CALENDAR: Bird walks, Booked for Lunch, Jazz Jam

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8

Bird Walks with Naturalists. Wednesdays and Sundays, 9 a.m. at Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Rd. Tel. 250-479-0211.

Booked for Lunch. Readings from and discussion of new books, poems, playscripts at The Hub, 829 Forst St., noon,1:30 p.m. With book display; readers and writers welcome.

Hermann’s Jazz Jam: Tom Vickery Trio at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 7:30 p.m. More at hermannsjazz.com.

Phillips Comedy Night at the Mint Restaurant, 1414B Douglas St. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Tickets at eventbrite.ca and at the door.

Springboard Open Stage, to watch or to play. Every Wednesday at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St., 9-11:30 p.m.

The Lost Boys Mondays and Wednesdays at Darcy’s Pub, 1127 Wharf St., 10 p.m.

THURSDAY, JAN. 9

Pacific Opera Victoria presents Fenlon and Fenlon at the Baumann Centre, 925 Balmoral Rd., 7 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121.

Wet Coast Burlesque Presents: Polesque! Featuring pole acts, burlesque acts, and a number of acts that are a combination of the two at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St., 7:30 p.m. Tickets at eventbrite.ca.

Royal B.C. Museum Happy Hour. Themed events and activities for adults. Drinks and light fare are available for purchase and events are limited to designated galleries and are not museum-wide. Thursday, 5:30-7 p.m. at 675 Belleville St. Parallel Play childminding available for most dates; royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.

Mark Commerford at Ross Bay Pub, 1516 Fairfield Rd., 6-9 p.m.; 250-3701152.

U-JAM Club Night with Kim Greenwood at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 5-10:30 p.m. Tickets at hermannsjazz.com.

Brett Smith-Daniels at Irish Times, 1200 Government St., 8:30 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775.

Impulse Response at Bard and Banker, 1022 Government St. 9:30 p.m.; vicpubco.ca; tel. 250-953-9993.

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