Powell Street Festival Society

About

パウエル祭 Vancouver's annual celebration of Japanese-Canadian arts, culture & heritage! August 5 - 6, 2017. Visit www.powellstreetfestival.com #PowellStFest

Story

The 41st Annual Powell Street Festival takes place August 5 & 6, 2017 from 11:30am - 7:00pm daily. Powell Street Festival (PSF) is the largest event of its kind in Canada and the longest running community arts festival in the Lower Mainland. We provide a much-needed venue for emerging and established, professional and amateur, and traditional and contemporary artists in the Japanese Canadian and Asian Canadian communities.

We also participate in co-presentations with other arts organizations throughout the year and produce our own programming as part of an annual season.

Mission

The Powell Street Festival Society’s (PSFS) mission is to celebrate the arts and culture of Japanese Canadians and Asian Canadians, to encourage Asian Canadians to take a leadership role in the development of the arts in Canada, and to foster community development through cultural events.

Our main activity is the presentation of the Powell Street Festival (PSF), an annual celebration of Japanese Canadian arts, culture and heritage that features something for everyone: dance, music, film and video, visual arts, martial arts demos, amateur sumo tournament, craft vendors, traditional displays, and of course, tons of scrumptious Japanese food!