Jack Johnson's SURFILMUSIC Premieres Live in Honolulu This May
Jack Johnson's SURFILMUSIC Premieres Live in Honolulu This May
Jack Johnson is coming home. The North Shore-born singer, surfer, and reluctant ambassador of Hawaiian mellow has confirmed the Hawaiʻi film premiere of SURFILMUSIC, his new documentary, for May 14 and 15 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall in downtown Honolulu. The two-night event pairs the premiere of the film with a live acoustic performance — a format Johnson has resisted for most of his career and is finally embracing on home turf.
SURFILMUSIC threads together a lifetime of Johnson's own 8mm and 16mm surf footage, archival clips from the North Shore's golden era, and new performances recorded at Pipeline and in his home studio. For a city that watched Johnson grow from an unknown kid with a battered guitar into a platinum-selling artist who quietly funds local environmental nonprofits, these will be the most meaningful two nights on the 2026 concert calendar.
If you're going: tickets are distributed first through Johnson's fan club and local environmental partners, with a public on-sale after. The Blaisdell sits a short walk from Ala Moana's hotel cluster. Expect lines and expect the encore to go long.
