Festivals

The 86th Annual Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival runs April 2 to May 5 this year! See performances in Brass, Classical Guitar, Choral, Composition, Dance (Ethnic, School and Studio), Fiddle, Musical Theatre, Piano, School Bands, School Orchestras, Speech and Dramatic Arts, Strings, Vocal and Woodwinds by talented youngsters and adults take place daily throughout Festival!

Music Waste, Vancouver’s volunteer run annual independent cultural festival is now asking for your submissions! Music Waste began as a protest to the industry-heavy New Music West and has now become a staple of Vancouver’s independent cultural community!  It includes live music, art exhibitions, comedy revenues, and free daytime shows. But one thing that hasn’t change is the festival’s […]

The VICTORIA SPOKEN WORD FESTIVAL – Feb 27-March 3, 2013 brings together twelve emerging spoken word artists from across Canada to create and perform innovative and inspiring spoken word.   Wed Feb 27: In the Future featuring Missie Peters and 2 Dope Boys, 8pm at Intrepid Theatre Thurs Feb 23: Tongues of Fire presents The Instant […]

The first three headliners for Victoria JazzFest (June 21-30) have been announced! Bettye LaVette -  Fri June 21 One of American music’s greatest soul/blues/R&B singers, Bettye LaVette’s 5 decade-long career has included great success and multiple Grammy nominations! Esperanza Spalding Radio Music Society – Sat June 22 Bassist/vocalist/composer Esperanza Spalding wow’d the world when she stole the “Best New Artist” […]

Filmmaker and CFUV Host Julia Hostetler talks about the making of her short film “Quiescence” and participating in the Victoria Film Festival. Click her for the blog post and interview audio.   

Comic book writer and artist Trina Robbins joins Liz in the studio to talk about the documentary Wonder Women! The untold story of American superheroines.  Click for our blog post and the audio of the interview.