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Meet the 2026 Japanese Canadian Youth Cohort Powell Street Festival Society is excited to announce the members of our fifth 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 … Read more
Enemy Lines As part of our collaborative programming with the Firehall Arts Centre, the Powell Street Festival Society is proud to share Enemy Lines, a powerful dance-theatre work by choreographer Mayumi Lashbrook. Running May 6–9, 2026, Enemy Lines reflects on the forced uprooting of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War—a history deeply connected to … Read more
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 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 Thank you to all who joined us for the Powell Street Festival 50th Anniversary Dinner & Celebration. Check out some of the memories down below.
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
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 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 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
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
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 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
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
Pre-Festival Art Workshops in Oppenheimer Park Free Art Workshops in Oppenheimer Park Pre-Festival Art Workshops Tuesday in July, 8, 15, 22, 1:00 – 3:00 pm, Oppenheimer Park FREE, Drop-in Events Join us on Tuesdays in July, from 1pm to 3pm for pre-festival workshops in Oppenheimer Park! All materials will be provided. No experience necessary. All … Read more
360 Riot Walk Guided Tours 2025 Dates: July 19 (Buy Tickets) July 20 (Buy Tickets) Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm Location: Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall National Historic Site (487 Alexander Street) Fee: $20 General Admission About 360 Riot Walk ３６０ライオットウォークについて About 360 Riot Walk 360 Riot Walk is an interactive walking tour that utilizes … Read more
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
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 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
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 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
Wednesday, March 12 & Friday, March 14 | 7:00 PM — 7:50 PM Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre | 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver Sliding scale tickets $25 — 65 PSFS is thrilled to be a community partner with the Vancouver International Dance Festival 2025, supporting this innovative performance by Shion Skye Carter and Miya Turnbull. Don’t miss this incredible … Read more
