This week’s categories:

• Community Events

• Student Section

• Creative Corner

• Live Music

✴️ = Interesting Events

Featured 🔊⬇️

NEON STEVE TICKET GIVEAWAY ($70s!) 👽

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Community Events

Fernwood Community Meal 🍞

Monday, April 8 | 5:30 - 6:45 PM | Fernwood Community Centre | $5 Adult, $2 Kid

• A great way for Fernwood residents to connect with one another!

Intrepid Theatre Festival - IN2 🎭

April 11 - 21 | Various - Click Link | Various - Click Link

• Music, drag, workshops and more!

• Check out TONS of different shows here

Spring in the Food Forest 🫂

Thursday, April 11 | 9:30 - 11:30 AM | Fairfield Food Forest (Porter Park)

• Celebration of food and community in Fairfield.

Esquimalt Night Market 🌃

Friday, April 12 | 5:00 - 9:30 PM | 614 Grenville Ave | Free Entry

• Food, vendors, karaoke, live music and more!

The Relove Market - Sustainable Fashion for All 👓

✴️Sat + Sun, April 13 + 14 | 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Rifflandia Showroom (#2500-2514 Rock Bay Ave)

• Find your freshest summer outfit at the Relove Market!

Island Fancon 👾

Sat + Sun, April 13 + 14 | 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM | City Centre Park in Langford | $32 - $55

• Cosplay, artists, workshops, vendors and more. Snag your tickets here

Vaisakhi Celebrations at the Sikh Temple 👳🏾‍♂️

✴️Sunday, April 14 | 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM | The Sikh Temple 1210 Topaz Ave

• Great food market, bouncy castle and kirtan darbar at the Sikh Temple!

Located 20 minutes from Downtown Victoria, Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse is one of BC's top agri-tourism destinations that offers year-round cider-centric experiences.

Our ten-acre farm is home to over 1,300 apple trees, made up of over 50 varieties of heirloom apples. 2024 marks 20 years of Sea Cider creating award-winning craft cider!

Open daily year-round from 11am to 6pm for cider, lunch and local shopping!

Check out the Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse website for hours, menu items, and more.

Creative Corner

Growing Mushrooms at Home 🍄

Monday, April 8 | 6:00 - 8:30 PM | Crystal Pool and Fitness Centre | $30

• Learn how to grow mushrooms at home. Register here

Learn Ukulele 🎼

Tuesday, April 9 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM | Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre | By Donation

• Bring your own Uk’ and get involved in a growing music scene in Victoria!

• More information on Friends of Music here

Victorious Voices Poetry Slam 🗣️

✴️Tuesday + Wednesday, April 9 + 10 | 7:00 - 10:00 PM | Victoria Event Centre | $7 - $12

• Solo slams and teams tussle it out to get to the final. Get your tickets here

Folsom Prison Revisited 👁️‍🗨️

Wednesday, April 10 | 7:30 PM | McPherson Playhouse | $58

• A music act for the one and only. Get your tickets here

Sappho’s Isle: An All-Sapphic Burlesque Show 💄

Thursday, April 11 | 8:00 - 10:30 PM | Victoria Event Centre | $36

• A night of all things sultry, sensual and Sapphic. Tickets here

Ceramic Paint Palette Workshop 🎨

Saturday, April 13 | 2:00 - 3:30 PM | Crystal Pool and Fitness Centre | $150 All-Included

• Create, Design and paint your piece! Register here

Student Section

UVIC Climbing End of Year Event 🧗

Tuesday, April 9 | 4:00 - 8:00 PM | Macaulay Point / Fleming Beach Park

• Lawn games, free food and climbing! More info here

Fernwood Skate Club Sesh 🛹

Tuesday, April 9 | 6:00 PM | Fernwood Community Centre

• Last skate session of the year!

UVSS CLOTHING SWAP 🧥

✴️Wednesday + Thursday , April 10 + 11 | 10:00 - 3:00 PM | Michael Pujol Room

• Make your donations on April 8 + 9 between 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM at the Events Office

Tenancy Law Info Session ⚖️

Wednesday, April 10 | 12:00 PM | Clearihue C108

• Will be recorded if you can’t make it. Register here

Nursery Work Party 🌱

Wednesday, April 10 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 2400 Cedar Hill Rd.

• Potting plants, eating food, what’s not to love? Register here

Boxing Club: The Beatdown 🥊

Friday, April 12 | 6:00 - 9:00 PM | Vertigo Lounge in the SUB | $7

• UVIC’s first ever boxing match? Get your tickets here

Top Rope Climbing and Belay Workshop 🏔️

✴️Saturday, April 13 | 6:15 - 9:15 PM | Crag X | $50

• Includes 2 week climbing at Crag X! Sign up ASAP here

Live Music

Monday, April 8

▶️Bill Francis | Rock/Pop Classics | 5:00 PM | The Loft | By Donation

Tuesday, April 9

▶️The Country Mixtape Tour | Country | Doors at 8:00 PM | Capital Ballroom | $36.50

Wednesday, April 10

▶️Comeback Kid | Modern Punk/Hardcore | 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM | Capital Ballroom | $25

▶️Freak Heat Waves + Cindy Lee w/ Elan Noon & DJ Sio | Rock/Dance/Psych/Electronic | Doors at 8:00 PM | Upstairs | $23

Thursday, April 11

▶️Cawton / Poor Sport / Love Outlier / Razorvoice | Acoustic | Doors at 7:30 | Herald Street Brew Works | $15 Adv, $20 Door

▶️LATKING | Latin Dance | Doors at 10:00 PM | Lucky Bar | $10, $15 Door

▶️ Thursdays Together - SO BRR ft Barbie Aphelion | Dance/groove | 7:00 - 10:00 PM | Quadratic Sound | $10 - $20 + $5 Member fee

Friday, April 12

✴️▶️NEON STEVE | House/Electronic/FUN | Doors at 9:00 PM | Capital Ballroom | $20 - $30

▶️The Poubelles / The Poor Choices / Pooched / Pogo | Pop/Punk | Doors at 7:30 PM | Lucky Bar | $10, $15 Door

▶️The Dirty Stones - Tribute to Rolling Stones | Rolling Stones | 7:00 - 9:00 PM | The Duke | $22

▶️The Soul Shakers Dance Party | Soul/Motown/R&B | 7:30 PM | Upstairs Lounge - Oak Bay Rec | $25 Adv, $30 Door

✴️▶️ The Shindigs & Earth Freaks | Funky Rock/Warm Tones | 6:00 - 9:00 PM | Quadratic Sound | $25 - $30 + $5 Membership Fee

▶️ Open Decks Ft. Phulla | Various | 10:00 - Late | Quadratic Sound | $15 + $5 Membership Fee

▶️ Necrosal Noise / Dollheads / Blacksmith and Brewer | New Wave/Punk | Show at 7:00 PM | Phoenix Bar & Grill | $8 - $15

Saturday, April 13

▶️Back to the Eighties - Otherworld Fundraiser with Billiam / Naomi Nice / Chris Bigelow | House + an 80’s twist | 7:00 - 10:00 PM | Church of Truth | $23 in advance, $30-$40 at the doors

▶️D.O.A. w/ White Collar and Neurospaz | Pop/Punk | 8:00 - 11:59 PM | Victoria Event Centre | $33

▶️An Evening with Roy Forbes | Folk | 7:30 PM | Upstairs Lounge - Oak Bay Rec | $30 Adv, $35 Door

✴️▶️ West Coast Hard: The Survivor, Gasolina, J-Bone, Marty Gras | Gabber/DNB/Techno/Industrial | 10:00 - Late | Quadratic Sound | $20 - $25 + $5 Membership Fee

See our Mid-Week Medley for Sunday’s live music and more events added through the week!

Thanks for reading!! Much love :)