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Places to go and things to do in May
May 2015
Inner Harbour
Apr 30 to May 3 Victoria Inner Harbour Boat Show
May 23 to 25 Swiftsure International Yacht Race
Clover Point
May 29 to 31 Victoria International Kite Festival
James Bay New Horizons
234 Menzies St
Tuesdays to May 26 Musical Potluck – all welcome
Fridays 10:00am Friday forum – A variety of guest speakers
Thursdays at noon Chili lunches
May 15 to 17 Haiku Canada Conference
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1040 Moss St 250-384-4171
to May 3 Merimekko – With Love
to May 31 In Another Place, and Here – 8 local, national, international artists
to Aug. 28 Emily Carr and the Young Generation
Jun 13 to Sept 7 Jock Macdonald – Evolving Form
Jun 13 to Sept 7 The Lab: Gwen MacGregor
Jun 26 to Oct 25 From the Collection – David Milne
Bengal Lounge – Empress Hotel
721 Government St 250 389-2727
Thursday, Friday, Saturday Sunday nights: Lust for Life Jazz Band
Pacific Lounge
Hotel Grand Pacific, 463 Belleville St 250-386-0450
to Jun 13 Friday, Saturday evenings Tom Watson
IMAX
675 Belleville St 250-953-4629
Opening May 15 Gold Fever
For current presentations and show times refer to www.imaxvictoria.com/now-playing
Royal BC Museum
675 Belleville St 250-356-7226
May 3 Marmot Dissection and Illustration Workshop
Opening May 5 Gold Rush: Eldorado in BC
May 21 Imagine: educate inspire change
To June 2017 Our Living Language
To Nov 2019 British Columbia Remembers: The Great War
Online: -The Emily Carr Collection -100 Objects of Interest
Alix Goolden Performance Hall
900 Johnson St 250-386-5311
May 7 Joel Plaskett, Mo Kenney
May 23 The Choir Victoria, Pharis & Jason Romero
May 30 Victoria Conservatory of Music: Jubilee Grand Finale
June 3 Great Lake Swimmers Tour
Belfry Theatre
1291 Gladstone Ave 250-385-6336
to May 17 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Aug 4 to 23 Boom
Sept 15 to Oct 11 Speed-The-Plow
Oct 20 to Nov 15 Chelsea Hotel – The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Dec 1 to 20 A Christmas Carol
2016 Feb 2 to 28 The Valley
2016 Apr 12 to May 8 Putting On The Ritz: The Music of Irving Berlin
Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre
2657 Quadra St 250-382-3370
May 7 – 24 MacBeth
July 7 – 26 Pal Joey
Langham Court Theatre
805 Langham Court 250-384-2142
to May 9 August: Osage County A tragicomedy
to May 17 Because they’re Cool by Esther parker
Jun 10–27 Humble Boy
Maritime Museum of British Columbia
28 Bastion Sq 250-385-4222
May 6 to 28 Afternoon Exploration: Gold Rush
June 19 to Sept 15, 2015 A Tsunami Field Trip Project
MacPherson Playhouse
3 Centennial Sq 250-386-6121
May 1 to 10 Les Miserables
May 15 Tommy Emmanuel CGP
June 17 Derek Edwards - Comedian
June 19 TD Victoria International JazzFest: Ester Rada
June 23 TD Victoria International JazzFest: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman
June 26 TD Victoria International JazzFest: An Evening with Pink Martini
June 27 TD Victoria International JazzFest: An Evening with Eliane Elias
Oak Bay Beach Hotel
1175 Beach Dr 250-598-4556
Fridays and Saturdays until May 2 Kelt Eccleston’s Kitchen Party
Royal Theatre
805 Broughton St 250-386-6121
May 1 to 3 The Piano Men
May 9, 10 Ravels Bolero
May 13 April Wine
May 23 Boston Dance Collective
May 26 Ryan Adams
May 29 Annie’s Rodeo
June 5 Jesse Cook
June 9 Dora the Explorer
June 19 International Military Band Concert
June 23 TD Victoria JazzFest: Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton
Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre
1925 Blanshard St 250-220-7777
May 27 to 31 Cirque Du Soleil: Varekal!
July 13 Journey
July 16 Aerosmith
Oct 8 Ringo Starr and his Allstar Band
St Mary’s The Virgin
Oak Bay, 1701 Elgin Rd
May 16 Diemahler: Music Around the World
June 06 Diemahler: Music for the Americas
University Club – Uvic
3800 Finnerty Rd 250-721-7935
June 20 “Jazz Fest” Swingit
University of Victoria
Farquhar Auditorium
B115 University Centre 250-721-8480
May 20 The Waterboys