Support San Jose Taiko’s Swingposium Tour to Hawaiʻi!
Help Us Raise $25,000 to Bring This Powerful, Immersive Production to Maui, Big Island, and Oahu
In February 2026, San Jose Taiko will bring Swingposium - our immersive taiko–swing production rooted in Japanese American history - to communities in Maui, Big Island, and Oʻahu. This one-of-a-kind experience honors the resilience and struggles of Japanese Americans during WWII and uplifts joy in the face of injustice by transporting audiences to a swing dance at “camp” during WWII filled with live bands, taiko, and a story of a young Japanese American’s romance with swing.
To make this multi-island tour possible, we need your help.
🎯 Our Goal: $25,000
Your support will help cover essential tour costs:
Artist fees supporting performers, educators, and technicians
Air travel for artists and crew between California and Hawaiʻi, plus inter-island flights
Lodging for our touring ensemble
Instrument, gear rentals on Maui, Big Island, and Oahu
Production costs, including sound, lighting, venues for rehearsals and performances
Your generosity ensures we can bring Swingposium to each island with the quality, dignity, and care this story deserves.
Why Swingposium Matters
- Swingposium isn’t just a performance—it’s a living, breathing history lesson presented through taiko, swing, dance, and storytelling. Audiences step into a WWII-era “mess hall turned swing dance hall” and experience joy, resistance, and cultural pride from the inside out.
- It honors those who kept music and community alive despite incarceration.
- It amplifies Asian American voices.
- It creates a space where history, resilience, and celebration meet.
How You Can Help
Your support—whether $25, $250, or $2,500—directly fuels the work of artists, educators, tradition-bearers, and local collaborators.
You can help by:
Donating to this campaign
Sharing with your networks
Inviting others to experience Swingposium in Hawaiʻi and beyond
Joining us at one of the performances if you're on Maui, Big Island, or Oahu
Every contribution helps us bring this powerful story to communities that will carry it forward.
Mahalo nui loa — thank you for supporting this journey.
Together, we can bring Swingposium to Maui, Big Island, and Oahu