The showroom inside this beachfront hotel carried a single act for over 30 years - the Society of Seven did two shows a night, six nights a week - before becoming the Pacific outpost of New York's most famous jazz brand. The Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort at 2335 Kalakaua Avenue in Honolulu is now home to Blue Note Hawaii, the state's premier live music venue. The lineage runs deep: the resort's Main Showroom hosted the Society of Seven from 1969, when the Fabulous Echoes-turned-variety-act opened what was meant to be a four-week engagement and stayed for decades - believed to be the record for a Waikiki act headlining a single major venue. The transformation came in 2015-16: Outrigger Resorts partnered with Blue Note Entertainment Group - operator of clubs in New York, Washington D.C., Milan and Japan - on a multi-million-dollar rebuild by Honolulu firm InForm Design, and Blue Note Hawaii opened in January 2016 as a 326-seat supper club. The format is the classic jazz-club model: nightly performances, usually two sets, with full-service dining and a bar inside the room, a gift shop with post-show autograph sessions, and a booking policy that mixes international jazz leaders with reggae, rock, pop, comedy and Hawaii's top island artists. The music does not stop at the showroom door: the same resort houses Duke's Waikiki and the Kani Ka Pila Grille - one of the best rooms in the city for traditional Hawaiian music - making the property a genuine live-music destination rather than a hotel with a stage. Practical notes: the resort sits directly on Waikiki Beach in the heart of the Kalakaua strip, Blue Note tickets sell by table seat with a per-person minimum, valet is the only on-site parking, and the early show typically suits diners while the late set draws the listening crowd.

Type: Theater / Concert Hall

Address: 2335 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, United States, 96815

Website: https://www.bluenotejazz.com/hawaii

Cover Charge: 1

Capacity: 326

Opening Date: 01/01/2016

Serves Food

Accessible