WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16
Spectacular Summer Evenings at Butchart Gardens, with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, 8-9:30 p.m.; butchartgardens.com
Latin Dancing in the Square. Every Wednesday, 5-7 p.m. in Centennial Square; latindancemaestro.com.
Final event of Children’s Programming in the Park featuring the Purple Pirate, noon at Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park.
Red Hot Cole! — A Cole Porter Revue, 8 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre, 2657 Quadra St. Tickets at bluebridgetheatre.ca.
Brentwood Bay’s Music in the Park, featuring the Electric Timber Company, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Pioneer Park, West Saanich Road at Clarke Road.
Oaklands Sunset Market, 4:30-8:30 p.m. to Aug. 30 at Oaklands Community Centre, 1-2827 Belmont Ave.
Duff Kelly at Victoria Public Market, 1701 Douglas St., noon-2 p.m. 778-433-2787.
THURSDAY, AUG. 17
Music in the Park at Willows Beach Park, featuring The Damian Graham Trio. Beach Drive at Dalhousie Street, 6:30-8 p.m. Go to oakbay.ca/parks-recreation.