CALENDAR: Proof, music fest
TUESDAY, JUNE 13
Proof presented by Langham Court Theatre, through June 24. Tickets at langhamtheatre.ca or tel. 250-384-2142. Memorial Park Music Fest featuring Soul Shakers with Esquimalt High School Jazz and R&B Band, 6-7:30 p.m. at Memorial Park, 1212 Esquimalt Rd. Festival runs every Tuesday to July 18.
Annihilators, Mutank, Mason and guest at Distrikt Nightclub, 919 Douglas St., 8 p.m. Tickets at Lyle’s Place or ticketfly.com
Quartet Fest West presents Cuarteto Chroma from Mexico, 7:30 p.m. at University of Victoria Phillip T. Young Recital Hall. See finearts.uvic.ca/music for more information.
Gina Hosie at the Bard & Banker Pub, 1022 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-953-9993.
Black Angus at The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775.
Speak Easy prose open mic presented by the Canadian Authors — Victoria. Tonight’s featured readers are local authors Andrea McKenzie Raine and Myrtle Siebert, 7 p.m. at Good Earth Coffeehouse, 1971 Oak Bay Ave. More at canadianauthors.org
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14
Victoria’s Ska Reggae Festival, Wednesday through Sunday. Wednesday’s highlights include Jah9 and the Dub Treatment, Mistica, Cheko & The Lion Rockers, Out of Control Army and Selecter Abel at Ship Point, Inner Harbour, 4:30-10 p.m. and Skampida, Sweet Leaf, The Party of High Street at Distrikt, 9 p.m. Tickets at ticketweb.ca and details at victoriaskafest.ca
Hedwig and The Angry Inch, 8 p.m. at Metro Studio, 101-804 Broughton St. Tickets at ticketrocket.co
Lole White Tour: On the Road, behind the Delta Hotel, on the Songhees walkway facing Inner Harbour. 6 to 7:15 p.m., dress in white for this celebration of yoga. Tickets eventbrite.ca
Book launch and readings by Victoria’s poet laureate, Yvonne Blomer, featuring her new travel memoir, Sugar Ride, with Karen Enns reading from her third collection of poetry, Cloud Physics. 7:30 p.m. at Munro’s Books, 1108 Government St. Tel. 250-382-2464.
Nomad Jones at the Duncan Showroom, Duncan, 8 p.m. Tickets at showroomproductions.ca