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

12:00 PM – Opening Circle

12:30 PM to 4:30 PM – Workshops

● MAUMAE workshop – Location: Pope Marine Building

● YUMIKO YOSHIOKA: Body Resonance & Butoh workshop – Location: Cotton Building

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8:30 PM to 10:00 PM – Opening Weekend PERFORMANCES @ The Cotton Building

evan ray suzuki (outdoor beach performance) + Joan Laage/Kogut + tiny vessels

+ celebratory group toast with complimentary kombucha for all attendees

* SUNDAY, JULY 26

● MAUMAE workshop – Location: Pope Marine Building

● YUMIKO YOSHIOKA: Body Resonance & Butoh workshop – Location: Cotton Building

10:00 AM to 1:30 PM – Workshops

1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – Lunch Break

3:00 PM to 6:00 PM – Workshops

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8:00 PM – POTLUCK DINNER celebration (bring a dish to share) + Piñata with Japanese candy @ ArtLab Thuja

* MONDAY, JULY 27

● MOE YAMAMOTO Kanazawa Butoh-Kan workshop – Location: Pope Marine Building

● KOTA YAMAZAKI & MINA NISHIMURA workshop – Location: Cotton Building

10:00 AM to 1:30 PM – Workshops

1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – Lunch Break

3:00 PM to 6:00 PM – Workshops

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8:30 PM to 10:00 PM – BUTOH SALON: Evening Lecture series @ Cotton Building

— Lecture by Dr. BRUCE BAIRD, Professor of Japanese Studies at University of Massachusetts

* TUESDAY, JULY 28

● MOE YAMAMOTO Kanazawa Butoh-Kan workshop – Location: Pope Marine Building

● KOTA YAMAZAKI & MINA NISHIMURA workshop – Location: Cotton Building

10:00 AM to 1:30 PM – Workshops

1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – Lunch Break

3:00 PM to 6:00 PM – Workshops

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8:30 PM to 10:00 PM – BUTOH SALON: Evening Lecture series @ Cotton Building

— Lecture by Dr. TANYA CALAMONERI on “Tuning to our Environment: Butoh Avatar & Motion-capture in Virtual Reality”

* WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 – DAY OF REST + ButohCABARET

6:30 PM – LECTURE by Dr. Bruce Baird on “Tracing the Histories of Cabaret in Butoh” + Artist Q&A with Akira Kasai & Yumiko Yoshioka

7:30 PM – ButohCABARET

10:00 PM – DISCO dance party!!

* THURSDAY, JULY 30

● AKIRA KASAI workshop – Location: BRIGID’S LOFT

● Crow Nishimura workshop – Location: Port Townsend Quimper Grange

10:00 AM to 1:30 PM – Workshops

1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – Lunch Break

3:00 PM to 6:00 PM – Workshops

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

— Lecture by Dr. MEGAN V. NICELY on “Language Creates the Body Anew: Kasai Akira’s Post-Butoh”

* FRIDAY, JULY 31

● AKIRA KASAI workshop – Location: BRIGID’S LOFT

● Crow Nishimura workshop – Location: Pope Marine Building

10:00 AM to 1:30 PM – Workshops

1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – Lunch Break

3:00 PM to 6:00 PM – Workshops

● 8:00 PM – MainStage performances (doors open @ 8:00, show begins @ 8:15 PM sharp)

** FRIDAY, JULY 31 MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES

@ PT American Legion Hall, 209 Monroe St

1. EMIKO AGATSUMA

2. IVÁN ESPINOSA & Company: “Plucking off the Darkness of the Galaxy”

— Intermission 15 min —

3. YUMIKO YOSHIOKA: “100 Light Years of Solitude”

* SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st

● YUMIKO YOSHIOKA: Body Resonance & Butoh workshop – Location: Pope Marine Building

● EMIKO AGATSUMA: AGAXART Butoh workshop – Location: BRIGID’S LOFT

10:00 AM to 1:30 PM – Workshops

1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – Lunch Break

3:00 PM to 6:00 PM – Workshops

● 8:00 PM – MainStage performances (doors open @ 8:00, show begins @ 8:15 PM sharp)

** SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES

@ PT American Legion Hall, 209 Monroe St

1. MOE YAMAMOTO and KEI SHIRASAKA

2. CROW NISHIMURA of Degenerate Art Ensemble

— Intermission 10 min —

3. AKIRA KASAI

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AFTER PARTY celebration @ THE IN BETWEEN – OPEN TO ALL

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2

● YUMIKO YOSHIOKA: Body Resonance & Butoh workshop – Location: Pope Marine Building

● EMIKO AGATSUMA: AGAXART Butoh workshop – Location: Cotton Building

10:00 AM to 1:30 PM – Workshops

1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – Lunch Break

3:00 PM to 6:00 PM – Workshops

● 8:00 PM – mainstage performances (doors open @ 8:00, show begins @ 8:15 PM sharp)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES

@ PT American Legion Hall, 209 Monroe St

1. MITSUTAKE KASAI

2. MAUMAE

— Intermission 15 min —

3. KOTA YAMAZAKI & MINA NISHIMURA

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** Festival Closing Ceremony — followed by KARAOKE DANCE PARTY with all participants, teachers and guest artists!!