The 13th annual Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival is set for Friday, November 6, and Saturday, November 7, 2026, at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului. Use those dates to choose a Maui travel window. (Made in Maui County Festival; State of Hawaiʻi festival listing)

2026 planning status: The dates and venue are confirmed. Public ticket prices, ticket-sale timing, daily hours, the vendor roster, food-truck names, parking, and transportation details have not yet appeared on the official festival homepage. Keep both festival dates flexible until those details post.

Vendor and food-truck applications significantly exceeded the available spaces, according to the organizer. An extensive waitlist is expected, and the selected 2026 vendor list will be released shortly. (Made in Maui County Festival)

Do not copy a prior year's ticket prices, opening times, shuttle routes, or Friday-preview format into a 2026 calendar. The featured and supporting images in this guide are illustrative, not festival photographs.

The official festival site confirms the November 6–7 dates and identifies this as the 13th annual event. The State of Hawaiʻi listing confirms the Maui Arts & Cultural Center venue. The Maui Chamber of Commerce presents the festival with support from the County of Maui Office of Economic Development. (Festival About page)

The organizer sets a clear standard for product vendors. A participating business must be based in Maui County, and products for sale must receive at least 51% of their value in Hawaiʻi. The selection committee also considers product mix, quality, and creativity. (Festival vendor criteria) This standard does not mean every item was made in Maui County or that each business owner will staff a booth. It does give visitors a useful screen for shopping Maui County-based businesses whose products meet the festival's Hawaiʻi value-added requirement.

Maui County's inhabited islands are Maui, Molokaʻi, and Lānaʻi; Kahoʻolawe is uninhabited. (County of Maui profile) Do not assume every selected business will be from the island of Maui, and do not count on a prior-year vendor returning. Wait for the current roster before targeting a particular business or product.

Use the current festival homepage for visitor ticket updates, the public program, and arrival instructions. The State listing confirms the date and venue, but the organizer's homepage is the better source for public-admission details.

Old festival pages can send a trip plan down the wrong road. A prior year's Friday-preview name, Saturday price, free-child rule, tote-bag offer, shuttle route, or opening time is not a 2026 fact. Check the current organizer page instead of relying on recycled schedules.

Choose flights and lodging because the full Maui trip works for you, not because an old event listing promises a specific session. The confirmed weekend is enough to plan around; the day-by-day details can follow.

For a first Maui trip with only four or five nights, do not let a shopping event push Haleakalā, the Road to Hāna, or a beach day off the board. Once the public schedule posts, use the festival as a half-day anchor.

For repeat visitors, holiday shoppers, and travelers looking for Maui County-based businesses, the weekend has a stronger pull. The roster can bring a scattered small-business search into one venue. Compare products and talk with vendors without turning the vacation into a drive between shops.

Early November also leaves time to pack gifts before the holiday. That is a planning advantage, not a promise about prices or crowds.

Block a flexible half-day on both November 6 and November 7. Do not choose one from an old schedule. Once the 2026 program appears, compare the actual entry window, admission cost, vendor access, food options, and transportation plan.

Earlier access may matter most to shoppers focused on selection. Families may prefer the day with a fuller public program or an easier arrival window. Travelers coming from West or South Maui may want to avoid a rigid early start. Let the posted program settle those tradeoffs.

If the festival is a major reason for the trip, keep both dates open until tickets go live. If it is a bonus stop, fit the published session around the itinerary already in place.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center is in Kahului, making this a Central Maui event. Pair the festival with Wailuku, ʻĪao Valley if it is open, or an Upcountry day. Do not bolt it onto a tightly timed Road to Hāna drive.

Kīhei and Wailea make sense if the rest of the trip is built around South Maui beaches. West Maui can work, but factor the West Maui-to-Kahului drive into the day. Use our Maui driving-times reference before choosing a hotel, then compare the tradeoffs in our where to stay on Maui guide.

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In September, hold November 6–7 on the itinerary. Book flights and lodging when the whole Maui trip makes sense. Set one reminder to reopen the official homepage rather than repeatedly searching for old schedules.

After the 2026 tickets and roster appear, choose a festival day, buy only through a link reached from the organizer's current site, and note the stated entry, bag, food, and parking rules. Confirm that the businesses you most want to see are actually listed.

One week before travel, reopen the official page. Save the ticket or confirmation where it works offline, check the venue instructions, and leave room in the luggage for purchases. If buying food or other temperature-sensitive items, make that the last stop before returning to the lodging.

On the day, ask before photographing a vendor or close-up product display. Ask vendors about their products, and use the current roster to confirm which Maui County-based businesses are participating.

Build the trip around the Maui experiences you do not want to miss, then use the Made in Maui County Festival as a Central Maui shopping stop once its visitor details are posted. For the rest of the month, see our Maui events in November guide. If the trip extends into Thanksgiving week, the Maui Invitational visitor guide covers the different travel pattern later in November.