But wait, there’s more! The festival extends into next week with several performances of
When The Sun Comes Out, a new opera presented by the Queer Arts Festival and co-commissioned by the Powell Street Festival (more on that further down, too).
We thank you for your support of the Powell Street Festival—the nation’s largest Japanese Canadian summer festival and the longest-running community celebration in Vancouver—and hope you enjoy your time at the 37th Annual Powell Street Festival!
P.S. If you’re plugged in to social media, consider sharing your festival experience with others by using this official hash tag: #powellstreetfestival2013
FESTIVAL LAUNCH WITH OMODAKA
August 2nd, 2013, 8:00pm
Centre A (229 East Georgia Street, Vancouver)**
Tickets by donation at the door
Soichi Terada, the electro producer of
Omodaka combines traditional minyo (folk music) with contemporary electronic sounds performed in tandem to projected videos. The mask-wearing chip-tune enthusiast plucks live melodies from modified video game hand-helds to create live performances of bleeps and blips with traditional Japanese singing. Seating for this special performance is limited.
Community Sponsored by Vancouver New Music.
**VENUE CHANGE: Due to circumstances beyond our control, the August 2 concert will now take place at Centre A. Many thanks to Centre A for the last-minute venue accommodation!
Omodaka will also perform at the Firehall Theatre at 4:45pm on Sunday, August 4.
MORE INFO HERE:
https://www.facebook.com/events/500801333322930/?fref=ts
YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN
August 3rd, 2013, 7:30pm
Roundhouse Community Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver)
Tickets $5 for youth (24 and under)/$20 (advance/students/seniors/members) at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/414781/$25 at the door
Presented in partnership with Queer Arts Festival.
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan are a psychedelic noh-wave opera group fusing noise, metal, pop and folk music into a multidisciplinary hyper-orientalist cesspool of East-meets-West culture clash in giant monochrome paper sets. Founded in late 2007 by performance artists
Alaska B and
Ruby Kato Attwood, YT // ST is an Asian, Indigenous and Diasporic Art Collective that was shortlisted for the 2012 Polaris Prize.
MORE INFO HERE:
https://www.facebook.com/events/361557697303411/?fref=ts
WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT
August 5th, 7th & 9th, 7:30pm
Roundhouse Community Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver)
Tickets: $30 in advance (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/407891)/$35 at the door
Commissioned by the Queer Arts Festival and co-presented by the Powell Street Festival.
A story of forbidden love, divided loyalties and culture clash unfolds in
When the Sun Comes Out. This lesbian opera explores the oppression that queers face and the risks they take, in nations where homosexuality is illegal. Written by composer
Leslie Uyeda and poet
Rachel Rose. Directed by
James Fagan Tait. Featuring
Teiya Kasahara,
Julia Morgan and
Aaron Durand.
MORE INFO HERE:
https://www.facebook.com/events/603007599744116/?fref=ts
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