CALENDAR: Book Sale, Symphony, Boat Show
SATURDAY, MAY 5
Times Colonist Book Sale. Today and Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Victoria Curling Club, 1952 Quadra St.
Victoria Symphony presents Music of the Knights featuring works by Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. Tonight at 8 and Sunday, 2 p.m. at the Royal Theatre. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Victoria Operatic Society presents 9 to 5, The Musical, 8 p.m. at the McPherson Playhouse. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Ninth Annual Family Sport and
Recreation Festival. Featuring more than 30 activities for kids and families to try, including rock climbing, tennis, obstacle courses, adapted sports and golf. 11 a.m.3 p.m. at PISE, 4371 Interurban Rd.; pise.ca.
IMBY. Drawing from the local Burning Man community, with interactive fun, art and performances and featuring live fire show at 9:15 p.m. Noon-10 p.m. at Centennial Square. B.C. Boat Show. B.C.’s largest floating boat show at Port Sidney Marina, 9835 Seaport Pl., Sidney. Today, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets and details at bcyba.com. Mama Mia! Fashions for All Ages. Afternoon tea, fashion show and silent auction, in support of the new Moms and Mentors program at Individualized Learning Centre SD 63. 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Shoal Centre, 10030 Resthaven Dr., Sidney. Tickets at Suzanne’s & Jenny’s Sidney/Broadmead locations, Janet’s Teas, Sidney or tel. 250-656-6857. Go to cfuwsaanichpeninsula.org. F.A.S.T. Fairfield Artists Studio Tour ,an annual self-guided tour that provides an opportunity to meet more than 20 local artists, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Map at fairfieldartistsstudiotour.com. Moss Street Market’s 27th season. Saturdays, May 5-Oct. 27, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at 1330 Fairfield Rd.; MossStreetMarket.com.
Island Fantasy Ball, Championship Ballroom Dance Competition. Today, 10:30 a.m.-11 p.m. and Sunday, 10:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. at Beban Park Social Centre, 2300 Bowen Rd., Nanaimo. Tickets at porttheatre.com.
SUNDAY, MAY 6
Parade and ceremony marking Battle of Atlantic featuring hundreds of Canadian Armed Forces personnel, veterans, cadets and the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy. Parade starts 10:35 a.m. at Wharf Street, along Government Street to the cenotaph at the B.C. legislature, for the ceremony at 10:50 a.m. Investors Group Walk for Alzheimer’s, B.C.’s largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. 9 a.m.12:30 p.m. start at Clover Point Park, 1250 Dallas Rd. Register at walkforalzheimers.ca.
Music in the Air Concert No. 1 featuring a Drum Circle, the Senior Choir, South Park Family School; Summit Strings, Arbutus Middle School; and Central Wind Ensemble, Central Middle School at Beacon Hill Park Cameron Bandshell, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Salt Baby, Falen Johnson’s comedy, 2 p.m. at the Belfry Theatre. Tickets at tel. 250-385-6815 or boxoffice@belfry.bc.ca.
Hike for Hospice 2018, a fun, familyfriendly (and dog friendly), 3.5-kilometre walk, 9-11:30 a.m., starting at Fisherman’s Wharf Park, 12 Erie St.