The Powell Street Festival is an ongoing annual festival in Paueru-Gai, Vancouver. Originating in 1977 the Powell Street Festival is the largest Japanese Canadian festival and the longest ongoing community event in Vancouver.
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The Powell Street Festival is an ongoing annual festival in Paueru-Gai, Vancouver.
01 · What it is
Living Tradition
Documented cultural tradition on record; family classification awaits an editor.
02 · Where & name
Canada
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03 · How it is doing
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04 · Proof & reuse
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Chapter Takeaways
Local / Lower MainlandMark Takeshi McGregor, flutist Kytami, violinist David Suzuki, environmentalist and activist Joy Kogawa, writer
National / CanadianTeke::Teke, band, Montreal Diyet, folk musician, Yukon
InternationalYuni Mori, pianist, Japan George and Noriko, musicians, Australia Katie Malia, comedian and filmmaker, Los Angeles, United States Jay Rubin, translator, Washington D.C, United States GRMLN, musician, California, United…
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What is Powell Street Festival in plain words?
The Powell Street Festival is an ongoing annual festival in Paueru-Gai, Vancouver.
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The Powell Street Festival is an ongoing annual festival in Paueru-Gai, Vancouver. Originating in 1977 the Powell Street Festival is the largest Japanese Canadian festival and the longest ongoing community event in Vancouver. The festival takes place in and around Oppenheimer Park. The Festival takes place every BC Day long weekend, which usually lands around the beginning of August.
Powell Street Festival features both local, national, and international talent. It also features an outdoor venue with interactive installations, children's activities, craft market, martial arts demonstrations, taiko drumming, amateur sumo tournament, tea ceremonies, ikebana and bonsai demonstrations. 1
Local / Lower Mainland
Mark Takeshi McGregor, flutist
Kytami, violinist
David Suzuki, environmentalist and activist
Joy Kogawa, writer 1
National / Canadian
Teke::Teke, band, Montreal
Diyet, folk musician, Yukon 1
International
Yuni Mori, pianist, Japan
George and Noriko, musicians, Australia
Katie Malia, comedian and filmmaker, Los Angeles, United States
Jay Rubin, translator, Washington D.C, United States
GRMLN, musician, California, United States 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Powell Street Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Powell Street Festival is annual festival in Paueru-Gai, Vancouver, Canada, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2