CALENDAR: Arts Festival, Stampeders, comedy night
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4
Greater Victoria Performing Arts
Festival. More than 9,000 Victoria-area students of music, dance and dramatic arts are on stages throughout the city for six weeks. Today to May 12. Go to gvpaf.org for details, schedule and ticketing information.
The Stampeders at the McPherson Playhouse, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Bard in the Ballroom Twelfthish Night , by Launch Pad Theatre Co. at Craigdarroch Castle, 1050 Joan Cres. Nightly to April 14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets at thecastle.ca. Lunch-time pipe organ recital at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Victoria, 924 Douglas St., 12-1 p.m. Springboard Open Stage, to watch or to play. Every Wednesday at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St., 9-11:30 p.m.
Elkhorn Ridge at The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; tel. 250-383-7775. Phillips Comedy Night at the Mint Restaurant, 1414B Douglas St. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Tickets at eventbrite.ca and at the door.
Spiral Swing Orchestra, Wednesdays at the Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Rd., 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tel. 250-386-9303. The 2018 Brant Wildlife Festival: Celebrates nature, particularly Brant geese, on mid-Vancouver Island through many activities for all ages. Daily to April 28 in Parksville, Qualicum Beach, and surrounding areas. Go to brantfestival.bc.ca.
THURSDAY, APRIL 5
Don Wright Symphonic Winds
University of Victoria Farquhar Auditorium, at 8 p.m. Tickets at uvic.ca Palm Court April Showers at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney, 2 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear.ca African Percussion Concert at University of Victoria Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, MacLaurin Building, B-Wing, 12 p.m.; finearts.uvic.ca. Wet Coast Burlesque Presents: Send Newbs! at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St., 7:30 p.m. Tickets at eventbrite.ca. Lebeau-Petersen Band with Bill Johnson and Geoff Eyre at Gorgeous Café, 300 Gorge Rd. West, 8-10 p.m. Tel. 250-384-4330.
The Bunny Hop Victoria, an annual bar-hopping event with visits to the Duke, Lucky Bar, Infinity Nightclub, Darcy’s and Stickey Wicket Club House. 7 p.m. Tickets at bunnyhop.ca/tickets
Souper Bowls of Hope. Dine on soup from the kitchens of Victoria’s celebrated chefs, enjoy music by the Vic High R&B Band, bid on auction items then take home a handcrafted bowl by local artisans, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Victoria Conference Centre, 720 Douglas St. Tickets at souperbowls.com.