TODAY
Ladysmith Festival of Lights, 25th anniversary Light-up Celebration: Community Spaghetti dinner at Eagles Hall and craft fair at Aggie Hall, both at 3 p.m.; entertainment in front of Aggie Hall, 4-6: 15 p.m.; Santa arrives at 6: 30 p.m. and Kinsman's Parade starts at 6: 45 p.m. Details at ladysmithfol.com.
15th Annual Victoria Gallery Walk, 3 to 8 p.m. includes Legacy Art Gallery 630 Yates St.; Madrona Gallery, 606 View St.; West End Gallery, 1203 Broad St.; View Art Gallery, 104-860 View St.; Alcheringa Gallery, 665 Fort St.; Winchester Gallery Modern, 758 Humboldt St.; Winchester Gallery Humboldt Valley, 796 Humboldt St.
Santa comes to the University of Victoria by horse-drawn carriage entering the ring road at UVic bookstore at 11: 30 a.m. and at UVic Mearns Centre for Learning, 11: 45 a.m. to 2: 30 p.m.
Don Wright Symphonic Winds with Michael Keddy, conductor, at UVic University Centre Farquhar Auditorium, 8 p.m. Tel. 250-721-8480. Eliot Lipp with guests, 8 p.m. at Lucky Bar, 517 Yates St. Tickets at Lyle's Place, Ditch Records and ticketweb.ca.
Luck and Love, operatic arias and ensembles by Victoria Conservatory of Music Opera Studio, tonight and Friday, 7: 30 p.m. at the Metro Theatre, 1411 Quadra St. Tel. 250-386-5311 or vcm.bc.ca.
Less is Mo! presented by The Boxers are Brief Boylesque, Victoria's only al-male burlesque, a Movember fundraiser. Tonight, 7: 30, at Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St. Tickets at boxers.ticketbud.com or the door.
Giggling Iguana Productions presents 1.9.8.4., a new adaptation of George Orwell's classic 1984, nightly to Saturday, 8 p.m. at the Intrepid Theatre Club, 1609 Blanshard St Tel. 250-590-6291 or go to ticketrocket.org.
FRIDAY
The Nutcracker with the Victoria Symphony
and 60 local dancers and guest appearances at the Royal Theatre. Friday, 7: 30 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 7: 30 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m. Tel. 250-386-6121 or go to dancevictoria.com.
Pan, presented by the Kaleidoscope Theatre at the McPherson Playhouse, Friday, 7 p.m., Saturday, 2 p.m. Tel. 250-386-6121.
U-JAM presents The Ian McDougall 12-Tet live, 8 p.m. at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave.
Tickets at u-jam.ca or ticketbud.com. Harmony for Christmas: Dinner Theatre,a musical comedy. Fridays and Saturdays to Dec. 15, 6-9 p.m. at the David Foster Foundation Theatre, Oak Bay Beach Hotel. Tickets are for three-course dinner and show. Tel. 250-598-4556.
A Child's Christmas in Wales, presented by Theatre Inconnu's Youth Program. Friday to Sunday at Berwick Royal Oak Theatre, 4680 Elk Lake Dr. and Dec. 7 to 9 at Merlin's Sun Home Theatre, 1983 Fairfield Rd. Performances Friday and Saturday at 7: 30 p.m. Sunday at 2 p.m. Tel. 250-598-7488.
Touch of Saltspring Christmas Show at Panorama Recreation Centre, 1885 Forest Park Dr. Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tel. 250-999-8103; atouchofsaltspring.com.
The Spirit of Christmas by the Victoria Village Squires at St. Aidan's Church, 3703 St. Aidan's St., 7 p.m.; villagesquires.com.
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