CALENDAR: Victoria Summer Music Festival, Sunfest
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.
Boom X, Rick Miller’s one-man show at the Belfry Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at tickets.belfry.bc.ca.
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.; intrepidtheatre.com
Evening Campground Program. A Capital Regional District Parks naturalist offers activities and games to learn about what critters get up to during the evening. 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.
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, a production by the Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre, 8 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre, Tickets at bluebridgetheatre.ca.
Sidney Night Market. The town’s main street is closed to traffic and transformed into a festive street market with a myriad of musical performers. Thursday along Beacon Ave.; sidney.ca.
Butchart Gardens presents Diyet and the Love Soldiers at 800 Benvenuto Ave. in Brentwood Bay, at 8 p.m.; butchartgardens.com.
The Flying Buttress Architecture Tour focusing on Christ Church 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. Symphony In the Summer, presented by Summer in the Square Lunchtime Concerts, noon-1 p.m. at Centennial Square.
FRIDAY, AUG. 2 Sunfest Country Music Festival.
Four days of country music with Jason Aldean, Maren Morris, Kip Moore, Randy Houser, Terri Clark and Michael Ray. Camping, food vendors, beverage gardens and activities. Through Sunday at Laketown Ranch Music and Recreation, 8811 Youbou Rd., Cowichan. Go to sunfestconcerts.com.
Summer In the Square Pop-Up Beer Garden with local music, local beer and local food trucks. Fridays, 5-9 p.m. at Centennial Square. This week’s entertainment by Man Made Lake.
Creatures of the Summer Night. Check out the nightlife at Swan Lake and look for owls, bats and other creatures of the night. Using a grab bag of tricks, you’ll discover how these animals adapted to their nocturnal life. 8-9:30 p.m. at Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Rd. Pre-registration required at 250-479-0211; wanlake.bc.ca.
Sooke Fine Arts Show, an art show and sale featuring a gallery, artist demonstrations, talks, live music, and a gift shop. Daily, Friday to Sunday, 10 a.m.7 p.m. at Seaparc Leisure Complex, 2168 Phillips Rd.; sookefinearts.com.
Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival special performances of Two Gentlemen of Verona at Saxe Point Park in Esquimalt. Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at vicshakespeare.com/tickets.
Bites, Brews, Bands on the Barge with food trucks, live music and craft beer and cider. Fridays, 5-9 p.m. to Sept. 27 at the Breakwater Barge, Ogden Point, 211 Dallas Rd.; visitorinvictoria.ca.