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 28 2016, 10:30 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.
Friday October 28
10:30am – 1pm Rattle Making Workshop Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell
11am – 12:30pm St. James’ Women’s Guild Bargain Sale St. James’ Parish Hall, 230 Gore
11am – 2:30pm Shadow Theatre With Will Weigler Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main
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 – 4pm Realms Of Refuge Drop In Interurban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings, Entrance On Carrall
2pm – 3pm Slam Poetry & Music Therapy Drug Users Resource Centre, 412 E. Cordova
3pm – 4pm Shadow Theatre Public Presentation Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main
3:15pm – 5pm Hallowe’en Carnival & Haunted House Strathcona Community Centre Gym, 601 Keefer
6pm – 8pm Dream Catcher Workshop DTES Women’ S Centre, 302 Columbia
7pm – 9pm St. James’ Community Art Show St. James’ Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova
7pm – 9pm It’s A Joke! Gallery Gachet, 88 E. Cordova
8pm – 9:30pm Realms Of Refuge: Reconciliation And Cross-Cultural Collaboration Interurban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings
8pm – 11pm Julia Kreutz, Tristesse Seeliger Gam Gallery, 110 E. Hastings
8pm – Midnight SBC Restaurant Is Back! SBC Restaurant (aka Smilin’ Buddha), 109 E. Hastings
More info