CALENDAR: The Night Before the Night; Outdoor Nativity Pageant
SATURDAY, DEC. 23
The Night Before the Night
Before — Christmas with CapriCCio at Christ Church Cathedral, Quadra at Rockland, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tickets at Ivy’s Bookshop, Long & McQuade or capriccio.ca
A Child’s Christmas in Wales with Vox Humana Chamber Choir and Welshman Melville Jones today and Sunday. Today at St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 1973 Cultra Ave., at 7:30 p.m.; voxhumanachoir.ca Stephanie Greaves & Darcy Phillips at Christie’s Pub, 1739 Fort St., 7:30-10:30 p.m. christiespub.com
Maureen Washington Quintet at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 8 p.m. hermannsjazz.com; 250-388-9166.
Chicago. Broadway in Victoria presents this Tony Award-winning musical hit set in razzledazzle 1920s Chicago, today at 2 and 7:30 p.m. at the Royal Theatre. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or 250-386-6121. A Christmas Carol, presented by the Belfry Theatre, tonight at 4 and 8 p.m. Tickets at tickets.belfry.bc.ca or 250-385-6815. Live Outdoor Nativity Pageant at Topaz Park, tonight at 6:30, 7, 7:30 and 8 p.m. Rain or shine; dress for weather. Go to christmasnativity.ca.
A Christmas Carol with Jason Stevens, a oneman rendition of the Charles Dickens’ classic, at Craigdarroch Castle, 1050 Joan Cres. Tonight at 6 and 8 p.m. Tickets at thecastle.ca or 250-592-5323.
Cinderella, a panto presented by St. Luke’s Players at St. Luke’s Hall, 3821 Cedar Hill Cross Road, Wednesday, Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Matinee today, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 31 and Jan. 1 at 2 p.m. Tickets: stlukesplayers.org
Sleeping Beauty, a Christmas panto at Mary Winspear Centre, today and Dec. 29 at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday to Thursday at 2 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear.ca or 250-656-0275.
SUNDAY, DEC. 24
A Child’s Christmas in Wales with Vox Humana Chamber Choir and Welshman, Melville Jones at Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 907 Pandora Ave., 2:30 p.m.; voxhumanachoir.ca Magic of Christmas at Butchart Gardens, daily through Jan. 6 with a festive display and thousands of lights; buchartgarden.com. Discover the Past Walking Tours. No reservations. Tel. 250-384-6698, discoverthepast.com. Sunday: Christmas in Old Victoria. 10:30 a.m. Meet in front of 26 Bastion Square (Burnes House). Ghosts of Christmas Past walking tour, 7:30 p.m. Meet outside Visitor Information Centre, 812 Wharf St. at Government Street. Habitat for Humanity’s Gingerbread Showcase at Parkside Hotel & Spa, 810 Humboldt St., daily to Jan. 2; parksidevictoria.com/gingerbreadshowcase/information.htm 26th annual Victoria Festival of Trees at The Bay Centre, daily to Jan. 2 with donations to B.C. Children’s Hospital; bcchf.ca.
Esquimalt Celebrations. Christmas Tree Village, daily to Jan. 4 at Esquimalt Recreation Centre and Archie Browning Sports Centre. Vote for your favourite tree.