Lamp Post Feb 19 - 25
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This week’s categories:
Community Events
Student Section
Creative Corner
Music
Happy Hour at Swans Brewery & Pub
It’s hard to beat a deal. It’s especially hard to beat a deal at a beautiful location in Downtown Victoria!
Join Swans Brewery & Pub for daily Happy Hours deals on drinks, appetizers, and food!
Lunch Happy Hour 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM
$4.95 Swans Beers & Featured Lunch Specials
Mid-Day Happy Hour 3:00 PM – 6:00PM
$5.95 Swans Beers, ½ priced Bourbon, & Featured Appies.
Late Night Happy Hour 8:00 PM – Close
$5.95 Swans Beers & All Burgers + Side for $13
Daily Food and Drink Features
Head on down to Swans Pub to enjoy this steal of a deal!
Community Events
Winter Art Festival 🎭
Enjoy the last day today!
Downtown
FREE
More information here
Indigenous Wellness Day 🌲🍂
Feb 24, 12:00 - 6:00 PM
Fernwood Community Centre
$30
Open to all Indigenous Identified People
Register here
VIATEC’s TechTonic Mixer 👾🧑💻
Feb 22, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Fort Tectoria
$20 for Non-member, FREE for Members
Register here
Phillips & Phriends: Emily Woods Comedy Night 🍻
Feb 25, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Phillips Tasting Room
Free
More information here
Confabulation Victoria Presents: Coincidence 🧨
Feb 22, 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Victoria Event Centre
$22
Stories of happy accidents, remarkable connections and falling out of sync
Get your tickets here
Native Plant Walk at PKOLS (Mt. Douglas Park)🚶
Feb 25, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PKOLS (Mt. Douglas Park)
FREE
Sign up here
Victoria Seed Sunday 🌼🌱
Feb 25, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Quadra Village & Community Centre - 901 & 905 Kings Rd.
Entrance by donation
40+ vendors, free educational talks and more!
More information here
RELOVE MARKET: Sustainable Fashion for All 👗🧦
Feb 24 & 25, 11:00 - 5:00 PM
Victoria International Marina (Next to Boom + Batten)
Follow @therelovemarket on Instagram here for more information!
Che Durena: The Rawdog Comedy Tour 🐶
Feb 25, 7:00 PM
Capital Ballroom
$32.50 General, $44.50 VIP
Laugh your booty off now!
Creative Corner
WELCOME TO THE INTERNET: A Web Surfing Cabaret 🌐💄
Feb 24, 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Metro Studio Theatre
$30
More information & tickets here
Fashion Splash Designer Market 🪡🧿
Feb 24, 10:00 - 5:00 PM. Feb 25, 11:00 - 4:00 PM
Da Vinci Centre
FREE
More info here
Tsukino-Con: Artists, Vendors, Cosplay, Panels & more! 🥷🍥
Feb 23 & 25 All day
UVIC - Bob Wright and Elliot Building
Varying ticket prices - see more info here
Sankofa Moments with Mamadou Diabaté: Exploring the Balafon’s Melodic Language 🪘🌍
Feb 24 - various workshops and performances
Bayanihan Community Centre
$150
Adult Program here
Youth Program here
Flamenco Tablao Dance Show 💃🕺
Feb 25, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
The Mint
$33
Get your tickets for 2 or more people here
Served Up! A Drag Lunch Experience 🏳️🌈💄
Feb 24, 11:30 AM 2:30 PM
Moon Underwater Distillery Lounge
$17.50
Get your tickets here
VI Plant Moss Wall Art Workshops 🏡
Feb 23, 5:30 - 6:30 PM. Feb 24, 9:30 - 10:30AM
VI Plant Shop
$59
SUPPLY Victoria’s Reopening Party 👩🎨🎊
Feb 24, 12:00 - 4:00 PM
SUPPLY Victoria
By Donation: $15-35
Registration and Information here
Student Section
List of all active UVIC Clubs ⬅️
UVIC Live Music Club & Computer Music Course Showcase 💻 📻
Feb 22, 7:00-10:00 PM
Quadratic Sound
$5-15 at door, + $5 Non-member fee, FREE for UVIC Students
More information here
Polar Dippers 🐻❄️
Every Friday at 3:00 PM, Every Sunday at 11:00 AM
Follow on Instagram for beach locations here
5 Days UVIC 🎟️
All week Feb 26 - 29
A quick sneak peak for your reading break return!
$7-15
Follow on the Instagram @ 5daysuvic and get tickets here
Music
Tuesday, Feb 20
▶️ Mad Caddies w/ Special Guests Belvedere & Sweet Leaf | Ska/Jazz/Punk | Doors at 8:00 PM | Wicket Hall | $35 + Fees
▶️ Bands!Bands!Bands! Vol. 6 | See Tickets | 7:30 - 10:00 PM | Victoria Event Centre | $7 Advance, $10 Doors
Wednesday, Feb 21
▶️ Royal Tusk & BRKN LOVE | Rock/Grunge/Punk | Doors at 8:00 PM | Capital Ballroom | $23 + Fees
▶️ K-OS: The Meyendseye Tour | Hip-Hop/R&B/Soul/Rock | Doors at 8:00 PM | Capital Ballroom | $40 General, $100 VIP Meet & Greet
Tickets for K-OS 🎧🤙🏽
Thursday, Feb 22
▶️ Anomalie | Electronic Jazz | Doors at 8:00 PM | Capital Ballroom | $21.50 + Fees
▶️ Fred Again.. Boiler Room Tribute By: Kimbz & Good Company.. | Electronic/House | Doors at 8:00 PM | Paparazzi Nightclub | $13-16
▶️ Open Decks | Various | 9:00 - 12:30 PM | Hermann’s Upstairs | $5
More information here 🎶🔓
Friday, Feb 23
▶️ Domonique Fils-Aimé + Morien Jones | Jazz/Trip-hop/Soul/R&B | 7:00 PM | Wicket Hall | $35 Advance/Vic Jazz Society Members, $40 Door
▶️ House of Love | House | 10:00 PM - Late | Quadratic Sound | $20 + $5 for Non-members
▶️ Ænniæ, Excalibur & DJ Keegs | Techno/House/Jungle | 9:00 PM - Late | Voyage Fantastik | $15 Advance, $20 Door
▶️ William Prince with Kacy & Clayton | Folk/Country | 9:00 PM - Late | McPherson Playhouse | $57.75a
▶️ Traffic Light Party | Trap/Afrobeats/Latin | 8:00 PM - Late | Hermann’s Upstairs | $28
▶️ Brandon Isaak & The Mood Swings | Blues | 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Hermann’s Jazz Club | $25
Saturday, Feb 24
▶️ Fox Effect EP Release Party w/ Special Guests: Ranger | Folk/Jazz/Rock | Door at 7:00, Ranger at 8:00, Fox Effect at 9:00 | The Mint | $20
▶️ Dark Disco IV | Techno/Indie-House /Dance | 9:00 PM - 2:00 AM | Quadratic Sound | $30 + Fees, - $5 Entry for Non-members
▶️ Canadian Beauty Present: A Grateful Dead Tribute | Rock | 8:30 PM - 12:00 AM | Victoria Event Centre | $33 + Fees
▶️ Transmute - Various Artists | Deep Tech/Minimal/House | 8:00 - 12:00 AM | Hermann’s Upstairs | $28
▶️ Pablo Cardenas Presents: “Gershwin in Havana” | Piano | 5:30 PM Doors, 7:00 PM Show | Hermann’s Jazz Club | $30 + Fees