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LampPost: Weekend Planner
Happy World Potato Day!
Jared Leary & Simon Larocque
May 30, 2024
This Week’s Categories
Featured
Community Events
Performing Arts
Garage Sales
Sporty Spotlight
Outdoor Opportunities
Creative Corner
Live Music
✴️ = Popular Events
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Featured
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The Village Block Party
Sunday, June 9 | All Day
The Cook Street Village Business Association and CCGF Events are proud to present the 5th annual Village Block Party to celebrate the Cook Street Village and the Fairfield Neighbourhood community on Sunday, June 9 from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm on Cook Street from Oscar Street to Park Boulevard.
“It’s going to be the best yet! We’ve added two new stages, one for acoustic performances and one for magic throughout the day!”
- Glenn Barlow, Cook St. Village BA, Chair
With a main stage, acoustic stage, magic stage, free bike lock-up, and plenty of porta-potties, guests and neighbors will enjoy fantastic live local music and more than 150 artisans, food vendors, and businesses. The beverage garden is open to all ages this year, so parents can all share in the fun.
Cook St Liquor, Benefiting Furry Friends and Paws on Cook present the "Fastest Dog" competition. These adrenaline and hilarity-fuelled races will be held throughout the day between musical sets. Register RIGHT HERE!
Sunday Issue
Did you miss our Sunday issue? There’s a ton of other weekend events listed in that issue. Check it out here!
Community Events
All Weekend | 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM | Inner Harbour | Free
Local artisan vendors, buskars and food in the Inner Harbour by the water.
Friday, May 31 | 4:00 - 8:00 PM | The Langford Stations | Free
Happening every Friday till the end of August!
Friday, May 31 | 6:00 - 9:00 PM | 2% Jazz Coffee on Hillside | Free
Join likeminded individuals enjoying the finest greenery and glasswear in Victoria!
Friday, May 31 | 5:30 - 8:30 PM | Ollie Quinn | Free
Checkout some new shades and one of our friends Mitraya and her amazing earrings!
Saturday, June 1 | 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM | HEL,HILEȻ | Free
Pancake breakfast, parade, live music, market vendors, food trucks! Oh what a lovely community event!
Saturday, June 1 | 12:00 - 8:00 PM | 1705 Store St. | Free
A new grand opening for the pedal bike bar crawl tour company! Live music and over $2000 in prizes!
Saturday, June 1 | 2:00 - 10:00 PM | 706 Fort St. | Free
Come push buttons at the interactive art gallery on Fort St!
✴️ Folktoria 🪕
Saturday + Sunday, June 1 + 2 | 12:00 - 7:00 PM | Centennial Square | Free
Over 60 cultural groups and organizations in Victoria coming together over the last 7 years bringing dancing, food, music, arts and more!
Sunday, June 2 | 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM | Maritime Museum Downtown | By Donation
To celebrate Ocean Week Victoria, the museum is running a community event with exhibits, galleries, linocut printing and more!
Saturday, June 1 | 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | École Intermédiaire Central Middle School | Reserve Your Spot
Put your word in on designing ideas and shaping the future for the Jubilee, Fort Street and Oak Bay Avenue areas!
Sunday, June 2 | 11:00 AM - Sold Out | Parachute Ice Cream Langford | $7 +
ONLY in Langford - it’s a match made in heaven!
Find Angela on Instagram @angelavargrugge and listen to her music here
Angela Verbrugge “Somewhere” Album Release Concert
Friday, May 31 | 7:00 PM | $25
Just nominated for Jazz Artist of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards, Angela Verbrugge has something to say with her newest album “Somewhere”.
Representing the top jazz label out of Seattle, Angela showcases her timeless sound taking you on a trip back to the golden age of the silver screen and on-stage musicals like West Side Story, Singin in the Rain, Sound of Music, and hits from the musicals that featured talent like Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Judy Garland.
Performing it live for the first time ever with New York cities Ray Gallon on piano, Bassist Ken Lister and Drummer Graham Villette experience the charismatic Canadian vocalist tomorrow night at Hermann’s Jazz Club for $25!
Performing Arts
Thursday, May 30 | 7:30 - 10:00 PM | The Hallway | $12
Singing and dancing to Taylor Swift’s biggest hits with drag icons Decathlon, Aria Okay, and Fierce Brosnan
Friday, May 31 | 7:00 - 8:30 PM | Paul Phillips Hall | Adv: $22 / Door: $25
Derby and Drag go together like a pivot and jammer!
Friday, May 31 | 8:30 - 9:45 PM | Theatre SKAM - Satellite Studio | $25
Victoria's best improvisers battle in an improv comedy showdown where the audience decides the winner.
Saturday, June 1 | 8:00 PM | Hecklers Bar & Grill | $22
Andrew has been seen on Conan, Cordon, Last Comic Standing and more!
✴️ Peek Show 16 🎭
Saturday, June 1 | 7:30 - 9:30 PM | Intrepid Studio on Blanshard | PWYC $5 +
A mishmash of artists and patrons doing dances, art, and more!
Garage Sales
🟩Saturday, June 1 | 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 722 Daffodil Ave
🟩Saturday, June 1 | 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM | 2350 Sunriver Way
Yes, we know. This is in Sooke. However, there are over 100 houses signed up for this yard sale - it could be worth the trip out if you mix in a quick hike!
🟩Saturday, June 1 | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM | 1379 Esquimalt Road
2.7k responses on this one!
Sporty Spotlight
All Weekend | See Schedule Above | 1310 Gladstone Ave | $12 +
From yoga, to meditation sessions, to workouts to sound bathing this Fernwood Festival is brining it all so you can get right for Summer!
UFC 302 🤼
Saturday, June 1 | 6:30 - 10:00 PM | The Strath | $8
Catch the World Lightweight Championship - Makhachev vs. Porier! Tickets will be sold at the door.
Saturday, June 1 | 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Greater Victoria Velodrome | $10 Youth / $20 Adult
Establish your baseline for the Summer and meet others doing Velodrome racing!
✴️ Cooldown Run Club 🏃
Sunday, June 2 | 10:00 | Cook St. X Dallas Road | Free
Meet at the Beacon Hill sign downtown and get in for a 5k and coffee!
Outdoor Opportunities
Friday, May 31 | 11:00 - 11:45 AM | Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary | $10
On this walk you will learn about the rich cultural history of the site including Indigenous history of the area, post-colonial activities that occurred at and near Swan Lake, and how the Nature Sanctuary became what it is today.
Friday, May 31 | 1:00 - 1:45 PM | Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary | $10
Learn about the geological processes that formed the land features, the unique and diverse ecosystems that exist here, and some of the species that call the Nature Sanctuary their home.
Saturday, June 1 | 1:00 - 3:00 PM | The Compost Education Centre | $25 - $30
Here on Turtle Island it’s possible to get some crops year-round. Find out the best way to do so at this workshop.
Saturday, June 1 | 1:00 - 3:00 PM | The Compost Education Centre | Free
Sign up quick! Only a few tickets left! Learn to make your own backyard compost- a living soil amendment rich in nutrients and micro-organisms!
Saturday + Sunday, June 1 + 2 | All Weekend | 2070 Phillips Rd. | $44
Your tickets includes two days of excluxive access to eight private gardens with musical performances, artists, artisans, venfors and master gardeners!
Creative Corner
Friday, May 31 | 6:00 - 9:00 PM | Vic West Community Association | Free
Play one of your own boardgames or pick some up with friends
Saturday, June 1 | 2:00 - 3:15 PM | Maritime Museum of BC | $30
Transform a simple mason jar into your own “sea lantern” while learning how lighthouses have been instrumental in keeping mariners safe here since the 1800s.
Saturday, June 1 | 1:00 - 3:00 PM | View Royal Community Hall | Free
Come and meet other garment sewists and swap fabric!
Saturday, June 1 | 1:00 - 3:00 PM | Patio Gardens Saanichton | $53
Learn the tips and tricks of jam making, best processes, and preservation techniques!
Get in-touch and listening to Downtown Mischief here
The Unofficial FernFest Afterparty
Saturday, June 15 | 10:00 PM
FernFest weekend just got a whole lot more cool!
Ready to keep the party rollin’ and hips movin’?
Get your tickets to The Unofficial Afterparty with Downtown Mischief, Silk-turna, and Saturna meets Silk Static!
It’s going to be a groovy evening, get your spot below.
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Live Music
Thursday, May 30
▶️Open Mic | Various | 7:00 - 11:00 PM | Rebel Garage
Free
▶️JUNK: Still No Water Tour | Rap/Hip-Hop | 9:00 PM - 2:00 AM | Lucky Bar | $36 - $57
Friday, May 31
▶️Funkin’ Friday | Funk/Groove | 10:00 PM - 3:00 AM | Quadratic Sound | Advance: $22 / Door: $25 + $5 Membership
▶️Ekiti Sound with Hardvsion / Looting / HZLOCK / B2B / iloveace | Electronic/Hip-hop/Jungle/Tech | 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM | KWENCH | Advance: $20 / Door: $25
✴️ ▶️Hip-Hop at The Hallway | Hip-Hop | 7:30 - 11:55 PM | The Hallway | $15
▶️Brendie Morie & Jan Randall | Songs of Carol King and Leonard Cohen | 7:30 - 11:55 PM | Pagliacci’s
Free
▶️Greater Victoria Concert Band Charity Concert | Large Band | 1:00 PM | Sacred Heart Church | By Donation
Donation
✴️ ▶️The Wailers 40th Anniversary Legend Tour | Reggae | 8:00 PM - 12:30 AM, 7:30 PM Doors | Victoria Curling Club | $47 - $54
▶️Black Angus | Irish/West Coast/Americana | 7:30 PM | Brentwood Bay Village Empourium | $25
▶️Allison Brown with Dan Belgue | Singing/Acoustic/Folk | 9:00 - 11:00 PM | Wheelies Motorcycles & Cafe | $10
Saturday, June 1
▶️ Luca Fogale with Haley Blais | Synths/Orchestral/70s Soft-rock | 8:00 PM | McPherson Playhouse | Starting at $26.25
▶️The Sounds of Spring Signature Concert | Children’s Choir | 3:00 - 4:30 PM | Alix Goolden Performance Hall | $27
✴️ ▶️HAPPENS - In the Lot - Open Air Series | Dance | 3:00 - 9:00 PM | 713 Discovery | $22
▶️Anteater Eater and Dysaynia | Indie-rock/Surf | 7:00 - 10:00 PM | Quadratic Sound | Advance: $15 / Door: $20 + $5 Membership
▶️Caleb Heart | Caribbean Island Soul | 9:00 - 11:00 PM | Baan Thai Wok and Bar | Item Purchase
▶️David P Smith and the Golden Country Clan, David Chenery, Hush Hush Noise | Rock/electronic/Country | 8:00 - 11:00 PM | The Hallway | $15
▶️Mattmac & Guests | Hip-Hop/Rap | 7:00 PM | The Farquhar at UVIC | $5
▶️VSC Sound System: Away From the Numbers | Vinyl/Soul/Reggae/Glam | 8:00 PM - Late | Phoenix Bar & Grill | $15
Door tickets
▶️Dead Rights | Punk/Rock | 8:00 - 11:55 PM | Rebel Garage | $22
▶️Considering Matthew Shepard By Craig Hella Johnson | A Choral Suite | 1:30 PM Discussion / 2:30 PM Show | Christ Church Cathedral | $15 - $35 (Kids 12 and under Free)
▶️60’s Through 80’s Rock & Roll Dance Party | 60’s-80’s His | 2:30 - 5:30 PM | The Esquimalt Legion | $10
Door tickets
✴️ ▶️Borys & Julia Live Performance | Violin | 7:00 - 8:10 PM | The Salvation Army Victoria Citadel
Free
Sunday, June 2
▶️CanUS: Traditional Jazz Matinee | Blues | 1:00 - 3:00 PM, Doors at Noon | Hermann’s Jazz Club | $20 + Fees
▶️The Sounds of Spring Signature Concert | Children’s Choir | 3:00 - 4:30 PM | Alix Goolden Performance Hall | $27
✴️ ▶️Soft Launch / Hard Goodbye Complain Department | Various Music & Art Show | 6:00 - 9:00 PM | Botched Shop | By Donation
✴️ ▶️Chris Tazumi Album Release w/ Actual Human People & Shark Bite Spite | Indie/Pop/Rock | 7:30 - 10:30 PM | The Little Fernwood Gallery | $15
▶️Sunday Night Folk with Balkan Babes and Novo Drom | Folk | 7:30 - 10:00 PM | Sons of Norway | $8 Cash Only
Door Tickets
▶️Lorraine Min/Terence Tam/Rachel Desoer | Bach/Wagner/Brahms | 2:30 PM | First Unitarian Church | $37.50
▶️Sunday Blues Services: Blues Jam | Blues/Jazz | 4:00 - 7:30 PM | Hermann’s Upstairs | $5 at the Door, Jammers get in free!
Door Tickets
▶️Edie Daponte & Ashley Wey | Jazz | 6:00 - 8:00 PM | Oswego Hotel Victoria
Door Tickets
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