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Led Kaapana

**Vaccination and masks are strongly encouraged to attend our indoor concerts, but are no longer required**

$30 in advance/$31.50 online/$35 at door

Led Kaapana’s mastery of stringed instruments, particularly slack key guitar, and his extraordinary baritone and leo ki`eki`e (falsetto) voices, have made him a musical legend. He has been thrilling audiences for more than 40 years. With easy-going style and kolohe (rascal) charm, he has built a loyal corps of Led Heads from Brussels to his birthplace on the Big Island of Hawaii. Recognition by his peers earned Led 4 Grammy nominations in his own right and 2 wins on slack key compilations.

Like so many Hawaiians, Led grew up in a musical family. In the tiny black sand bay village of Kalapana, there were few distractions. “We didn’t have electricity, no television, not even much radio,” says Led. “So we entertained ourselves. You could go to any house and everybody was playing music.”

Often everybody was playing music at a backyard party, many of which lasted for days. “People played in shifts, taking over when somebody went to sleep,” Led recalls. “You’d fall asleep to the music, wake up….and the music was still playing. That was the best alarm clock I ever had!”

Note that a service fee of $1.50 has been added to tickets sold online. To avoid this fee, you may purchase tickets at Mind’s Eye Coffee Lounge in Ferndale, or send us a check made out to Ferndale Music Company with a note specifying which concert(s) and quantity of tickets you wish to purchase to:

Ferndale Music Company
PO Box 1350
Ferndale, CA 95536


We will send the tickets to you, or if you prefer we can hold them for you at will call with your name on them.

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