CALENDAR: SPARK Fest, tribute to Twitty and Lynn
FRIDAY, MARCH 23
Tribute to Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn with Tre Twitty and Tayla Lynn at Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave., Sidney, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear.ca.
Spring Reading Series: An Evening with Margriet Ruurs and Bill Gaston at Shoal Centre, 10030 Resthaven Dr., 7 p.m. Cost: $10; sidneyliteraryfestival.ca.
Leo Kottke, solo guitar, 8 p.m. at the Victoria Conference Centre, 720 Douglas St. Tickets at innermusica.ca
Shirley Valentine by the Langham Court Theatre, 805 Langham Court. 8 p.m. and Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m. Tickets at boxoffice@langhamtheatre.ca. $2 from every ticket going to the B.C. Cancer Immunotherapy Program.
The Victoria Django Festival presents the Marc Atkinson Trio, Club Voltaire and Blue Moon Marquee, 8 p.m.,
White Eagle Hall, 90 Dock St. Tickets: at TicketRocket.co and Lyle’s Place and at the door.
The Belfry Theatre’s 2018 SPARK Festival featuring True Crime, Who Killed Spalding Gray?, Mouthpiece, Café Daughter and Tomorrow's Child with free events, readings, and workshops. Daily to March 28, schedule and tickets at belfry.bc.ca.
SingYourJoy in concert at Dave Dunnet Community Theatre, 2121 Cadboro Bay Rd., 7 p.m. Tickets at eventbrite.ca University of Victoria Wind Symphony: Year End Spectacular at Farquhar Auditorium, 8 p.m. Tickets at uvic.ca/auditorium /ticketcentre. Gentle Traces: A Festival of Experimental Music featuring special guests Antoine Beuger and the APTL Ensemble. Tonight at 7 and Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at James Bay United Church, 511 Michigan St.; aplacetolisten.ca/ gentle-traces-festival. Festival Nanaimo presents Nanaimo Bar Day. A self-guided adventure to experience interpretations of the famous Nanaimo Bar at 39 locations. Friday, 2-5 p.m. The Nanaimo Bar Trail Brochure is at Visitor Centres, participating locations or at festivalnanaimo.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 24
Beauty and the Beast on Ice starring Olympian skater Vaughn Chipeur, presented by the Racquet Club of Victoria. Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. at Archie Browning Sports Centre, 1152 Esquimalt Rd. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121.
Jack Knox reads from his collection Opportunity Knox: Twenty Years of Award-Losing Humour Writing. 2 p.m. at the Greater Victoria Public Library Central Branch, 735 Broughton St. Registration in advance at gvpl.ca/event.