CALENDAR: Fringe, Legends Valley Music festivals
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 23
Victoria Fringe Festival, to Sept. 3 with 58 shows, 330 performances, 350 artists, free outdoor events; victoriafringe.com.
Legends Valley Music Festival, Body Count, House of Pain, Magic, Sloan and Delhi 2 Dublin. Today to Sunday at Laketown Ranch, Lake Cowichan. Tickets at lengendsvalleymusicfestival.com.
Esquimalt Summer Outdoor Movies final event at Bullen Park at sunset, with a screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Arrive 30 to 60 minutes prior to sunset for pre-movie festivities; esquimalt.ca.
Beach Seine, a guided walk for five years and up at Witty’s Lagoon Regional Park. 10-11:30 a.m., meet at the kiosk near the main beach off Metchosin Road. Be prepared for wet feet. Capital Regional Parks programs, crd.bc.ca/parks, tel. 250-478-3344.
Tom Vickery Trio Jazz Jam at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 8 p.m. Lunchtime Concerts in Centennial Square with Compassion Gorilla, noon-1 p.m. Vinyl Wave with Tom & Dave at Victoria Public Market, 1701 Douglas St., noon. 778-433-2787. THURSDAY, AUG. 24
Ashley MacIsaac in a fundraising concert, 7:30 p.m. at Filberg Park, 61 Filberg Rd., Comox. Tickets at filberg.tickit.ca; filberg.com.
Grant Fuhr, Hockey Hall of Fame inductee and former NHL goaltender, will be at City Centre Grille and Sport Bar, City Centre Park, 1097 Langford Parkway, 7 p.m. for a meet and greet; marketing@citycentrepark.ca. SALT New Music Festival and Symposium with Quasar Saxophone Quartet and Joanna Hood, Viola, 8 p.m. at Open Space, 510 Fort St.; openspace.ca. Final event of Music in the Park at Willows Beach Park, with Victoria Soul Gospel Choir. Thursday, 6:30-8 p.m. at Beach Drive at Dalhousie Street; oakbay.ca/parks-recreation.
Evening Bat Exploration. A guided walk for eight years and up at Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park. Meet at grassy area adjacent to picnic shelter at Filter Beds parking lot off Beaver Lake Road, 7:30-9 p.m.