March 26 & 27 Friends of the Library Book Sale (2011)

Friends of the Greater Victoria Public Library Book Sale – March 26 & 27 Thousands of surplus books at great prices. Sale takes place at Nellie McClung Branch Library, 3950 Cedar Hill Road at McKenzie Avenue. Saturday, March 26, 5 – 8 p.m. — $3 admission Sunday, March 27, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. — […]

For the Love of Writing, For the Love of Self with June Swadron March 16, 23, and 30

For the Love of Writing, For the Love of Self with June Swadron March 16, 23, and 30 I just spent an enjoyable quarter of an hour or so perusing June Swadron’s website at http://www.juneswadron.com/. For those of you who are familiar with the concepts of free fall writing and who have read “The Artist’s […]

Spark Festival at the Belfry Theatre in Victoria BC March 7 – 20 #yyj

Spark Festival at the Belfry Theatre From March 7 – 20 the Belfry Theatre will be presenting 5 new plays, 7 new free miniplays, 2 free readings, 3 workshops, a panel discussion and “one heck of a party”. Location: Belfry Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8T 1G5 Box Office | 250-385-6815 | boxoffice@belfry.bc.ca […]

March Break Programs for Children Ages 5 – 10 at Craigdarroch Castle #yyj

March Break Programs for Children Ages 5 – 10 at Craigdarroch Castle Contact Name: Elisabeth Hazell Contact Phone: 250-592-5323 Event Website: http://www.thecastle.ca/craigdarroch-castle-events-programs.php Details of the Event: Craigdarroch Castle is pleased to announce an exciting new series of March break programs for children ages 5-10. Designed to bring history to life, each fun-filled session will have […]

More Exciting March Events in Victoria #yyj

March Events… Continued Events Listing (This is the list – Details are below): “The Lady in The Van” by British playwright Alan Bennett at the Langham Court Theatre Mar 02 to Mar 19 Spark Festival at the Belfry Theatre in Victoria BC March 7 – 20 For the Love of Writing, For the Love of […]

Victoria Events This Week… March 3 – March 10, 2011 #yyj

Victoria Events This Week… March 3 – March 10, 2011 (For a full list of March Events so far, please visit the March Events Site at http://www.victoriabctravel.com/march/) Victoria Flower Count Thursday, March 1st, 2011 – Monday, March 7th, 2011 http://www.flowercount.com/ Flower Count Guide: http://www.flowercount.com/guide.php List of Victoria’s Gardens: http://www.flowercount.com/gardens.php University of Victoria Orchestra http://finearts.uvic.ca/music/events/ With […]

Vancouver Island Beer Festival – Victoria, BC – Club 9one9 Hosting – March 5, 2011 #yyj

Vancouver Island Beer Festival On Saturday March 5, 2011, Club 9one9 will be hosting the Island Beer Festival. The event will run from 1pm to 7pm and will feature 35 Vancouver Island Beers. Tickets are $20 and include two 4oz tasters and a slice of pizza. Tickets can either be purchased at The Strathcona Hotel, […]

Celtic Band Cookeilidh Live at Serious Coffee Cook Street on March 12, 2011 #yyj

Local Victoria Celtic Band Cookeilidh will be playing live at Serious Coffee on Cook Street on March 12 starting at 7:00pm. Cookeilidh is a four member Celtic band residing in Victoria, BC who describes their music as “Westcoast Celtic” although they have songs from Scotland, Ireland, Cape Breton and Newfoundland as well. The name Cookeilidh […]

Free Events Included with Be a Tourist in Your Own Home Town Tickets, March 2 – 6, 2011 $10.50 #yyj

Be a Tourist in Your Own Home Town Tickets are on sale right now for Victoria’s “Be a Tourist in Your Own Home Town,” which goes from March 2 – 6 this year. Tickets are $10.50 each or 5 for $42.00 (including taxes). Tickets can be purchased at the following locations: * Tourism Victoria’s Visitor […]