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 30 2016, 10:00 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.
Sunday October 30
10am-12pm Railtown: The Ghost Terminus Meet at NW corner of Jackson & Alexander
10am – 4pm DTES Market Photo Booth DTES Market, 501 Powell
11am; Sign up at 10am Festival Snooker Tournament Carnegie Centre Pool Room, 401 Main
12:30pm – 2pm Stories Of Shared Territory Carnegie – 3rd Floor Gallery, 401 Main
1pm – 4pm We Can’ T Afford Poverty – Print Workshop Wepress Community Makerspace, #202 268 Keefer
1pm & 2pm Hastings Street Band Starts At Interurban Gallery, 1 E. Hastings
3pm – 4pm DTES Music Theatre Showcase Part One Shaw Cable 4
4pm – 5pm Metamorphose Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Woodward’s, 149 W. Hastings
4pm – 6pm WePress Open House & Letter Press Demo WePress Community Makerspace, #202 – 268 Keefer
6pm – 10pm Classic Hallowe’en Movie Fest Evelyne Saller Centre, 320 Alexander
More info