Beachwalk, This Week Magazines, Hawaii Tourism Authority, Queen Emma Land Co. and Hormel Foods.

Introduced in 1937 by Hormel Foods, more SPAM® is consumed per capita in Hawaii than any other state in the U.S. Almost seven million cans of SPAM® are eaten every year in Hawaii, making the Aloha State the unofficial SPAM® capital of the U.S. SPAM® is manufactured in the U.S. by Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minnesota.

Additional information regarding SPAM® is available at spamjamhawaii.com.