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Arts, crafts and music featured at Comox festival Celebrate the best of arts, crafts and music with performances by headliners Barney Bentall, Jim Byrnes, Ken Lavigne, Marcus Mosely Ensemble and Tiller’s Folly at the 2019 Filberg Festival, Friday to

See juried, world-class fine art by artists from Vancouver Island and B.C.’s coastal islands at the Sooke Fine Arts Show, Thursday through Aug. 5 at the Seaparc Leisure Complex in Sooke.

Grab a cup of tea, watch a parade, take a midway ride, eat a baron of beef and enjoy an air show and bathtub race at the Oak Bay Tea Party, Saturday and Sunday at Willows Park in Oak Bay.

Sailors, sailboats and sailboat lovers can look ahead to a weekend of colourful spinnakers and fun during the 76th Swiftsure International Yacht Race.

MUSIC What: The Beautiful Maladies Where: The Roxy Theatre, 2567 Quadra St. When: Saturday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m. (doors at 7:30) Tickets: $22 at the Roxy Theatre box office (250-382-3370) and bluebridgetheatre.

Focus on wellness at two-day health show The Victoria Health Show, a two-day event for health-conscious consumers, is coming to Saanich on Saturday and Sunday.

Those lucky enough to have tickets for the Victoria Whisky Festival will taste peat, earth, heath, heather, moor, fen, cedar and silage at the Hotel Grand Pacific.

Saanich Seedy Saturday returns for a fourth year this weekend at the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific. The event is being presented by Haliburton Community Organic Farm, which promotes sustainable farming practices and food production.

The Ukrainian Studies Society is hosting a Ukrainian Christmas Eve dinner Saturday evening. The Svyatay Vechir or Holy Night celebration features food and music beginning at 6 p.m. at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre, 3277 Douglas St.

FOLK What: Shari Ulrich Band Where: Charlie White Theatre, 2243 Beacon Ave., Sidney When: Saturday, Jan. 5, 8 p.m. Tickets: $35 from the Mary Winspear Centre box office, by phone at 250-656-0275, or online at marywinspear.