The Hawaiian Islands are some 2,700 miles due south and west of Friday Harbor.

But you wouldn’t know come this Saturday.

Why? Because the traditional music and dances of that island paradise in the middle of the Pacific Ocean will be front and center at the 25th Annual Children’s Festival. That’s a whole lotta’ shakin goin’ on.

The headliner of this year’s Children’s Fest, sponsored by Island Rec, is Rainbow of Hawaii, a well-traveled and renowned troupe of musicians and dancers that have been performing in Hawaii, Seattle and across Washington state for 30 years, averaging about 100 performances each year and recently featured at the World Hula Conference. The ensemble will have two performances, at 11 a.m. and at noon.

The Children’s Festival gets under way at 10 a.m., Saturday, at the Fairgrounds in Friday Harbor.

The opening act will feature San Juan Island’s very own Ballet Folklorico, which will dance a hula to a song from the animated film “Lilo and Stitch,” beginning at 10:30 a.m.

In addition to the festival’s featured entertainment, dozens of community and civic groups will provide all kinds of hands-on children’s activities as part of the yearly, daylong event designed especially for kids, and that also prove exceedingly popular with anyone whose “young at heart.”

For more information, call 378-4953, or visit www.islandrec.org.