CALENDAR: Symphony’s Super Heroes & Villians, Frankenstein, Mousetrap
SATURDAY, OCT. 27
Victoria Symphony presents Super Heroes & Villains, featuring music from your favourite super-hero movies. Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m. at the Royal Theatre. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Ballet Victoria’s Frankenstein at the McPherson Playhouse. Tonight, 7:30, and Sunday, 2 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap at the Mary Winspear Centre. Tonight and Sunday, 7:30 p.m with matinées Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear.ca. Monsters Haunted House: Fear on the Pier, a live-action haunted house. Friday, Saturday and Wednesday, 6-11:30 p.m. Sunday to Tuesday, 6:30-11 p.m. at Ogden Point Pier A, 203 Dallas Rd. Cash-only admission. Go to monstershauntedhouse.com. Early Music Society of the Islands presents Celebration of Baroque Dance with the London Handel Players at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave., 8 p.m. Tickets: rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Nine-teeth annual Japanese Cultural Fair featuring ikebana (flower arranging), tea ceremony, traditional Japanese dance and taiko drums. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Esquimalt Recreation Centre, 527 Fraser St.; vncs.ca. Forest Spook-tacular, a drop-in event for all ages featuring Halloween fun with guided walks, crafts and ghoulish brew. Wear a costume and win a prize. Today and Sunday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Francis/King Regional Park, meet at the Nature Centre off Munn Road. Capital Regional District Parks programs, crd.bc.ca/parks, tel. 250-478-3344. Halloween Dance with Groove Kitchen at the Oak Bay Recreation Centre Upstairs Lounge, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: eventbrite.ca or beaconridgeproductions.com. Haunted Night Zipline Tours. Through Sunday, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Adrenaline Zip, 5128C Sooke Rd. Bookings at adrenalinezip.com .
SUNDAY, OCT. 28 Fourth annual Wicked Victoria.
An opportunity to costume up and celebrate the harvest season, Halloween and a walkable downtown corridor. Stroll down Boo Boulevard enjoying live local talent, bouncy castles, goodies from merchants, a harvest market, the Non Profit block, Pirate School and the event’s first-ever train. Noon-5 p.m. on Government Street. Go to vfs.ca/gvfs. Victoria Symphony Concerts for Kids presents Super Heroes & Bad Guys, with Super Heroes music from Captain America, Star Wars and How to Train Your Dragon. Wear a costume. 2:30 p.m. at the Royal Theatre. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. An Autographing with Ian Rankin, author of John Rebus novel series. Noon2 p.m. at Munro's Books, 1108 Government St.; munrobooks.com. Ballet Victoria’s Frankenstein at the McPherson Playhouse. 2 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap at the Mary Winspear Centre, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear.ca. Chocolate and Churches Tour. A guided walking tour that combines a history and architectural tour of places of worship with a food tour featuring chocolate from local businesses. 2-5 p.m., meet at 621 Broughton St. Tickets at offtheeatentracktours.ca. Irish Mythen at the Oak Bay Recreation Centre Upstairs Lounge, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca, 250-386-6121 or beaconridgeproductions.com.