CALENDAR: Highland Games, Beauty and the Beast
SATURDAY, MAY 20
Victoria Highland Games Festival. Pipe bands, Highland and Irish dancing, falconry, historic military demonstrations Scottish/Celtic food and Scotch whisky. Also featuring Canadian Heavy Events Championship and Canadian Drum Major Championship, sheepdog trials and historical re-enactors. Today through Monday at Topaz Park; victoriahighlandgames.com.
Beauty and the Beast by Ballet Victoria at the Royal Theatre, 2 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Laketown Rock Festival with Sam Roberts Band, Loverboy, Glass Tiger, Trooper and many other acts. Today and Sunday at Laketown Ranch Music and Recreation Park, Youbou, Lake Cowichan. Shuttle service available; laketownrock.com; tickets at festivalticketing.com.
David Gogo plays at Dave Dunnet Community Theatre, Oak Bay High School, 2121 Cadboro Bay Rd., 7:30 p.m. as a fundraising event for a scholarship in memory of West Shore RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett. Tickets at Langford City Hall, Langford Fire Rescue Hall, Shoppers Drug Mart in Sooke, Ivy’s Book Shop and Bitez Sandwich Bar on Goldstream Avenue. Africa Village Spirit Experience, with African music, dance and storytelling and featuring Jacky Essombé with Yoro Noukoussi and special guests. 6:30-10:30 p.m. at Archie Browning Sport Centre. Tickets at ticketzone.com; details africafest.ca. Fortieth annual Western Canadian-Croatian Folklore Festival. A showcase of kolo dances, music, history and culture at University of Victoria Farquhar Auditorium, 1-4:30 p.m. Tickets at ticket.uvic.ca or tel. 250-721-8480.
50 Years of Fabulous! City of Gardens Chorus’s musical parody of its summer U.K. concert tour. 2 and 7 p.m. at Charlie White Theatre, Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney. Tickets at marywinspear.ca.
Luxton Spring Fair. Antique farm equipment, heritage museum, blacksmith, vendor booths and amusement rides. To Monday at 1040 Marwood Ave., Langford; luxtonspringfair.ca.
DiemMahler String Quartet with Alexander Dunn, guitar; Ceci Valdés, Rainer Rooth, clarinet and oboe, and Kailey Cann, piano. 2:30 p.m. at 1701 Elgin Rd.; diemahlerenterprises.com
SUNDAY, MAY 21
Victoria Inner Harbour Boat Parade, 43rd annual edition. Victoria’s Opening Day Sailpast, 1-3 p.m. at Empress Docks, Inner Harbour. Fifty boats will parade past Laurel Point along the waterfront to the causeway docks, in front of the Empress Hotel. Salute will be taken and judged. The boat then continues past Ship Point.
Rising Appalachia with Dustin Thomas, 8 p.m. at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave. Ticket at Lyle’s Place and ticketfly.com
United in Song. Chorfest Gala Concert Celebrating Canada's 150th, presented by the B.C. Choral Federation and conducted by Jon Washburn. 2:30 p.m. at University of Victoria Farquhar Auditorium; bcchoralfed.com.
CanUs Jazz with Jim Armstrong, 3-6 p.m. at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St; hermannsjazz.com; tel. 250-388-9166.
Youth Triathlon West Shore. 2017 Human Powered Racing Youth Triathlon for youth six-17 years. 7:30-10:30 a.m. at Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre. Register at hpryouthtriathlonwestshoreca.