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IN CONCERT What : Stampeders Where : Victoria McPherson Playhouse When : April 4, 7:30 p.m. Tickets : $62.50 The Stampeders’ international hit Sweet City Woman that topped record charts in 1971 is still played in DJ sets today — a songwriter’s dream.

On the evening of March 15, the Victoria Symphony unveiled its 2018-19 season to supporters in the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium.

OPENING C’est la vie! (Le sens de la fete) (Vic Theatre) A hectic wedding party held in an 17th-century French palace comes together with the help of the behind-the-scenes staff. With Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Paul Rouve and Gilles Lellouche.

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Travel back to the age of the dinosaur, and beyond, as the Victoria Palaeontology Society holds its 22nd Fossil Fair, Saturday and Sunday at the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary.

IN CONCERT What : Leo Kottke Where : Victoria Conference Centre Theatre, 720 Douglas St. When : Friday, March 23, 8 p.m. (doors at 7:30) Tickets : $39/$49 at brownpapertickets.

ON SCREEN What : America’s Musical Journey Where : Imax Victoria in the Royal B.C. Museum, 675 Belleville St. When : March 23 through April 12 Tickets : $5.40-$11.

Last week, I noted that the 250th anniversary of Telemann’s death was eagerly celebrated here in 2017, and that the celebrating actually began already in the fall of 2016 and has spilled into 2018.

OPENING The Death of Stalin (Cineplex Odeon Victoria) Follows the Soviet dictator’s last days and depicts the chaos of the regime after his death. With Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale and Jeffrey Tambor.

Jazz What : The Victoria Django Festival featuring the Marc Atkinson Trio, Club Voltaire, Blue Moon Marquee, Daniel Lapp, Abe & The Sweethearts and more. Where : White Eagle Hall, 90 Dock St. When : Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24, 8 p.m.