The Last Summer Festival of the year. Four Days of Cultural Celebrations!
Sunday August 28, 2022
9:00am Pacific: Harambeecouvercup: This soccer tournament is geared to all young at heart individuals. Sign up as a team and compete to be the winner of the 2022 HMC Cup! Registration: www.harambeecouvercup.ca Location: Trillium Park
Friday September 2, 2022
6:00am Pacific: Pancakes for the DTES: Every year on the first day of the festival, Harambeecouver make up to 1000 pancakes.. These are distributed by volunteers, feeding the homeless and hungry in the Downtown East Side Community. Contact us if you would like to volunteer to make and distribute pancakes.
5:30pm Pacific: Dialogue and Festival Kick-Off: We Kick off the festival with an evening of dialogue and African refreshments. A panel session will discuss this year’s theme: Building resilience, courage and strength amongst youth in the post-covid world. The Dailogue’s goal is to promote the cultural, artistic and leadership contributions made by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC); reduce ethno-racial prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination about BIPOC individuals; and to provide a space and platform for minority individuals to feel accepted and where they can speak their truth respectfully, without fear of intimidation or bias.
Location: Robson Square. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/harambeecouver-diversity-dialogues-september-2-2022-tickets-404945170907
Saturday, September 3, 2022
10:00am Pacific: Harambeecouver Festival: The flagship event runs from 10am onwards. Join us for food, arts and culture, and live performances scheduled through out the day! Location: Thornton Park, Vancouver
Sunday September 4 2022
8:00am Pacific: Harabeecouver run: Start your weekend with a fun or relaxed or competitive 10 and 5Km run/walk for the community. Meet up at 8:00am for a group stretch and start the run at 8:20am. Location: False Creek: Creekside park. Registration Details: https://raceroster.com/events/2022/63069/harambeecouver-diversity-run and https://harambeecouverrun.ca/.
10: 00am Pacific: Harambeecouver Festival: The fun continues where we left of. More music, arts, food and culture. Location: Thornton Park.
Stage line-up
Available here: https://harambeecouverfest.ca/2022-stage-lineup/
If you are interested in hosting a vendor tent, or performing, please email us at info@harambeecouver.ca
Festival Location: Thornton Park, 1166 Main Street (Terminal Avenue).
Festival Dates: Saturday September 3, 2022 and Sunday September 4 2022
Time: 10:00am* Pacific
Your Saftey and Protection
- Depending on your comfort level, please feel free to wear a mask as needed.
- First Aid Station with volunteer responders will be available.
- Child friendly content until 6:00pm
- No Alcohol is permitted in the park
- In case of emergency, call 911, reach out to any of the festival staff in black t-shirts with name badges.
