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Journey to the East Festival

The dynamic, eye-opening Journey to the East Festival returns expanding its reach across the city with a weekend of live performances at CCA, Tramway and a week-long residency at French Street!

Journey to the East Festival

About Journey to the East Festival

Image Credit: Luis Nieto Dickens

JOURNEY TO THE EAST (JTTE) is Scotland’s premiere performance art and contemporary culture festival which centres queer, PoC and East Asian artists and artforms. The dynamic, eye-opening festival returns to Glasgow from 22 - 30 September 2023 for its highly-anticipated second festival edition, expanding its reach across the city with a weekend of live performances at CCA, Tramway and a week-long residency at French Street.

Highlights of this year's festival includes the very first Scottish performance from world-renowned Tokyo-based techno DJ ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U (Yousuke Yukimatsu), iconic and subversive performance artist Matt Mullican and New York based transfem-activist artist Keioui Keijaun Thomas.

Full Programme

Friday 22nd September (CCA)


Festival Launch and Keynote Lecture | Matt Mullican
6pm | 1hr | Artist Lecture

PYRAMID PARTY / A DOSE OF PLEASURE | Alvin Collantes and Ben Okamoto
7pm | 2.5hrs | Performance

Yousuke Yukimatsu Live | ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U
9:30pm | 3.5hrs | Performance

JTTE Screening | Various Artists
12pm | All Day | Film Screening

Saturday 23rd September (Tramway)

Artist Conversations | Various Artists
4pm | 3hrs | Artist Talks

PERFORMANCE UNDER HYPNOSIS | Matt Mullican
7:30pm | 1hr | Performance

COME HELL OR HIGH FEMMES: THE ERA OF THE DOLLS | Keioui Keijaun Thomas
8:30pm | 1hr | Performance

Sunday 24th September (French Street)

RIVER WALK | River Lin
7pm | 30mins | Performance

CLOUD STATES | Jian Yi
7:30pm | 2hrs | Performance

Monday 25th September (French Street)

CLOUD STATES | Jian Yi
12pm | All Day | Exhibition

SHAPESHIFTERS | Keioui Keijaun Thomas
6:30pm | 3hrs | Workshop

Tuesday 26th September (French Street)

CLOUD STATES | Jian Yi
12pm | All Day | Exhibition

DANCE HISTORIES OF ONE'S BODY | River Lin
6:30pm | 3hrs | Workshop

Wednesday 27th September (French Street)

CLOUD STATES | Jian Yi
12pm | All Day | Exhibition

Thursday 28th September (French Street)

CLOUD STATES | Jian Yi
12pm | All Day | Exhibition

Friday 29th September (French Street)

CLOUD STATES | Jian Yi
12pm | All Day | Exhibition

Saturday 30th September (French Street)

Excerpts from UNFORGETTABLE GIRL | Elisabeth Gunawan
3pm | 30mins | Performance

JTTE Research and Discussion Panel | Special Guest Speakers
4pm | 2hrs | Symposium

THE I OF THE BEHOLDER | Sung Im Her
6:30pm | 30mins | Performance

For tickets and more information, please visit jttefest.com

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