Nov 10, 2024 · We are thrilled to announce the upcoming 2024 Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival! For twenty-one years, the Heart of the City Festival has been grounded in the Downtown Eastside and focused on listening and learning …

Nov 6, 2024 · Click on the tabs below to browse through our day-by-day schedule and register for events, or view our web-based program guide.

Nov 1, 2024 · The 21st annual Downtown Eastside (DTES) Heart of the City Festival is taking place until Nov. 10, featuring more than 100 events throughout the community and online. The festival carries a rich history, rooted in decades of celebrating the DTES community, its stories, ancestral memory, cultural traditions, arts, and lived experiences.

For twenty-one years, the Heart of the City Festival has been grounded in the Downtown Eastside and focused on listening and learning from the community’s cultural practices.

Oct 28, 2024 · That place is a multi-day celebration that features more than 100 different events in the Downtown Eastside, including Chinatown, Gastown, and Strathcona—where Walling and Hunter still live—at some 40-plus venues as well as online. The 21s edition runs from October 30 to November 10.

Sep 19, 2024 · Details have been announced for the upcoming 2024 Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival! Guided by the theme Threads of Connection, the 21st annual Festival offers a feast of cultural...

Sep 19, 2024 · The Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival returns for its 21st year at the end of October, celebrating the culture and resilience of this often-overlooked community.

Oct 16, 2024 · The 21st-annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival takes place from October 30 to November 10 with over 100 events across the Downtown Eastside and online. Since its founding in 2004, the festival has been woven with the threads of dedicated community members who contribute their skills and artistry year after year, whether it be ...

The Festival works with, for and about the Downtown Eastside community to carry forward our community’s stories, ancestral memory, cultural traditions, lived experiences, and artistic processes to illuminate pathways of resistance and resilience.

Sep 30, 2023 · This year marks the 20th consecutive time that the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival will take place as October transits into November in this soggy northwest Turtle Island city.