The Powell Street Festival Society’s (PSFS) mission is to celebrate Japanese Canadian arts and culture to connect communities. PSFS is a non-profit professional arts presenter that is progressive, diverse, contemporary, and compelling.

The main activity is producing the Powell Street Festival, an annual celebration of Japanese Canadian arts, music and culture in Vancouver’s historic Japanese Canadian neighbourhood, Paueru Gai in the Downtown Eastside.

For 2021, we have adapted to public health restrictions and revamped programming so festival-goers can stay bubble-safe, yet connected to the historic Japanese Canadian neighbourhood! Throughout the month of July, the festival website (www.powellstreetfestival.com) will be the hub for the country’s largest celebration of Japanese Canadian art and culture. We are offering an array of on-demand creative works, on-location performances, DIY workshops, and community-building activities.