SUNDAY AUGUST 4
DANCE
Performance Butchart Gardens presents Ballet Etoile at 800 Benvenuto Ave. in Brentwood Bay, at 8 p.m. Free with admission to the gardens. More information at butchartgardens.com.
MUSIC
Folk, Roots, Blues Calvin and Jeremy at Irish Times, 200 Government St., 4-7 p.m.; vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775. Brett Smith Daniels at Irish Times, 200 Government St., 9 p.m.; vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775.
Union Cartel at Bard and Banker, 1022 Government St.; vicpubco.ca; 250-953-9993. Kitchen Party Jam every Sunday at Christie’s Pub, 1739 Fort St., 7-10 p.m.; 250-598-5333. Live music at the Market. Every Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, 12-2 p.m. at the Victoria Public Market, 1701 Douglas St. Free. Jazz Afternoon Concerts In the Park. Mondays through Fridays to Sept. 2 at Cameron Bandshell in Beacon Hill Park, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Today featuring Miranda Sage Trio. Schryer, Hillhouse and Dobres Brunch
Concert at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tickets: $15 at Ivy’s Bookshop, 2188 Oak Bay Ave.; Munro’s Books, 1108 Government St. and hermannsjazz.com or $20 at the door. Pop and Rock Summer Sounds Concert Series presents the Cousin Harley Trio at the bandshell stage in Beacon Park, 9801 Seaport Pl., Sidney, 2-4 p.m. Free, find more details at peninsulacelebrations.ca. Widows Peak, Anomalism, Evilosity, and Terminal Sequence at Copper Owl, 1900 Douglas St., 8 p.m. Tickets: $10; find out more at facebook.com Randy Tucker at Bartholomew’s Pub, 777 Douglas St., 4:30-7:30 p.m.
OUTDOORS
Elk Lake Triathlon, Duathlon and Aquabike 2019 with relay options, post race pancake breakfast for athletes and more. For full schedule, details and registration go to dynamicraceevents.com CRD Parks programs. crd.bc.ca/parks; 250-478-3344.
Seals! Seals! A guided event for all ages at Olympic View Beach to see Tower Point’s most avid sun worshippers. 1-2:30 p.m., meet at Tower Point parking lot off Olympic View Drive. Old Cemeteries Society tour: Home on the Range at Ross Bay Cemetery, 2 p.m. Meet in front of Oregano’s, Fairfield Plaza, 1516 Fairfield Rd. Cost: $5; 250-598-8870; oldcem.bc.ca Walks and Runs Discover the Past Walking Tours. No reservations. For tickets and start locations go to discoverthepast.com
Victoria’s Story History Walk, 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Ghostly Walks: Parrot House and Old Burying Ground Tour, 7:30 p.m. Ghostly Walks: Late-Night Old Town and Bastion Square Tour, 9:30 p.m. Bird Walks with Naturalists. Every Sunday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. at Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Rd. More information at 250-479-0211. Architectural Institute of B.C. Architecture Walking Tours of Fort Victoria, Chinatown and James Bay. Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and alternate Thursdays at 6 p.m. to Sept. 1. Cost: $10, go to aibc.ca for details.
THEATRE
Boom X. See Friday for details. Performance today, 2 p.m. A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum. See Friday for details. Performance today, 2 p.m.