Ash Tanasiychuk

Six Fest @ 6th & Ontario

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East Van community gathers for annual party in the street, complete with potluck, music, dancing... and a wedding!

Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk

Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk
Six Fest is an annual, free, all day, all ages community event in East Van near Broadway and Main.

Prophecy & Darren's wedding, Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

This was the fest’s third year and featured a huge list of local creative talent,
from a ton of musicians:

Pitre
Pitre at Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

Therapy
Therapy at Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

Movieland
Movieland at Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

Bushtit
Bushtit at Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

Leila Neverland
Leila Neverland at Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

Tyranahorse
Tyranahorse at Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

The Adulthood
The Adulthood at Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

comedy & music by Chris-A-Riffic
Chris-A-Riffic at Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

and a surprise one-off reunion of the Bash Brothers,
Bash Brothers at Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

to dancers such as Polymer Dance
Polymer Dance at Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

and an intense yet playful piece by Darcy McMurray + Areli Moran + Sammy Chien,
Darcy Mcmurray at Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

to a beautiful closing performance piece by Robert Leveroos.
Robert Leveroos lantern ritual at Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

To kick it all off, a wedding!
Prophecy & Darren's wedding, Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

PrOphecy Sun and Darren Fleet, both Six Fest organizers and musicians (Tyranahorse & Adulthood) tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony that began with prOphecy’s entourage rolling her down the hill in a shopping cart…!
Prophecy & Darren's wedding, Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

For innumerable reasons, this was a beautiful, positive, community event that gave us all many reasons to celebrate.

blowing streamers at Six Fest, Vancouver BC 2013, animated GIF by Ash Tanasiychuk

For more info:

Tin Can Studio tincanstudio.org

Pitre ashleypitre.bandcamp.com

The Adulthood soundcloud.com/theadulthood

Darcy McMurray news.mascalldance.ca/about-the-artist-darcy-mcmurray

Movieland movieland.bandcamp.com

Chris-A-Riffic chrisariffic.bandcamp.com

Polymer Dance polymerdance.com

Tyranahorse tyranahorse.com

Bushtit soundcloud.com/bushtit

Leila Neverland facebook.com/lneverland

HUGE shouts to Jensen Gifford for dj’ing and managing the sound all day!
Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk

and to everyone who came out and made this an amazingly beautiful event, peace and East Van Love!
Six Fest, East Vancouver 2013, photo by Ash Tanasiychuk