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Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside will once again host the Heart of the City Festival , now in its 22nd year, running from October 31 to November 8. The neighbourhood-rooted festival features more than 100 events across over 40 venues, with programming that spans music, poetry, theatre, ceremony, film, dance, history walks, art talks, and more.

This year’s theme, Dignity in Community, asks audiences to reflect on what it means to live with dignity on unceded land and alongside one another. The festival honours the ways people in the DTES care for each other, resist displacement, and create space to belong, while highlighting the artistry, stories, and lived experiences that shape the ne

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