CALENDAR: Stile Antico, Beer Week, Evita, orchid show, Dylan Stone
SATURDAY, MARCH 4
Stile Antico, Elizabethan Composers in Exile, 8 p.m. at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121.
Fourth annual Victoria Beer Week, featuring 50 craft breweries from British Columbia in a variety of events, at venues all over Victoria. Daily to March 11, schedule and tickets at victoriabeerweek.com.
Age of Arousal, presented by Theatre Inconnu, 2 and 8 p.m. at 1923 Fernwood Rd. Tickets at ticketrocket.co or tel. 250-590-6291.
Evita, rock opera presented by Spectrum Community School. Tonight at 7:30. Tickets at tel. 250-479-8271.
Victoria Fish and Game Banquet Fundraiser at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney. Tickets at Island Outfitters, 3319 Douglas St. Tel. 250-886-7523.
Victoria Orchid Society Show and Sale at Our Lady of Fatima Church Hall, 4635 Elk Lake Dr. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; victoriaorchidsociety.com.
Early Signs of Spring, a guided walk for 5 years and up at Witty’s Lagoon Regional Park. A walk on the beach to look for birds, plants and other signs of spring with a Capital Regional District Parks naturalist. 1-2:30 p.m., meeting at the Nature Centre off Metchosin Road. CRD Parks programs, crd.bc.ca/parks, tel. 250-478-3344. Oak Bay High School Musical Theatre Presents Legally Blonde at Dave Dunnet Community Theatre at Oay Bay High School, 7:30 p.m.
Dylan Stone at Victoria Distillery, 9891 Seaport Place, Sidney, 5-8 p.m. 250-544-8217.
The Bright Side at Canoe Brewpub, 450 Swift St., 9:30 p.m.; canoebrewpub.com.
Battlesnake 2017, a programming competition for students and developers of all skill levels. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. at Fort Tectoria; viatec.ca.
Seventh annual VintAgeous Vintage Fair at the Fernwood Community Centre, 1240 Gladstone Ave. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, 7:30 p.m. at 2735 Mount Baker Rd., Mill Bay. Tickets at boxoffice@brentwood.bc.ca.
SUNDAY, MARCH 5
Carmina Burana, presented by the Victoria Symphony, at the Royal Theatre. Sunsday, 2:30 p.m. and Monday, 8 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Taking Off by Deborah Williams at Studio A, Belfry Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Ave. Through March 12, Tuesday to Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. with matinée Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets at tickets.belfry.bc.ca and tel. 250-385-6815.
Bazan Bay 5k at Tulista Park, Sidney, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Starts at Tulista Park and runs along the Lochside Trail. Awards, draw prizes and food at the Winspear centre after the race; islandseries.org. Royal B.C. Museum presents Wonder Sunday: Animal Families, every Sunday in March, 1-3 p.m. at 675 Belleville St.; royalbcmuseum.bc.ca or tel. 250-356-7226. Old Cemeteries Society Emily Carr Tour at Ross Bay Cemetery. 2 p.m., meet in front of Oregano’s Fairfield Plaza, 1516 Fairfield Rd. Cost: $5/$2; oldcem.bc.ca or tel. 250-598-8870.