CALENDAR: Tattoo Expo, JW-Jones, Delhi 2 Dublin
FRIDAY, SEPT. 29
Van Isle Tattoo Expo. Three-day event featuring live tattooing, contests, live entertainment, art and vendors, starting today at the Victoria Conference Centre, 720 Douglas St. Tickets at vanisletattooexpo.ca. Fifth annual Victoria Vintage Expo at Crystal Garden. Vintage and retro clothing, housewares and collectibles. Today, 4-10 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at 713 Douglas St.; victoriavintageexpo.com.
Orion Series in Fine Arts, in partnership with the Victoria Symphony, presents James Ehnes, violin, at University of Victoria Phillip T. Young Recital Hall. Violin masterclass with UVic students, 10 a.m.-noon. and conversation with Q&A, 12:30-1:20 p.m.; finearts.uvic.ca/music.
Delhi 2 Dublin at Capital Ballroom (formerly Sugar Nightclub), 858 Yates St., 8 p.m. Tickets at Lyle’s Place, ticketfly.com.
JW-Jones, international blues artist, is presented by the Victoria Blues Society. 8 p.m. at the V-Lounge, Red Lion Inn, 3366 Douglas St. Tickets at Lyle’s Place. Girl in the Goldfish Bowl, a comedy at Langham Court Theatre. Through Oct. 14, Tuesday to Saturday at 8 p.m. with matinée Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets at langhamtheatre.ca or tel. 250-384-2142. Hamid Drake and Brodie West presented by fifty fifty arts collective, 8 p.m. at Martin Batchelor Gallery, 712 Cormorant St. Destiny’s Wild at Canoe Brewpub, 450 Swift St., 9:30 p.m. canoebrewpub.com. Kristina Helene at Master’s Lounge, Westin Bear Mountain, 1999 Country Club Way, 7-9 p.m. Tel. 250-391-7160.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 30
Victoria Symphony Masterworks Series presents Ehnes plays Britten with James Ehnes. Saturday, 8 p.m. and Sunday, 2:30 p.m. at the Royal Theatre. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Early Music Society of the Islands: Duets of Love and Passion with Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble, Amanda Forsythe, soprano and Colin Balzer, tenor. Saturday, 8 p.m. at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave., with pre-concert discussion at 7:10 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca, Long & McQuade, Munro’s Books, Ivy’s Bookshop or tel. 250-386-6121.
The Good Soldier Schweik presented by Theatre Inconnu, 1923 Fernwood Rd., through Oct. 14. Tickets at ticketrocket.co or tel. 250-590-6291. > timescolonist.com/events