CALENDAR: Ashley MacIsaac, Greek and Fringe fests
FRIDAY, AUG. 25
Ashley MacIsaac at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear.ca or tel. 250-656-0275. 16th annual Greek Fest with Greek food, music, dance, children’s activities and entertainment. Today through Sunday and Sept. 1-4 at the Greek Community Centre, 4648 Elk Lake Dr.; greekfest.ca. Victoria Fringe Festival, daily through Sept. 3 with 58 shows, 330 performances, 350 artists; victoriafringe.com. Uptown Chalk Art Festival, with kids’ chalk zone, entertainment, food and live artist demonstrations. Daily through Sunday at Uptown Shopping Centre, next to Whole Foods; shopuptown.ca. Legends Valley Music Festival. Featuring Body Count, House of Pan, Magic, Sloan and Delhi 2 Dublin. Daily to Sunday at Laketown Ranch, Lake Cowichan. Tickets at lengendsvalleymusicfestival.com.
Pablo Cardenas plays Duke Ellington at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 8 p.m.; hermannsjazz.com or tel. 250-388-9166.
Cookeilidh: Live in the Still House at Victoria Caledonian Distillery & Brewery, 761 Enterprise Cres., 6:30-9 p.m. Summertime Blues Festival at Maffeo Sutton Park in Nanaimo. With Sonny Landreth, Shemekia Copeland, Victor Wainwright and the Wild Roots. Today, 2-10:30 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Tickets at nanaimobluesfestival.com.
Afternoon Concerts in the Park with music by Fox Glove, 1:30-3:20 p.m. at the Cameron Bandshell in Beacon Hill Park.
SATURDAY, AUG. 26
FringeKids Fest at Market Square. Painting a castle, crafting costumes, storytime, music and interactive performances. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at 560 Johnson St.; intrepidtheatre.com.
Movie Under the Maltworks at Phillips Backyard, Philips Brewing & Malting Co., with a showing of Fight Club. 9 p.m. at 2010 Government St., rain or shine. Tickets at tix.thevic.ca.
Spectacular Summer Evenings at Butchart Gardens, featuring The Ecclestons, 6-7:30 p.m. and fireworks at 9 p.m. 800 Benvenuto Ave., Brentwood. Details at butchartgardens.com.
Community Picnic hosted by the Bahá'ís of Victoria. Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Beacon Hill Park, by the children’s playground. Look for the tent, bring food to share and bring a musical instrument; victoriabahia.org. 11th annual Integrate Arts Festival. Tour local art galleries, workshops, enjoy performances and events. Through Sunday at Integrate HQ, 636 Fort St. 23rd annual Arts and Music in the Gardens at Horticulture Centre of the Pacific, 505 Quayle Rd, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; hcp.ca.