Events

Fee: $10 Strumalong from 7pm - 9pm Song books available for purchase at the stage for $30 per book First come, first served as seats cannot be reserved. Come early for food and drink at 5:30 - support your neighbourhood […]

An Esquimalt All-Candidates Meeting/Debate will be held Monday, October 5, from 7-9 pm, at Esquimalt United Church, located at the corner of Lyall and Admirals. The debate will be recorded and made public after October 6th at CreativelyUnited.org This event is […]

Forestry panel to hear from experts about better forest practices: Mike Morris, former MLA and BC Solicitor General and ​Public Safety Minister, Dr. Younes Alila, P.Eng., Professor of Hydrology Faculty of Forestry, UBC, and Dr. Kasey Moran, local ecologist focused on […]

Preparing for climate change starts with people. Re.Climate’s PREPARE Framework shows communicators how to build agency, care and trust with their audiences the three conditions that turn climate concern into community action. Canada’s Changing Climate 2026 report outlines what is […]

Sooke Fall Fair and Sooke Region Museum are joining forces to host The Great Gourd Showdown! 2pm – drop off your gourds, squashes and pumpkins 3:30pm – The Great Weigh Off 4:45pm – Rosettes and Ribbons presented Bring us your […]

Carl Lowenberger, entomologist extraordinaire, will talk about which mosquito species exist in BC, why they bite people, their contribution to our local ecosystem, and concerns regarding tropical mosquitoes moving north to BC due to climate change.    And why some […]

Live entertainment for your enjoyment. Feel free to bring in snacks or support the local restaurants. Hotdog and meat pies are available to purchase behind the bar. No outside drinks or containers please. URL: Website: https://evvnt.com/events/?_ev_id=3834785 Date and Time: On […]

Victoria’s story is not just about the gold rush and maritime tales — Victoria also has a rich agricultural heritage. Some early farmers were brought out by the Hudson's Bay Company; some stayed after the gold rush. The Old Cemeteries […]

Join us to learn about Victoria’s fascinating haunted past and present from our foremost authority on the subject, one of the city’s best story-tellers.  John Adams is an award-winning author and his most recent book is Chinese Victoria.  Non-members are […]

Jennifer Houghton, Campaign Director, of The New Forest Act Project will host a free online training workshop for people who want to help advance the New Forest Act at 6 pm (PST), Tuesday, October 13th. Government knows about the New […]

7:30-9 pm. Tuesday, October 13th  Live Online Zoom Meeting (will also be recorded)   Hear where the candidates for the Esquimalt-Colwood (including Vic West + View Royal) stand on a wide variety of issues. Register Here for the live meeting […]

Join Opal Dar, E3GI, and Kat Kadoski in the Fireside Pavilion as they perform in a Songstress Circle for this month’s Singer Songwriter sessions and celebrate Women’s History Month.  

Lecture by Katlin Long-Wright When you think of ancient Egypt, you likely think of the Great Pyramids of Giza, the boy-king, Tutankhamun, or the expansive Karnak Temple complex. But how much do you know about Egypt before a time of […]

Stop by the Gardens at HCP on Saturday, October 17th, 2026 from 10am to 2pm for a day of harvest-fueled fun! Grab a coffee from Aerobic Geisha Coffee and a cookie from our bake sale courtesy of Country Grocer before […]

You're invited to join Atelier Aloera, Seniors for Climate, and Suzuki Elders in this intergenerational paper quilt-weaving workshop (weaving, hence looming…) where our climate perspectives are joined together in unified hope. ​Hosted by Wild Bird Trust BC, we will start […]

Live entertainment for your enjoyment. Feel free to bring in snacks or support the local restaurants. Hotdog and meat pies are available to purchase behind the bar. No outside drinks or containers please.   Date and Time: Sat, 17 Oct […]

Join us on October 18th, 2026 at 9:30am (Pacific Time) in Delta for a biodiversity walk to learn about the wildlife near Roberts Bank. It’s been an exhausting few months between pipeline announcements and environmental protection rollbacks. We want to offer […]

From small beginnings in rural New York State in the 1840s, spiritualism went viral. By the 1860s, it was all the rage in Victoria and other places across the continent. Even Abraham Lincoln is said to have participated in seances at […]

The beloved Nomad Holiday Market is back, bringing festive cheer, local creativity, and community spirit to the Songhees Wellness Centre on Admirals Road in Esquimalt. What began in 2018 at the Roundhouse has grown into one of the Island’s favorite holiday traditions, now featuring over […]

Join Heather and Tony Genge at The Palms Restaurant at the Rialto Hotel on Oct 20. Just a little crooning as you enjoy a wonderful dinner at The Palms. Intimate and elegant, The Palms will take you back to a […]

This fall, The Story Collection returns with stories about death, dying, and the thresholds we cross along the way. Inspired by themes woven through our feature exhibition, Ancient Egypt: Obsessed with Life, which examines ancient Egyptian funerary practices and beliefs […]

Artificial intelligence has progressed rapidly since the 2017 publication of “Attention is all you need.” Tasks previously thought to represent general intelligence like conversation, image and music creation and recognition and coding. This rapid change has driven questions about the […]

Drag Sunday Productions annual Rocky Horror Drag Show returns to the Greenhouse (previously the Metro Studio Theatre) at 1411 Quadra St, Victoria BC, (Corner of Johnson and Quadra). Far beyond your average movie screening of Rocky Horror, far beyond a […]