CALENDAR: Sarah Slean, Kurt Metzger, Tour de Rock

THURSDAY, OCT. 5

Sarah Slean in concert, 7:30 p.m. at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave. Tickets at ticketfly.com.

Palm Court Orchestra Grand Hotel, 2 p.m. at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney. Tickets at marywinspear.ca or tel. 250-656-0275.

Comedian Kurt Metzger Live at Hecklers, 8 p.m. at Hecklers Bar and Grill, 123 Gorge Rd. E.; kurtmetzgervictoriaatthefox.eventbrite.ca.

Dirty Wall Project Photo Fundraiser, with the goal of putting 100 children from a Mumbai slum community in school this year. Features a photo exhibit as well as cookbooks, folk art from India, music and Bollywood dancing. Thursday, 6-9 p.m. at Latitude Geographics, 1117 Wharf St.; dirtywallproject.com.

The Good Soldier Schweik, presented by Theatre Inconnu, 1923 Fernwood Rd., 8 p.m. Tickets at ticketrocket.co or tel. 250-590-6291.

Rock the Carnival, a fundraiser for Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock with facepainting, music, hockey shoot, magic, food and more. 4:30 p.m. at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney. Refugium: Poems for the Pacific. A book launch by Victoria’s poet laureate Yvonne Blomer and art exhibition at Maritime Museum of B.C., 634 Humboldt St., 6:30-10 p.m.; mmbc.bc.ca.

FRIDAY, OCT. 6

Beijing Youth Choir from China present their Chinese Folk Song Choral Appreciation Concert. Friday, 8 p.m. at University of Victoria Phillip T. Young Recital Hall; finearts.uvic.ca/music .

Tour de Rock Arrival at Archie Browning Sport Centre, 9-11 a.m., then Alumni Ride meeting at Parliament Steps and ride down Government Street to Centennial Square for finale at 4:306 p.m.; tourderock.ca.