Youth Programming at 2009 Vancouver Chinatown Festival

The Great Beginnings Program supported Streetfest at the 2009 Chinatown Festival, which is a key part of youth programming at the festival. The 2009 Streetfest introduced young people to the Chinatown community by fusing traditional Chinatown with popular youth culture that may not normally be associated with the area. Streetfest became an evening block where a DJ performed through the evening and where space was made available for people to dance in. The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Courtyard acted as a venue for a ‘B-boy’ dance competition.

Streetfest was a youth-centric addition to the Chinatown Festival that created opportunities for community capacity-building, neighbourhood renewal and attracted visitors to historic Chinatown.

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