CALENDAR: Ladysmith Light-Up, Mamma Mia!

THURSDAY, NOV. 28

Ladysmith Light-Up 2019. Kicking off the six-week Festival of Lights, an annual event that features a community spaghetti dinner, Christmas craft fair, street entertainment, food concessions and the Kinsmen Parade with Santa followed by fireworks. Today, starting at 3 p.m., along First Avenue in Ladysmith; ladysmithfol.com Billy & Elton — The Legacy, featuring the music of Elton John and Billy Joel at the Mary Winspear Centre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear.ca. Mamma Mia! presented by the Victoria Operatic Society at the McPherson Playhouse, 8 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Heather Ferguson, Jan Stirling, Joey Smith and Damian Graham at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 7:30 p.m. Tickets at eventbrite.ca; hermannsjazz.com. Unity (1918) by Kevin Kerr, performed by the Canadian College of Performing Arts Studio Ensemble (Company C). Tonight to Dec. 1 at the CCPA Performance Hall, 1701 Elgin St. Tickets at eventbrite.ca Performance at 7:30 p.m. Royal B.C. Museum Christmas In Old Town. The sights and sounds of Christmas long ago, wtih wood-cobbled streets lined with festive garlands and shops decked in seasonal finery. Daily to Jan. 4, at 675 Belleville St. Details at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca Crumble (Lay me down Justin Timberlake) by Sheila Callaghan at Theatre Inconnu, Paul Phillips Hall, 1923 Fernwood Rd., 8 p.m. Tickets at ticketrocket.co or tel. 250-590-6291. Andrew Greenwood Quartet Plays Dexter Gordon at The Northern Quarter, 1724 Douglas St., 8:30-11 p.m. Go to northernquarter.ca for more.

FRIDAY, NOV. 29

The fourth annual Christmas

Craft Beer Show. Presented by microbreweries and cideries from across British Columbia and Western Canada. Friday, 5-9 p.m. and Saturday, 1-5 p.m. at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, with live entertainment and food. Tickets at selectyourtickets.evenue.net or tel. 250-220-7777; sofmc.com.