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: Oct 27 2016, 11:00 am to 11:00 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.
Thursday October 27
11am – 3pm Big Print Project Chinatown Raven’s Eye Studio, 456 E. Hastings
11am – 6pm Street Vendors In The Atrium Woodward’s Atrium. 111 W. Hastings
1pm – 2pm World Poetry Café Live Broadcast Co-Op Radio 100.5fm
1pm & 2pm Hastings Street Band Starts At Carnegie, 401 Main
1:30pm – 3:30pm Aboriginal Traditions And Crafts Carnegie 2rd Floor Gym, 401 Main
1pm – 4pm Realms Of Refuge Drop In Interurban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings
3pm – 6pm Poetry Café Ewma Studio, 800 E. Hastings
5pm – 7:30pm Aboriginal Feast Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main
6:30pm – 9pm Realms Of Refuge Drop In Interurban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings
7pm TBD: Theatre Workshop Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodward’s, 149 W. Hastings
7pm – 9pm Poetry Is In The Eye Of The Beholder Gallery Gachet, 88 E. Cordova
9pm – 11pm Arts Rational Live Broadcast Co-Op Radio 100.5fm
More info