FRIDAY, MARCH 29
Tower of Song: A Creative Tribute to the music of Leonard Cohen featuring Oliver Swain, Anne Schaefer and Glenna Garramone with guest appearances by Richard Moody and Shayne Avec I Grec, 8 p.m. at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St. Tickets at Lyle’s Place or Ditch Records. Tel. 250-388-9166; hermannsjazz.com
Good Friday Concert, Handel’s Messiah Parts 2 and 3, 7:30 p.m. at Christ Church Cathedral, 930 Burdett Ave. Tel. 250-383-2714 or christchurchcathedral.bc.ca
Pacific Open Chess Tournament, through Monday at Grand Pacific Hotel, 463 Belleville St. For more information, go to grandpacificopen
The Stanfields, 7 p.m. at Club 9ONE9, 919 Douglas St. Tickets at Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records or ticketweb.ca
Love Letters, presented by Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre, 8 p.m. at the McPherson Playhouse. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121.
Acres of Lions CD release party with Chris Ho and Sunhawk at Lucky Bar, 517 Yates St., 8 p.m. Tickets at Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records or ticketweb.ca
A Theatrical Double Bill, two one-act comedies about language and tyranny: Ionesco’s The Lesson and Hannah Moscovitch’s Essay, 8 p.m. at Intrepid Theatre Club, 1609 Blanshard St. Tickets at ticketrocket.org or tel. 250-590-6291.
Chris Ronald Pacific Time Tour, 7 p.m. at Spiral Cafe, 418 Craigflower Rd. Tel. 250-386-9303.
April Fool’s Weekend Scavenger Hunt at the Royal B.C. Museum, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday through Monday at 675 Belleville St. Details at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Jennifer Louise Taylor and Rose Birney, 8 p.m. at James Bay Coffee and Books, 143 Menzies St. Tel. 250-386-4700; jamesbaycoffeeandbooks.com
Fletcher’s Challenge 2013, a 13 kilometre trail race and six-kilometre family cookie run-walk, plus an Easter Egg Hunt, 10 a.m. at Westwood Lake, Nanaimo Details at fletcherschallenge.blogspot.com
SATURDAY, MARCH 30
All-Star Bluegrass Celebration Concert with Sweet Lowdown, The Moonshiners, The Riverside Trio and The Clover Point Drifters, 7:30 p.m. at Oak Bay United Church, 1355 Mitchell St. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca, tel. 250-386-6121 or the at the door; sookebluegrass.com
Ford World Men’s Curling Championship at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, through April 7. Details at saveonfoodsmemoricalcentre.com
University of Victoria Dance Company presents Storm the Floor, annual year end gala, 7 p.m. at University of Victoria Farquhar Auditorium. Tickets at tickets.uvic.ca or tel. 250-721-8480.
Jon Miller Quartet, 8 p.m. at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St. Tel. 250-472-0999; hermannsjazz.com
Africa and Caribbean Spirit Night with music, food and dance. Saturday, 8:30 p.m. at Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St. Tickets at tel. 250-884-0379 or at the door.
Isobel Trigger single release: Dust and Bone with Man Made Lake, 8 p.m. at Lucky Bar, 517 Yates St.
Chinatown Walks, 10:30 a.m., meet outside Starbucks, Government and Fisgard streets. Cost: $15. Tel. 250-384-6698 or go to discoverthepast.com
As the Crow Flies with Spaceport Union, 9 p.m. at Logan’s Pub, 1821 Cook St. Tel. 250-360-1832.
Dinner Theatre: Ireland with Will Millar and his musicians at Oak Bay Beach Hotel; oakbaybeachhotel.com
The Radiator Duo with Tom Watson and Murray McCoomb with music from the 1960s-’90s. Saturday, 8 p.m. at the Grand Pacific Hotel, 463 Belleville St. Tel. 1-800-663-7550.
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