CALENDAR: B.C. Boat Show, Bust a Gut
FRIDAY, APRIL 27
B.C. Boat Show. Billed as the province’s largest floating boat show at Port Sidney Marina, 9835 Seaport Pl., Sidney. Today, Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Go to bcyba.com. Pacific Opera Victoria presents Rinaldo at the Royal Theatre. Tonight at 8 and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Victoria Chamber Orchestra Concert at First Metropolitan United Church, 932 Balmoral Rd., 8 p.m. Tickets at Long & McQuade, Ivy’s Bookshop, 250-598-1966 and at the door; victoriachamberorchestra.org.
House Concert with Qristina Brooke at 17 Cambridge St., 7:30 p.m. Tickets at beaconridgeproductions.com RSVP to jeniredale@hotmail.com; qristinabrooke.com.
Give Our Regards to Broadway, presented by the Peninsula Singers at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney. Tonight and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 2 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear.ca; peninsulasingers.ca.
Swan Song and Other Farces by Anton Chekhov by Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre at the Roxy Theatre, 2657 Quadra St., 8 p.m. Tickets at bluebridgetheatre.ca. Bust a Gut Comedy Night, presented by Crohn’s and Colitis Victoria Chapter. With Canadian comedian David Nystrom, 8-11 p.m. at Hecklers Bar & Grill, 123 Gorge Rd. E.; crohnsandcolitis.ca. The Vancouver Island Performers Guild 2018 Spring Concert at North Douglas Church, 675 Jolly Pl., 7 p.m.; vipguild.ca. PACE Musical Theatre Academy presents The Greatest Show at Isabelle Reader Theatre, 1026 Goldstream Ave., 7 p.m. Tickets at Westshore Learning Centre, tel. 250-391-9002. Slim Sandy and the Hillbilly Boppers at Northern Quarter, 1724 Douglas St., 8-11 p.m.; slimsandy.com.
SATURDAY, APRIL 28
Cosmic Odyssey. Adventures in space with narratives from Bob McDonald, CBC’s science guru, and organ music by Canada's Jenny Vincent and visuals on large screens. 7 p.m. at First Metropolitan United Church 932 Balmoral Rd. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca, tel. 250-386-6121, Munro’s Books, Ivy’s Bookshop and Tanner’s Books; organworx.ca. SPAC 65th annual Arts and Crafts Exhibition and Sale at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney. Saturday, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. and Sunday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Go to spacsociety.com. Victoria’s Ultimate Toy and Hobby Fair with more than 200 tables of items for sale, local food vendors, special guests, door prizes, silent auction and charity photo-ops. Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Pearkes Arena, 3100 Tillicum Rd.; ultimatetoyfair.com. > timescolonist.com/events