Everyone at Powell Street Festival Society sends our deepest condolences to Bing Thom’s family and our friends at BTA. Bing Thom’s generous spirit and community sensibility permeates his firm and PSFS has benefited immensely. In an unique partnership to host the 2016 Design Competition, BTA used their goodwill within their industry to bring support to … Read more
The Powell Street Festival is a unique festival in that it celebrates so many aspects of the community in an inclusive, accessible and respectful environment. We rely on hundreds of volunteers to make this festival the wonderful event that it is! Volunteering is a great opportunity to meet new friends, spend time with friends and … Read more
Do you have any leftover yarn from knitting projects that you completed long ago, but you are still holding on to like my Obaasan? Please donate your remnant yarn to a public art project to take place at this year’s Powell Street Festival. No ball of yarn is too small! Your remnant yarn will become part of … Read more
Powell Street Festival Society presents Spatial Poetics XV on June 25th at Studio D SFU Woodwards (149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver). Now celebrating its fifteenth year, Spatial Poetics invites artists of different backgrounds (dance, theatre, performance art, music, etc) to collaborate in the creation of a new, multi-genre artistic work. This year Powell Street Festival artistic director Mark … Read more
The Koinobori · BTA Design Competition Winner! In the Interactive Zone in Oppenheimer Park Saturday & Sunday from 11:30am to 7:00pm 土曜日&日曜日、午前13時~午後7時 オッペンハイマー公園 The Powell Street Festival Society is pleased to announce the winner of its design competition! The winning design—“The Koinobori”—is an interactive installation inspired by traditional carp streamers. The design will be unveiled … Read more
Thursday, February 25, 6:30 pm W Room, 5th Floor, Woodwards Building 111 West Hastings Street Come learn about our plans for the coming year! Meet our board and staff, ask about our various committees, and find out if there’s a role for you. If you are not already a member, the cost of a lifetime … Read more
Powell Street Festival Society graciously thanks the Howard C. Green Memorial Fund for a generous contribution toward our 40th anniversary campaign. Howard C. Green, Conservative MP for Vancouver South from 1935 to 1963, was in support of the uprooting, and later the repatriation, of Japanese Canadians. In 2007, a federal building at 401 Burrard Street … Read more
Thank you to everyone who donated to our 40th Anniversary Fundraiser on Tuesday, December 1st (otherwise known as #GivingTuesday). Together we raised $640.00 on Tuesday alone. We’ve now raised 21% of our fundraising goal. We still have a ways to go! It’s no too late to donate and help us reach our goal of $40,000. Donations of over $50.00 … Read more
Anyone who donates to our 40th Anniversary Fundraiser this Tuesday, December 1st (otherwise known as #GivingTuesday) will be entered in a draw for 1 of 5 copies of the album Cosmophony by Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa!! In addition, donations of over $50.00 will also be eligible for our other campaign perks including our new Kiai! signature tea. Or … Read more
Mr. Mamoru Yamaguchi May 11, 1934 – November 4, 2015 We are mournful to learn that Mamoru Yamaguchi passed away on November 4, 2015 at the Surrey Memorial Hospital. He was a loved member of our community for several years and will be greatly missed.
Thanks to several generous donors, our 40th Anniversary Fundraiser is off to a fantastic start! We’re just over a week in and we’ve already raised $6,495.98. Help us reach our goal of $40,000.00! For more information and to see the donor perks, check out our campaign page.
In 2015 we saw an approximate 32% increase in our attendance at Powell Street Festival! In 2014 we had an estimated 10,253 – 12,530 visitors and in 2015 we hosted an estimated 13,433 – 16,436. In this document statistician Carl James Schwarz from Simon Fraser University explains the science behind reaching these estimates. Estimating attendance at the Powell Street Festival … Read more
10th Annual Asahi Tribute Game: Recap The 10th Annual Asahi Tribute Game was a hit! It was a great day of communities coming together to play a fun game and recognize the impact of a legendary baseball team. The credit goes to Kayla Isomura for capturing the spirit of the day. Check out the event … Read more
Many of you noticed our incredible Environment & Sustainability team at work in Oppenheimer Park during the 39th Powell Street Festival. These folks were on hand to help sort recycling, compost, and landfill — helping make PSF one of the most environmentally friendly festivals in the country! Powell Street Festival president Colin Chan talks more about … Read more
The 39th Powell Street Festival has come and gone — and what an incredible weekend it was! Amazing food, thrilling performances, beautiful crafts and displays, incredible martial arts, a vibrant marketplace… there was something for everyone. Many of these wonderful events were captured by the Vancouver Urban Sketchers, a group dedicated to sketching our city … Read more
The 39th Powell Street Festival is almost here! In the days leading up to the festival we’ll be giving you a glimpse into the hearts and brains of some of our incredible performing artists. First up, we have Bernie Arai, drummer and cymbal artist who will be performing with pianist Chris Gestrin at the Firehall Arts … Read more
We’re continuing our Festival Artist Spotlight, which highlights some of the incredible people who will be performing this weekend at the 39th Powell Street Festival. Today we’re featuring Mark Ikeda, a Calgary-based actor, dancer, and storyteller. Ikeda will be presenting his one-man show, Sansei: The Storyteller on Saturday, August 1st at 4:00pm at the Firehall Arts Centre. Mark … Read more
Pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa has been hailed by audiences and press alike for her dynamic and nuanced performances, but is particularly revered for her interpretations of the music of our time. She’ll perform one of her trademark programmes, Cosmophony, for the Powell Street Festival, in partnership with the Queer Arts Festival. Cosmophony takes place today, … Read more
The 39th Powell Street Festival starts TODAY! For two whole days Oppenheimer Park and surrounding areas will be a nexus of Japanese and Japanese Canadian music, dance, crafts, communities, and food! We’re proud to be featuring an incredible roster of creative talent, including the mind-blowing performers of Kokoro Dance, who will be performing today (Saturday, … Read more
In partnership with The Bulletin/Geppo, our program guide is available at listed locations. You can also download the 2015 Festival Program Guide (PDF, 12.5 MB) and the 2015 Festival Schedule (PDF, 1.7 MB), or view the schedule online! Vancouver East Vancouver Tenrikyo (3690 Nanaimo St, Vancouver) Japanese United Church (4010 Victoria Dr.) Sakura Grocery (517 … Read more
Make Your Own Salmon & Join the Performance! Sunday, August 2nd from 2 to 4:30pm Orientation for the show: 4:30pm at behind the yellow fieldhouse near the Children’s Tent Performance: 5:15pm – 6:15pm Against the Current, aka Fishstix, is a collaborative performance exploring the life and history of the salmon. Developed as a partnership between … Read more
