VFMS: Live Music Events, Mostly, on Vancouver Island, for June 2025

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҉ JUNE 2025 FESTIVALS &c ҉ ҉ June 06–08 Georgia Strait Summer Music Camp, Crescent Beach-BC ҉ June 06–07 West Vancouver Community Cultural Fest, West Vancouver-BC ҉ June 06–08 Pender Harbour Blues Festival, Pender Harbour-BC ҉ June 06–08 Summerland Action Festival, Summerland-BC ҉ June 08 The Cook Street Village Block Party, Victoria-BC ҉ June 13–15 Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival, Lake Cowichan-BC ҉ June 13–14 Mountain Muse Festival, Pemberton-BC ҉ June 14 Gabriola Pride Festival 2025, Gabriola Island-BC ҉ June 18–22 Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, Victoria-BC ҉ June 20–22 Seaside Music Festival, Sidney-BC ҉ June 20–29 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver-BC ҉ June 20–29 Victoria International JazzFest, Victoria-BC ҉ June 21–22 Tour Des Îles, 5 Southern Gulf Islands, BC ҉ June 23–28 Voice Works Workshop, Port Townsend-WA ҉ June 26–29 Tofino Jazz Fest, Tofino-BC ҉ Jun 27–Aug 04 The 39 Days of July, Duncan-BC ҉ Jun 29–Jul 06 Fiddle Tunes Workshop, Port Townsend-WA ҉ Jun 30–Jul 12 Pacific Rim Summer Festival, Tofino-BC Live Music Events (Mostly) for SUNDAY June 01 ♩ David Gauci \| 10 am–2 pm Campbell River Farmers Market in Spirit Square, 1231 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩ Jazz Brunch with the Casey Ryder Trio \| 11am–Noon Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ CanUS \| Traditional Jazz Matinee \| 1–3 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Mark Nordine \| 1–3 pm The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Jazz Brunch with the Casey Ryder Trio \| 1–2 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Slow Coast Open Acoustic Jamm \| 1 pm Slow Coast Coffee, 5827C Schooner Way at Medicine Beach, Pender Island ♩ Open Mic \| 2–4 pm Tapestry Music, 1824 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Sundays Open Mic \| 2–5 pm Salt Spring Brewing, 270 Furness Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Country Jam \| 2–6 pm The Eagle Lounge, 2965 Boys Road, Duncan ♩ Steve Marriner \| 2–4:30 pm The Osborne Bay Pub, 1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton ♩ Sunday Blues Jam \| 2–7 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Amy Mouloin & the Alley Flowers \| 2 pm Gladstone Brewing Company, 244 Fourth Street, Courtenay ♩ Weekly Acoustic Jam \| 2–6 pm Legion Branch 137, 301 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Open Jam with Rainshadow Al \| 3–7 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩♩♩ Blues Jam with Bert’s Blooze Banned \| 3–6 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Bill Coon, Darren Radtke, Dave Robbins & Mike Allen \| 3 pm The Phoenix Auditorium at The Haven, 240 Davis Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Folksdragon Open Mic/Jam \| 3–6 pm Legion Branch 137, 301 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Sunday Blues Jam hosted by the Deb Rhymer Band \| 4–7:30 pm Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ Sundays Open Mic & Jam with Tina Mae Charlton \| 4–7 pm The Jingle Pot Pub, 2211 Jingle Pot Road, Nanaimo ♩ Open Jam Sundays \| 4–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Beach ♩ Sundays Jam \| 4–7 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ Open Jam Sundays \| 4–7 pm The Heritage House Pub, 975 Comox Road, Courtenay ♩ Sundays Jam \| 4–7 pm The Ridge Roadhouse, 397 Donner Court, Gold River ♩ Paul Kannaspuro \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Chamigos \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ The Barry Miller Quartet \| 6–8 pm Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel, 4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni ♩ Seth Leupold’s Large Group \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ Sundays Open Mic \| 7–10 pm The Tug Eatery, #100-407 Swift Street, Victoria ♩ Sunday Night Kitchen Party Jam \| 7–11 pm Christie’s Carriage House Pub, 1739 Fort Street, Victoria ♩ ☆ VFMS Open Mic ♦ Illiteratty \| 7:30–10 pm ☆ Norway House, 1110 Hillside Avenue, Victoria ♩ The Yiddish Columbia State Orchestra \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ David Bradford \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Sugar \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Peachy Sundays \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria Live Music Events (Mostly) for MONDAY June 02 ♩ The Mondays Jam in Rotary Hall \| 2:30–4:30 pm Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay ♩ Bill Francis – Story & Song \| 5:30–8 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Bay Billies Mondays Circle Jam \| 5:30–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay ♩ Alex Fraser \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Open Mic Mondays \| 6–8:30 pm Gigi’s Café, 1002 Hillside Avenue, Victoria ♩♩♩ Sky Lambourne \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ Old Time Music Jam \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Road, Victoria ♩ The Sleeves \| 6:30–9 pm Heron Rock Bistro, 435 Simcoe Street, Victoria ♩ Pete’s Mondays Variety Show Open Mic \| 6:30 pm Herald Street Brew Works, 506 Herald Street, Victoria ♩ Open Band Night hosted by The Dang Package \| 6:30–11 pm The View Street Social, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Frank Sehr & Brian McMahon \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩♩♩ Mondays Open Mic \| 7–10 pm The Gabriola Golf & Country Club, 825 South Road, Gabriola Island ♩♩♩ Mondays Acoustic Open Mic-Open Jam \| 7–10 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Harmony Community Song Circle \| 7–8:30 pm Kin Hut Activity Centre, 2730 Departure Bay Road, Nanaimo ♩ Scott White & Friends \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Max MacKrill \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Dustin Barden \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Mondays Invitational Jazz Jam \| 8:30 pm The Nanaimo BAR, 75 Front Street, Nanaimo Live Music Events (Mostly) for TUESDAY June 03 ♩ Roger Seldon \| Noon Campbell River Farmers Market in Spirit Square, 1231 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩♩♩ Guitar Jam for Beginners with Bill Heintz \| 2:30–3:30 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ Dazy Daye \| 3–7 pm Ladysmith Farmers Market, 921 First Avenue, Ladysmith ♩ Blasé Blasé \| 5–6:30 pm Outdoor Stage at Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ Out of the Woods \| 5 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Eugene Smith & Bill Levity \| 5:30 pm The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan ♩ Tune Up 2nd Tuesdays Open Mic with Helen Davies \| 6 pm Mile Zero Brewing, 4495 Happy Valley Road, Metchosin ♩ Max MacKrill \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Harry Warner \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Country & Folk Open Mic Night \| 6–9 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Open Mic Tuesdays hosted by Kelly Fawcett \| 7–11 pm The View Street Social, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Dominic Warren, It’s a Kinda Magic \| 7–9:30 pm The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Tuesdays Open Jam \| 7 pm The Whistle Stop Neighbourhood Pub, 2355 Mansfield Drive, Courtenay ♩ Open Mic: standup comedy & musical performance \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Phoenix Bar & Grill, 3944 Quadra Street, Victoria ♩ Dress Rehearsal Tuesday (Open Mic) \| 7:30 pm The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan ♩ The Maxwell/Smith/Frye Trio \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ The Miguelito Valdés Band \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Clanna Morna \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Graham Villette Trio Invitational Jazz Jam \| 8:30 pm The Nanaimo BAR, 75 Front Street, Nanaimo Live Music Events (Mostly) for WEDNESDAY June 04 ♩ Resonation Drop-In Singing Circle \| Noon–1 pm The Little Red Church, 2182 Comox Avenue, Comox ♩ Acoustic Circle Jam \| 1–4 pm Legion Branch 54, 6726 Eustace Road, Sooke ♩♩♩ Jack & Lefty \| 1–4 pm Garden Faire Campground, 305 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Charis Tazumi \| 5–6:30 pm Outdoor Stage at Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ Glad Wednesdays Open Mic with Guest Musician \| 5 pm Gladstone Brewing Company, 244 Fourth Street, Courtenay ♩ Open Mic Wednesdays \| 5:30–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay ♩ Open Jam Night \| 6–9 pm Legion Branch 172, #102-622 Admirals Road, Esquimalt ♩ Morien Jones \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Wednesday Night Jam \| 6–9 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩♩♩ Gordo \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ Brad Lovell \| 6 pm Beach Fire Brewing Company, 594 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Robbie Turnbull \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ Winds & Brass Department Collage Concert \| 7–8:30 pm The Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 900 Johnson Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Wednesdays Open Mic with John Gresham \| 7–11 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Caroline Borole: a Tina Turner tribute \| 7–9 pm The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Wednesdays Open Mic \| 7 pm The Vault Café, 499 Wallace Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Vanity Project - Django Swing \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ St. Cecilia \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Pickups \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria Live Music Events (Mostly) for THURSDAY June 05 ♩ Skye Alexander & Nancy Potvin \| 4:45 pm Esquimalt Farmers Market at Gorge Park, 1070 Tillicum Road, Esquimalt ♩ Conjure Hand \| 5–6:30 pm Outdoor Stage at Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic with Hownd \| 5–7 pm Moby’s Pub, 124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Open Mic Thursdays \| 5–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay ♩ Rhythm Train \| 6–9 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Casey Ryder \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Marianne Grittani, Rose Birney & Tyler Lieb \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 6–9 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ Thursdays Lighthouse Open Mic \| 6–8 pm The Lighthouse Bistro & Pub, 40 Anchor Way, Nanaimo ♩ Thursdays Open Mic with Josh Carter \| 6–9 pm Pacific Moon Rising Bar & Grill, 1600 Stroulger Road, Nanoose Bay ♩ Jazz Jam hosted by the Ralph Barrat Jazz Trio \| 6–8 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ The Thursdays Big Open Mic \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Road, Victoria ♩ Kai Aris & Friends \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ Nanaimo Songwriting Circle \| 6:30–9:30 pm Country Grocer upstairs meeting room, 1800 Dufferin Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Ben Jackson \| 6:30–9:30 pm The Riptide Marine Pub, 1340 Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 7–late Sooke Oceanside Brewery, 5871 Sooke Road, Sooke ♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 7–11 pm Rebel Ink and Moto Lounge, 1 Burnside Road West, Victoria ♩ Adonis Puentes & The Jazz Bohemians \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Caroline Borole, a Tina Turner tribute \| 7 pm The Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 7–11 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ The Kate Wyatt Trio \| 7 pm Forty Knots Winery, 2400 Anderton Road, Comox ♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Loghouse Pub, 2323 Millstream Avenue, Victoria ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic with Rough & Tumble \| 7:30 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Harry Siegel & the Tyrants of Jazz \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Rising Tide \| 8 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 8–midnight VIU Students’ Union Pub, 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Wedding Crashers \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Tumblin’ Dice \| 9 pm–midnight The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Blue Stones \| 9 pm The Capital Ballroom, 858 Yates Street, Victoria ♩ The Pick Ups \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria Live Music Events (Mostly) for FRIDAY June 06 ҉ June 06–08 Georgia Strait Summer Music Camp, Crescent Beach-BC ҉ June 06–07 West Vancouver Community Cultural Fest, West Vancouver-BC ҉ June 06–08 Pender Harbour Blues Festival, Pender Harbour-BC ҉ June 06–08 Summerland Action Festival, Summerland-BC ♩♩♩ Roots & Boots \| Noon–1 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩♩♩ Edgar Hann & Em Walker \| 1–3 pm The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Fridays Live Music Open Mic \| 3–6 pm Legion Branch 191, 9775 Chemainus Road, Chemainus ♩ Nicky MacKenzie \| 4–7 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Tom Morrissey \| 4–7 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Marauders of Funk \| 4 pm 63rd Annual Oak Bay Tea Party, Willows Park, 2253 Beach Drive, Victoria ♩ Miguelito Valdés Latin Summer \| 5:30 pm Fisherman’s Wharf, 1 Dallas Road, Victoria ♩ David Gauci \| 5:30–8:30 pm SoCal Restaurant & Lounge, 2231 South Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ Morien Jones \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Everyday People \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ The Real Deal \| 6–9 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ The Carolina Bluebirds with Rick van Krugel & Mardie Wolsey \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Road, Victoria ♩ Johnny Inappropriate \| 6:30–9:30 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Open Mic Fridays \| 7–9 pm Serious Coffee, #101, 2401G Millstream Road, Langford ♩ Thick as Thieves \| 7–10 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ John Lee, Nick Peck & Jesse Cahill \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Aaron Wylder • Thunes • Fowl Bay \| 7–10 pm The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria ♩ The Auto Janz Trio \| 7–9 pm Caffè Fantastico, 965 Kings Road, Victoria ♩♩♩ Joe Sorbara, Norman Adams, Chris Gestrin & Meredith Bates \| 7–9 pm The Open Studio, 200 Wright Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Lushclot • Distain • Sundiver • Alien to the Ignorant \| 7–11 pm The Globe Live Studio, 25 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Overboard \| 7 pm Rotary Hall at the Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay ♩ DCFC Open Mic ♦ Caution Fawns \| 7:30 pm St. John’s United Church, 10990 West Saanich Road, Deep Cove ♩ Middle Aged Boy Band \| 7:30 pm The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩ The Kate Wyatt Trio \| 7:30–9:30 pm Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel, 4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni ♩ Joker’s Revenge • Kave \| 8 pm The Mex Pub, 1003 Ryan Road, Courtenay ♩ The Matthew Patstone Quintet \| 9–11 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Big Shiny Dudes \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ BiPolar Bear \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Whiskey Business \| 9 pm–2 am The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Posh Coat Band \| 9 pm Moby’s Pub, 124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ The Infinite Atom \| 9 pm Laketown Ranch Music Park, #648 8811 Youbou Road, Lake Cowichan ♩ Canadian Beauty \| 9:30 pm–1 am The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ OK Charlie \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ Kimbz \| 10 pm–2 am The Upstairs Cabaret, 15 Bastion Square, Victoria ♩ The Harpoonist \| 10 pm The Waverley Hotel, 2692 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland Live Music Events (Mostly) for SATURDAY June 07 ҉ June 06–08 Georgia Strait Summer Music Camp, Crescent Beach-BC ҉ June 06–07 West Vancouver Community Cultural Fest, West Vancouver-BC ҉ June 06–08 Pender Harbour Blues Festival, Pender Harbour-BC ҉ June 06–08 Summerland Action Festival, Summerland-BC ♩ Water in the Crawl Space \| 9:30–Noon The North Saanich Farm Market, 10990 West Saanich Road, North Saanich ♩ The Boneyard Babes \| 10 am–1:30 pm Goldstream Farmers Market at Veterans Memorial Park, Aldwynd Road, Langford ♩ John Rewers \| 10 am–1 pm Errington Farmers Market, 1550 Veteran’s Road, Errington ♩ Frances Hope \| Noon–3 pm Russell Books, 747 Fort Street, Victoria ♩ Smokin’ Acres 2025 \| 1 pm–late Smokin’ Acres, 2860 Sooke River Road, Sooke ♩♩♩ Shades of Grey \| 1–3 pm The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Slim Sandy’s Atomic Cocktails \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩ Spring Student Showcase \| 2–3:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ 1st & 3rd Saturdays Open Mic \| 2–6 pm The Landlubber Pub, 2220 Bowen Road, Unit 10, Nanaimo ♩ Whiskey Rich \| 2 pm Parksville Community Park Outdoor Theatre, 193 Island Highway East, Parksville ♩ Victoria Children’s Choir, 1 \| 3–5 pm The Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 900 Johnson Street, Victoria ♩ The Two-Man Wheaty Band \| 3–6 pm The Wheatsheaf Pub, 1866 Cedar Road, Cedar ♩ BackBeat \| 3 pm Parksville Community Park Outdoor Theatre, 193 Island Highway East, Parksville ♩ Second Fiddle \| 4–7 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Open Jam with Rick Benn \| 4–7 pm The Eagle’s Lounge, 1999 14th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ The FBI Saturday Jam \| 4:30–7:30 pm The Fanny Bay Inn, 7480 Island Highway South, Fanny Bay ♩ Maria Smolinska with Kalyna Ukrainian Choir & Georgiy Matviyiv \| 5 pm The Ukrainian Cultural Centre, 3277 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ Eric Michael \| 5 pm Pacific Brimm Café, 123 Craig Street, Parksville ♩ Nautical Disaster \| 5 pm Parksville Community Park Outdoor Theatre, 193 Island Highway East, Parksville ♩ Rock of Ages \| 5:30–7:30 pm Herm Williams Park, 646 Kelly Road, Colwood ♩ Alex Fraser \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Chonka \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Open Mic Saturdays \| 6–9 pm The Gabriola Golf Club, 825 South Road, Gabriola Island ♩ McKinley Wolf \| 7–10 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ The Attila Fias Quartet \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Myc Sharret & the Alibis • The Josh Gellman Band \| 7 pm The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan ♩♩♩ Nicole Poynter & Brad Shipley \| 7 pm The Gabriola Golf & Country Club, 825 South Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Chilko in the Rosemary • Pond Scum • Ears • Dolly’s Desire \| 7–11 pm The Globe Live Studio, 25 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Double Play \| 7–10 pm The Moose Lodge 1052, 1356 Cranberry Avenue, Nanaimo ♩ Completely Creedence Band \| 7 pm Parksville Community Park Outdoor Theatre, 193 Island Highway East, Parksville ♩ The Hoss Mountain Stringband ♦ Ella Korth \| 7:30–9:30 pm Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee Street, Victoria ♩ Darby Mills \| 7:30 pm The Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan ♩ Semiah \| 7:30 pm The Abbey Studio, 2687 Penrith Avenue, Cumberland ♩ The Hounds of Cuchulain • • Vanilla Riot • Aston Martini \| 7:45 pm–12:30 am The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ Alien to the Ignorant • Dead Rights • Sundiver \| 8 pm The Moon Under Water Pub, 350 Bay Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Bassos Rancheros & Andrew Interchill \| 8 pm Moby’s Pub, 124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ The Fabulous B-Sides \| 8–10:30 pm The Osborne Bay Pub, 1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton ♩ The Ripple Rock Band \| 8–11 pm Legion Branch 137, 301 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Elai Sunride \| 8–11 pm The Eagle’s Lounge, 1999 14th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Grant Lawrence & Joel Plaskett, Ashleigh Ball, Lindi Ortega \| 8 pm The Gate House Theatre, 1705 Campbell Way, Port McNeill ♩ The Rowan Farintosh Trio \| 9–11 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Strangers \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Pulse Radio \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Tumblin’ Dice \| 9 pm–2 am The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria ♩ Open Mic Saturdays \| 9 pm–midnight The Rack Saanich, 1550 Cedar Hill X Road, Victoria ♩♩♩ Bassos Rancheros & Andrew Interchill \| 9 pm Moby’s Pub, 124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Juice \| 10 pm–2 am The Upstairs Cabaret, 15 Bastion Square, Victoria ♩ Dead Goon • Painful Reminder \| 10 pm–2 am The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo Live Music Events (Mostly) for SUNDAY June 08 ҉ June 08 The Cook Street Village Block Party, Victoria-BC ҉ June 06–08 Georgia Strait Summer Music Camp, Crescent Beach-BC ҉ June 06–08 Pender Harbour Blues Festival, Pender Harbour-BC ҉ June 06–08 Summerland Action Festival, Summerland-BC ♩ Anela Kahiamoe \| 10 am–2 pm Campbell River Farmers Market in Spirit Square, 1231 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩ Jazz Brunch with the Avram Devon McCagherty Trio \| 11am–Noon Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Thistle \| 11 am CSVBP Main Stage, Sutlej & Cook Streets, Victoria ♩ Alex Be \| 11:30 am CSVBP Solar Stage, McKenzie & Cook Streets, Victoria ♩ Adam Reese Barter \| 12:45 pm CSVBP Solar Stage, McKenzie & Cook Streets, Victoria ♩ Jazz Brunch with the Avram Devon McCagherty Trio \| 1–2 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Loose Bones \| 1 pm CSVBP Main Stage, Sutlej & Cook Streets, Victoria ♩♩♩ John Herbert \| 1–3 pm The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Slow Coast Open Acoustic Jamm \| 1 pm Slow Coast Coffee, 5827C Schooner Way at Medicine Beach, Pender Island ♩ Christy Vanden \| 1 pm Beach Fire Brewing Company, 594 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Jemma & the Good Thing \| 1:15 pm CSVBP Solar Stage, McKenzie & Cook Streets, Victoria ♩ Ghostly Hounds \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩♩♩ Sundays Open Mic \| 2–5 pm Salt Spring Brewing, 270 Furness Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Country Jam \| 2–6 pm The Eagle Lounge, 2965 Boys Road, Duncan ♩ Jordan Matchett • Clarissa Rodger \| 2–5 pm Deadhead Brewery, 5301 Chaster Road, Duncan ♩ Sunday Blues Jam \| 2–7 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Ralph Barrat \| 2 pm Gladstone Brewing Company, 244 Fourth Street, Courtenay ♩ Weekly Acoustic Jam \| 2–6 pm Legion Branch 137, 301 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ 2nd & 4th Sundays Celtic Session \| 2:30–5 pm The Fernwood Inn, 1302 Gladstone Street, Victoria ♩ Open Jam with Rainshadow Al \| 3–7 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Victoria Children’s Choir, 2 \| 3–5 pm The Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 900 Johnson Street, Victoria ♩ Zonnis \| 3 pm The Victoria House, 1652 Richardson Street, Victoria ♩ Gravitation: Bill Hamilton, Burke Rosen & Monica G \| 3–5 pm Ruby’s Barn, 4910 West Saanich Road, Victoria ♩ Island Song Choir Spring Concert \| 3 pm The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩♩♩ Jazz & Blues Jam with the Frank Allen 4 \| 3–6 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Bluegrass/Old-Time Jam \| 3–5 pm Legion Branch 28, 2770 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland ♩ 2nd Sundays Acoustic Jams \| 3:30–6:30 pm The Mill Bay Community Hall, 1035 Shawnigan Lake-Mill Bay Road, Mill Bay ♩ Fiddelium and Friends \| 3:30–5:30 pm The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Sunday Blues Jam hosted by the Deb Rhymer Band \| 4–7:30 pm Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ Sundays Open Mic & Jam with Tina Mae Charlton \| 4–7 pm The Jingle Pot Pub, 2211 Jingle Pot Road, Nanaimo ♩ Open Jam Sundays \| 4–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Beach ♩ Sundays Jam \| 4–7 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ Open Jam Sundays \| 4–7 pm The Heritage House Pub, 975 Comox Road, Courtenay ♩ Sundays Jam \| 4–7 pm The Ridge Roadhouse, 397 Donner Court, Gold River ♩♩♩ The Lunatics on the Grass \| 5–7 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Doug Towle \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩ FOM Open Mic \| 6–8 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩ CrescenDuo \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Frank Sehr & Brian McMahon \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Sundays Open Mic \| 7–10 pm The Tug Eatery, #100-407 Swift Street, Victoria ♩ Séan McCann \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Sunday Night Kitchen Party Jam \| 7–11 pm Christie’s Carriage House Pub, 1739 Fort Street, Victoria ♩ ☆ VFMS Open Mic ♦ Moranz & Fremlin \| 7:30–10 pm ☆ Norway House, 1110 Hillside Avenue, Victoria ♩♩♩ Mary Gauthier • Jaimee Harris \| 7:30 pm The Mel Lehan Hall, 3214 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver ♩ Lindi Ortega \| 7:30 pm The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan ♩ The Avram Devon McCagherty Trio \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ JaimesonRhy \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Sugar \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Peachy Sundays \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria Live Music Events (Mostly) for MONDAY June 09 ♩ West Coast Soul Collective \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩ The Mondays Jam in Rotary Hall \| 2:30–4:30 pm Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay ♩ Sour Bear \| 5–8 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Bay Billies Mondays Circle Jam \| 5:30–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay ♩ Alex Fraser \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Open Mic Mondays \| 6–8:30 pm Gigi’s Café, 1002 Hillside Avenue, Victoria ♩ Old Time Music Jam \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Road, Victoria ♩ Kelly Fawcett \| 6:30–9 pm Heron Rock Bistro, 435 Simcoe Street, Victoria ♩ Pete’s Mondays Variety Show Open Mic \| 6:30 pm Herald Street Brew Works, 506 Herald Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Mondays Acoustic Open Mic-Open Jam \| 7–10 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Harmony Community Song Circle \| 7–8:30 pm Kin Hut Activity Centre, 2730 Departure Bay Road, Nanaimo ♩♩♩ The Albert Lee Band \| 7:30 pm The Mel Lehan Hall, 3214 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver ♩ The Canoe Standers \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Max MacKrill \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Dustin Barden \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Mondays Invitational Jazz Jam \| 8:30 pm The Nanaimo BAR, 75 Front Street, Nanaimo Live Music Events (Mostly) for TUESDAY June 10 ♩ Tammy Fassaert \| Noon Campbell River Farmers Market in Spirit Square, 1231 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩♩♩ Guitar Jam for Beginners with Bill Heintz \| 2:30–3:30 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ Dave Harris & Friends \| 5–8 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Richard Garvey \| 5–6:30 pm Outdoor Stage at Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ Dennis Olsen & Guy \| 5:30–8:30 pm Port Alberni, 5059 Argyle Street, Port Alberni ♩ Tune Up 2nd Tuesdays Open Mic with Helen Davies \| 6 pm Mile Zero Brewing, 4495 Happy Valley Road, Metchosin ♩ Paul Kannaspuro \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Bruce & Steve \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Country & Folk Open Mic Night \| 6–9 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Toni Blodgett, Lloyd Arntzen, Doug Rhodes, Alfons Fear, Matisse Gubby-Hurtig & Kelby MacNayr \| 7–8:30 pm Tuesday Night Jazz at the James Bay United Church, 511 Michigan Street, Victoria ♩ Open Mic Tuesdays hosted by Kelly Fawcett \| 7–11 pm The View Street Social, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Eric Kane \| 7–9 pm Caffè Fantastico, 965 Kings Road, Victoria ♩ Blackfish \| 7–9 pm Mary’s Bleue Moon Café, 9535 Canora Road, Sidney ♩ Tuesdays Open Jam \| 7 pm The Whistle Stop Neighbourhood Pub, 2355 Mansfield Drive, Courtenay ♩ Joel Lee \| 7:15-8:15 pm Maffeo Sutton Park, 100 Comox Road, Nanaimo ♩ School of Contemporary Music Faculty Concert \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 900 Johnson Street, Victoria ♩ Open Mic: standup comedy & musical performance \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Phoenix Bar & Grill, 3944 Quadra Street, Victoria ♩ Dress Rehearsal Tuesday (Open Mic) \| 7:30 pm The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan ♩ The Eryn Sharpe Trio \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ The Miguelito Valdés Band \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Black Angus \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Graham Villette Trio Invitational Jazz Jam \| 8:30 pm The Nanaimo BAR, 75 Front Street, Nanaimo Live Music Events (Mostly) for WEDNESDAY June 11 ♩ Resonation Drop-In Singing Circle \| Noon–1 pm The Little Red Church, 2182 Comox Avenue, Comox ♩ Acoustic Circle Jam \| 1–4 pm Legion Branch 54, 6726 Eustace Road, Sooke ♩♩♩ Adam Joseph \| 3–6 pm Garden Faire Campground, 305 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Irish Trad Sessions \| 4:30 pm Bartholomew’s Pub, 777 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Live Music • Community • Potluck \| 5–10 pm Brickyard Beach, 1633 South Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Glad Wednesdays Open Mic with Guest Musician \| 5 pm Gladstone Brewing Company, 244 Fourth Street, Courtenay ♩ Open Mic Wednesdays \| 5:30–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay ♩ Open Jam Night \| 6–9 pm Legion Branch 172, #102-622 Admirals Road, Esquimalt ♩ Wednesday Night Jam \| 6–9 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Morien Jones \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Bad Rabbit Radio \| 6–8 pm Outdoor Stage at Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Shades of Grey \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ Neavv \| 6–7 pm Departure Bay Beach, 2800 Departure Bay Road, Nanaimo ♩ The Rocking Wednesdays Open Mic, hosted by Al Seaman \| 6–9 pm The Rocking Horse Pub, 2038 Rocking Horse Place, Nanoose Bay ♩ Ryder Bachman \| 6 pm Beach Fire Brewing Company, 594 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Leif Bradshaw, Pablo Cardenas & Friends \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ The Chase Ward Trio \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Iain Duncan, Simon Millerd, Ryan Tandy & Atom Lazare \| 7–9 pm Harbour House Hotel, 121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Elks Open Jam \| 7–10 pm The Elks Club Lounge, 148 Kenneth Street, Duncan ♩♩♩ Wednesdays Open Mic with John Gresham \| 7–11 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Wednesdays Open Mic \| 7 pm The Vault Café, 499 Wallace Street, Nanaimo ♩ Ladies and Gentlemen \| 7:30 pm The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan ♩ The Vanity Project - Django Swing \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ St. Cecilia \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ OK Charlie \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Tom Morrissey, Ian Todd & Jeremy Walsh \| 9 pm Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ OK Charlie \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Nicholas Mah \| 9 pm Gladstone Brewing Company, 244 Fourth Street, Courtenay Live Music Events (Mostly) for THURSDAY June 12 ҉ May 14–18 Red Hot Strings Workshop, Port Townsend-WA ♩ FOM The Eclectics \| 10:45 am–12:15 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩ Jemma & the Good Thing \| Noon–1 pm Fort Common, 1017 Blanshard Street, Victoria ♩ FOM Fundamentals \| 1–3 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Martin Borch \| 1–3 pm The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Charlie K \| 4–6 pm Legion Branch 54, 6726 Eustace Road, Sooke ♩ Rebecca Runions \| 4:45–5:45 pm Esquimalt Farmers Market in Memorial Park, 1230 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt ♩ Ranger \| 5–6:30 pm Outdoor Stage at Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic with Hownd \| 5–7 pm Moby’s Pub, 124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Open Mic Thursdays \| 5–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay ♩ Open Mic with Ben Jackson \| 5–8 pm SoCal Restaurant & Lounge, 2231 South Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ Paul Kannaspuro \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Rhythm Train \| 6–9 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩♩♩ Nicky Mackenzie \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 6–9 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ Thursdays Lighthouse Open Mic \| 6–8 pm The Lighthouse Bistro & Pub, 40 Anchor Way, Nanaimo ♩ Lavender & Lefty \| 6–8 pm Legion Branch 256, 1630 Wellington Road East, Nanaimo ♩ Thursdays Open Mic with Josh Carter \| 6–9 pm Pacific Moon Rising Bar & Grill, 1600 Stroulger Road, Nanoose Bay ♩ Luke Blu Guthrie \| 6 pm Beach Fire Brewing Company, 594 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Marina Auros \| 6:15–7:15 pm Esquimalt Farmers Market in Memorial Park, 1230 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt ♩ The Thursdays Big Open Mic \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Road, Victoria ♩ FOM Community Concert: FOM Recovery Rock Band \| 6:30–7:15 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩ Jeff Bruce \| 6:30–9:30 pm The Riptide Marine Pub, 1340 Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 7–late Sooke Oceanside Brewery, 5871 Sooke Road, Sooke ♩ John Stetch, John Lee & Sean Drabitt \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Flamenco Guitar \| 7–9 pm The Mint Restaurant, 1414 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ Senior Collegium Chamber Music Concert \| 7–9 pm The Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 900 Johnson Street, Victoria ♩ Story & Song: Raising Our Voices \| 7–9 pm The Baumann Centre, 925 Balmoral Road, Victoria ♩ The Hounds of Cuchulain \| 7–9 pm Mary’s Bleue Moon Café, 9535 Canora Road, Sidney ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 7–11 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Duo Camassia \| 7 pm St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 100 Chapel Street, Nanaimo ♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Loghouse Pub, 2323 Millstream Avenue, Victoria ♩ FOM Orchestra \| 7:30–9 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic with Rough & Tumble \| 7:30 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Songwriters in the Round: Alli Bean • Jessica Blakney • Sam Masich \| 7:30 pm The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan ♩ Jim Payne & Fergus O’Byrne \| 7:30 pm The Old Church Theatre, 755 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay ♩ The Flying Saucers \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Black Treacle • Motherhood with Sam Woy \| 8–midnight The Lucky Bar, 517 Yates Street, Victoria ♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 8–midnight VIU Students’ Union Pub, 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo ♩ Hip Hop for Paws \| 8:30–midnight The Lucky Bar, 517 Yates Street, Victoria ♩ The Wedding Crashers \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Tumblin’ Dice \| 9 pm–midnight The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ House & Techno with Mr. Moe, Andrew Allsgood & Primitive \| 9 pm–2 am The Downbeat Event Centre, 1325 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Roy Rosenfeld & Khen \| 9 pm–2 am The Upstairs Cabaret, 15 Bastion Square, Victoria ♩ The Graham Villette Organ Quartet \| 9–11 pm The Vault Café, 499 Wallace Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Pick Ups \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria Live Music Events (Mostly) for FRIDAY June 13 ҉ June 13–15 Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival, Lake Cowichan-BC ҉ June 13–14 Mountain Muse Festival, Pemberton-BC ♩♩♩ The Dip \| Noon–1 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ Sylvan Wilkinson & Xavier Marican \| 1–3 pm Abkhazi Garden, 1964 Fairfield Road, Victoria ♩♩♩ Doug & his Buds \| 1–3 pm The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ The Marauders of Funk \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩ FOM Haywires \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩ Fridays Live Music Open Mic \| 3–6 pm Legion Branch 191, 9775 Chemainus Road, Chemainus ♩ FOM Minds At Work \| 3:30–5:30 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩ The Phonosonics • Caleb Hart \| 4–8 pm The Langford Station, 720 Station Avenue, Langford ♩ Vinyl Wave \| 4–7 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Q + Quinn \| 5–8 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Miguelito Valdés Latin Summer \| 5:30 pm Fisherman’s Wharf, 1 Dallas Road, Victoria ♩ Ben Jackson \| 5:30–8:30 pm SoCal Restaurant & Lounge, 2231 South Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ Scott McGill \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Billie Woods \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ Nanaimo Fiddle Society Jam \| 6–8 pm Pawson Park, 400 Machleary Street, Nanaimo ♩ Steve Mitchell \| 6–9 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ Peter Paul Van Camp & Mark Wonneck \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Road, Victoria ♩ Holliwell \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ Big Awesome \| 6:30–9:30 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Open Mic Fridays \| 7–9 pm Serious Coffee, #101, 2401G Millstream Road, Langford ♩ Tom Morrissey & Jeremy Walsh \| 7–10 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Random Killing • Mother Fuckers • Brewtality \| 7 pm The Moon Under Water Pub, 350 Bay Street, Victoria ♩ Rattleshake \| 7–10 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Pablo Cardenas’ “Gershwin in Havana” \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ The Vic High R&B Band \| 7–9 pm Caffè Fantastico, 965 Kings Road, Victoria ♩ Art d’Ecco & His Demon Band \| 7 pm The Upstairs Cabaret, 15 Bastion Square, Victoria ♩ The Hounds of Cuchulain \| 7–9 pm The Oaks Restaurant & Grill, 2250 Oak Bay Avenue, Oak Bay ♩ Take Cover \| 7–10 pm ANAF Unit 302, 9831 Fourth Street, Sidney ♩♩♩ Suze CD Release \| 7 pm All Saints by the Sea Anglican Church, 110 Park Drive, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Marianne Grittani & Rose Birney \| 7–9 pm Harbour House Hotel, 121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ The Tim Johnson Quartet \| 7 pm Legion Branch 239, 1344 MacKinnon Road, Pender Island ♩ 3rd Fridays South Cowichan Music Jam \| 7–11 pm Malahat Legion 134, 1625 Shawnigan-Mill Bay Road, Shawnigan Lake ♩ Tesser \| 7–11 pm The Eagle Lounge, 2965 Boys Road, Duncan ♩ Hip Hop for Paws \| 7 pm The Globe Live Studio, 25 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Big Awesome, the Music of Gen X \| 7–9 pm The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Blisters \| 7 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ The Tumbling Tumbleweeds \| 7 pm Beacon House, 208 Colvilleton Trail, Protection Island, Nanaimo ♩ The Cellovista Duo \| 7–8:30 pm The Black Rabbit Bistro, 321 Selby Street, Nanaimo ♩ 3rd Fridays Country Open Mic \| 7 pm CHRCO Coombs Rodeo Grounds, 2601 Alberni Highway, Coombs ♩ Miners Memorial: Songs of the Workers \| 7–10:30 pm The Masonic Hall, 2687 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland ♩ Amigos \| 7 pm Rotary Hall at the Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay ♩ Last Night In Vegas \| 7:30–10:30 pm The Loghouse Pub, 2323 Millstream Avenue, Langford ♩ Adam Dobres \| 7:30 pm The Brentwood Bay Village Empourium, 7103 West Saanich Road, Brentwood Bay ♩♩♩ The Unfaithful Servants \| 7:30 pm Mayne Island Agricultural Hall, 426 Dixon Road, Mayne Island ♩ The New Orford String Quartet \| 7:30 pm The Phoenix Auditorium at The Haven, 240 Davis Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Got Stones \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Amy Muloin • Doug Folkins • J. Plank \| 7:30 pm The Big Yellow Merville Hall, 1245 Fenwick Road, Merville ♩ Pablo Cárdenas & the West Coast Cuban Orchestra \| 8 pm–midnight The Mint Restaurant, 1414 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ Drama Queen & Lily Fawn \| 8–11 pm Wheelies Motorcycles & Pub, 2620 Rock Bay Avenue, Victoria ♩♩♩ Gordie Tentrees with Jaxon Haldane \| 8 pm The Mel Lehan Hall, 3214 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver ♩ Joshua Gelman \| 8 pm The Terminal Bar, 63 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ The Roses \| 8 pm–midnight The Vault Café, 499 Wallace Street, Nanaimo ♩ Brews & Beats with DJ All Good \| 8 pm Mount Arrowsmith Brewing, 425 Stanford Avenue East, Parksville ♩ EDM and Techno \| 8 pm–late The Mex Pub, 1003 Ryan Road, Courtenay ♩ Second Fridays Open Mic \| 8–11 pm Legion Branch 28, 2770 Dunsmuir Avenue, Courtenay ♩ Runnin' Amok, Dreadful Grapes, Sunday Hide Out \| 8 pm Legion Branch 137, 301 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩♩♩ Return of the Retro with DJs \| 8 pm Legion Branch 154, 1530 West Road, Heriot Bay, Quadra Island ♩ The Matisse Gubby-Hurtig Trio \| 9–11 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ The Rebels North \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Strangers \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Whiskey Business \| 9 pm–2 am The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria ♩ The Weather Station \| 9 pm The Capital Ballroom, 858 Yates Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ The Salome Cullen Band \| 9 pm Moby’s Pub, 124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Motherhood • SamWoy • The Pink Plagues \| 9 pm The Waverley Hotel, 2692 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland ♩ Mondays Gone \| 9 pm–midnight The Whistle Stop Neighbourhood Pub, 2355 Mansfield Drive, Courtenay ♩ The Midnight Shadows \| 9 pm The Match Eatery & The Eagle’s Lounge, 1999 14th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ TK The Artist & Friends \| 9:30 pm–2 am The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ Kimbz \| 10 pm–2 am The Upstairs Cabaret, 15 Bastion Square, Victoria ♩ OK Charlie \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ Dallas Grey \| 10 pm–2 am The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo Live Music Events (Mostly) for SATURDAY June 14 ҉ June 13–15 Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival, Lake Cowichan-BC ҉ June 13–14 Mountain Muse Festival, Pemberton-BC ҉ June 14 Gabriola Pride Festival 2025, Gabriola Island-BC ♩ Twowheeler \| 11 am–1 pm Chef on the Run, 2020 Oak Bay Avenue, Oak Bay ♩ The Carolina Bluebirds \| 11:15 am–12:45 pm The James Bay Market, 494 Superior Street, Victoria ♩ Frances Hope \| Noon–3 pm Russell Books, 747 Fort Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Bruce Grey \| 1–3 pm The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Gabriola Pride Festival 2025 \| 1–8 pm Ravenskill Orchards, 1240 Coats Drive, Gabriola Island ♩ Festive Brass \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩ Michael McKinnon & Scott Knight \| 2–3:30 pm St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 100 Chapel Street, Nanaimo ♩ Red Arrow Birthday Party \| 2–10 pm The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan ♩ Strings Faculty Concert \| 3–4 pm The Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 900 Johnson Street, Victoria ♩ The Big Blast Quartet \| 3–6 pm The Wheatsheaf Pub, 1866 Cedar Road, Cedar ♩ Black Angus \| 4–7 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Labour History Songs & Workshop with Jon Bartlett & Rika Ruebsaat \| 4 pm (Miners Memorial Weekend) The Cumberland Museum, 2680 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland ♩ Open Jam with Johnny & Co. \| 4–7 pm The Eagle’s Lounge, 1999 14th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ The FBI Saturday Jam \| 4:30–7:30 pm The Fanny Bay Inn, 7480 Island Highway South, Fanny Bay ♩ Punks in the Lot \| 5 pm Wheelies Motorcycles & Pub, 2620 Rock Bay Avenue, Victoria ♩ Mark Crissinger \| 5 pm Pacific Brimm Café, 123 Craig Street, Parksville ♩ Kooler \| 5:30–7:30 pm Lagoon West Park, 170 Goldfinch Road, Colwood ♩ The Ardeshir Quintet \| 5:30–7:30 pm The Lighthouse Bistro & Pub, 40 Anchor Way, Nanaimo ♩ Morien Jones \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Salome Cullen Band \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ The Deb Rhymer Band \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ HMCH Feature: Karel Roessingh & Friend \| 7 pm Highlands Music Coffee House, 1589 Caleb Pike Road, Victoria ♩ The Crawl \| 7–10 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Auntie Kate & the Uncles of Funk \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ The Muchachos \| 7–9 pm Woodley’s at Harbour House Hotel, 121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Finlay MacDonald & Ali Hutton \| 7 pm The Valley Seniors Centre Hall, 198 Government Street, Duncan ♩ CFG Open Mic ♦ Black Angus \| 7 pm The Cowichan Folk Guild at Duncan United Church, 246 Ingram Street, Duncan ♩ Tom Morrissey & Ian Todd \| 7 pm Deadhead Brewery, 5301 Chaster Road, Duncan ♩ Shindigs • Cold Fame • Uncle Strut \| 7 pm–11 pm The Globe Live Studio, 25 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Limo Wreck \| 7–9 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ The Chamber Guitar Project \| 7 pm St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 100 Chapel Street, Nanaimo ♩ Fiddelium ♦ Fergus O’Byrne & Jim Payne \| 7 pm St. Andrew’s United Church, 315 Fitzwilliam Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Cellovista Duo \| 7–8:30 pm The Black Rabbit Bistro, 321 Selby Street, Nanaimo ♩ MoonShine \| 7–10 pm The Beaufort Ave Pub, 1825 Comox Avenue, Comox ♩ Pamela Podmoroff (WCS) • Easy Street • DJ \| 7–11 pm Legion Branch 17, 367 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay ♩ 2nd Saturdays Acoustic Open Mic \| 7 pm Beach Fire Brewing Company, 594 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Take Cover \| 7:30 pm Legion Branch 54, 6726 Eustace Road, Sooke ♩ The Gabriel Mark Hasselbach Quintet \| 7:30–10:30 pm Legion Branch 292, 411 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Lester Quitzau • Suzie Ungerleider • • Gerry Barnum, John Ellis & Mick Sherlock \| 7:30 pm The Old Church Theatre, 755 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay ♩ The Harpoonist \| 8 pm The Capital Ballroom, 858 Yates Street, Victoria ♩ Uncle Wiggly with The Smokin’ Hot Toasters \| 8–10:30 pm The Osborne Bay Pub, 1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton ♩ XV Pieces of Flair \| 8–11 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Beach ♩ Beau Nectar \| 8–10 pm The Gorge Hall, 1375 Robertson Road, Whaletown, Cortes Island ♩ The John Lee Organ Trio \| 9–11 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Pulse Radio \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Strangers \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Tumblin’ Dice \| 9 pm–2 am The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria ♩ Open Mic Saturdays \| 9 pm–midnight The Rack Saanich, 1550 Cedar Hill X Road, Victoria ♩ I.M.Fast • M3rf • Jennee Pleeze • DJ Sprout \| 9:30 pm The Waverley Hotel, 2692 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland ♩ Steel Cut Oats • Earth Freaks \| 10 pm–1:30 am The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ The Peachy Sundays \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ Juice \| 10 pm–2 am The Upstairs Cabaret, 15 Bastion Square, Victoria ♩ DJ LooksGood • Downtown Mischief • Silkturna \| 10 pm–4 am The Capital Ballroom, 858 Yates Street, Victoria		Live Music Events (Mostly) for SUNDAY June 15 ҉ June 13–15 Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival, Lake Cowichan-BC ♩ Luke Blu Guthrie \| 10 am–2 pm Campbell River Farmers Market in Spirit Square, 1231 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩ Jazz Brunch with the Scott White Trio \| 11am–Noon Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Freezeframe \| 11:30 am–2 pm Point Hope Maritime, 345 Harbour Road, Victoria ♩ Jazz Brunch with the Scott White Trio \| 1–2 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Jack & Lefty \| 1–3 pm The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Slow Coast Open Acoustic Jamm \| 1 pm Slow Coast Coffee, 5827C Schooner Way at Medicine Beach, Pender Island ♩ Chemainus Song Circle \| 1–4 pm Legion Branch 191, 9775 Chemainus Road, Chemainus ♩ 3rd Sundays Bluegrass Open Mic \| 1:30–4 pm Legion Branch 54, 6726 Eustace Road, Sooke ♩ KLEZCADIA \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩♩♩ Sundays Open Mic \| 2–5 pm Salt Spring Brewing, 270 Furness Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Country Jam \| 2–6 pm The Eagle Lounge, 2965 Boys Road, Duncan ♩ Sunday Blues Jam \| 2–7 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ A Concert of Movie Musicals \| 2–4:30 pm The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Brad Lovell \| 2 pm Gladstone Brewing Company, 244 Fourth Street, Courtenay ♩ Weekly Acoustic Jam \| 2–6 pm Legion Branch 137, 301 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Open Jam with Rainshadow Al \| 3–7 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩♩♩ Blues Jam with Bert’s Blooze Banned \| 3–6 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Sunday Blues Jam hosted by the Deb Rhymer Band \| 4–7:30 pm Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ Jesse Roper & band \| 4–9 pm The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan ♩ Sundays Open Mic & Jam with Tina Mae Charlton \| 4–7 pm The Jingle Pot Pub, 2211 Jingle Pot Road, Nanaimo ♩ Open Jam Sundays \| 4–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Beach ♩ Sundays Jam \| 4–7 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ Open Jam Sundays \| 4–7 pm The Heritage House Pub, 975 Comox Road, Courtenay ♩ Sundays Jam \| 4–7 pm The Ridge Roadhouse, 397 Donner Court, Gold River ♩ Paul Wainwright \| 6–8 pm The Aegir Room at the Oswego Hotel, 500 Oswego Street, Victoria ♩ Paul Kannaspuro \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Barry Miller Quartet \| 6–8 pm Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel, 4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni ♩ The Soul Intention R&B Band \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Frank Sehr & Brian McMahon \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Sundays Open Mic \| 7–10 pm The Tug Eatery, #100-407 Swift Street, Victoria ♩ Mike Allen, Nick Peck, Andrew Janusson & Hans Verhoeven \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Sunday Night Kitchen Party Jam \| 7–11 pm Christie’s Carriage House Pub, 1739 Fort Street, Victoria ♩ ☆ VFMS Open Mic ♦ Bryan Bowers \| 7:30–10 pm ☆ Norway House, 1110 Hillside Avenue, Victoria ♩ The Yiddish Columbia State Orchestra \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Jason Ellis \| 8 pm The Capital Ballroom, 858 Yates Street, Victoria ♩ Courtney Standing & Landen Shaw \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Sugar \| 9 pm–midnight The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Pickups \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria Live Music Events (Mostly) for MONDAY June 16 ♩ Frances Hope \| Noon–3 pm Russell Books, 747 Fort Street, Victoria ♩ Poncho \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩ The Comox Valley Concert Band \| 2 pm Comox Marina Park, 127 Port Augusta Street, Comox ♩ The Mondays Jam in Rotary Hall \| 2:30–4:30 pm Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay ♩ The Male Ensemble Philippines \| 5–8 pm First Metropolitan United Church, 932 Balmoral Road, Victoria ♩ Bill Francis – Story & Song \| 5:30–8 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Bay Billies Mondays Circle Jam \| 5:30–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay ♩ Alex Fraser \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Open Mic Mondays \| 6–8:30 pm Gigi’s Café, 1002 Hillside Avenue, Victoria ♩♩♩ Bert’s Blues Banned \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ Old Time Music Jam \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Road, Victoria ♩ Lee Worden \| 6:30–9 pm Heron Rock Bistro, 435 Simcoe Street, Victoria ♩ Pete’s Mondays Variety Show Open Mic \| 6:30 pm Herald Street Brew Works, 506 Herald Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Mondays Open Mic \| 7–10 pm The Gabriola Golf & Country Club, 825 South Road, Gabriola Island ♩♩♩ Mondays Acoustic Open Mic-Open Jam \| 7–10 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Doomsday \| 7–9 pm The Globe Live Studio, 25 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Harmony Community Song Circle \| 7–8:30 pm Kin Hut Activity Centre, 2730 Departure Bay Road, Nanaimo ♩ The All Together Now Drop-In Choir \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ Lunch At Allen’s \| 7:30 pm The Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton Street, Victoria ♩ Scott White & Friends \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Max MacKrill \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Dustin Barden \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Tops \| 8:30 pm The Capital Ballroom, 858 Yates Street, Victoria ♩ Mondays Invitational Jazz Jam \| 8:30 pm The Nanaimo BAR, 75 Front Street, Nanaimo Live Music Events (Mostly) for TUESDAY June 17 ♩ Jason Meadowcroft \| Noon Campbell River Farmers Market in Spirit Square, 1231 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩♩♩ Guitar Jam for Beginners with Bill Heintz \| 2:30–3:30 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ The Swing & Jump Blues Band \| 5–8 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Savannah Read \| 5–6:30 pm Outdoor Stage at Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ Reynolds Secondary Night of Vocal Jazz \| 5:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ Paul Kannaspuro \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Two Pants Trio \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Country & Folk Open Mic Night \| 6–9 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Timberline & Strathcona Big Bands \| 6 pm Timberline Secondary School, 1681 South Dogwood Street, Campbell River ♩ Finlay MacDonald & Ali Hutton \| 7 pm The Victoria Scottish Community Centre, 1803 Admirals Road, View Royal ♩ Open Mic Tuesdays hosted by Kelly Fawcett \| 7–11 pm The View Street Social, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Cosmic Throat Singer Matthew Kocel \| 7–9 pm Knox United Church, 345 Pym Street, Parksville ♩ Tuesdays Open Jam \| 7 pm The Whistle Stop Neighbourhood Pub, 2355 Mansfield Drive, Courtenay ♩ Open Mic: standup comedy & musical performance \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Phoenix Bar & Grill, 3944 Quadra Street, Victoria ♩ Dress Rehearsal Tuesday (Open Mic) \| 7:30 pm The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan ♩ Lunch at Allen’s \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Maxwell/Smith/Frye Trio \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ The Miguelito Valdés Band \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Q + Charlie Gannon \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Graham Villette Trio Invitational Jazz Jam \| 8:30 pm The Nanaimo BAR, 75 Front Street, Nanaimo Live Music Events (Mostly) for WEDNESDAY June 18 ҉ June 18–22 Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, Victoria-BC ♩ Resonation Drop-In Singing Circle \| Noon–1 pm The Little Red Church, 2182 Comox Avenue, Comox ♩ Acoustic Circle Jam \| 1–4 pm Legion Branch 54, 6726 Eustace Road, Sooke ♩ Frances Hope \| 1–4 pm Russell Books, 747 Fort Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Angelica Lopez Arzate \| 2 pm All Saints by the Sea Anglican Church, 110 Park Drive, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Mr Bird \| 2–4 pm Garden Faire Campground, 305 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Glen Foster & Maggy \| 2 pm Bowen Park Auditorium, 500 Bowen Road, Nanaimo ♩ Waahli, Hezron • The Resignators • • Gun Street Ghouls • DJ Cabin Fever \| 4–10 pm Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Live Music • Community • Potluck \| 5–10 pm Brickyard Beach, 1633 South Road, Gabriola Island ♩ The Whiskeydicks • Acclaim Celtic Dancers & Friends • The Grinning Barretts \| 5–8 pm Maffeo Sutton Park, 100 Comox Road, Nanaimo ♩ Glad Wednesdays Open Mic with Guest Musician \| 5 pm Gladstone Brewing Company, 244 Fourth Street, Courtenay ♩ Open Mic Wednesdays \| 5:30–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay ♩ Open Jam Night \| 6–9 pm Legion Branch 172, #102-622 Admirals Road, Esquimalt ♩ Wednesday Night Jam \| 6–9 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Casey Ryder \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Monthly Jazz Jam With the Tom Vickery Trio \| 6 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ The Rocking Wednesdays Open Mic, hosted by Al Seaman \| 6–9 pm The Rocking Horse Pub, 2038 Rocking Horse Place, Nanoose Bay ♩ Ben Jackson \| 6 pm Beach Fire Brewing Company, 594 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Louise Rose \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Nick Peck, Iain Duncan & Ryan Tandy \| 7–9 pm Woodley's at Harbour House Hotel, 121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Wednesdays Open Mic with John Gresham \| 7–11 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Wednesdays Open Mic \| 7 pm The Vault Café, 499 Wallace Street, Nanaimo ♩ Neavv • Road Poets • Josh Gellman \| 7:30–10:15 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Lunch At Allen’s \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Sid Williams Theatre, 442 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay ♩ The Vanity Project - Django Swing \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Courtney Standing \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ OK Charlie \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria Live Music Events (Mostly) for THURSDAY June 19 ҉ June 18–22 Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, Victoria-BC ♩ Frances Hope \| Noon–1 pm Fort Common, 1017 Blanshard Street, Victoria ♩ FOM Moodswing \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩ Turbulence • La Severa Matacera • • The Spiritual Warriors • Sonic Alley • Ari Dublion \| 4–10 pm Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic with Hownd \| 5–7 pm Moby’s Pub, 124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Open Mic Thursdays \| 5–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay ♩ Rhythm Train \| 6–9 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Carla Olive \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 6–9 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ Thursdays Lighthouse Open Mic \| 6–8 pm The Lighthouse Bistro & Pub, 40 Anchor Way, Nanaimo ♩ Thursdays Open Mic with Josh Carter \| 6–9 pm Pacific Moon Rising Bar & Grill, 1600 Stroulger Road, Nanoose Bay ♩ The Thursdays Big Open Mic \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Road, Victoria ♩ Greg Wells \| 6:30–9:30 pm The Riptide Marine Pub, 1340 Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 7–late Sooke Oceanside Brewery, 5871 Sooke Road, Sooke ♩ Alfie Zappacosta \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ One Wheel Band \| 7–9 pm Caffè Fantastico, 965 Kings Road, Victoria ♩ 3rd Thursdays Boogie by the Bay Blues Jam \| 7–10 pm The Osborne Bay Pub, 1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 7–11 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Lee Taylor \| 7–8 pm The Commercial Street Night Market, 80 Commercial Street, Nanaimo ♩ Finlay MacDonald & Ali Hutton \| 7 pm Rotary House, 211 Fern Road West, Qualicum Beach ♩ The Jenn Forsland Group \| 7 pm Forty Knots Winery, 2400 Anderton Road, Comox ♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Loghouse Pub, 2323 Millstream Avenue, Victoria ♩ Blow at High Dough \| 7:30 pm The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic with Rough & Tumble \| 7:30 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Neal Virgil Brown \| 7:30 pm The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan ♩ Teighan Couch \| 7:30–8:30 pm The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Lunch at Allen’s \| 7:30 pm The Tidemark Theatre, 1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩ SweetLeaf • Poor Sport • Safe Decisions • Hot Pot \| 8 pm Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ Harry Siegel & the Tyrants of Jazz \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Lavender & Lefty \| 8–9 pm The Commercial Street Night Market, 80 Commercial Street, Nanaimo ♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 8–midnight VIU Students’ Union Pub, 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Wedding Crashers \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ JaimesonRhy \| 9 pm–midnight The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Pick Ups \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria Live Music Events (Mostly) for FRIDAY June 20 ҉ June 18–22 Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, Victoria-BC ҉ June 20–22 Seaside Music Festival, Sidney-BC ҉ June 20–22 Weekend Jam at the Earth Club Factory, Denman Island ҉ June 20–29 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver-BC ҉ June 20–29 Victoria International JazzFest, Victoria-BC ♩♩♩ Taeven Lopatecki \| Noon–1 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ Simon Eskilden \| 1–3 pm Abkhazi Garden, 1964 Fairfield Road, Victoria ♩ Pony Gold \| 1 pm Sidney Bandshell in Beacon Park, 2550 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩♩♩ The Yazoo Brothers \| 1–3 pm The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ JazzFest \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩♩♩ Solstice Drum Circle \| 3–6 pm SSI Mead Co., 340 LePage Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Fridays Live Music Open Mic \| 3–6 pm Legion Branch 191, 9775 Chemainus Road, Chemainus ♩ Black Angus \| 4–8 pm The Langford Station, 720 Station Avenue, Langford ♩ Vinyl Wave \| 4–7 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Dub FX • Lazy Syrup Orchestra • • Ed Solo & Navigator • DJ Dubconscious \| 5–10 pm Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ Calvin Cairns & Charlie Gannon \| 5–8 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ The Boneyard Babes \| 5–7 pm ArtSpring Theatre, 100 Jackson Avenue, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Reuben Wier \| 5–8 pm Beulah Creek Nursery Night Market, 6060 Central Road, Hornby Island ♩ Miguelito Valdés Latin Summer \| 5:30 pm Fisherman’s Wharf, 1 Dallas Road, Victoria ♩ Jessica Benini \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Valdy \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ Rockson Road \| 6–9 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ The Real Deal \| 6–9 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ Lonnie Glass \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Road, Victoria ♩ Crystal Visions \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ Freezeframe \| 7–10 pm The Loghouse Pub, 2323 Millstream Avenue, Langford ♩ Open Mic Fridays \| 7–9 pm Serious Coffee, #101, 2401G Millstream Road, Langford ♩ The Bill Johnson Quartet \| 7–10 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ The Lorraine Desmarais Trio \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Pride Contra Dance \| 7–10 pm Fairfield United Church, 925 Balmoral Road, Victoria ♩ Anneda \| 7–9 pm The Oaks Restaurant & Grill, 2250 Oak Bay Avenue, Oak Bay ♩ Moonbather • Sleepcircle • The Monarch \| 7–10 pm Wheelies Motorcycles & Pub, 2620 Rock Bay Avenue, Victoria ♩ Pony Gold • Shari Ulrich & Roy Forbes \| 7 pm The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩ Country & Honky Tonk Night with Elise LeBlanc & Whiskey River \| 7 pm ANAF Unit 302, 9831 Fourth Street, Sidney ♩♩♩ David Carl \| 7–9 pm Woodley’s at Harbour House Hotel, 121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Fridays Open Jam with The Feds \| 7–11 pm The Eagle Lounge, 2965 Boys Road, Duncan ♩ Sirreal • Revron • oktiv6 • • Diego Flores • Boosh • DJ Benny the Jet \| 7–11 pm The Globe Live Studio, 25 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Nico Rhodes’ Hullabaloo \| 7–9 pm The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ NFC Feature: Virgo Rising \| 7 pm Nanaimo Folk Connection, 2174 Departure Bay Road, Nanaimo ♩ Double Play \| 7 pm Rotary Hall at the Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay ♩ River Concerts’ Siibil \| 7 pm Campbell River Spirit Square, 1231 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩ Jennifer Turner & Friends \| 7:30 pm James Bay United Church, 511 Michigan Street, Victoria ♩ Madeleine Peyroux \| 7:30 pm The Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton Street, Victoria ♩ Neal Virgil Brown \| 7:30–9:30 pm Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel, 4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni ♩ Propagandhi • Save Ferris • • GrimSkunk • Punitive Damage • Grossbuster \| 8 pm Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, The Victoria Curling Club, 1952 Quadra Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira \| 8 pm The Mel Lehan Hall, 3214 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver ♩ The Roses \| 8 pm–midnight The Vault Café, 499 Wallace Street, Nanaimo ♩ The David Gogo Group \| 8 pm The Hornby Island Community Hall, 4305 Central Road, Hornby Island ♩ Space Junk Removal Service • Trombonissimo \| 8–11 pm The Abbey Studio, 2687 Penrith Avenue, Cumberland ♩ Mariachi Sin Frontera \| 9–11 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Bipolar Bear \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Linggo \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Whiskey Business \| 9 pm–2 am The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria ♩ La Severa Matacera \| 9–11:30 pm The Terminal Bar, 63 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ The Brothers of Zen \| 9 pm The Next Level Pub, 4963 Angus Street, Port Alberni ♩ The Eggmen \| 9:30 pm The Nanaimo BAR, 75 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ OK Charlie \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ Kimbz \| 10 pm–2 am The Upstairs Cabaret, 15 Bastion Square, Victoria Live Music Events (Mostly) for SATURDAY June 21 ҉ June 18–22 Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, Victoria-BC ҉ June 20–22 Seaside Music Festival, Sidney-BC ҉ June 20–22 Weekend Jam at the Earth Club Factory, Denman Island ҉ June 20–29 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver-BC ҉ June 20–29 Victoria International JazzFest, Victoria-BC ҉ June 21–22 Tour Des Îles, 5 Southern Gulf Islands, BC ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Joyce Kelly & friends \| 8 am–8 pm The Saturna Community Hall, 105 East Point Road, Saturna Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Dave & Frank Scanlan \| 11 am–Noon Driftwood Shopping Centre, 4605 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Madison Olsen & Band \| 11 am–12:30 pm The Saturna Saturday Market, 101 Narvaez Bay Road, Saturna Island ♩♩♩ Frances Hope \| Noon–3 pm Russell Books, 747 Fort Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Toneman \| Noon The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Bill Heintz \| Noon–1 pm The Bennett Bay Bistro, 494 Arbutus Drive, Mayne Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Peach & Quiet \| Noon–1 pm Driftwood Shopping Centre, 4605 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ Opie Ortiz: Music Inspires Art \| 1–2 pm Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, The Victoria Curling Club, 1952 Quadra Street, Victoria ♩ The Hoss Mountain Stringband \| 1 pm Sidney Bandshell in Beacon Park, 2550 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩♩♩ Caroline Dick \| 1–3 pm The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Cicela Månsson & John Reid \| 1 pm The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Maddie Glover \| 1–2 pm The Bennett Bay Bistro, 494 Arbutus Drive, Mayne Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Tom & Jonny \| 1–2 pm Driftwood Shopping Centre, 4605 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ Joyful Jiggers \| 1 pm Comox Valley Fairground, 4839 Headquarters Road, Courtenay ♩ JazzFest \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩ The Pharcyde • Sister Nancy • Marlon Asher • • Dancehall Business & Friends • Tank Gyal \| 2–10 pm Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ Jakob Nowell \| 2–3 pm Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, The Victoria Curling Club, 1952 Quadra Street, Victoria ♩ ‘Writers in the Round’ with Shari Ulrich and Valdy \| 2 pm Sidney Bandshell in Beacon Park, 2550 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Edgar Hann, Accordion Man \| 2 pm The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Randy Lockhart \| 2–3 pm Driftwood Shopping Centre, 4605 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ Saturdays Open Jam with The Rivals \| 2–6 pm The Eagle Lounge, 2965 Boys Road, Duncan ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Mo & Andy \| 2–4 pm The Feral Goat Bistro, Saturna Island ♩ 1st & 3rd Saturdays Open Mic \| 2–6 pm The Landlubber Pub, 2220 Bowen Road, Unit 10, Nanaimo ♩ Ed Peekeekoot \| 2:45 pm Comox Valley Fairground, 4839 Headquarters Road, Courtenay ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: The Bruce Collective \| 3 pm The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ 3rd Sundays South Cowichan Acoustic Jam \| 3–7 pm The Stu Armour Hall, 1438 Fisher Road, Cobble Hill ♩ Tom Morrissey \| 3–6 pm The Wheatsheaf Pub, 1866 Cedar Road, Cedar ♩♩♩ The Ukulele Orchestra \| 3–3:20 pm The Denman Island Community Hall, 1196 Northwest Road, Denman Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Norm Smith \| 3:30–5:30 pm The Galiano Oceanfront Inn Restaurant, 134 Madrona Drive, Galiano Island ♩♩♩ The Randy Duncan Band \| 3:40–4:20 pm The Denman Island Community Hall, 1196 Northwest Road, Denman Island ♩ Black Angus \| 4–7 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ KR75 • Midi Janitor • Dove Magic • • Playback Head • Sean Evans \| 4–7 pm The Salty Pear, 279 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Open Jam with Johnny & Co. \| 4–7 pm The Eagle’s Lounge, 1999 14th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Kumugwe Cultural Society \| 4 pm Comox Valley Fairground, 4839 Headquarters Road, Courtenay ♩ The FBI Saturday Jam \| 4:30–7:30 pm The Fanny Bay Inn, 7480 Island Highway South, Fanny Bay ♩♩♩ Barely Bluegrass \| 4:40–5:10 pm The Denman Island Community Hall, 1196 Northwest Road, Denman Island ♩ Kaeley Jade \| 4:45 pm Comox Valley Fairground, 4839 Headquarters Road, Courtenay ♩ Eric Michael \| 5 pm Pacific Brimm Café, 123 Craig Street, Parksville ♩ Late Shift \| 5:30–7:30 pm Colwood City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood ♩♩♩ Bethany \| 5:30–6 pm The Denman Island Community Hall, 1196 Northwest Road, Denman Island ♩ Tyler James Johnson \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Auntie Kate \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Open Mic Saturdays \| 6–9 pm The Gabriola Golf Club, 825 South Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Badabing Badaboom \| 6–10 pm Legion Branch 10, 129 Harewood Road, Nanaimo ♩ Woodstick \| 6–9 pm The Shady Waterfront Restaurant & Pub, 3109 Island Highway West, Qualicum Beach ♩ Cam Boyce \| 6–9 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ Siibii \| 6 pm Comox Valley Fairground, 4839 Headquarters Road, Courtenay ♩♩♩ Mikel & Steve \| 6:20–6:50 pm The Denman Island Community Hall, 1196 Northwest Road, Denman Island ♩ The Ryan Oliver Quintet plays Kind of Blue \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ 3rd Saturdays Jazz Jam \| 6:45–9 pm Caffè Fantastico, 965 Kings Road, Victoria ♩ Open Mic ♦ Neal Virgil Brown \| 7–9:30 pm Sooke Folk Music Society, 1962 Murray Road, Sooke ♩ Neil & the Damage Done \| 7–10 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Electric Druids • Gate Theory • West Street Children \| 7–11 pm The Moon Under Water Pub, 350 Bay Street, Victoria ♩ 3rd Wednesdays Queer Open Stage \| 7 pm The Dock, 722 Cormorant Street, Victoria ♩ The Paul Black Band • The Renovation Blues Band \| 7 pm Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ Farah Siraj, 1 \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Valdy • Coco Love Alcorn • The Unfaithful Servants \| 7 pm The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩ Lester Quitzau with Damian Graham ♦ ♦ The Hoss Mountain Stringband \| 7 pm ANAF Unit 302, 9831 Fourth Street, Sidney ♩♩♩ Blow At High Dough, a Tragically Hip Tribute \| 7–9 pm Woodley’s at Harbour House Hotel, 121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Vanilla Riot • Creatures of Habit \| 7–9:30 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ The Neville Bowman Quartet \| 7 pm The McMillan Arts Centre, 133 McMillan Street, Parksville ♩♩♩ Polsen Moose \| 7:15–7:45 pm The Denman Island Community Hall, 1196 Northwest Road, Denman Island ♩ Pierre Bensusan \| 7:30 pm St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 924 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ 3rd Saturdays Jazz Jam \| 7:30–9 pm Caffè Fantastico, 965 Kings Road, Victoria ♩ Blacktop Social • Joker’s Revenge • Overditch \| 7:30 pm The Phoenix Bar & Grill, 3944 Quadra Street, Victoria ♩ Saritah with special guest Hanna Elise \| 7:30 pm The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan ♩ Antler • Moon Bather • Sleepcircle • The Monarch \| 7:30–11 pm The Globe Live Studio, 25 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Clanna Morna \| 7:30–9:30 pm House Concert backyard show, 147 Craig Street, Nanaimo ♩ The HouseRockers • The Big Blast Band \| 7:30 pm The Simonholt Restaurant, 6582 Applecross Road, Nanaimo ♩ Garrett T Willie \| 7:30–9 pm Comox Valley Fairground, 4839 Headquarters Road, Courtenay ♩ The Shenanigans Band \| 8–11 pm Legion Branch 292, 411 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Jakobs Castle • Long Beach Dub Allstars • • Mad Professor & Amarra • Blackwood Kings • Roger Rivas \| 8 pm–2 am Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, The Victoria Curling Club, 1952 Quadra Street, Victoria ♩ Thick as Thieves \| 8–10:30 pm The Osborne Bay Pub, 1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton ♩♩♩ The Infinite Atom • DJ Tetsu \| 8–11:45 pm The Grove Shipyard, 2505 Coho Drive, Gabriola Island ♩♩♩ FaceHeater \| 8–9 pm The Denman Island Community Hall, 1196 Northwest Road, Denman Island ♩ 3rd Saturdays Open Mic \| 8–11 pm Legion Branch 28, 2770 Dunsmuir Avenue, Courtenay ♩♩♩ La Severa Matacera \| 8 pm The Gorge Hall, 1375 Robertson Road, Whaletown, Cortes Island ♩ The Andrew Greenwood Trio \| 9–11 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ The Rebels North \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Tumblin’ Dice \| 9 pm–2 am The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria ♩ That’s Good • Fundipz • Lucy Ford • • Synthetica • Christoph \| 9 pm–2 am The Lucky Bar, 517 Yates Street, Victoria ♩ Open Mic Saturdays \| 9 pm–midnight The Rack Saanich, 1550 Cedar Hill X Road, Victoria ♩♩♩ The Rising Tide Band \| 9 pm Moby’s Pub, 124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ The Cheko Soto Band \| 9–11 pm The Gorge Hall, 1375 Robertson Road, Whaletown, Cortes Island ♩ Mimic \| 9:30 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Juice \| 10 pm–2 am The Upstairs Cabaret, 15 Bastion Square, Victoria Live Music Events (Mostly) for SUNDAY June 22 ҉ June 18–22 Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, Victoria-BC ҉ June 20–22 Seaside Music Festival, Sidney-BC ҉ June 20–22 Weekend Jam at the Earth Club Factory, Denman Island ҉ June 20–29 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver-BC ҉ June 20–29 Victoria International JazzFest, Victoria-BC ҉ June 21–22 Tour Des Îles, 5 Southern Gulf Islands, BC ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Joyce Kelly & friends \| 8 am–8 pm The Saturna Island Community Hall, 105 East Point Road, Saturna Island ♩ The Sound Factory Duo \| 10 am–2 pm Campbell River Farmers Market in Spirit Square, 1231 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩ Neil Trett & Rick Van Krugel \| 10:30 am–12:30 pm The Saanich Green Market, 3630 Shelbourne Street, Saanich ♩ Jazz Brunch with the Andrew Janusson Trio \| 11am–Noon Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Bill Heintz \| 11:15 am–1:15 pm Hope Bay Store, 4301 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Slo Cookin’ \| 11 am–Noon Driftwood Shopping Centre, 4605 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Kai Barrette \| Noon The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Scanlan Brothers \| Noon–1 pm The Bennett Bay Bistro, 494 Arbutus Drive, Mayne Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Taeven, Cedar, Maddie \| Noon–1 pm Driftwood Shopping Centre, 4605 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: David Osborne & Tex McLeod \| Noon–2 pm The Fog Alarm Building (FAB) at East Point Park, Saturna Island ♩ Jazz Brunch with the Andrew Janusson Trio \| 1–2 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Cottonwood \| 1–3 pm The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: The Selkies of Salt Spring \| 1 pm The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Îles Be There! \| 1–2 pm The Bennett Bay Bistro, 494 Arbutus Drive, Mayne Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Plumper Sound \| 1–2 pm Driftwood Shopping Centre, 4605 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩♩♩ Slow Coast Open Acoustic Jamm \| 1 pm Slow Coast Coffee, 5827C Schooner Way at Medicine Beach, Pender Island ♩ illScarlett • MonteBong • • Devon Kay & The Solutions • Brasser • Razorvoice \| 2–10 pm Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Wesley Hardisty \| 2 pm The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Sundays Open Mic \| 2–5 pm Salt Spring Brewing, 270 Furness Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Bill Heintz \| 2–3 pm Driftwood Shopping Centre, 4605 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ The Boneyard Babes \| 2 pm Pride Celebration, in Duncan ♩ Sundays Open Country Jam with One More Beer \| 2–6 pm The Eagle Lounge, 2965 Boys Road, Duncan ♩ Jordan Matchett with Rob Curtis \| 2–5 pm Deadhead Brewery, 5301 Chaster Road, Duncan ♩ Sunday Blues Jam \| 2–7 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Weekly Acoustic Jam \| 2–6 pm Legion Branch 137, 301 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ 2nd & 4th Sundays Celtic Session \| 2:30–5 pm The Fernwood Inn, 1302 Gladstone Street, Victoria ♩ Open Jam with Rainshadow Al \| 3–7 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Daniel Cook & The Radiators \| 3 pm Ruby’s Barn, 4910 West Saanich Road, Victoria ♩♩♩ Jazz & Blues Jam with the Frank Allen 4 \| 3–6 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Ed Peekeekoot \| 3 pm The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Underwater Peanut Farm & special guests \| 3–6 pm The Globe Live Studio, 25 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Bluegrass/Old-Time Jam \| 3–5 pm Legion Branch 28, 2770 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Norm Smith \| 3:30–5:30 pm The Galiano Oceanfront Inn Restaurant, 134 Madrona Drive, Galiano Island ♩ Sunday Blues Jam hosted by the Deb Rhymer Band \| 4–7:30 pm Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ Jazz Evensong featuring the Brenda Morie Quartet \| 4–5 pm The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 1701 Elgin Road, Oak Bay ♩♩♩ Tour Des Îles: Sheila McQueen & David Hoitink \| 4–5 pm Dee’s Dairy Bar, 100 East Point Road, Saturna Island ♩ Sundays Open Mic & Jam with Tina Mae Charlton \| 4–7 pm The Jingle Pot Pub, 2211 Jingle Pot Road, Nanaimo ♩ Open Jam Sundays \| 4–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Beach ♩ Sundays Jam \| 4–7 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ Open Jam Sundays \| 4–7 pm The Heritage House Pub, 975 Comox Road, Courtenay ♩ Sundays Jam \| 4–7 pm The Ridge Roadhouse, 397 Donner Court, Gold River ♩♩♩ The Blue Hearts \| 5 pm The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ The Lunatics on the Grass \| 5–7 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Doug Towle \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩ FOM Open Mic \| 6–8 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Sharon Bailey \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Frank Sehr & Brian McMahon \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Clanna Morna \| 7–9 pm Sooke Oceanside Brewery, 5871 Sooke Road, Sooke ♩ Saritah \| 7 pm The Church of Truth, 111 Superior Street, Victoria ♩ Sundays Open Mic \| 7–10 pm The Tug Eatery, #100-407 Swift Street, Victoria ♩ Farah Siraj, 2 \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Sunday Night Kitchen Party Jam \| 7–11 pm Christie’s Carriage House Pub, 1739 Fort Street, Victoria ♩ ☆ VFMS Open Mic ♦ Multi-feature: Mark Wonneck • • Rejan Farley & Andrew Alley • Shelby Marquette \| 7:30–10 pm ☆ Norway House, 1110 Hillside Avenue, Victoria ♩ The Avram Devon McCagherty Trio \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Clanna Morna \| 8–10 pm Sooke Oceanside Brewery, 5871 Sooke Road, Sooke ♩ JaimesonRhy \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Sugar \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Peachy Sundays \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria Live Music Events (Mostly) for MONDAY June 23 ҉ June 20–29 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver-BC ҉ June 20–29 Victoria International JazzFest, Victoria-BC ♩ Frances Hope \| 11 am–2 pm Russell Books, 747 Fort Street, Victoria ♩ The Jaya Bremer Quintet \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩ The Mondays Jam in Rotary Hall \| 2:30–4:30 pm Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay ♩ The Rowan Farintosh Quartet \| 4 pm The Plaza at Capital Park, 525 Superior Street, Victoria ♩ BP Clarke \| 5–8 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Bay Billies Mondays Circle Jam \| 5:30–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay ♩ Alex Fraser \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Open Mic Mondays \| 6–8:30 pm Gigi’s Café, 1002 Hillside Avenue, Victoria ♩♩♩ Wesley Hardisty, Charlie Gannon & Geoff McFarlane \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ Old Time Music Jam \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Road, Victoria ♩ Clark Brendon \| 6:30–9 pm Heron Rock Bistro, 435 Simcoe Street, Victoria ♩ Pete’s Mondays Variety Show Open Mic \| 6:30 pm Herald Street Brew Works, 506 Herald Street, Victoria ♩ 4th Mondays Oaklands Open Mic \| 6:30–8:30 pm Oaklands Community Centre, 2827 Belmont Avenue, Victoria ♩♩♩ Singing Workshop with Coco Love Alcorn \| 6:30–8:30 pm Beaver Point Hall, 1361 Beaver Point Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ The Anthony D’Alessandro Quartet \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Mondays Acoustic Open Mic-Open Jam \| 7–10 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩♩♩ Debussy, Dvořák, etc. \| 7 pm Quadra Island Community Hall, 970 West Road, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island ♩ The Canoe Standers \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Makaya McCraven, Junius Paul, Joel Ross & Josh Johnson \| 8:30 pm Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ Max MacKrill \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Dustin Barden \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Mondays Invitational Jazz Jam \| 8:30 pm The Nanaimo BAR, 75 Front Street, Nanaimo Live Music Events (Mostly) for TUESDAY June 24 ҉ June 20–29 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver-BC ҉ June 20–29 Victoria International JazzFest, Victoria-BC ♩ Robbie Hancock \| Noon Campbell River Farmers Market in Spirit Square, 1231 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩♩♩ Guitar Jam for Beginners with Bill Heintz \| 2:30–3:30 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ The Stella White Quartet \| 4 pm The Plaza at Capital Park, 525 Superior Street, Victoria ♩ Dave Harris & Friends \| 5–8 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Dennis Olsen & Guy Langlois \| 5:30–8:30 pm Brie & Barrel, 5059 Argyle Street, Port Alberni ♩ Georgiy Matviyiv \| 5–6:30 pm Outdoor Stage at Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ Paul Kannaspuro \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Terry & Gordo \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Country & Folk Open Mic Night \| 6–9 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Woodstick \| 6–9 pm Summer by the Sea Market, Craig Street, Parksville ♩ Backporch Banjo \| 6–8:30 pm Parksville Memorial Plaza, 162 Memorial Avenue, Parksville ♩♩♩ Singing Workshop with Coco Love Alcorn \| 6:30–8:30 pm St. Andrew’s United Church, 315 Fitzwilliam Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Lamarr Organ Trio • The Lowdown Brass Band \| 7 pm Bullen Park, 1229 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt ♩ Open Mic with Kelly Fawcett \| 7–11 pm The View Street Social, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Elise Boeur & Adam Iredale-Gray \| 7 pm The Concert House, 17 Cambridge Street, Victoria ♩ Tuesdays Open Jam \| 7 pm The Whistle Stop Neighbourhood Pub, 2355 Mansfield Drive, Courtenay ♩♩♩ Debussy, Pearson, Takemitsu, Mozart \| 7 pm Quadra Island United Church, 29 Weway Road, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island ♩ Alex Cuba • The Richard Bona Asante Trio \| 7:30 pm The McPherson Playhouse, 3 Centennial Square, Victoria ♩ Open Mic: standup comedy & musical performance \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Phoenix Bar & Grill, 3944 Quadra Street, Victoria ♩ The Eryn Sharpe Trio \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ New Jazz Underground \| 8:30 pm Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ The Miguelito Valdés Band \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Black Angus \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Graham Villette Trio Invitational Jazz Jam \| 8:30 pm The Nanaimo BAR, 75 Front Street, Nanaimo Live Music Events (Mostly) for WEDNESDAY June 25 ҉ June 20–29 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver-BC ҉ June 20–29 Victoria International JazzFest, Victoria-BC ♩ Frances Hope \| Noon–3 pm Russell Books, 747 Fort Street, Victoria ♩ Resonation Drop-In Singing Circle \| Noon–1 pm The Little Red Church, 2182 Comox Avenue, Comox ♩ Acoustic Circle Jam \| 1–4 pm Legion Branch 54, 6726 Eustace Road, Sooke ♩♩♩ Wilf & Sherry \| 2–4 pm Garden Faire Campground, 305 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ The Josh Warren Quartet \| 4 pm The Plaza at Capital Park, 525 Superior Street, Victoria ♩ MouseFest \| 4–11 pm The Globe Live Studio, 25 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Garden City Harmony Choir \| 5–7 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩ Francophone \| 5–8 pm Outdoor Stage at Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Live Music • Community • Potluck \| 5–10 pm Brickyard Beach, 1633 South Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Glad Wednesdays Open Mic with Guest Musician \| 5 pm Gladstone Brewing Company, 244 Fourth Street, Courtenay ♩ Open Mic Wednesdays \| 5:30–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay ♩ Open Jam Night \| 6–9 pm Legion Branch 172, #102-622 Admirals Road, Esquimalt ♩ Wednesday Night Jam \| 6–9 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Max MacKrill \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ The Geoff MacPharlane Band \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ The Rocking Wednesdays Open Mic, hosted by Al Seaman \| 6–9 pm The Rocking Horse Pub, 2038 Rocking Horse Place, Nanoose Bay ♩ Café Olé \| 6 pm Beach Fire Brewing Company, 594 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩♩♩ Konstantin Bozhinov \| 6 pm Kameleon Food & Drink, 654 Harper Road #4, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island ♩ The Wild Drift • Dex Neily • Élise LeBlanc \| 6:30–8 pm Cridge Park, 720 Belleville Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Kate Trajan & Friends \| 7–9 pm Woodley's at Harbour House Hotel, 121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Wednesdays Open Mic with John Gresham \| 7–11 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Elks Open Jam \| 7–10 pm The Elks Club Lounge, 148 Kenneth Street, Duncan ♩ Mestizx • Cosmic Foam \| 7 pm The Vault Café, 499 Wallace Street, Nanaimo ♩ Eliane Elias \| 7:30 pm The McPherson Playhouse, 3 Centennial Square, Victoria ♩ Pierre Bensusan \| 7:30 pm The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan ♩ The Vanity Project - Django Swing \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Nate Senner \| 8 pm Gladstone Brewing Company, 244 Fourth Street, Courtenay ♩ Matteo Mancuso, Riccardo Oliva & Gianluca Pellerito \| 8:30 pm Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ OK Charlie \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The West Coast Soul Collective & Guests \| 9:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria Live Music Events (Mostly) for THURSDAY June 26 ҉ June 20–29 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver-BC ҉ June 20–29 Victoria International JazzFest, Victoria-BC ҉ June 26–29 Tofino Jazz Fest, Tofino-BC ♩ Chamber Music \| 10:30 am The Quadra Community Centre, 970 West Road, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island ♩ Ellen Trottier \| Noon–1 pm Fort Common, 1017 Blanshard Street, Victoria ♩ The Wellington Secondary School Jazz Combo \| 4 pm The Plaza at Capital Park, 525 Superior Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic with Hownd \| 5–7 pm Moby’s Pub, 124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Open Mic Thursdays \| 5–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay ♩ Jana Seale \| 5:30–8:30 pm The Sidney Street Market’s 2nd Street Stage, Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩ Stephanie Greaves \| 5:30–8:30 pm The Sidney Street Market’s 4th Street Stage, Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩ Rhythm Train \| 6–9 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Tyler James Johnson \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Julia Beattie \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ Last Thursdays of the Month Open Mic \| 6–8:30 pm The Mill Pizza & Grill, #260-2720 Mill Bay Road, Mill Bay ♩ Glen Foster & Maggy \| 6–8 pm Legion Branch 256, 1630 Wellington Road East, Nanaimo ♩ Hasaatuk \| 6 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Clayoquot Sound Theatre, 380 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ Doug Folkins \| 6:30–9:30 pm The Riptide Marine Pub, 1340 Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ Brandon Isaak, Joey Smith & Matt Pease \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ The Dub Alchemists \| 7–11:55 pm The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ No Attraction \| 7 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Clayoquot Sound Theatre, 380 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩♩♩ Summer, Torres, Mozart, etc. \| 7 pm SouthEnd Farm Winery, 319 Sutil Road, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island ♩ Artemis & Special Guest \| 7:30 pm The McPherson Playhouse, 3 Centennial Square, Victoria ♩ Portal Tomb • Street Gloves • Disposal \| 7:30 pm The Phoenix Bar & Grill, 3944 Quadra Street, Victoria ♩ A Celebration of the Best in Canadian Music \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Caroline Borole: a Tina Turner Tribute \| 7:30 pm The Tidemark Theatre, 1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩ The Flying Saucers \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ The Phigs \| 8 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Clayoquot Sound Theatre, 380 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ Marquis Hill, Mike King, Micah Collier & Corey Fonville \| 8:30 pm Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ Monte Bong \| 8:30–11 pm The Hub at Cowichan Station, 2375 Koksilah Road, Duncan ♩ Bipolar Bear \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Tumblin’ Dice \| 9 pm–midnight The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Pick Ups \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ The Halibut Cowboys \| 10 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, The Maq Hotel, 120 First Street, Tofino Live Music Events (Mostly) for FRIDAY June 27 ҉ June 20–29 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver-BC ҉ June 20–29 Victoria International JazzFest, Victoria-BC ҉ June 26–29 Tofino Jazz Fest, Tofino-BC ҉ Jun 27–Aug 04 The 39 Days of July, Duncan-BC ♩♩♩ Cadence Beck \| Noon–1 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ Dennis & Andy Show \| Noon 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Max Francis & Tia Greenwood \| 1–3 pm Abkhazi Garden, 1964 Fairfield Road, Victoria ♩♩♩ Denny \| 1–3 pm The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Chuck McCandless \| 1 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Mbira Spirit \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩ Saritah \| 2 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Carlson’s \| 3 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Jazz Parade with Big Tim Brass Band \| 3:30 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Resort & Marina, 634 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ The Brittany Dale Band \| 4–8 pm The Langford Station, 720 Station Avenue, Langford ♩ Dustin Barden \| 4–7 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Standing Twins • Luke Lampard \| 4–8 pm Dockside Nights at Port Sidney Marina, Sidney ♩ Cow Bells \| 4 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Miguelito Valdés \| 5 pm Fisherman’s Wharf, 1 Dallas Road, Victoria ♩ Calvin Cairns & Charlie Gannon \| 5–8 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Malakai \| 5 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ K′omoks Fusion Festival: Greg Wells \| 5–6 pm Summer Pulse on the Plaza, 580 Duncan Avenue, Courtenay ♩ Miguelito Valdés Latin Summer \| 5:30 pm Fisherman’s Wharf, 1 Dallas Road, Victoria ♩ Mike Mallon \| 5:30–7:30 pm Parksville Memorial Plaza, 162 Memorial Avenue, Parksville ♩ Slacktide Stringband \| 5:30 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Village Green, 381 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ Fanfare Strings \| 5:30–8:30 pm SoCal Restaurant & Lounge, 2231 South Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ DJ Nova Jade \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Tyger & the Strypes \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ Arbutus Roots \| 6 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Bandidos Band \| 6–9 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Exit 30 \| 6–7 pm Maffeo Sutton Park, 100 Comox Road, Nanaimo ♩ Tightrope \| 6–9 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ K′omoks Fusion Festival: Daryle Mills \| 6–7 pm Summer Pulse on the Plaza, 580 Duncan Avenue, Courtenay ♩♩♩ The Infinite Atom \| 6 pm Gorge Harbour Marina Resort, 1374 Hunt Road, Cortes Island ♩ Sol Mogerman & Georges Dupuis \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Road, Victoria ♩ Victoria Guitar Society: Open Mic \| 6:30–9 pm Caffè Fantastico, 965 Kings Road, Victoria ♩ Dear Prudence \| 6:30–9 pm The Nanoose Bay Café, 3521 Dolphin Drive, Nanoose Bay ♩ Polky \| 6:30 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Village Green, 381 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ The MusicMusicMusic Trio \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Stephanie Greaves \| 7–9 pm The Oaks Restaurant & Grill, 2250 Oak Bay Avenue, Oak Bay ♩ Last Night In Vegas \| 7–10 pm ANAF Unit 302, 9831 Fourth Street, Sidney ♩♩♩ Steve Richardson \| 7–9 pm Woodley’s at Harbour House Hotel, 121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Saritah & Logan Staats \| 7–11:55 pm The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Pozitive Rebellion \| 7 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Manchán Magan \| 7–9:30 pm Lila Music & Nature Community Centre, 3228A Gibbins Road, Duncan ♩ 4th Fridays Open Mic Night \| 7–9 pm Wolf Brewing Company, 940 Old Victoria Road, Nanaimo ♩ COG Feature: Caution Fawns \| 7 pm The Coffeehouse on Gabriola at the Agi Hall, 465 South Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Amigos \| 7 pm Rotary Hall at the Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay ♩ K′omoks Fusion Festival: Kristi Lane Sinclair \| 7–8 pm Summer Pulse on the Plaza, 580 Duncan Avenue, Courtenay ♩ River Concerts’ Beau Wheeler \| 7 pm Spirit Square, 1231 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩♩♩ Saint-Saens, Duruflé, Tominaga, Dvořák \| 7 pm Quadra Island Community Hall, 970 West Road, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island ♩ Opera Quest: Jéhanne: World Premiere \| 7:30–9 pm The Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 900 Johnson Street, Victoria ♩ Arrow in the Quiver • Our Last Crusade • • All Was Lost • Antler • Mutual Trauma \| 7:30 pm–midnight The Phoenix Bar & Grill, 3952 Quadra Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Steve Poltz \| 7:30 pm PitchFork Social at The Jam Factory, 319 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Pierre Bensusan \| 7:30–9:30 pm Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel, 4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni ♩ The Pickups \| 8–11 pm Darcy’s Pub Westshore, 737 Goldstream Avenue, Langford ♩ Allison Brown \| 8–10 pm Beacon Brewing, 9829 Third Street, Sidney ♩ Daniel Wesley & Guests \| 8–10:30 pm The Rod & Gun Bar and Grill, 163 Alberni Highway, Parksville ♩ Frankie Hildago & the MVPs \| 8 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Village Green, 381 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ Ryder Bachman \| 8 pm The Qualicum Beach Café, 2690 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay ♩ Sweetleaf • Bu Von Blume • Trombonissimo \| 8 pm Masonic Lodge 26, 2660 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland ♩ K′omoks Fusion Festival: DJ Resister \| 8–9 pm Summer Pulse on the Plaza, 580 Duncan Avenue, Courtenay ♩ The Chase Ward Trio \| 9–11 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ The Temps \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Tumblin’ Dice \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Heels \| 9 pm–midnight The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ The Something Else DJs \| 9 pm Moby’s Pub, 124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ The Pacific Sons \| 9 pm–1 am The Whistle Stop Neighbourhood Pub, 2355 Mansfield Drive, Courtenay ♩ The Dextones \| 9:30 pm The Nanaimo BAR, 75 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ OK Charlie \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ Kimbz \| 10 pm–2 am The Upstairs Cabaret, 15 Bastion Square, Victoria ♩ Five Alarm Funk \| 10 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Legion Branch 65, 331 Main Street, Tofino Live Music Events (Mostly) for SATURDAY June 28 ҉ June 20–29 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver-BC ҉ June 20–29 Victoria International JazzFest, Victoria-BC ҉ June 26–29 Tofino Jazz Fest, Tofino-BC ҉ Jun 27–Aug 04 The 39 Days of July, Duncan-BC ♩ The Chick Wagon Duo \| 10 am–1 pm The Peninsula Country Market, 1528 Stelly’s Cross Road, Central Saanich ♩ Swing Dance Lesson \| 11 am Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Village Green, 381 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ Frances Hope \| Noon–3 pm Russell Books, 747 Fort Street, Victoria ♩ Simon Sayz \| Noon 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Big Tim Brass Band \| Noon Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Village Green, 381 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩♩♩ Rose McGuire, Rose & Jim \| 1–3 pm The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ 4th Saturdays Open Nautical Song Circle \| 1:30–4 pm upstairs at the Bent Mast, 512 Simcoe Street, Victoria ♩ Checo & the Sweet Soul Choir \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩ Old Growth \| 2 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Dave Scanlan \| 2–4 pm Maya Norte Restaurant, 18 Roberts Street, Ladysmith ♩ Lavender & Lefty \| 2 pm Private Party, Whiskey Creek ♩ Woodgrove Way \| 3 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Virgil Brown with Lazy Mike Mallon \| 3–6 pm The Wheatsheaf Pub, 1866 Cedar Road, Cedar ♩ Second Fiddle \| 4–7 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Glen Foster & Maggy \| 4 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Tightrope \| 4–7 pm The Eagle’s Lounge, 1999 14th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Nautical Disaster \| 4:30 pm Starlight Stadium, 1089 Langford Parkway, Langford ♩ The FBI Saturday Jam \| 4:30–7:30 pm The Fanny Bay Inn, 7480 Island Highway South, Fanny Bay ♩ Orchid Orchestra \| 5 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Back Beat \| 5:30–7:30 pm Royal Bay Commons, 345 Latoria Boulevard, Colwood ♩ Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Girard \| 5:30 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Village Green, 381 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ Scott McGill \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Fawkes & Hownd \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ Polky \| 6 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩♩♩ The Lunatics on the Grass \| 6–8 pm The Shady Waterfront Restaurant & Pub, 3109 Island Highway West, Qualicum Beach ♩ The Will Coles Band \| 6–9 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ Big Sugar \| 6:30 pm Starlight Stadium, 1089 Langford Parkway, Langford ♩ Transitional Alien \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria ♩ Ying Yang Clan \| 6:30 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Village Green, 381 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ The Ayla Tesler-Mabe Quintet • Sungazer \| 7 pm Bullen Park, 1229 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt ♩ Aston Martini \| 7–10 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Alonso & Taisha \| 7 pm Fisherman’s Wharf, 1 Dallas Road, Victoria ♩ Men in Black \| 7 pm Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ The Christine Jensen Quartet \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Marianne Grittani & Rose Birney \| 7–9 pm Woodley’s at Harbour House Hotel, 121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Boomtown Hip Hop \| 7–11:55 pm The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Entangados \| 7 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Zada \| 7 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Village Green, 381 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ Finch and the Fiddler \| 7–9 pm Saahtlam Park, 3319 Island Highway West, Qualicum Beach ♩ Five Alarm Funk \| 7–9 pm Gorge Harbour Marina Resort, 1374 Hunt Road, Cortes Island ♩ The Grinning Barretts, Danger Box and Nuh-Uh \| 7:30–11 pm The Paul Phillips Hall, 1923 Fernwood Road, Victoria ♩ Our Last Crusade • All Was Lost • • Mutual Trauma • Arrow in the Quiver \| 7:30–11 pm The Globe Live Studio, 25 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Pierre Bensusan \| 7:30 pm The Old Church Theatre, 755 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay ♩ Sean Hogan, Sue Medley, Steve Mitchell \| 7:30 pm Rivercity Stage, 1080 Hemlock Street, Campbell River ♩ Queer as Funk \| 7:30 pm The Tidemark Theatre, 1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩♩♩ Steve Poltz \| 8 pm The Mel Lehan Hall, 3214 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver ♩ Rock Yacht \| 8–10:30 pm The Osborne Bay Pub, 1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton ♩ The LowDown Brass Band \| 8 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Village Green, 381 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ Trooper \| 8:30–10 pm Starlight Stadium, 1089 Langford Parkway, Langford ♩ The Temps \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Pulse Radio \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Tumblin’ Dice \| 9 pm–2 am The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ The Coalition \| 9 pm Moby’s Pub, 124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Shakamoraine Pianos & Guests \| 9 pm The Nanaimo BAR, 75 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Pacific Sons \| 9 pm–1 am The Whistle Stop Neighbourhood Pub, 2355 Mansfield Drive, Courtenay ♩ After Party DJ Night \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Gorge Hall, 1375 Robertson Road, Whaletown, Cortes Island ♩ The Chris Rice Band \| 9:30–11:30 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Juice \| 10 pm–2 am The Upstairs Cabaret, 15 Bastion Square, Victoria ♩ Bu Von Blume \| 10 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Legion Branch 65, 331 Main Street, Tofino Live Music Events (Mostly) for SUNDAY June 29 ҉ June 20–29 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver-BC ҉ June 20–29 Victoria International JazzFest, Victoria-BC ҉ June 26–29 Tofino Jazz Fest, Tofino-BC ҉ Jun 27–Aug 04 The 39 Days of July, Duncan-BC ♩ Easy Street \| 10 am–2 pm Campbell River Farmers Market in Spirit Square, 1231 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩♩♩ Summer: Monthly Salon Sundays Open Mic \| Noon–7 pm Stonewell Farm, 1852 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Steve Richardson \| 1–3 pm The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Slow Coast Open Acoustic Jamm \| 1 pm Slow Coast Coffee, 5827C Schooner Way at Medicine Beach, Pender Island ♩ Chemainus Song Circle \| 1–4 pm Waterwheel Park, 3828 Croft Street, Chemainus♩ ♩ The Beach Howlers \| 1 pm Beach Fire Brewing Company, 594 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Greater Victoria Concert Band \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩ The James Vickers Band \| 2 pm Bullen Park, 1229 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt ♩ The Gettin’ Higher Choir & Wavelengths Community Choir with Ann Mortifee \| 2 pm The Farquhar Auditorium at UVic, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria ♩♩♩ Sundays Open Mic \| 2–5 pm Salt Spring Brewing, 270 Furness Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Country Jam \| 2–6 pm The Eagle Lounge, 2965 Boys Road, Duncan ♩ Sunday Blues Jam \| 2–7 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Nicholas Mah & Blaine Dunaway \| 2 pm Gladstone Brewing Company, 244 Fourth Street, Courtenay ♩ Weekly Acoustic Jam \| 2–6 pm Legion Branch 137, 301 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Open Jam with Rainshadow Al \| 3–7 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩♩♩ Jazz & Blues Jam with the Frank Allen 4 \| 3–6 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Bluegrass/Old-Time Jam \| 3–5 pm Legion Branch 28, 2770 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland ♩ Songs of Anela Kahiamoe (RIP) \| 3–8 pm The Heritage House Pub, 975 Comox Road, Courtenay ♩ Sunday Blues Jam hosted by the Deb Rhymer Band \| 4–7:30 pm Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ Sundays Open Mic & Jam with Tina Mae Charlton \| 4–7 pm The Jingle Pot Pub, 2211 Jingle Pot Road, Nanaimo ♩ Musical Spoon Workshop \| 4 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Resort & Marina, 634 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ Open Jam Sundays \| 4–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Beach ♩ Sundays Jam \| 4–7 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ Open Jam Sundays \| 4–7 pm The Heritage House Pub, 975 Comox Road, Courtenay ♩ Sundays Jam \| 4–7 pm The Ridge Roadhouse, 397 Donner Court, Gold River ♩ Jovi Osborne \| 5 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Resort & Marina, 634 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ Kayley & Zach \| 5:20 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Resort & Marina, 634 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ Doug Towle \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩ FOM Open Mic \| 6–8 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Andy Meyers \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ The Barry Miller Quartet \| 6–8 pm Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel, 4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni ♩ The Vaudevilian \| 6 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Resort & Marina, 634 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩♩♩ Frank Sehr & Brian McMahon \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ The New Groovement • The Rumble \| 7 pm Bullen Park, 1229 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt ♩ Majesties Request \| 7–10 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Sundays Open Mic \| 7–10 pm The Tug Eatery, #100-407 Swift Street, Victoria ♩ Groove Kitchen \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ The Joan Bessie Cabaret \| 7–10 pm Metro Studio Theatre, 900 Johnson Street, Victoria ♩ Sunday Night Kitchen Party Jam \| 7–11 pm Christie’s Carriage House Pub, 1739 Fort Street, Victoria ♩ ☆ VFMS Open Mic ♦ Virgo Rising \| 7:30–10 pm ☆ Norway House, 1110 Hillside Avenue, Victoria ♩ The Skye Douglas Project \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Simonholt Restaurant, 6582 Applecross Road, Nanaimo ♩ TK the Artist \| 7:30 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Tofino Resort & Marina, 634 Campbell Street, Tofino ♩ The Yiddish Columbia State Orchestra \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Sam Lynch, Juanco & Sam Weber \| 8 pm The Capital Ballroom, 858 Yates Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Izumi Kimura, Gerry Hemingway, Tony Wilson & Kenton Loewen \| 8–11:30 pm The Hornby Island New Horizons Centre, 1765 Sollans Road, Hornby Island ♩ Courtney Standing & Landen Shaw \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Miss Emily Trio \| 8:30 pm 39 Days of July: The Duncan City Square Stage, 20 Kenneth Street, Duncan ♩ The Peachy Sundays \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ Sugar \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Downtown Mischief \| 9 pm Tofino Jazz Festival, Legion Branch 65, 331 Main Street, Tofino ♩ The Peachy Sundays \| 10 pm–close Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria Live Music Events (Mostly) for MONDAY June 30 ҉ Jun 27–Aug 04 The 39 Days of July, Duncan-BC ҉ Jun 30–Jul 12 Pacific Rim Summer Festival, Tofino-BC ♩ Frances Hope \| 11 am–2 pm Russell Books, 747 Fort Street, Victoria ♩ Dennis Atkins \| Noon 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Kele Fleming \| 1 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Raven Baroque \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria ♩ Matthew Presidente \| 2 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ The Mondays Jam in Rotary Hall \| 2:30–4:30 pm Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay ♩ Forte School of Music \| 3 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Bardavissa \| 4 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Bill Francis – Story & Song \| 5–8 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Nice Verdes \| 5 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩♩♩ The Boneyard Babes \| 5–9 pm The Saturna Lighthouse Pub, Lyall Harbour, Saturna Island ♩ Bay Billies Mondays Circle Jam \| 5:30–8 pm The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub, 6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay ♩ Alex Fraser \| 6–10 pm The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Open Mic Mondays \| 6–8:30 pm Gigi’s Café, 1002 Hillside Avenue, Victoria ♩ Kye Goski with Bob Goski, David Denz & Barbara Denz \| 6 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩ Old Time Music Jam \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Road, Victoria ♩ Kelly Fawcett \| 6:30–9 pm Heron Rock Bistro, 435 Simcoe Street, Victoria ♩ Pete’s Mondays Variety Show Open Mic \| 6:30 pm Herald Street Brew Works, 506 Herald Street, Victoria ♩ St. Cecilia \| 7 pm 39 Days of July: The VITALS Stage in Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Avenue, Duncan ♩♩♩ Mondays Acoustic Open Mic-Open Jam \| 7–10 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Liquid Audio • Staggering Bears \| 7–10 pm The Break Café & Bistro, 250 Main Street, Ucluelet ♩ Scott White & Friends \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Izumi Kimura, Gerry Hemingway, Tony Wilson & Kenton Loewen \| 8–11:30 pm The Hornby Island New Horizons Centre, 1765 Sollans Road, Hornby Island ♩ Max MacKrill \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Dustin Barden \| 8:30–11:30 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Mondays Invitational Jazz Jam \| 8:30 pm The Nanaimo BAR, 75 Front Street, Nanaimo
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