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EVENTS
Sooke Fine Arts Show, to Aug. 6, from 10 a.m. at SEAPARC Leisure Complex, Sooke. Cost: $8/$15 pass/$7 seniors/12 years and under free. Special Events, Friday: Seniors' Teas, 2-4 p.m. and Artz4Re-Fashion, 7-9 p.m. sookefinarts.com
Ex B.C. Forest Service Vessel Squadron Rendezvous, Friday through Monday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Ship Point, Inner Harbour. with approximately 11 vessels attending from various home ports in B.C. and Washington state. bcfs100.ca/bscripts/index.asp
Sixth annual Integrated Arts Festival (formerly Off the Grid Art Crawl), Friday and Saturday with outdoor visual projections and various other art and music events throughout the festival as part of the 150th City of Victoria celebrations. Gallery opening Friday, 6-11 p.m., audio and visual event at Vic Theatre by Animal Production, 8-11: 30 p.m. Saturday: Galleries open all day, Closing party with music at the Sculpture Studio, Saturday, 8-1: 30 p.m. Details at victoria.ca/cityvibe
Amelia Street Block Party, Saturday, noon-8 p.m. between Cormorant Street and Pandora Avenue, with music, storytelling, arts, food and fund. Donation.
Victorian Garden Party at Craigdarroch Castle, part of the city's 150th anniversary celebration, Saturday, 1-4 p.m. with concert, games, children's entertainment and more at 1050 Joan Cres. Special performance by Raven Baroque at 1 p.m. thecastle.ca
2012 National Dog Agility Championships at Beban Sport Complex; Nanaimo, Friday through Sunday. Best dog/handler teams from across Canada and some from U.S.
Free to spectators. Details at nationals2012.trialentry.com
Hands Across the Sand, Saturday, 11 a.m.-12: 30 p.m. at Willows Beach for the third gathering of Hand across the Sands. insideawareness.com
B.C. Aviation Museum Open House, Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 1910 Norseman Rd. off Canora, Sidney. ) Official roll-out of the recently restored Harvard and highlighting floats and boats. Family fun. Tel. 250-655-3300 or bcam.net
La Calebasse du Nomade: African Spirit Night an evening of food and music at St. Nicolas Ukrainian Hall, 1110 Caledonia Ave., Saturday, 6: 30 p.m.-12: 30 a.m. Cost: $20 advance/$25 door/$15/ under 10 years free. Tel. 250-884-0379.
Ross Bay Villa Tour, Saturday at 1490 Fairfield Rd. (opposite cemetery), 2-3 p.m. Donation. [email protected]
B.C. Day at the Royal B.C. Museum. Free activities in the museum's cultural precinct - park, plaza and grounds at Belleville and Government streets, Sunday and Monday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
City United! Anniversary
Celebration and Concert, Sunday at St. Ann's Academy National Historic Site, 835 Humboldt St. and Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park. Events: St. Ann's Academy, noon-6 p.m. Family fun with music, entertainment, crafts, cooking, garden demonstration and more followed by concert at Cameron Bandshell, 7 p.m. with headliners, Digging Roots.
Heavy Truck Show by the Saanich Historical Artifacts Society at Heritage Acres, 7321 Lochside Drive, Friday through Sunday, 9: 30 a.m.-5 p.m. Details shas.ca
Malahat Marauders Black Powder Rendezvous, Saturday through Monday at the Victoria Fish and Game Club, 700 Holker Place, near the Malahat summit. Details at vfgpa.org
Chess in the Square, Saturday, noon-5 p.m. at CRD Square, Fisgard and Government streets with giant chess board, learn to play and lots of games. Free. victoriajuniorchess.com
Stinking Fish Studio Tour, Friday through Aug. 12, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. in Metchosin and East Sooke. Details stinkingfishstudiotour.com
Outdoor Comedy and Guided Plant Walk by Outdoor Oceanside Comedy Show: Bare Encounters, a comedy about one woman's escape from a bear. A guided forest walk where you learn which wild plants are edible, Monday, 10 a.m-2 p.m. Cost: $25-$35. Meet a West Saanich and Wallace roads, gravel parking lot by Red Barn Market. [email protected]
Butchart Gardens Summer Festival, nightly to Sept. 1. Tel. 250-652-5256 or butchartgardens.com Friday: 7: 30 p.m. Great Ladies of Jazz. Saturday: 6: 30 p.m. The Ecclestons; Fireworks at 9: 30 p.m. Sunday: 7: 30 p.m. Jayme Stone. Monday: 7: 30 p.m., Odyssey String Quartet. Tuesday: 7: 30 p.m. Special Event: Arlo Guthrie - Guthrie Family Reunion.
Wednesday: 7: 30 p.m. Mae Moore. Thursday: 7: 30 p.m. Chris Millington & Dancin'.
Quality Foods Canadian Open Sandsculpting Exhibit at Parksville Beach, day to Aug. 19, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. parksvillebeachfest.ca
Coombs Bluegrass Festival, Friday though Sunday at Coombs Rodeo Grounds with music, workshops and much more. See coombsbluegrass.com
Hornby Festival, Friday through Aug. 11, with music of all kind, dance, spoken word and more. Details hornbyfestival.bc.ca
Sunfest Festival, to Sunday at Cowichan Exhibition Grounds, Duncan with a full list of country music including nine-time Grammy Award nominee Dierks Bentley. Details at sunfestconcerts.com
30th Filberg Festival, Friday to Monday, at Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park, 61 Filberg Rd., Comox, Friday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. , Monday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $15 daily/$40 pass. No pest. Park and ride at 1475 Noel Ave., Comox. Enjoy fine art, food, music and entertainment. Details filbergfestival.com
Homecoming Port Alberni. Homecoming weekend, Friday through Monday with massive block party at Bob Dailey Stadium, car show, artist and more. Details at portalberni.ca/100
Live video chat with Canadian astronaut Maj. Jeremy Hansen, Thursday, 1 p.m. at the Nanaimo Museum as part of the exhibit To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA. nanaimomuseum.ca
Nagasaki - Hiroshima Remembered, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, 7: 30 p.m. at Esquimalt Gorge Park off Tillicum Road, just south of Gorge Waterway. Decorate origami cranes and lanterns and offer words of peace.
Tour Canada's oldest surviving synagogue, Congregation EmanuEl, 1461 Blanshard St., every Tuesday and Thursday to Aug. 30, every hour from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost: $5. Tel. 250-382-0615.
The Mystery Show, a fundraiser based on not "knowing" the artist until you have purchased the masterpiece. Aug. 8-11 with lottery style draw, August 11 at 1 p.m. at Red Art Gallery, 2033 Oak Bay Ave. Details redartgallery.ca
Oak Bay Collector Car Festival 2012, Sunday along Oak Bay Avenue, cars arrive from 7: 30 a.m., display ends at 3: 30 p.m. Special display of electric cars plus performance by Virtual Elvis and Johnny Vallis and prime rib barbecue from 10: 30 a.m. 250-896-9000 or blethering.com
