Powell Street Festival Lottery 2025
This year’s lottery features 20 amazing prizes with a combined value of $ $7,427! See a list of all prizes below, all of which were generously donated or sponsored by longstanding community partners and independent businesses. Proceeds from this lottery fundraiser go toward Powell Street Festival Society and help ensure our ongoing sustainability and resilience.
You can buy tickets at the Festival, or buy in advance from community partners or directly from us on this page! Draws will take place during the Festival: August 2 at 1:30PM, 3:30PM, 5:30PM, and August 3 at 1:30PM, 4:30PM and 6:00PM at Oppenheimer Park*. Attendance is not required and all winners will be contacted.
Purchase Your Lottery Tickets
Before purchasing tickets, please ensure that:
✓ This transaction takes place within British Columbia.
✓ You are 19 years of age and older.
These conditions must be met according to BC Licensed Charitable Gaming.
After purchasing, you will receive the lottery ticket stub(s)/numbers through email (within 5 working days). If you wish to receive your stubs in the mail, fill in your home address details in the form. Note: to claim your prize, you must present government-issued ID or your ticket stub.
Purchase Festival Lottery 2025 Tickets Below
If you are encountering issues when purchasing tickets, please email info(at)powellstreetfestival.com. We can arrange alternative methods of payment.
*Draws will be held at Oppenheimer Park at 400-block Powell Street, Vancouver.
Attendance is not required. Winners will be contacted. Winners consent to the release of their names by the licensee. Winners are responsible for the cost of prize delivery and/or pick-up. Chances are 1 in 200 to win a prize. Total value of prizes: $7,427.35.
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Prize List
6:00 PM, August 3
- Grand Prize – Flight for Two: Vancouver — Narita/Sponsored by ZIPAIR
Prize: 2x Round-trip tickets (NRT–YVR) – Airfare only.
Value: $2,600.00 2. Whistler Staycation / Donated by The Listel Hotel Whistler + Sponsored by The Postcard Place
Prize: 1-night Stay at The Listel Hotel Whistler & $100 Gift Certificate to Teppan Village
Value: $450.00
4:30 PM, August 3
- 3. Dance Festival Pass & Dinner / Sponsored by VIDF + Donated by Mr. Japanese Curry
Prize: 1x 2026 VIDF Festival Pass & $25 Gift Certificate to Mr. Japanese Curry
Value: $325.00 4. Film Festival Pass & Dinner / Donated by VLAFF + Dosanko
Prize: 2x VLAFF Passes & $25 Gift Certificate to Dosanko
Value: $305.005. Performance & Reading / Donated by Firehall Arts Centre + Arsenal Pulp Press + Sponsored by Mint Records
Prize: 2x Vouchers (Firehall 2025/26 season), 2x $25 Gift Certificate to Lucky’s Comics, 2x Books (Bad Land by Corinna Chong, Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew)
Value: $277.906. The Cinephile & Reader / Donated by VIFF + Guu Izakaya + Arsenal Pulp Press
Prize: 10x VIFF Centre Vouchers, 2x $25 Gift Certificate to Guu Izakaya, Book (Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai)
Value: $233.95
1:30 PM, August 3
- 7. The Cinephile / Donated by Cinematheque + Guu Izakaya + Tokyo Katsu Sand + Sponsored by Whisk Match
Prize: 5-ticket pass to Cinematheque, 2x $25 Gift Certificates to Guu Izakaya, $25 Gift Certificate to Whisk Matcha, $8.50 Gift Certificate to Tokyo Katsu Sand
Value: $138.50 8. Listening Corner / Sponsored by Mint Records
Prize: Audio-Technica AT-LP60X Turntable, 2x $25 Gift Certificates to Red Cat Records, 2x $25 Gift Certificates to Lucky’s Comics
Value: $300.009. Reading Corner / Donated by Geist Magazine + Iron Dog Books + Arsenal Pulp Press + Moja Coffee + Tokyo Katsu Sand + Sponsored by Mint Records + Whisk Matcha
Prize: 2-year Geist Magazine subscription, $25 Gift Certificate to Iron Dog Books, 2x Books, 2x $25 Gift Certificates to Lucky’s Comics, $25 Gift Certificate to Moja Coffee, $25 Gift Certificate to Whisk Matcha, $8.50 Gift Certificate to Tokyo Katsu Sand
Value: $297.6010. Music & Literature / Sponsored by Mint Records + Donated by Arsenal Pulp Press
Prize: 4x $25 Gift Certificates to Red Cat Records, 2x $25 Gift Certificates to Lucky’s Comics, 2x Books (“The Lost Century”, “The Whole Animal”)
Value: $194.90
5:30 PM, August 2
- 11. Powell Street Festival Anniversary Print / Donated by Kathy Shimizu
Prize: 40th Anniversary Block Print
Value: $350.00 12. Portraits with Friends / Donated by Nami Studio + Capture +
Prize: Self-portrait session for up to 4 people, YORU Earrings, HINODE Earrings
Value: $243.0013. The Fashion Lover / Donated by Siamurai Apparel + Santel Communications + Sponsored by Pac West Kimono
Prize: Noragi Kimono, Watch, 2x Shoulder Bags
Value: $215.00
3:30 PM, August 2
- 14. Craft Classes & Shoulder Bags / Donated by Baad Anna’s Yarn Store + Vancouver Ikebana Association + Sponsored by Pac West Kimono
Prize: Beginner Knitting Class, 2x Ikebana workshops, 2x Shoulder Bags
Value: $258.00 15. Ikebana Flowers & Kimono / Donated by Siamurai Apparel + Vancouver Ikebana Association + Sponsored by The Postcard Place
Prize: Noragi Kimono, Ikebana workshop for two, $40 Gift Certificate to Postcard Place
Value: $230.0016. Dinner and a Game / Donated by Vancouver Bandits + Guu Izakaya
Prize: 4-ticket pass to Vancouver Bandits, $25 Gift Certificate to Guu Izakaya
Value: $145.00
1:30 PM, August 2
- 17. The Foodie / Sponsored by The Postcard Place + Donated by Guu Izakaya + Dosanko + Mr. Japanese Curry + Cadeaux Bakery + Tokyo Katsu Sand
Prize: $200 Gift Certificate to Kissa Tanto, 2x $25 Gift Certificates to Guu Izakaya, $25 Gift Certificate to Dosanko, $25 Gift Certificate to Mr. Japanese Curry, $25 Gift Certificate to Cadeaux Bakery, $8.50 Gift Certificate to Tokyo Katsu Sand
Value: $333.50 18. Japanese Traditional Craft / Donated by Kisyuu Calligraphy + Murata + Vancouver Ikebana Association + Sponsored by The Postcard Place
Prize: Calligraphy class, 2x $25 Gift Certificates to Murata, $40 Gift Certificate to Postcard Place, Ikebana workshop
Value: $205.0019. Japanese Fashion & Craft / Donated by Siamurai Apparel + Murata + Sponsored by The Postcard Place
Prize: Noragi Kimono, 2x $25 Gift Certificates to Murata, $40 Gift Certificate to Postcard Place
Value: $190.0020. Handy Dandy Toolkit / Donated by Santel Communications
Prize: Tool bag including 13 items (incl. hammer, drill bit set, utility knife, digital multimeter, etc.)
Value: $135.00
The festival lottery is the lifeblood of Powell Street Festival. It was launched in the early 1980s and, for many years, was the main source of income to cover the festival production costs. These days, it is the lottery’s intrinsic value that continues to fuel the festival as it represents the symbiotic relationship of community stakeholders. The lottery:
- keeps us connected to our community partners who donate the prizes;
- supports grassroots community groups who sell the tickets as a fundraiser for themselves;
- provides an inexpensive and easy way for festival goers to show their support.
“As a young intern 30 years ago, I phoned community supporters such as Tad’s Sporting Goods and Iwata Travel to confirm their donations. I then met a variety of small business owners as I travelled about town to collect the prizes,” explains former executive director Emiko Morita. “Since then, many factors such as the seismic changes in the travel industry and competing community lotteries—not to mention a global pandemic—have threatened to diminish the lottery program. However, to this day, our festival interns are on the telephone and tripping about town to collect prizes! We’ve been tenacious about keeping it going because it represents the strength of the Japanese Canadian community network, the very essence of Powell Street Festival.”
True to Powell Street Festival’s grassroots charm, while we offer online ticket sales, the lottery remains analog: we’ll have dedicated interns and volunteers handwriting and mailing your ticket stubs to each purchaser!
