FRIDAY, MARCH 8
Let’s Make An Opera and The Little Sweep by Benjamin Britten and librettist Eric Crozier, presented by the Belfry Theatre and Pacific Opera Victoria, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 1:30 p.m. at the Belfry Theatre. Tickets at belfry.bc.ca or tel. 250-385-6815.
Retromania! with Fleetwood Mac tribute band Dreams and ABBA tribute band Arrival, 7:30 p.m. at Charlie White Theatre, 2243 Beacon Ave., Sidney. Tickets at tickets.marywinspear.ca or tel. 250-656-0275
Festival de la Francophonie gala with guest performers from Quebec, Le Bal à l’huile and Andy St-Louis, 8 p.m. at Pacific Fleet Club. Free activities and concerts, Saturday and Sunday at Centennial Square; francocentre.wordpress.com
Celebration: A New Beginning Dinner Theatre, a music review and dinner at Oak Bay Beach Hotel, Friday and Saturday, 6 p.m.; oakbaybeachhotel.com
Victoria Creative Stitches and Crafting Alive Show, Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Pearkes Recreation Centre, 3100 Tillicum Rd.; eac.ca.
SATURDAY, MARCH 9
Great Big Sea, 7:30 p.m. at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre. Tickets at selectyourtickets.com or tel. 250-220-7777.
Victoria Symphony Signature Series presents Elgar Cello Concerto, Saturday, 8 p.m. and Sunday, 2:30 p.m. at the Royal Theatre. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121.
Games Without Frontiers: The Social Power of Video Games. Part of IdeaFest. Noon to 6 p.m. at the University of Victoria. David Strong Building, room C103; gameswithoutfrontiers.uvic.ca
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