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Places to go, things to do
May 2016
The Carr Historical Residence
207 Government Street
May 1-14 Island Illustrators: Illustrating Emily Carr
James Bay New Horizons
234 Menzies Street
Tuesdays 11:45 Hot Lunch
Thursdays at noon Chili lunches
Last Thursday of May Out to Lunch Bunch
Wednesday 9:00 am Computer/Internet Workshop
Fridays 10:00am Friday forum – A variety of guest speakers
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1040 Moss Street 250-384-4171
To May 15 The Fire is Just Starting
To May 23 Water + Pigment + Paper
To June 5 Decorative Art from the Collection
To Sept 2016 Emily Carr and the Younger Generation
Apr 9 to Jun 26 Nanga
Apr 22 to Aug 28 Modernization in Meiji
Jul 1-Oct 18 China’s Favourite Pottery for Tea
Centennial Square
Sunday, June 26 The Legendary Downchild Blues Band
Thursday June 30 Ana Popovic
Saturday July 2 Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen
Greater Victoria Harbour Authority
Inner Harbour / Ship’s Point
April 28-May 1 Victoria Harbour Boat Show
May 26-30 Swiftsure international Yacht Race
June 4 Boat For Hope
June 23-26 Ska Fest
The City of Victoria
City Hall 250-920-3373
Greater Victoria Public Library
May 11 (10:00 am – 12:00 pm) Emergency Preparedness Workshop
The Fairmont Empress Hotel
721 Government Street
Bengal Lounge-
A variety of musical offerings from 7:00pm Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays
Afternoon Tea in the Tea Lobby
The Oswego
The O Bistro 500 Oswego Street 1-800-500-4838
Wednesdays are Jazz Nights
Pacific Lounge - Hotel Grand Pacific
463 Belleville Street 250-386-0450
Fri. Sat. nights Live Music
IMAX
675 Belleville Street
(Inside the Royal BC Museum) 250-953-4629
For current presentations and show times refer to
Royal BC Museum
675 Belleville Street 250-356-7226
To Nov 2019 British Columbia Remembers: The Great War
To June 2017 Our Living Language
June 3 to Dec 31 Mammoths: Giants of the Ice Age
Online: The Emily Carr Collection
100 Objects of Interest
Alix Goolden Performance Hall
900 Johnson Street 250-386-5311
May 30 Victoria Children’s Choir Season Finale Concert
Belfry Theatre
1291 Gladstone Avenue 250-385-6336
May 1-8 Putting on the Ritz
Blue Bridge Theatre at the Roxy
2657 Quadra Street 250) 382-3370, 250-590-6291
May 12-22 Long Days Journey into Night
July 5-17 The Importance of Being Ernest
Aug 2-14 Animal Crackers
Intrepid Theatre
1609 Blanshard Street 250-383-2663
May 7 The Succubus: A Gothic Puppet Tale
May 18-29 UNO Festival
Langham Court Theatre
805 Langham Court 250-384-2142
To May 7 Escape From Happiness
June 8-25 She Stoops to Conquer
MacPherson Playhouse
#3 Centennial Square 250-386-6121
May 6-15 Monty Python’s Spamalot
May 18 The Rat Pack, Direct from Vegas
May 20 Victoria Academy of Ballet
May 21 Circus Incognitus
May 26 Completely Creedence
May 29 Victoria magic Circle
June 24 Oliver Jones Trio and Halie Loren
Oct 15 A Tribute to Elvis
Royal Theatre
805 Broughton Street 250-386-6121
to May 1 Cirque de la Symphonie
May 7-8 Beethoven 9
May 20-21 Cinderella
June 18 Raino Dance
June 25 An Evening With Joe Jackson
June 29 Tedeschi Trucks Band
June 27 Joe Lovano Classic Quartet
June 28 Case, Lang, Veirs
June 29 An Evening with Tedeschi Trucks Band
July 3 Gregory Porter
July 21 Chris Cornell
Sept 30 Don Quixote
Nov 21 Celtic Thunder
Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre
1925 Blanshard Street 250-220-7777
May 19 Hedley
June 6 Theresa Caputo Live!
June 10 James Taylor and His All-Star Band
June 17 Jim Jefferies Live!
June 25 An Evening with Meatloaf
St. Mary’s The Virgin
1701 Elgin Road 250-598-0482
May 21 Diemahler Latin-Spanish Flavour
June 25 Diemahler Great Composers