CALENDAR: Painters, buskers, dancers, trail performers
SATURDAY, JULY 15
TD Art Gallery Paint-In, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. along Moss Street and at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Hundreds of artists, demonstrations, music, food and activities for all ages; aggvca/30th-annual-td-art-gallery-paint-2017.
Buskers Festival at several downtown venues. To Sunday. Main marquee at Ship Point with pitch stops at the Bay Centre, Market Square, Bastion Square, Millie’s Lane (opposite Agrius Restaurant) and CRD Square. Go to downtownvictoria.ca/buskers.
Afternoon Concerts in the Park at 1:303:20 p.m. at Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, 1:30-3:20 p.m. Today: The Choir.
ROMP! Festival of Dance by Suddenly
Dance Theatre; suddenlydance.ca. To Sunday: Today: In the Melting Pot, at Metro Studio, 7:30 p.m. ticketed performance.
SKAMpede 2017: Summer performance festival located along the Galloping Goose Trail, today and Sunday, noon-6 p.m. Includes 12 short shows, live music and interactive installations at 360 Harbour Rd. Participants can bike, rollerblade, skateboard, or walk; skam.ca/skampede The Royal Tenenbaums Under the Maltworks at Phillips Brewing and Malting Co., 2010 Government St., 9:40-10:40 p.m. Tickets: tix.thevic.ca/film.
Star Parties at Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, 5071 West Saanich Rd., 8 p.m.11p.m. every Saturday. Tickets are free and required; observatoryhill.org/content/events.
Sunset Cinema: Free outdoor movie event presented by Coastal Community at Juan de Fuca Rec Centre with screening of Moana at dusk; cccu.ca. James Bay Community Market, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Menzies and Superior streets.
Moss Street Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at 1330 Fairfield Rd.; MossStreetMarket.com. Food at the Colwood Waterfront, Esquimalt Lagoon, noon-8 p.m., from local food trucks; colwood.ca. SUNDAY, JULY 16 Victoria Accordion Festival, 11th annual edition, celebrating Canada’s 150th. Beacon Hill Park Cameron Band Shell: Various performers.1:30-3:20 p.m.; bcaccordion.ca.
Carillon performance by provincial carillonneur Rosemary Laing, every Sunday in July, 3-3:45 p.m. outside the Royal B.C. Museum: 675 Belleville Street; royalbcmuseum.bc.ca or 250-356-7226.
ROMP! Festival of Dance by Suddenly Dance Theatre. Free performance at Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, 4 p.m.; suddenlydance.ca. > timescolonist.com/events