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40th Annual Powell Street Festival
July 30, 2016- 11:30 am - July 31, 2016- 7:00 pm
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Canada’s largest celebration of Japanese Canadian arts & culture held in Vancouver’s historic Japanese Canadian neighbourhood. All events are free!
SATURDAY, JULY 30 & SUNDAY, JULY 31
11:30AM – 7:00PM DAILY
Oppenheimer Park (400 Block, Powell Street)
Firehall Arts Centre (280 East Cordova Street)
Vancouver Japanese Language School (475 Alexander St)
Vancouver Buddhist Temple (220 Jackson Avenue)
☆☆☆ FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS ☆☆☆
Live Music ☼ Japanese Food ☼ Sumo Wrestling ☼ Dance ☼ Film ☼ Martial Arts ☼ Craft Vendors ☼ Omikoshi ☼ Theatre ☼ Taiko Drumming ☼ Walking Tours ☼ Anime ☼ IIkebana Demos ☼ Children’s Activities
☆ Australian koto virtuoso MIYAMA MCQUEEN-TOKITA
☆ Tutchone-Japanese Tlinget-Scottish folk singer DIYET
☆ The premiere of CHORDOPHONE, the violalooping electronica brainchild of brothers Marcus and James Takizawa
☆ LYNNE KUTSUKAKE, author of “The Translation of Love”
☆ Screenings of the fims “FALL SEVEN TIMES, GET UP EIGHT” and “GOOD LUCK SOUP”
☆ MANY MORE!
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Volunteer:
www.powellstreetfestival.c
Media Inquiries:
media [at] powellstreetfestival [dot] com