CALENDAR

FRIDAY, AUG. 17

Flavour Trails, a weekend of local food, music, farm Life, community history and bounty from land and sea. Today through Sunday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at various locations in North Saanich near Sidney. Go to flavourtrails.com for details. Vancouver Island Metal Festival 2018 featuring Heavy Metal bands with headliners Venom Inc. Through Sunday at Centennial Square and various venues throughout Victoria. For lineup, details and tickets go to facebook.com or squareup.com Back to the Future, Outdoor Movie at Windsor Park in Oak Bay, 8:45 p.m. Free, bring blankets, sweaters and your favourite movie snacks. More at oakbay.ca

Victoria Summer Choir presents Last Night At the Proms at Church of the Advent, 510 Mt. View Ave., 7 p.m. Tickets at Church of the Advent, Ivy’s Bookshop, Russell Books, Tanners Books and SHOAL Centre. Final event of Victoria’s Architectural Heritage tour of downtown Victoria. Meet at Visitor Centre, Wharf St. at Government St., 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $15. To learn more, visit comeseevictoria.com Free-B Film Festival: Planet of The Apes, 9-11 p.m. at Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park. Bring your blanket, flashlight and snack. Details at freebfilmfest.com SATURDAY, AUG. 18 Saanichton Family Festival. A familyoriented event with lots of games, prizes, inflatable obstacle course and vendors from the Peninsula Country Market. Saturday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Saanichton Fairgrounds, 1528 Stelly’s Cross Rd. More at crd.bc.ca/ panorama Pet A Palooza. Bring your pet and enjoy displays, samples and entertainment including dock diving, wiener dog races, a puppy stampede, running of the bulls and an offleash adventure park. Today and Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at St. Ann’s Academy, 835 Humboldt St. For more information, go to petapaloozawest.co Water Gun Wars (Fab Forts). Victoria’s largest annual squirt-gun battle at Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites. Try to storm the fort, then join the many games. 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Details at pc.gc.ca Summer Recital Series featuring awardwinning classical violinist Müge Büyükçelen performing with pianist Robert Holliston. 4 p.m. at Christ Church Cathedral, 930 Burdett Ave. More at christchurchcathedral.bc.ca

Free Movie in the Park at Centennial Park, Saanichton with a screening of The Sandlot. Enjoy Central Saanich Lions Barbecue and baseball activities starting at 6 p.m., film at 8:30 p.m. Go to facebook.com for more.

Author Alchemy Panel. An evening of discussion and insight with Laurie R. King, Marcel Dubé, Liz Freeland and Janice MacDonald led by S. G. Wong. 7 p.m. at Bolen Books, Hillside Centre. Visit bolenbooks.com > timescolonist.com/events