CALENDAR: Wine fest, The Bills, At the Ballet
FRIDAY, SEPT. 22
Victoria International Wine
Festival, a showcase of the best in international wine, featuring over 300 wines from 17 countries. 3-9:30 p.m. at Parkside Hotel and Spa, 810 Humboldt St.; vicwf.com.
Impulse Theatre presents PEEK-FEST: a new festival for emerging performing artists in Victoria. Through Sunday, tonight's highlight, the Launch Party at Intrepid Theatre Club, 10 p.m.; impulsetheatre.ca.
The Bills: 20th anniversary celebration at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave., 7:30 p.m. Tickets at ticketfly.com or tel. 250-386-5311. Sidney and Peninsula Literary Festival. With Canadian authors Gary Barwin, Pat Carney, M.A.C. Farrant, Katherine Govier, Pauline Holdstock, Anosh Irani, Jack Knox, Scaachi Koul, Kevin Patterson, Yasuko Thanh, Guy Vanderhaeghe and Jan Zwicky. Panel discussions, writing workshops and more, through Sunday at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney; sidneyliteraryfestival.ca.
Nomadic Tempest, a production of Caravan Stage Company. Tonight and Saturday, 8:30 p.m. onboard the 90-foot tall ship Amara Zee. Meet at Enterprise Wharf parking lot No. 73, 1112 Wharf St., below Darcy’s Pub. Tickets at caravanstage.org.
James Kasper and special guests, at the 10th anniversary of James Kasper’s The Old Fashioned Way album. 8 p.m. at Fairfield United Church, 1303 Fairfield Rd. Tickets at Lyle’s Place, tel. 778-350-9725.
Rick Scott and Nico Rhodes at Brentwood Bay Emporium, 8 p.m. Tickets at Emporium.ca or tel. 778-351-0178. The Children’s Republic at the Belfry Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Ave., 7:30 p.m. Tickets at tickets.belfry.bc.ca or tel. 250-385-6815. SATURDAY, SEPT. 23 At the Ballet
presented by the Victoria Symphony and Victoria Ballet, Saturday, 8 p.m. and Sunday, 2 p.m. at the Royal Theatre. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Direct From Las Vegas, Frank Sinatra! Presented by Rock Island Entertainment with Bruce Hammond and his Electrifying Band, 7:30 p.m. at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney. Tickets at marywinspear.ca or tel. 250-656-0275. Tour de Rock Send-Off. 20th annual Tour de Rock team of 24 departs for a 1,000-kilometre, two-week bicycle journey down Vancouver Island. 7 a.m. at Admirals Walk Victoria by Coast Capital Savings and Thrifty Foods. Details at tourderock.ca.
Lantern Tour of Canada’s military past with Victoria-Esquimalt Military Re-enactor Association. An after-hours guided tour around the fort by lantern light; re-enactors bring the past to life in a series of skits. 7-9:15 p.m. at Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse; vemra.org; tel. 250-478-4389.