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We Are Hiring: Powell Street Festival Society Production Assistant

April 15, 2026 by PSF

Powell Street Festival Society: Production Assistant Job Description The Powell Street Festival Society (PSFS) is seeking three dedicated and proactive Production Assistants for the commemorative 50th Annual Powell Street Festival. This temporary position is full-time (35 hr/week) and will start on May 19 and end August 21, 2026. Reporting to the Festival Producer and working closely with PSFS staff and Core Volunteers (“Coordinators”), this role is responsible … Read more

Goodbye Strawberry Hill

April 14, 2026 by PSF

Goodbye Strawberry Hill Saturday May 2nd, 2026 7:30 PM Anvil Theatre Join us at Anvil Theatre for an evening of music and memory with Sharon Minemoto’s Goodbye, Strawberry Hill, a deeply personal album tracing family stories shaped by Japanese Canadian internment. Tickets available on the Anvil Theatre Site

Return to Paueru Gai: Celebrating 50 Years of Powell Street Festival at VPL

April 13, 2026 by PSF

Return to Paueru Gai: Celebrating 50 Years of Powell Street Festival at Vancouver Public Library May 20th, 2026 ⋅ 6:30pm to 8:30pm ⋅ Central Library Join us for a book event with the Vancouver Public Library to celebrate the Publication of Emiko Morita’s Return To Paueru Gai: Fifty Years of Vancouvers Powell Street Festival from … Read more

50th Anniversary Dinner

April 2, 2026March 31, 2026 by PSF

50th Anniversary Dinner Click here for event information and Ticket Sales

Dance with the Ancestors

March 31, 2026March 11, 2026 by PSF

Dance with the Ancestors As with all drums, the taiko resonates deeply with our respective ancestors. Last fall during their residency at LOBE, Kage created ‘Dance With Ancestors’ drawing from their archives of taiko recordings and mixed in inspirational works featuring collaborators who are no strangers to the Powell Street Festival community: Noriko Kobayashi – … Read more

Celebrating 50 Years of Powell Street Festival Exhibition

April 10, 2026February 26, 2026 by PSF

Return to Paueru Gai: 50 Years of Powell Street Festival Exhibition March 27th through September 5th, 2026 Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre – 6688 Southoaks Cres, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7 Hours: Tuesday – Friday 10:00AM – 6:00PM / Saturday & Sunday 10:00AM – 5:00PM Closed Monday and Canada Day. Admission by donation. Celebrate 50 years of Powell … Read more

I Am the Art: Nobuo Kubota

March 31, 2026February 26, 2026 by PSF

I Am the Art: Nobuo Kubota Film Screening: Thursday April 9th, 2026 7:00pm The Cinematheque 1131 Howe Street Vancouver At 92, Award–winning artist Nobuo Kubota was not slowing down, he was reinventing himself. Filmmaker Anette Mangaard helped share his latest creative focus; performance art. The film offers a bold and intimate portrait of a Japanese … Read more

4th Annnual Setsubun

February 24, 2026February 11, 2026 by PSF

4th Annual Setsubun New Year Event Sunday, February 22 | 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM | Oppenheimer Park | 488 Powell St.| Free Event Join us to celebrate Setsubun in Oppenheimer Park at our annual community care event. The event will include a Indigenous sacred fire ceremony led by Elder Veronica Butler followed by mamemaki (豆まき)—the playful Japanese custom of tossing roasted soybeans … Read more

Minori (実り) Harvest Event 2025

December 1, 2025October 29, 2025 by PSF

Minori Harvest Community Care Event Vancouver DTES Japanese Event Powell Street Festival Society

Sunday, November 30 | Starting time 12:15 PM | Lunch at 12:30 pm, Painting Workshop 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell St. at Jackson Avenue Free community event Please join us at Minori (実り) Harvest in Oppenheimer Park for a hot meal of butternut squash miso soup, followed by a printing workshop! … Read more

TOW Canada Tour 2025

November 12, 2025September 22, 2025 by PSF

Poster background imagery courtesy of NASA. PSFS is thrilled to announce that TOW, the acclaimed acoustic duo from Japan, will embark on their first-ever Canada tour in November 2025. TOW will bring their uniquely cinematic sound to three cities in British Columbia: November 6, Vancouver – at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre November 8, Burnaby … Read more

in the wake of a sleeping machine

September 9, 2025September 2, 2025 by PSF

in the wake of a sleeping machine Buy Tickets Now PSFS is proud to co-present in the wake of a sleeping machine, a contemporary dance performance by Japanese-Canadian artist, Shion Skye Carter, running September 4–7 in Vancouver. Inspired by the Ghibli film Howl’s Moving Castle, dancers move rhythmically as a conjoined globular form, each body … Read more

Powell Street Festival 2025 Photos

September 26, 2025August 6, 2025 by PSF

Vancouver Mikoshi Rakuichi at Japanese Summer Festival in Vancouver Powell Street Festival Celebrating Japanese Canadian Art and Culture

Thank You for Joining Us at the 49th Annual Powell Street Festival Thank you to everyone who came out to the 49th Annual Powell Street Festival! We were glad to welcome so many people to Oppenheimer Park and nearby venues for a weekend full of performances, food, art, and community connection. This year’s festival featured … Read more

17th Annual Asahi Tribute Game

September 18, 2025July 17, 2025 by PSF

Date: Sunday, September 14, 2025 | 10am sign-up | 11am games begin Location: Oppenheimer Park Free, Drop-in Event 日付：2025年9月14日（日曜日）10時チーム受付開始｜11時試合開始場所:オッペンハイマー公園無料、ドロップイン・イベント Pre-register here! Drop-in for our 17th annual Vancouver Asahi Tribute Game! 今年で17回目となるバンクーバー朝日トリビュートゲームに、ぜひお立ち寄りください！ Drop-in for our 17th annual Vancouver Asahi Tribute Game! Come play a game of ball as we commemorate the historic Vancouver Asahi: … Read more

49th Annual Powell Street Festival Returns August Long Weekend

July 14, 2025July 14, 2025 by PSF

Matsuri Summer Festival Japanese Event Vancouver 2025 Powell Street Festival

2025 Festival Program Celebrate Japanese Canadian arts, culture, and community on August 2 & 3, 2025 Vancouver, BC — July 10, 2025 —The Powell Street Festival Society (PSFS) proudly announces the return of the 49th Annual Powell Street Festival on Saturday, August 2, and Sunday, August 3, 2025, from 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at … Read more

paueru gaizette No. 7

July 2, 2025 by PSF

paueru gaizette no. 7 Read this edition The seventh edition of the paueru gaizette is now available digitally! Previously released in February, the theme of the seventh edition is 初日の出 (Hatsuhinode). Hatsuhinode, the first sunrise of the year, marks a moment to resolve the previous year. This edition is a heartfelt reflection on the previous year from … Read more

Meet the 2025 Japanese Canadian Youth Cohort

September 18, 2025April 29, 2025 by PSF

2025 Powell Street Festival - Japanese Canadian Summer Festival in Vancouver - Introducing JC Youth Cohort

Powell Street Festival Society is excited to announce the members of our fourth Japanese Canadian Youth Cohort! This expenses-paid program brings three young Japanese Canadians aged 19-29 who are living outside a 100-mile radius from Oppenheimer Park to experience the Powell Street Festival and participate in its production, attend training sessions, and to create an embodied … Read more

Standing Together in Grief and Resilience: The Lapu Lapu Day Tragedy

April 27, 2025 by PSF

The Powell Street Festival Society is heartbroken by the tragic events and loss of life that unfolded at the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party. Our collective hearts are with the Filipino community who suffered terrible loss and are hurting from this senseless act of violence. It is unimaginable that such violence can occur at an … Read more

DOXA 2025 – The Cats of Gokogu Shrine

May 12, 2025April 14, 2025 by PSF

The Cats of Gokogu Shrine - Poster. Powell Street Festival Partners with Doxa 2025

DOXA 2025 PSFS x DOXA 2025 – The Cats of Gokogu Shrine Buy Tickets Now Powell Street Festival Society is proud to be a Community Partner of the upcoming DOXA Documentary Film Festival, happening May 1–11, 2025! As part of this exciting collaboration, PSFS is partnering on the screening of The Cats of Gokogu Shrine, … Read more

2025 Vancouver Basho: Amateur Sumo Exhibition

May 27, 2025March 24, 2025 by PSF

2025 Basho: Amateur Sumo Exhibition Monday, May 19th, 2025 | 1:00 – 5:30 pm Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall | 487 Alexander St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1C6 Compete Register Spectator Buy tickets Volunteer Sign up PSFS is thrilled to support Basho 2025! Organised by Sumo Sundays, this exciting sumo event returns on Monday, … Read more

Hanami 2025: Celebrating the Cherry Blossoms

April 14, 2025March 7, 2025 by PSF

2025 Hanami at Oppenheimer Park | Powell Street Festival Society

Sunday, April 13th, 2025 | 12:30PM-3:00PM Oppenheimer Park Free Event Celebrate the beauty of spring under the cherry blossoms at Hanami, our annual community care event! Enjoy a warm Japanese curry-rice lunch, get creative with button-making and origami, and take part in a special tribute to the late Elder Clint, who played a vital role in past community … Read more

13’2” Between Us — Cindy Mochizuki

March 10, 2025February 4, 2025 by PSF

13'2” Between Us by Cindy Mochizuki co-presented by Powell Street Festival Society

13’2” Between Us — Cindy Mochizuki 13’2” Between Us | Saturday & Sunday, March 1 & 2 at 7 pm (Doors Open at 6:45pm) | Vancouver Buddhist Temple, 220 Jackson Avenue Purchase Your Tickets Powell Street Festival Society is proud to co-present 13’2” Between Us, an immersive multi-media performance set inside the gymnasium of the … Read more