CALENDAR: Salish Sea Lantern Festival, Sturgill Simpson, star parties
SATURDAY, AUG. 20
Salish Sea Lantern Festival, second annual edition, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Beacon Band Shell, Sidney. A family event with music, face painting, balloons and illumination. Dress up, bring a lantern and join the fun. Lantern procession at 8:30 p.m. Go to cacsp.com.
Celebration of Ma Miller’s Pub 152nd Birthday. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at 2903 Sooke Lake Rd. with family-friendly events including: golf tournament at Olympic View Golf Course at 3:30 p.m.; Show & Shine at the pub 11 a.m.3 p.m. including a beer garden, face-painting, bouncy castle, vendors, prizes, give-aways and live band; facebook.com or 250-590-0888.
Sturgill Simpson, in concert with guests at the Royal Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or 250-386-6121. Summer Star Parties at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, 5071 West Saanich Rd., 7:30-11 p.m. final event. Enjoy featured speakers, solar and nighttime observing with telescopes and tours of Plaskette telescope. Free but registration required at summerstarparties.eventbrite.ca.
Free-B Film Festival presented by Victoria Film Festival. Rain or shine, bring your blanket, flashlight and snack. Go to victoriafilmfestival.com. Tonight: Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, 9 p.m. The Poseidon Adventure.
Summer Evenings at The Gardens: Butchart Gardens free entertainment with admission. Music with The Sutcliffes at 6:15 p.m. and fireworks at 9:15 p.m. Go to butchartgardens.com.
Saanichton Family Festival at Peninsula Country Market, Saanich Fairground, 1528 Stelly’s Cross Rd., 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free family oriented event with lots of games, prizes and inflatable obstacle course and vendors from the Peninsula Country Market.
Fab Fort — Squirt Gun Battle at Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse Historic Site, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with Platoon Challenge Scavenger Hunt, Capture the Flag and Target Practice; pc.gc.ca/fortroddhill.
Shady Creek Cemetery Tour at 9180 East Saanich Rd., Saanichton, 2 p.m. hosted by the UCW at Shady Creek and Brentwood Bay United Church. Tea to follow in church hall. Donation. 250-652-2713.
Flavour Trails: North Saanich Food and Farm Festival. Today: Flavour Trails, 9:30 a.m.5 p.m. 17 venues to visit with food and wine sampling, fresh produce demonstration, animals, arts and more. Brochure/map at flavourtrails.com.
SUNDAY, AUG. 21
Langford Show and Shine, sixth annual version, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Near the fountain on Goldstream Avenue Langford, featuring more than 200 classic cars, muscle cars, hot rods and sports cars – circa 1975 and earlier; thecityoflangford.ca.
Second annual Victoria Gem, Mineral, Fossil and Jewelry Show at Pearkes Rec. Centre, 3100 Tillicum Road. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; saanich.ca/calendar
Fibrations. Victoria community-based celebration of fibre with up to 60 vendors, with demonstrations and hands-on-activities at Fairfield Community Centre, 1330 Fairfield Rd., 10 am.-4 p.m.; fibrationsvic.wordpress.com.
Rukus perform at Beacon Bandshell in Sidney, 2-4 p.m.
Afternoon Concerts in the Park at Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Friday to Sunday, 1:30-3:20 p.m. and Monday, noon-1 p.m. Sunday: Westshore Community Concert Band.
Super Summer Kids Day: A gathering of Superheros with activities for kids, games adventures, hamster balls, bungee run and more as a fundraiser for B.C. Children’s Hospital, at City Centre Park’s Westhills Stadium, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; info@superheroesofvictoria.org.
Old Cemeteries Society: Annual Obon Ceremony, the Japanese Buddhist Day of the Dead. Graves are cleaned, incence lit and prayers said at the Kakehashi Monument in southwest corner of Ross Bay Cemetery, Memorial Crescent and Dallas Road. Following ceremony a reception at Ross Bay Villa, 3:30 p.m. Go to oldcem.bc.ca or tel. 250-598-8870.