CALENDAR: Ballet Hispánico, Planet Earth Poetry
FRIDAY, APRIL 6
Ballet Hispánico, presented by Dance Victoria, at the Royal Theatre. Tonight and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121.
Friday Night Fights featuring Kickboxing and MMA matches. 6-10 p.m. at Eagle Ridge Center Langford, 1089 Langford Parkway. Tickets at victoriaticket.ca or tel. 250-885-7441; facebook.com. Hope and Belonging: A Night for Our
Place. With maple-themed food and drinks, musical performances by Victoria artists, silent and live auctions as well as raffle prizes. Tonight, 6-9, at 810 Humboldt St. Tickets at eventbrite.ca. April Fool’s Scavenger Hunt at the Royal B.C. Museum: a chance to see if you can spot the subtle tricks exhibits staff have played in museum galleries. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; royalbcmuseum.bc.ca. Greater Victoria Performing Arts
Festival. More 9,000 Greater Victoria students of music, dance and dramatic arts are on stages throughout the city for six weeks. Daily to May 12, go to gvpaf.org for details, schedule and ticketing information.
Planet Earth Poetry. Poets Laureate Night, with Victoria poet laureate Yvonne Blomer, former parliamentary poet laureate George Elliott Clarke, the city’s new youth poet laureate Agartu Ali, Nanaimo poet laureate Tina Biello, and Comox Valley poet laureate Natalie Nickerson. At Victoria City Hall, Centennial Square, 7:30 p.m.; planetearthpoetry.com.
Brad Prevedoros at Sea Glass Waterfront Grill, 2320 Harbour Rd., Sidney, 6-9 p.m. Tel. 778-351-3663. Uncle Wiggly’s Birthday Bash at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 8 p.m. Go to hermannsjazz. com.
Million Dollar Quartet: Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash and their score of rock ‘n’ roll hits at the Chemainus Theatre, 9737 Chemainus Rd., Chemainus to April 14. Showtimes and tickets at chemainustheatre.ca or tel. 1-800-565-7738. Comedian Brent Butt at the Port Theatre, 125 Front St., Nanaimo, 8 p.m. with welcome reception at 6:30 p.m. and meet-and-greet at 9:20 p.m. Tickets at porttheatre.com.
SATURDAY, APRIL 7
Comedian Brent Butt at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear. ca. Eighth annual Tartan Day Celebrations. Celebrate Scottish and Celtic heritage and culture with pipe band performance, highland dancers, Irish dancers, heavy event athletic demonstrations, Gaelic Choir and music by Knacker's Yard. Saturday, noon-4 p.m. at Centennial Square; victoriahighlandgames.com. > timescolonist.com/events