CALENDAR
THURSDAY, JULY 27
Crystal Shawanda, 7:30 p.m. at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney. Tickets at marywinspear.ca or tel. 250-656-0275.
Music On the Lawn concert series final event at Government House, featuring Dock Side Drive, 6-8 p.m. Bring your own blanket or chair for the concert and enjoy food for sale on the grounds. For more information, visit ltgov.bc.ca/news-events 17th annual Stinking Fish Studio Tour, daily to Monday, 10 a.m-5 p.m., throughout Metchosin and East Sooke. Maps at stinkingfishstudiotour.com
Eventide Music Series at Centennial Square. Colin Cowan & the Elastic Stairs, Honcho Poncho, The Orange Kyte, Elan Noon perform from 6-9 p.m. Go to eventidevictoria.com
Vocal Concert by Martha Guth, soprano, Tyler Duncan, baritone, and Erika Switzer, piano. 7:30 p.m. at University of Victoria Phillip T. Young Recital Hall. Pre-concert talk begins at 6:40 p.m. Tickets at vsmf.org/buy-tickets
Live in Filberg Park with Jesse Roper in a fundraising concert. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. at Filberg Park, 61 Filberg Rd., Comox. Tickets at filberg.tickit.ca; more information at filberg.com Going Buggy, a drop-in event for people of all ages at Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park to view our buggy friends and foes. Thursday, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Look for the tents at the main Beaver Beach. CRD Parks programs, crd.bc.ca/parks or tel. 250-478-3344.
FRIDAY, JULY 28
Fifth annual Victoria Flamenco Festival, celebrating flamenco music and dance, showcasing local and regional dancers, singers and guitarists. Friday features La Palabra en el Tiempo in Centennial Square at 1:30 p.m., Flamenco in the Park at Cameron Bandshell Beacon Hill Park at 8 p.m. and Flamenco Guitar Night at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 8 p.m. Festival runs through Sunday. For details and tickets, see victoriaflamencofestival.com Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival presents Love’s Labour’s Lost, 7:30 p.m. at Camas Stage outdoors at Camosun College Lansdowne Campus. Tickets at ticketrocket.co
Pickwick plus the Velveteins at Sugar Nightclub, 858 Yates St. Cost at Lyle’s Place, ticketfly.com