CALENDAR: Swingin’ with Oscar, Beer Week, dance
Swingin’ with Oscar with the Remi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble at University of Victoria Farquhar Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at tickets.uvic.ca or tel. 250-721-8480. Final day of Be a Tourist in Your Own
Hometown. Fifty discounted offers from Greater Victoria’s attractions, activities, food and drink tastings, tours and outdoor adventure. Friday through Sunday, tickets at The Bay Centre, Noodlebox, Red Barn Markets, Shaw Centre of the Salish Sea, Tourism Victoria or Uptown; attractionsvictoria.com/be-a-tourist.
Victoria Beer Week, a nine-day series of events highlighting a broad selection of B.C. craft breweries while educating Victoria residents about craft beer. Through March 10; victoriabeerweek.com Young Soloists with the Sidney Orchestra at St Elizabeth’s Catholic Church, 10030 Third St., Sidney, 2:30 p.m. Tickets at Tanner’s Books, Sidney, City Scribe Printing & Stationery, Brentwood Bay and Long & McQuade; sidneyclassicalorchestra.ca.
Pacific Dance Centre presents Chance to Dance, a fundraising performance featuring students of PDC at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney, 2 p.m. Tickets: at marywinspear.ca.
Juan de Fuca Pathfinders hosts five and 10-kilometre walk2. Meet at My Chosen Café,
4492 Happy Valley Rd, Metchosin. Registration 9:30 a.m., walk 10 a.m.; tel. 250-812-5136. Taste of Sunrise Culinary and Art Show
Open House featuring local artists, live music, refreshments and hors d’oeuvres. 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Sunrise of Victoria, 920 Humboldt St. RSVP at tel. 250-383-1366 or amanda. price@sunriseseniorliving.com; details at SunriseVictoria.com.
University of Victoria Ideafest. A week-long festival of research, art and innovation, with more than 40 events, Monday through March 10. All events are free and open to the public; uvic.ca/ideafest. > Islander, D1 Busty and the Bass plus Pierre Kwenders and Schwey at Capital Ballroom, 8 p.m. Tickets at atomiqueproductions.com, Lyle’s Place and Ticketweb.ca.
IMAX Victoria Film Festival at IMAX Victoria inside the Royal B.C. Museum. Daily to Thursday; imaxvictoria.com.
Spamalot, presented by Reynolds Secondary School Musical Theatre. Nightly to March 10, 7:30 p.m. at 3963 Borden St. Tickets at the school.