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Victoria events and festivals draw visitors from all over Canada and the US. We have events you will not want to miss including the hilarious family fun of the Victoria International Buskers Festival.
Other popular festivals include the Victoria International Cycling Festival with the amazing Jumpship competition, where the world's best freeride mountain bike riders compete on a floating barge before a crowd of over sixty thousand spectators.
We also have a variety of music and food festivals to tempt your ears and your tastebuds. View our Calendar of Events below or click on our festival page to see all the options year round in Victoria.
Special Events
19th Annual Greater Victoria Bike to Work Week
Gear up for cycling to work May 27-June 2 during the 19th annual Greater Victoria Bike to Work Week. Prizes, Celebration Stations and more. Create a team with your workplace and participate in this Fun, Free, community event. Please visit the website for more information or contact Theresa: theresa@biketowork.ca ... more
AFRICA FEST 2013
Recurrence Recurring daily
Type: Special Events
Time: afternoons and evenings
Location: Victoria Event Center / Centennial Square
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VICTORIA'S FIRST AFRICA FEST 2013 Come celebrate Victoria’s First African and Caribbean Cultural Week from May 17 to May 25 2013. There will be African dances, drumming workshops, exquisite and exotic food and beverages, cultural artwork, crafts, clothing, movies. education, fashion. Performers include Jord... more
Art Gallery Drop-In Tour: Emily Carr: On the Edge of Nowhere
Venue: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Type: Special Events
Time: From: 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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With this exhibition, the AGGV is now the premiere destination on Vancouver Island to visit and learn about Emily Carr through her paintings. On the Edge of Nowhere will include an historical survey of Carr’s artistic career, featuring pieces in all the media and styles she explored and perfected. It will also focu... more
Art Gallery Drop-In Tour: Landscape Prints of Kawase Hasui
Venue: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Type: Special Events
Time: From: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
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Kawase Hasui is considered one of the most important Japanese landscape artists of the 20th century. Hasui could evoke Japan of the pre-war period as none other. Hasui's work enjoyed huge popularity, at home and abroad, from his very first print in 1918. His publisher, Watanabe Shozaburo, quickly recognized his enormous ... more
Artists' Reception: To Reunite To Honour To Witness
Venue: Legacy Art Gallery
Type: Special Events
Time: From: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
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In addition to the opening of the new downtown exhibit on May 8 at UVic's Legacy Art Gallery, this Saturday afternoon event at the gallery will honour survivors who attended the Alberni Indian Residential School in the 1950s and 60s. This public reception celebrates the reunification of the makers with their artwork, whi... more
Author Reading - Jeremy Hespeler-Boultbee
Type: Special Events
Time: From: 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Location: Oak Bay Branch, Greater Victoria Public Library
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"History has been written in large part by soldiers, who generally don’t care to remember the principal legacy of war which is bitterness and hatred" says author Jeremy Hespeler-Boultbee. For a different perspective, join us as he reads from "Mrs. Queen’s Chump: Idi Amin, the Mau Mau, Communist... more
Celebrate Bike to Work Week with AdrenaLINE Zipline Tours
Recurrence Recurring daily
Venue: Adrena LINE Zipline Adventure Tours
Type: Special Events
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Did you know that you can bike to Adrena Line via the scenic Galloping Goose Trail? So, grab your bike and join us for a ziplining adventure during Bike to Work Week - An annual event held in communities throughout greater Victoria, to encourage bicycle commuting. From May 27 - June 2nd, any guest who bike’s to... more
Classical Indian and Jazz fusion Concert
Type: Special Events
Time: 7pm
Location: David Lam Auditorium, UVic
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The leading American voice in Indian jazz fusion, saxophonist and composer, George Brooks, Indian bamboo flute master Pt. Ronu Majumdar, a major innovator of Indo-jazz fusion, and tabla maestro Ramdas Palsule come together to create the finest Indian-inspired jazz and jazz flavored raga. These world music visionaries ble... more
Fired Up! Contemporary Works in Clay Exhibit
Recurrence Recurring daily
Type: Special Events
Time: Opening reception, May 24th, 6-8PM, Saturday, May 25 & Sunday, May 26th, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Metchosin Hall
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The artists of Fired UP! Contemporary Works in Clay invite you to their “Salt of the Earth -Vessels for Tasteful Living” exhibit at the 29th annual ceramics show, May 24-26th, 2013. Nine core Fired UP! members as well as five guest artists will fill the Metchosin Hall with a range of signature pieces ... more
Galiano Ensemble Performs a Celebration of English Music
Type: Special Events
Time: From: 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Location: Phillip T. Young Recital Hall -- UVic
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In their final performance of the 2012-13 season, the Galiano Ensemble of Victoria is offering an evening to recognize the works of several English composers. The program includes Gustav Holst’s St. Paul Suite, Gerald Finzi’s Romance, Opus 11, John Ireland’s Concertino Pastorale, Ralph Vaughan William... more
Glorious Victorians Walking Tour: Residential Architecture in “The Junction"
Type: Special Events
Time: From: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Stadacona Centre mall at the junction of Fort St. and Pandora Ave. (look for a grassy island at the east end).
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Put on your comfy shoes and join us in the Oak Bay Junction area for an exciting walking tour of Victoria's unique and historic architecture! Nick Russell, heritage researcher, photographer and author, will show us a wide range of architecture including Edwardian Vernacular, Swiss Chalet, Queen Ann, and Italianate. Regis... more
Goldstream Station Market
WestShore's very own Community Market. Located in beautiful downtown Langford. Goldstream Avenue at the Fountain (Bryn Maur Road) Featuring LOCAL (and we mean from the WestShore and close neighbours) farm fresh produce, foods, arts and live music. more
Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis
Venue: Royal Roads University
Type: Special Events
Time: From: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Royal Roads University
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We make strides because others take strides! Every year across Canada, friends, family and co-workers of people with cystic fibrosis lace up their walking shoes to participate in Great StridesTM: Taking Steps to Cure Cystic Fibrosis. It's Cystic Fibrosis Canada's largest national fundraising event. Walk with us on Sunday... more
GVHA's CPR Steamship Terminal's Spring Open House
Type: Special Events
Time: From: 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: CPR Steamship Terminal
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First chance to experience newly renovated levels of the historic Steamship Terminal building on the Inner Harbour! The Robert Bateman Centre on the upper levels will be open to the public that weekend. Building renovations of the Belleville Street level will be complete and ready for tenant fit-outs. This i... more
Island Children's Festival
Type: Special Events
Time: 12pm to 5pm
Location: Island Montessori School
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The 2nd annual Island Children’s Festival is proud to present an afternoon of family entertainment and activities, featuring two-time Juno award winning children’s musician, Fred Penner. The festival will also feature children’s singer and songwriter, Shé, a mad science demonstration, face painti... more
Making Crime Pay: Crime Writers of Canada at GVPL
Type: Special Events
Time: From: 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Central Branch, Greater Victoria Public Library
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BC members of Crime Writers of Canada de-mystify the art and craft of writing and selling crime fiction. Topics will include Getting from Idea to Draft; Handling Common Problems in Plot, Character, and Style; and Marketing Your Work. To request a brief critique, email kay_stewart@shaw.ca. Register online at gvpl.ca or ca... more
Movie Night - Sense & Sensibility
Venue: Oak Bay Beach Hotel
Type: Special Events
Time: From: 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM
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Welcome to Oak Bay’s new community movie house! The Oak Bay Beach Hotel is thrilled to once again welcome back a long standing tradition of big screen releases to the community through our regularly scheduled movie nights in the David Foster Foundation Theatre. This May we are featuring your favourite British-m... more
Music on the Vineyard
Venue: Amuse on the Vineyard
Type: Special Events
Time: From: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Amuse on the Vineyard
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Wayne Kozack Trio This Summer enjoy live music out doors with the Vineyard as the backdrop. Sip a glass of wine, enjoy some fresh local seafood or stay for dinner. Select dates through out the summer (check the website for details). more
Musings: An enchanted evening of dance.
Recurrence Recurring daily
Type: Special Events
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Berwick Royal Oak
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For its premier performance, Ballet Étoile presents an exquisite collection of four short ballets set to the music of Bach, Beethoven, Scott Joplin and more! Musings boosts dazzling performances by some of Victoria’s top professional dancers, accompanied by the brilliant Michael Drislane on piano. From gra... more
Mystery Mini Chats: Crime Writers of Canada at GVPL
Type: Special Events
Time: From: 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Location: Central Branch, Greater Victoria Public Library
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Meet Canadian crime-writers and learn about their latest books in this fast-paced, fun-filled event. Books available for purchase and signing. Register online at gvpl.ca or call your local branch for more information. In partnership with the BC/Yukon chapter of Crime Writers of Canada, TouchWood Editions, and GVPL. more
PGI Plays the Belfry
Type: Special Events
Time: Doors at 6pm with a pre-show reception, Concert at 7pm
Location: Belfry Theatre
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On Tuesday, May 28, a star-studded line-up of Canadian talent takes to the stage in a special benefit concert for Literacy Victoria, hosted by CBC Radio personality Shelagh Rogers. Russell deCarle is a founding member, lead vocalist, bassist, and contributing songwriter to the multi-platinum, Juno award winning co... more
play, fall, rest, dance
Venue: Open Space Contemporary Arts Society
Type: Special Events
Time: See description
Location: Open Space
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Valerie Salez is Open Space’s artist-in-residence. Salez invites willing participants to reconnect and come into alignment with larger forces through the use of music, videotaping, and photography. If you would like to participate or arrange an interview, please contact Open Space. Residency: Tuesday, May 28 to Sat... more
Robert Cameron Law Cycling Series
Recurrence Recurring daily
Type: Special Events
The 2013 Robert Cameron Law Cycling Series returns as the kickoff event for the Victoria International Cycling Festival. This year's ominum style racing event follows the same race format as 2012 with a time trial on Dallas Road, a gruelling Road Race in Metchosin, and a fast and furious Circuit race in downtown Vi... more
