CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2
Collective Soul in concert, 7:30 p.m. at the Royal Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121.
Ensemble Laude, part of Music for a Sacred Season, Wednesdays to April 16, noon-12:50 p.m. at St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 1701 Elgin Rd. Bring lunch, tea/coffee provided. Tel. 250-598-2212.
Tom Hooper at the Bard & Banker Pub, 1022 Government St., 8 p.m. Tel. 250-953-9993.
Hoakum Steamers at Gorge-ous Coffee, 103-300 Gorge Rd. W., 7 p.m. gorgeouscoffee.com.
Times Colonist columnist Jack Knox speaks at Oaklands Community Centre, 2827 Belmont Ave., 7 p.m. More information at victoriawriters.ca.
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria presents Winter is an Etching to May 19; Honouring Patronage: Recent Asian Art Acquisitions to April 6; Carole Sabiston: Everything Below All of the Above to April 28; Alternative Visions: Renditions of Myth, Legend and Folk Tales from China and Japan to June 15; Anthony Thorn, exhibit and sale, to April 7. 1040 Moss St. Tel. 250-384-4171. On the Dock with Lawn Social, Unscripted and Mikaila Tombe, 7 p.m. at the Dinghy Dock Pub, 8 Pirates Lane, Nanaimo. Tickets at ticketzone.com, include return ferry and show.
June Higgins, Overlap exhibit at Bubby’s Kitchen, 355 Cook St. to April 6. Go to bubbyskitchen.ca.
THURSDAY, APRIL 3 Sherlock Homes and the Case of the Sussex Vampire, presented by Giggling Iguana Productions. Thursday-Satuday and April 9-12, 8 p.m. at Craigdarroch Castle, 1050 Joan Cres. Tickets and details, thecastle.ca, or tel. 250-592-5323. Note: This is not a seated performance, not wheelchair accessible.
Don Wright Symphonic Winds: A Trip to the Zoo! with Michael Keddy, conductor, 8 p.m. at University of Victoria Farquhar Auditorium. Tickets at tickets.uvic.ca or tel. 250-721-8480.
Off the Eaten Track: Cook Street Village Culinary Tour, enjoy this unique neigbourhood teeming with restaurants, bakeries, delis, markets, food carts, coffee shops, and pubs, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Details and tickets at offtheeatentracktours.ca.
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