CALENDAR: Shakespeare, apprentice competition
THURSDAY, JULY 5
Greater Victoria Shakespeare
Festival, 28th annual version featuring productions of Pericles and The Tempest. Tonight to July 28 at Camosun College’s Lansdowne Campus and Aug. 2-4 at Saxe Point Park, Esquimalt. Tickets at ticketrocket.co. Performance schedule at vicshakespeare.com. Canadian Sheet Metal Workers and Roofers Apprenticeship Competition. Watch the projects unfold as Canada’s best apprentices vie for top prize in the 43rd annual competition. Today and Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Ship Point on the Inner Harbour; smwia276.ca. Raven Baroque Concert at the Victoria Central Public Library Atrium, 735 Broughton St., 2 p.m.; ravenbaroque. org.
The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey by the Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre, 8 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre, 2657 Quadra St. Tickets at bluebridgetheatre.ca.
El Grupo Cubano, direct from Saniago de Cuba: Brisas del Palmar at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 8 p.m. Go to hermannsjazz.com.
Play in the Park Launch Party. Have dinner at the park, Sidney and Peninsula Kiwanis club are providing a barbecue by donation. Thursday, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Pioneer Park, 7130 W. Saanich Rd.; crd.bc.ca/panorama.
Ange Hehr at The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775.
Cities at Bard & Banker, 1022 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco. ca; 250-953-9993.
Gary Preston at Ross Bay Pub, 1516 Fairfield Rd., 6-9 p.m. 250-370-1152. FRIDAY, JULY 6 Ignio Circus presents EYES UP! at the Mary Windspear Centre, 2234 Beacon Ave., Sidney. Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m., tickets at marywinspear.ca; facebook.com.
Star Wars Party Fundraiser. Dress up for a night of everything Star Wars with proceeds going to Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre. A live cantina jazz band, video games and board games, and photo booth. 8 p.m.midnight at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St.; facebook.com. Cheek to Cheek for Angel Flight B.C. A special double bill concert to benefit Angel Flight B.C. featuring Edie Daponte and Susannah Adams with Joey Smith and Jan Stirling. 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 2410 Malaview Ave., Sidney. Tickets at Tanners Books in Sidney; edie.ca.
Victoria Pride Week. The Big Gay Dog Walk on Friday, 6 p.m. at Dallas Road Dog Park; victoriapridesociety.org. Victoria Caledonian Brewery Summer Kick-Off with live music by Cookeilidh, prize draws, snacks, and a specialty keg from the brewers. 7-9 p.m. at Victoria Caledonian Brewery & Distillery, 761 Enterprise Cres.
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.