Filipino Fridays

BC's largest Filipino Festival "Pinoy Festival" returns to celebrate Filipino Heritage Month, the 128th Anniversary of Philippine Independence, and the unifying spirit of the FIFA World Cup with a free, cultural celebration in Burnaby at Swangard Stadium.

About Pinoy Festival

Pinoy Festival 2026 is open to all communities. Multicultural organizations are invited to join through the Solidarity Parade, cultural performances, and community booths. The festival is a volunteer-driven event organized by the Pinoy Festival Alliance, a coalition of Filipino organizations from across British Columbia, and is built on the Filipino value of Bayanihan, the spirit of collective unity and helping one another.

About Kim LacanariaAs a first-generation immigrant, she is driven by a vision to create safe and welcoming spaces where young immigrants can experience a sense of “home” in Canada. At 16, Kimberly brought this vision to life by founding Palarong Pinoy, an event that united students across the Vancouver School Board to celebrate Filipino heritage, successfully running it for two consecutive years (2024, 2025). As the Co-Founder, she hopes to continue the legacy and expand it provincially.  In 2024, she joined the Sea Cadet Program, earning the rank of Petty Officer First Class and receiving the 2025 Seamanship and Leadership Award, the Strathcona Medal of Excellence, and the Perpetual Award in 2026. She is the inaugural recipient of the Benson Flores Award presented by Pinoy Festival Alliance. Kimberly exemplifies leadership, service, and cultural pride. As a SHINE recipient of the Beedie Luminary Scholarship, she continues to build bridges, inspire the next generation, and make a lasting, meaningful impact while remaining grounded in heritage and purpose.

Hello again fam! Welcome to Filipino Fridays.

It's been a minute since our last episode, so tune in for an update and food for thought regarding Community (work) and community care.

How do we define community?

What does that mean for us?

How do we want to show up for others?

All that and more on our comeback episode!

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Welcome back to Filipino Fridays! It's been a minute fam and we're so excited to have Arthur Tiojanco on this episode. In honor of the Vancouver Street Dance Festival's 10-Year Anniversary, we have the honor of speaking with our special guest on seeing the community event grow into one of Canada's largest outdoor street dance festivals! Arthur shares how the love of hip-hop and breakdancing led to work as a community organizer. We speak about the joy of seeing our Filipino brothers and sisters thrive in the art of street dance culture and finding spaces within dance where we belong. With breakdance set to debut at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, there's exciting times ahead for street dance.

Welcome back to Filipino Fridays! Incredible episode for you today as we present the re-broadcast of our live show! Mabuhay! 

Welcome back to Filipino Fridays fam! . In partnership with Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, explorASIAN Festival and CiTR101.9FM, every week in May, Filipino Fridays Podcast will be featuring emerging Filipino artists to perform live music sessions at the CiTR lounge. Make sure to tune in every Monday to discover over a dozen up and coming Filipino/a/x artists across multiple genres.

Jasmine "Audder" Monton performed music and poetry across the prairies where she was born and raised. Currently, she lives in Vancouver, BC and helps produce Filipino Fridays Podcast. Listen to Audder’s first solo release, Violet Tape EP, on all streaming platforms. With more music set to release this year, Audder aims to grow herself and the community of artists around her.

We're back with a new episode!  "It's essential to create spaces and capital to invest in our own kapwa." - S.Bondoc

- Discovering and celebrating Filipino joy in a safe community that empowers and uplifts Filipino youth.

 - The theme for this year's conference 'Pagitan' - which describes the two worlds we stand in. From where we came from (the Philippines) and the intricacies that we face as we navigate life in Canada.

- Finding our space in between and exploring our intersections because our identity is not monolithic.

- Building a space where the young Filipino generation feels supported in their journey of healing and liberation for themselves.

- Why its significant to see Filipino representation in Parliament and how crucial it is that we take up space in society without losing who we are.

- Lastly, reclaiming our power as a Filipino/a/x and channeling our energy in making a difference for our people 

Simon Bondoc is a new university graduate, community leader, activist and the Director of Outreach for the 2022 Pinoys on Parliament conference. He is Kapampangan and Hiligaynon, living on Moh’kins’tsis in Treaty 7 territory, colonially known as Calgary. The first POP in 2019 made the things he is passionate about now come to life: politics, social justice, community building, culture and spirituality. He has been involved in different organizations, projects and election campaigns ever since. In the future, he hopes to be ordained as a minister in the United Church of Canada and be the loving, queer, justice-seeking Filipino minister he wished he knew growing up.

Welcome back to Filipino Fridays fam! We are so glad to be back and bring you something special for this month. In partnership with Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, explorASIAN Festival and CiTR101.9FM, every week in May, Filipino Fridays Podcast will be featuring emerging Filipino artists to perform live music sessions at the CiTR lounge. Make sure to tune in every Monday to discover over a dozen up and coming Filipino/a/x artists across multiple genres.

Welcome back to Filipino Fridays~! Tune in to Part 2 of this episode featuring transgender advocate, Romeo Reyes.

Welcome back to Filipino Fridays~! In honor of the International Day of Transgender Visibility, joining us on this episode is actor, model, tattoo artist and Transgender advocate, Romeo Reyes. 

Welcome back to Filipino Fridays! On this episode, we analyzed how intergenerational trauma was covered in the Disney movie, Encanto. From Abuela's pressure to preserve the family miracle to burdens on the children, we unpack it all. The traumatic experience and grief that comes from immigrating to coming to terms on how to understand our elders, we hope that you even find this episode therapeutic!