2026 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

** ALL workshops & performances for 2026 Festival take place in DOWNTOWN Port Townsend on the historic Water Street waterfront **

* SATURDAY, July 25

POPE MARINE BUILDING AND COTTON BUILDING WORKSHOPS

8:30 PM – OPENING WEEKEND PERFORMANCES: EVAN RAY SUZUKI (NYC), Joan Laage/Kogut (Seattle), tiny vessels (Portland)

* SUNDAY, July 26

POPE MARINE BUILDING AND COTTON BUILDING WORKSHOPS

* MONDAY, July 27

POPE MARINE BUILDING AND COTTON BUILDING WORKSHOPS

8:30 PM to 10:00 PM – BUTOH SALON (evening Lecture series) @ COTTON BUILDING

• Lecture + Q&A with scholars

* TUESDAY, July 28

POPE MARINE BUILDING AND COTTON BUILDING WORKSHOPS

8:30 PM to 10:00 PM – BUTOH SALON (evening Lecture series) @ COTTON BUILDING

• Lecture + Q&A with scholars

* WEDNESDAY, July 29 

DAY OF REST + BUTOH CABARET @ Night

Butoh CABARET LOCATION: The CHIMACUM GRANGE

7:00 PM to 10:00 PM — BUTOH CABARET

10:00 PM — BUTOH DISCO with The Sparkle Sisters!!!

* THURSDAY, July 30

BRIGID’S LOFT AND POPE MARINE BUILDING workshops

8:30 PM to 10:00 PM – BUTOH SALON (evening Lecture series) @ Brigid’s Loft

• Lecture and Q&A with scholars

* FRIDAY, July 31 

BRIGID’S LOFT AND POPE MARINE BUILDING workshops

8:00 PM – Doors open for MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCE featuring our 2025 Teaching Artists @ PT American Legion

8:15PM – showtime

FRIDAY EVENING, July 31 – MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCE # 1 @ PT American Legion

(the American Legion is located in downtown Port Townsend @ 209 Monroe Street

• Emiko Agatsuma (Tokyo, Japan)

• Iván-Daniel Espinosa and Company

– INTERMISSION – 

• Yumiko Yoshioka (Berlin, Germany/Japan)

* SATURDAY, August 1

BRIGID’S LOFT AND POPE MARINE BUILDING workshops

8:00 PM – Doors open for MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCE featuring our 2025 Teaching Artists @ PT American Legion Hall

8:15 PM – showtime

SATURDAY EVENING, August 1 – MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCE # 2 @ American Legion Hall

(the American Legion is located in downtown Port Townsend @ 209 Monroe Street

• MOE YAMAMOTO & KEI SHIRASAKA  (Kanazawa, Japan)

• Haruko Crow Nishimura of Degenerate Art Ensemble (Seattle)

– INTERMISSION – 

• AKIRA KASAI (Tokyo, Japan)

** AFTER PARTY drinks and celebration @ THE IN BETWEEN (823 Water Street)

SUNDAY, August 2

POPE MARINE BUILDING AND COTTON BUILDING workshops

SUNDAY EVENING, August 2 – MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCE # 3 @ American Legion Hall

(the American Legion is located in downtown Port Townsend @ 209 Monroe Street

• MITSUTAKE KASAI (Tokyo, Japan)

• MAUMAE (Port Townsend, Washington)

– INTERMISSION – 

• KOTA YAMAZAKI AND MINA NISHIMURA (Tokyo, Japan/NYC)

** Festival closing CELEBRATION — KARAOKE & DANCE PARTY with all participants, teachers and guest artists