WELCOME to the 13th Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival and twelve days of music, stories, songs, poetry, cultural celebrations, films, theatre, dance, processions, spoken word, forums, workshops, discussions, gallery exhibits, public art, mixed
Date/Time: Nov 6 2016, 10:30 am to 9:00 pm
Vancouver, The Downtown Eastside
The theme of this year’s Festival, Living on Shared Territory, pays tribute to the Downtown Eastside’s founding peoples, cultures and diverse neighbourhoods as we live, learn and create together on unceded Coast Salish territories under the long shadow of our colonial past and present.
A special feature this year is the installation of the 27 ft. Survivors Totem Pole in Pigeon Park at Hastings and Carrall. This grass roots initiative led by Sacred Circle Society, in the words of carver Skundaal Bernie Williams (Haida/Coast Salish), “honours the many people who have arrived and lived in the Downtown Eastside as survivors”.
Most events are free, but some require pre-registration or do have a ticket price, so please check event details before attending.
10:30am All Saints’ Day Procession & High Mass St. James’ Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova
11am – 1pm WHAZZAT? A Walking Tour Of Chinatown With Robert Sung Meet At Courtyard Of The Chinese Cultural Centre, 50 E. Pender
1pm Hastings Street Band Starts At Interurban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings
2pmHastings Street Band Starts At The Ukrainian Hall, 805 E. Pender
3pm – 4pm DTES Music Theatre Showcase Part Two Shaw Cable 4
3pm, Supper Follows Ukrainian Hall Community Concert & Supper Ukrainian Hall, 805 E. Pender
3pm & 5pm Street Beats Concert Roundhouse Community Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews
4:30pm All Our Father’s Relations (2016, 60min) Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas, 88 W. Pender
7pm & 9pm Wild State SFU Woodward’s, 149 W. Hastings, Outdoor Courtyard Off Cordova
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