CALENDAR: Symphony at Christ Church Cathedral. Boomx, Beach Day
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31
The Victoria Symphony performs at Christ Church Cathedral, 930 Burdett Ave., 7:30 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Go to christchurchcathedral.bc.ca. Boom X, Rick Miller’s one-man show at the Belfry Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at tickets.belfry.bc.ca. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, a production by the Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre. Tonight to Aug. 11 at the Roxy Theatre, Tickets at bluebridgetheatre.ca. Performance tonight at 8. Brentwood Bay Music in the Park. Live music on Wednesdays, 6:308:30 p.m. in Pioneer Park, 7130 West Saanich Rd. Featuring the Fugitives. Bring a chair and blanket and picnic dinner, or buy dinner from a vendor. Night at the Museum: MAYA, presented by Royal B.C. Museum. A night of food, entertainment and adventurure-themed excursions throughout the museum. Bring a sleeping bag and pyjamas and set up camp in the museum’s galleries. Adults only. Tonight at 675 Belleville St.; royalbcmuseum.bc.ca. Eventide Music Series features Actors, In Mirrors and more, 6-9 p.m. at Centennial Square. Beach Day at Coles Bay. An all-ages event to explore the beach at low tide with a Capital Regional District Park naturalist. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., meet at the main beach off Inverness Road. Be prepared for wet feet and clothes. CRD Parks programs, crd.bc.ca/parks, tel. 250-478-3344. Symphony in the Summer, presented by Summer in the Square Lunchtime Concerts, Noon-1 p.m. at Centennial Square. Discover the Past Ghostly WalksTours. James Bay and Bent Mast Tour at 7:30 p.m. and Late-Night Old Town and Bastion Square Tour at 9:30 p.m. For tickets and start locations, go to discoverthepast.com Kelby MacNayr and Friends at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 7:30 p.m.; hermannsjazz.com.
THURSDAY, AUG. 1
Victoria Summer Music Festival presents the Rolston String Quartet at the University of Victoria Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at tel. 250-294-7778, Ivy’s Bookshop and Tanner’s Book in Sidney. Pre-concert talk at 6:40 p.m.; vsmf.org. Evening Campground Program. A Capital Regional Districts Parks naturalist offers activities and games to learn about what critters get up to in the evenings. 7-8:30 p.m.; meet at the campfire ring at Island View Beach campground off Homathko Road. CRD Parks programs, crd.bc.ca/parks, tel. 250-478-3344.
Fringe and Fluevog, Program Launch and Benefit Party. A first look at the 2019 Fringe lineup and shoe sale. 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Fluevog Boots & Shoes, 560 Johnson St. A Fringe benefit event; 50 per cent of shoe sales donated to Intrepid Theatre; intrepidtheatre.com. The Flying Buttress Architecture Tour at Christ Church Cathedral on the cathedral’s Gothic design from flying buttresses to bell towers. 2:30 p.m. at 930 Burdett Ave. Tickets at eventbrite.ca or the Cathedral office.; christchurchcathedral.bc.ca.
Sidney Night Market. The town’s main street is closed to traffic and transformed into a festive street market where you can savour the flavours, see the sights and listen to the sounds of a myriad of musical performers. Thursdays along Beacon Avenue; sidney.ca.
Butchart Gardens presents Diyet and The Love Soldiers at 800 Benvenuto Avenue in Brentwood Bay, at 8 p.m.; butchartgardens.com.
Symphony In the Summer, presented by Summer in the Square Lunchtime Concerts, 12-1 p.m. at Centennial Square.
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