CALENDAR: Symphony, Beer Week, Korean celebration
SATURDAY, MARCH 3
Victoria Symphony presents Miller Conducts Rachmaninoff with maestra Tania Miller returning to the Royal Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121.
Victoria Beer Week, a nine-day series of events highlighting a broad selection of B.C. craft breweries while educating Victoria residents about craft beer. Today through March 10; victoriabeerweek.com. Garden City Electronic Music Society presents Hannah Epperson, 7 p.m., St. Anne’s Academy Auditorium, 835 Humboldt St. Tickets at Lyle’s Place andticketrocket.co.
Seeking the Sacred: A Musical Feast for Pipe Organ and Choir with the Linden Singers of Victoria at St. John the Divine Anglican Church, 1611 Quadra St., 7:30 p.m. Tickets at lindensingers.ca/concerts-tickets. Korean Dinner and Cultural Celebration, a Refugee Fundraiser. Enjoy Korean food, music, dance and art. 5-8:30 p.m. at First
Metropolitan United Church, 932 Balmoral Rd. Tickets at brownpapertickets.com; kalmovictoriabc.wordpress.com.
Eighth Annual Vintage Spring Fair. More than 40 booths with vintage treasures, live music including the Millies, Lucky J’s Springtime Pin-Ups Fashion Show, Dress Up Contest and photos with Cornelius the Giant Vintage Parrot. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Da Vinci Centre, 195 Bay St.; VintageFairVictoria.com,
Rascally Racoons, a guided walk for all ages to see a day in the life of a raccoon. 10-11:30 a.m. at Mill Hill Regional Park, meet at the information kiosk in the parking lot off Atkins Avenue. Capital Regional District Parks programs, crd.bc.ca/parks; Tel. 250-478-3344. Walk and Rally for Tibetan National
Uprising Day. Saturday, 12:30 p.m., walk from Centennial Square to the legislature for the 1 p.m. rally; 250-882-6300; tdolma@shaw.ca. Taste of Sunrise Culinary and Art Show Open House featuring local artists, live music, refreshments and hors d’oeuvres. Today and Sunday, 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Sunrise of Victoria, 920 Humboldt St. RSVP at tel. 250-383-1366 or amanda.price@sunriseseniorliving. com; SunriseVictoria.com.
Terra Lightfoot plus William Crighton and Sam Weber at Lucky Bar, 517 Yates St. Tickets at atomiqueproductions.com, Lyle's Place, and Ticketweb.ca. Victoria Real Estate Investment Expo
2018. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Crystal Garden, 713 Douglas St.. Tickets at eventbrite.ca, with proceeds to the Greater Victoria Housing Society; victoriarealestateexpocom.
Thirtieth annual Victoria Orchid Show at Our Lady of Fatima Hall, 4635 Elk Lake Dr. Today, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, 11:30 a.m.4 p.m.; facebook.com/ VictoriaOrchidSociety.
The Cowichan Musical Society presents Anything Goes at the Port Theatre, 125 Front St., Nanaimo. Tonight at 7:30 and Sunday, 2 p.m. Tickets at porttheatre.com.
SUNDAY, MARCH 4
Swingin’ with Oscar with the Remi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble at University of Victoria Farquhar Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at tickets.uvic.ca or tel. 250-721-8480. Young Soloists with the Sidney Orchestra at St Elizabeth's Catholic Church, 10030 Third St., Sidney, 2:30 p.m. Tickets at Tanner’s Books, Sidney, City Scribe Printing & Stationery, Brentwood Bay and Long & McQuade; sidneyclassicalorchestra.ca.
Pacific Dance Centre presents Chance to Dance, a fundraising performance featuring students of PDC at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney, 2 p.m. Tickets: at marywinspear.ca.
Juan de Fuca Pathfinders hosts five and 10-kilometre walk2. Meet at My Chosen Café, 4492 Happy Valley Rd, Metchosin. Registration 9:30 a.m., walk 10 a.m.; Tel. 250-812-5136. > timescolonist.com/events