CALENDAR: Daniel Lapp, Allison Crowe
FRIDAY, DEC. 15 Daniel Lapp’s Home for
Christmas. Each show includes special featured soloists, the renowned Shiny H’ornaments, Swing’n Shepherds, and the Strings of Lights as well as the B.C. Fiddle Orchestra, Folkestra!, and Joy of Life Choir. Tonight and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, 2 p.m. at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave. Tickets at ticketfly.com or tel. 250-386-5311. Allison Crowe’s Tidings with cellist-vocalist Celine Sawchuk, 7:30 p.m. at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney. Tickets at marywinspear.ca or tel. 250-656-0275.
Handel’s Messiah with the Victoria Symphony and Victoria Choral Society. Tonight, 8, and Sunday, 2:30 p.m. at University of Victoria Farquhar Auditorium. Tickets at tickets.uvic.ca or tel. 250-721-8480.
A Christmas Carol with Jason Stevens, a one-man rendition of the Charles Dickens’ classic, at Craigdarroch Castle, 1050 Joan Cres., today and Saturday at 7 p.m. Tuesday to Dec. 23 at 6 and 8 p.m. Tickets at thecastle.ca or tel. 250-592-5323.
Cinderella, a panto presented by St. Luke’s Players, 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s Hall, 3821 Cedar Hill Cross Rd. Tickets at stlukesplayers.org. Christmas with Sinatra featuring Dane Warren at the Dave Dunnet Community Theatre, Oak Bay High School, 2121 Cadboro Bay Rd., 8 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Sing-a-Long-A Sound of Music at the Vic Theatre, 808 Douglas St. Today and Saturday at 7 p.m.; victoriafilmfestival.com for tickets and more information.
Sleeping Beauty, a Christmas panto at Berwick, Royal Oak Drive, next to Howard Johnson. Today and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear.ca or tel. 250-656-0275. A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Canadian College of Performing Arts Performance Hall, 1701 Elgin Rd., today and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with matinée Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets at eventbrite.ca; tel. 250-595-9970. SATURDAY, DEC. 16
Oh What A Night! A tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons at McPherson Playhouse, 7 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Nearly Neil Diamond “Nearly Christmas” with Bobby Bruce and the Solitary Band. 7:30 p.m. at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney. Tickets at marywinspear.ca or tel. 250-656-0275. Champagne Tea Concert Ensemble, presented by Laude Women’s Choir at the Bauman Centre, 925 Balmoral Rd., 1:30 p.m. Tickets at Ivy’s Bookshop, Long & McQuade or brownpapertickets.com. Victoria Soul Gospel Choir Christmas Concert as a fundraising event for Victoria Therapeutic Riding Association, 7:30 p.m. at First Metropolitan United Church, 932 Balmoral Rd. Tickets at Ivy’s Bookshop, Munro's Books, Long & McQuade.
The Golden Age of Radio. The Blue Bridge Radio Ensemble at Blue Bridge at the Roxy, 2657 Quadra St. presents It’s A Wonderful Life at 2 p.m. and Shop Around the Corner at 8 p.m. Tickets at seatadvisor.com.
Book-signing by Jack Knox, Opportunity Knox, and Ron Norman, Slouching Towards Innocence, presented by Tanner’s Books in Sidney 1-3 p.m. Charlie Brown Christmas with Sean Drabitt, Brent Jarvis and John Lee at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St. Two shows, 6 and 8:30 p.m. More at hermanns jazz.com or tel. 250-388-9166.