> Map, A2; further details at victoriadragonboat.com.
SATURDAY, AUG. 19
Victoria Dragon Boat Festival. Today’s events include live bands and the Lights of Courage and Illumination Ceremony. Today and Sunday races start 8 a.m., ending Sunday at 4 p.m. with entertainment from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; victoriadragonboat.com.
The Dream Catchers, hip-hop, spoken word and folk with contemporary and Indigenous dance. 2 and 7 p.m. at Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave., Sidney; marywinspear.ca or tel. 250-656-0275. Flavour Trails: North Saanich Food and
Farm Festival. A self-guided tour with maps at flavourtrails.com. Ticketed events include the Canada 150 Community Pancake and Crepe Breakfast at Epicure on Sunday; flavourtrails.com.
Esquimalt Lantern Festival: Bring your lantern and participate in a lighted walk along the Westbay Walkway to Barnard Park. Music, entertainment and food. Tonight, 5-10 p.m. at Captain Jacobsen’s Park, parking behind Archie Browning Arena; esquimalt.ca.
Annual Fab Forts: Victoria’s largest water gun battle. Grab your squirt gun to Storm the Fort, or aim in Target Practice or join Obstacle Course. 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse; pc.gc.ca/fortroddhill.
Salish Sea Lantern Festival with the lantern procession at 8:30 p.m. beginning at Sidney Pier Bandshell. Children’s activities include a bubble station, balloon artist and onstage performers. Learn more at cacsp.com Seventh annual Central Saanich Family Festival, with pancake breakfast, games, and music. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Saanich Fairground, 1528 Stelly’s Cross Rd.; saanichtonvillage.ca. Bountiful Berries, a guided walk for five years and up at East Sooke Regional Park to look for blackberries, Oregon grape berries and salal berries . 1-2:30 p.m., meet at the kiosk in Aylard Farm parking lot off Becher Bay Road. CRD Parks programs, crd.bc.ca/parks or tel. 250-478-3344.
Victoria Gem & Mineral Show at Pearkes Recreation Centre, 3100 Tillicum Rd. Today, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets at eventbrite.ca
Ceilidh. An evening of Scottish country dancing with music by Mary Ross. No experience or partner necessary, all dances will be called, dress casually and wear soft-soled shoes. 7:30-10 p.m. at City Light Church, 550 Obed Ave.; viscds.ca. 2017 MS Bike: Cowichan Valley Experience. A two-day event with 40-kilometre, 70-km and 100-km routes to experience as well as wine tasting, an auction and gourmet dinner. Starts today, 8 a.m. at Bentwood College School, 2735 Mt. Baker Rd., Mill Bay; mssoc.convio.net . Architectural Institute of B.C. Walking Tours of Fort Victoria, Chinatown and James Bay, the childhood home of Emily Carr. Saturdays and Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., meet outside Visitor Info Centre, 812 Wharf St. Cost: $10; aibc.ca. SUNDAY, AUG. 20 Bed and Breakfast, a comedy at the Belfry Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Ave., 2 p.m. Tickets at belfry.bc.ca or tel. 250-385-6815.
Spectacular Summer Evenings at Butchart Gardens featuring music by Qristina & Quinn Bachand, 8 p.m. 800 Benvenuto Ave, Brentwood; butchartgardens.com.
Tour de Victoria bicycling event, first ride at 7 a.m. See page A4. Langford Show and Shine, with classic and muscle cars and trucks from 1975. 10 a.m.3 p.m. on Goldstream Avenue; langford.ca.
St. Christopher Singers sing Choral Evensong with music by Charles Wood and Herbert Sumsion. 4:30-5:30 p.m. at Christ Church Cathedral, 930 Burdett Ave.; christchurchcathedral.bc.ca. Jenny Ritter and Elise Boeur at 17 Cambridge St., 2:30 p.m. Limited seating RSVP at jeniredale@hotmail.com. Explore the E&N Rail Trail. Join CRD Regional Parks’ naturalists for a guided adult bicycle tour of the E&N Rail Trail-Humpback connector, 9-10:30 a.m. Limited space so registration required at Capital Regional District Parks programs, crd.bc./ca/parks-events or tel. 250-478-3344. Victoria Gem & Mineral Show at Pearkes Recreation Centre, 3100 Tillicum Rd. Today, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets at eventbrite.ca > timescolonist.com/events