CALENDAR: Car Free YYJ, Father’s Day events
SUNDAY, JUNE 17
Car Free YYJ. Taking over nine city blocks along Douglas Street with live entertainment on five stages, food and beverage areas, beer garden, and more than 350 local artists and vendors, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; downtownvictoria.ca. > Story, page A4 Fathers Day British Car Show and Picnic, 34th annual edition, presented by the British Motor Club of Victoria. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Beacon Hill Park. Open to all British cars, motorcycles and vehicles, no registration required; bcornfield@shaw.ca. Eine Kleine Summer Music Festival presents Nikki Chooi at First Unitarian Church of Victoria, 5575 West Saanich Rd., 2:30 p.m. Tickets at eksm.ca or eventbrite.ca. Raymond James Father’s Day Walk Run. A family event with five-kilometre walk/run, 10 kilometre run, and Dash for Dad. 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. at Vancouver Island Technology Park, 2201-4464 Markham St. Go to doingitfordad.com. Sooke River Bluegrass Festival, a music festival featuring bluegrass and Appalachian old-time string music. 1-11 p.m. at Sooke River Campground, 2259 Phillips Rd., Sooke. Tickets at sookebluegrass.com.
Garden Days at Royal Roads University. Celebrate Father’s Day and Garden Daysn with complimentary admission to the historic gardens at Hatley Park National Historic Site, 2005 Sooke Rd.; hatleypark.ca.
Father's Day Garden Party Tour. Featuring eight Oak Bay gardens, afternoon tea, silent ballot auction at Windsor Pavilion and an alternative plant sale. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets at spca.bc.ca. All proceeds in support of SPCA Wild ARC and Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society. Watoto Children’s Choir Canada Tour
2018. 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. at Glad Tidings, 1800 Quadra St.; watoto.com.
The Beach Rocks! A guided walk for all ages at Island View Beach Regional Park to get a glimpse of the creatures that live beneath the rocks. 1-2:30 p.m., meet at the grassy area adjacent to the picnic shelter off Homathko Road. Be prepared for wet feet. Capital Regional District Parks programs, crd.bc.ca/parks, tel. 250-478-3344.
Ollie Bear Picnic with a buffet picnic lunch, a selection of ice cream, themed photo booth and face painting. Event includes a keepsake picnic blanket (one per family). 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel, 1175 Beach Dr. Bookings at oakbaybeachhotel.com .
Grease by the Chemainus Theatre Festival, 9737 Chemainus Rd., Chemainus, to Sept. 1. Tickets at chemainustheatrefestival. ca.
B.C. Seafood Festival celebrating everything shellfish and seafood. Today at Filberg Park, 61 Filberg Rd., Comox.; BCSeafood Festival.com.
MONDAY, JUNE 18
Irish comedian Dylan Moran, Grumbling Mustard at the Royal Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. ABRA Cadabra, ABBA tribute band at Elements Casino, 1708 Island Hwy., 8 p.m. Tickets at ticketmaster.com. Eine Kleine Summer Music Festival presents Nikki Chooi at Church and State Winery, 1445 Benvenuto Ave., 7:30 p.m. Tickets at eksm.ca or eventbrite.ca.
Congregation Emanu-el and the Old Cemeteries Society host a book launch of the Guide to Victoria’s Historic Jewish Cemetery at at Congregation Emanu-el, 1461 Blanshard St., 7:30 p.m. Free; jewishvictoria. wordpress.com.
Comedian Shaun Majumder at the Port Theatre, 125 Front St., Nanaimo, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at porttheatre.com
Gorge Historical Walk with author Dennis Minaker at Gorge Waterway Park, 355 Gorge Rd. West, 7 p.m. Tel. 250-385-8884. > timescolonist.com/events