| Music Festival Name: | The Big Mele |
| Location: | Kualoa Ranch, Oahu, Hawaii |
| Years Active: | 1993-1999 |
| Genre: | Rock, punk rock, pop, alternative rock, hip hop, ska |
The Big Mele was an annual rock festival on Oahu, Hawaii, from 1993 to 1999. For its first six years, the concert was held at Kualoa Ranch on the island's Windward Side. The final concert was held at Turtle Bay Resort, then known as the Turtle Bay Hilton.
In 1993, Radio Free Hawaii founder Norm Winter teamed up with the then-independent concert promotion company Goldenvoice to bring a rock music festival to the state of Hawaii.[1] [2] The inaugural lineup included Fishbone, Primus, Stone Temple Pilots, Tool, and Violent Femmes.[3]
The 1998 Big Mele opening act was local rock band Sunburn, the first time a Hawaii-based band played the festival. Sunburn had previously opened for Soundgarden and Van Halen at the Blaisdell Center.[4] [5]
1993: Tool, Fishbone, Stone Temple Pilots, Violent Femmes, Primus
1994: Porno for Pyros, Blind Melon, Social Distortion, Chokebore, NOFX
1995: Rancid, Down By Law, Guttermouth, Face to Face
1996: No Doubt, The Presidents of the United States of America, Cypress Hill, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Dance Hall Crashers, Dishwalla, CIV[6]
1997: Wu-Tang Clan, Incubus, NOFX, Save Ferris, 311[7]
1998: Matchbox 20, Blink-182, Home Grown, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Candlebox, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Sunburn[8]
1999: The Offspring, NOFX, Bad Religion, The Vandals, AFI, Fun Lovin' Criminals[9]