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 5 2016, 10:00 am to 11:50 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.
10am – 5pm Vancouver Police Museum 240 E. Cordova, 2nd Floor
Survivors Totem Pole Raising, Potlatch Witnessing Ceremony & Intercommunity Storytelling
11:30am, Gather At Main & Hastings;
12pm Procession To Pigeon Park;
12:20pm Pole Raising And Ceremony;
3pm (Estimated) Entertainment And Refreshments
Pigeon Park, E. Hastings And Carrall, Coast Salish Territories
1pm – 4pm Soil To Sky: Final Celebration And Flight Day Trillium North Park, False Creek East, Malkin & Thornton
6:30pm – 9:30pm Carnegie Sing Along Choir Carnegie 3rd Floor Gallery, 401 Main
7pm – 9:45pm DTES Poets Cabaret & Open Mic Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main
7pm & 9pm Wild State SFU Woodward’s, 149 W. Hastings, Outdoor Courtyard Off Cordova
11pm – 12am DTES Music Theatre Showcase Part Two Shaw Cable 4
More info