CALENDAR: Xavier Rudd, Pure Petty, Fab Fourever
FRIDAY, JUNE 8
Xavier Rudd plus guests at the McPherson Playhouse, 8 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121.
Pure Petty. A tribute to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave., Sidney, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear.ca.
The Fab Fourever, Beatles tribute band at Elements Casino, 1708 Island Hwy. Tonight and Saturday, 8 p.m. Tickets at ticketmaster.ca.
Wyland World Oceans Day at the Robert Bateman Centre. Marine wildlife artist Robert Wyland hosts a Nature-Sketch event along with guest speakers to promote World Oceans Day. 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Steamship Terminal Inner Harbour Causeway outside the Robert Bateman Centre; batemancentre.org.
Friday Nights on the Breakwater Barge with live music, food trucks and cold libations. Every Friday to Sept. 28 at the Breakwater Barge, 201 Dallas Rd. Starlight Pops Turns 10, a gala concert featuring popular hits at St. Aidan’s United Church, 3703 St. Aidan's St. Tonight, 7:30, and Sunday, 2:30 p.m. Tickets at starlightpops.com.
Summer Organ Series featuring Michael Kleinschmidt at Christ Church Cathedral, 930 Burdett Ave., 7:30 p.m. Tickets at Ivy’s Bookshop, Munro’s Books or cathedral office.
Beach Food Fridays and Saturdays at the Colwood waterfront with food trucks and live music. Fridays and Saturdays, 12-7 p.m. through September at Ocean Boulevard near Lagoon Road; colwood.ca.
SATURDAY, JUNE 9
HOPoxia 2018 beer festival dedicated to hoppy beers, with more than 50 of B.C.’s craft breweries and cideries. 3-7 p.m. at Phillips Brewing & Malting, 2010 Government St. Tickets at ticketrocket.co.
Fernwood Art Stroll, local artists and artisans invite the public into their studios to view their work. Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Details and map of self-guided tour at fernwoodartstroll.ca. Celebrating the Future Youth Charity Music Festival, a youth charity concert at Centennial Square, 4-9 p.m. Go to instagram.com/celebratingthefuture. Operation Trackshoes, a provincial sports festival for people with developmental disabilities. Through Sunday at University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Rd.; trackshoes.ca. The sixth annual Family Theatre Festival by the Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People. Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Belfry Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Ave. with activities in Fernwood Square, food trucks and free performances by Cam & Daisy. Tickets: $15/$10 at kaleidoscope.bc.ca.
Cheese Cook-Off featuring local restaurants and chefs, kids’ activities, silent auction, bake sale, live music and raffles barbecue. 10 a.m.3 p.m. at 861 Fairfield Rd. Go to mountstmary.ca. The Victoria Mendelssohn Choir presents Agnus Dei at the Chapel of the New Jerusalem at Christ Church Cathedral, 930 Burdett Ave., 7:30 p.m. Tickets at Russell Books, Ivy’s Bookshop, Christ Church Cathedral Office, Tanner’s Books and SHOAL Centre in Sidney.