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Various activities to enjoy while visiting Victoria, BC

  • Canada Day Parade, Sidney, BC

SIDNEY DAYS AND CANADA DAY

JUNE 30 & JULY 1, 2024 Kick off Canada Day celebrations with "Sidney Days" Each year, Sidney kicks off its Canada Day celebrations early with a “Sidney Days” launch on June 30th. This evening event involves live music at Beacon Park followed by a fireworks show. On July 1st, community groups come together to create

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  • World Ocean Day, Sidney, BC

WORLD OCEAN DAY

JUNE 4, 2024  11:00am-3:00pm SIDNEY, BC Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea 9811 Seaport Place Sidney, BC, Celebrate the ocean with the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea and friends! This free community event — in Sidney's Beacon Park — is fun for the whole family. What’s happening: More than a dozen interactive and educational

MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL

MAY 20, 2024 FROM 11 - 4 CENTENNIAL SQUARE ONE WORLD MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL Live entertainment, bouncy castles, singing, dancing and more!

  • Fisgard lighthouse at Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site

OCEAN DAY AT FORT RODD HILL

JUNE 8, 2024 OCEAN DAY ON JUNE 8, 2024 AT FORT RODD HILL AND FISGARD LIGHTHOUSE NHS For the third consecutive year, as part of Oceans Week Victoria, come join us for a full day of engaging ocean-themed programming, hosted by Parks Canada interpreters, the Southern Resident Killer Whale outreach team, and our esteemed partners

ATTILA FIAS TRIO & GUESTS

Date: June 1, 2024, 7:00PM Location: Hermann’s Jazz Club 753 View St., Victoria, BC, V8W 1J9 Tel: 250-388-9166 Tickets: $30 plus fees/tax, walk-ins welcome Attila Fias Trio + Guests Go To Brazil! Are you ready? Attila Fias and his band will take you on a fun, exotic, lyrical, sentimental and exhilarating musical trip to Brazil,

  • Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival

SKA & REGGAE FESTIVAL

JUNE 19 - 23, 2024 VARIOUS VENUES The Victoria BC Ska Society is a non-profit community organization of volunteers, staff and a board of directors whose main goal is to keep Victoria’s Annual Ska & Reggae Festival improving and evolving year after year. Our goal is to entertain, educate and unite audiences nationally and internationally

  • Victoria Jazz Fest

JAZZ FEST

JUNE 21 - 30, 2024 VARIOUS VENUES The TD Victoria International JazzFest (formerly known as JazzFest International) is the longest-running professional music festival on Vancouver Island. This iconic event, the “grandfather” of music festivals serving audiences on Vancouver Island and beyond, has evolved from a four-day festival to a vibrant, 10-day celebration of jazz and

COWICHAN VALLEY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL

JUNE 14 - 16, 2024 LAKETOWN RANCH, 8811 YOUBOU ROAD, LAKE COWICHAN, BC The festival is genre-specific to bluegrass and Appalachian-style “old-time” music, which is different than what music fans find at traditional folk festivals that dominate the Canadian festival landscape. In addition to main stage performances, events take place throughout the weekend that are

  • Laketown Shakedown

LAKETOWN SHAKEDOWN

JUNE 28 - 30, 2024 8811 Youbou Rd #648 Lake Cowichan, BC Laketown Shakedown takes place June 28-30, 2024 on the beautiful Laketown Ranch in Cowichan, BC on the unceded traditional territory of Ts’uuubaa-asatx, the First Peoples of the Cowichan Lake area. Iconic pop star, Gwen Stefani is our 2024 Headliner! Gwen Stefani has achieved