Powell Street Festival Society announces stewardship of 360 Riot Walk with online panel discussions and live walking tours May to September, 2021.

Dine Strathcona November 18-30, 2020 with unique offerings from restaurants, cafes and breweries supporting WISH Drop-In Centre.

The 17th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival presents over 50 cultural events and artistic activities to enjoy Oct 28 to Nov 8, 2020

The 44th annual Powell Street Festival was cancelled this year as a physical gathering, but its spirit lives on in the new online telethon happening August 1, 2020.

DTES Response is a coordinated groundwork effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Organizations in the Downtown Eastside are uniting to help the most vulnerable.

The 16th annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival features over 100 events at over 40 locations over 12 days from October 30th to November 10th

CiTR 101.9FM and Music Waste are teaming up for their annual summer wrap-up, Victory Square Block Party (“VSBP”) on September 4th. This free community music festival in the DTES is celebrating its 12th anniversary by highlighting emerging artists, local vendors, and independent media. Victory Square Block Party Where: Victory Square (Cambie @ West Hastings, Vancouver) […]

Homelessness Action Week (“HAW”) is coming up Saturday, October 12th to Sunday, October 20th and to participate, the Union Gospel Mission will be hosting a series of Downtown Eastside walking tours, called the Eastside Stride. Visitors will be hosted by a local guide on a two-hour tour around the neighbourhood to learn about its history. […]

The 3rd Annual Community Christmas Craft Fair, supporting Downtown Eastside women, returns Saturday, December 15, 2012 at Woodward’s. The crafters are women who have been going through drug treatment, living in shelters, accessing drop-in centres, and living in the neighbourhood. The women have spent one day a week crafting this fall (at the Window Community […]

The Heart of the City Festival will host more than 100 events at over 30 locations in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside from Wednesday, October 26 to Sunday, November 6, 2011. I’ve been flipping through the extensive online schedule and noticed that events range from art shows and history walking tours to hip hop, jazz, and poetry. […]