VFMS: Live Music Events, Mostly, on Vancouver Island · October 2025
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 ҉   October 2025 FESTIVALS &c   ҉
Festivals on Vancouver Island & the adjacent BC islands:
   ҉   October 03–04 The Crisp Festival, Pender Island-BC
PLUS
҉   MORE 2025 Festivals in British Columbia, mostly (with hyperlinks)   ҉

Live Music Events (Mostly) for WEDNESDAY October 
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FOM Beginner Band | 11 am–Noon
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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FOM Skills Band | Noon–1 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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FOM Jazz Combo | 1:30–3:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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FOM Recovery Rock Band | 5–7 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Open Mic Wednesday | 5 pm
 Gladstone Brewing Company,
244 Fourth Street, Courtenay
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The Loft Wednesday Night Jam | 6–9 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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Tyler James Johnson | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
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Bruce Gerrish | 6–8 pm
 The Nanoose Bay Café,
3521 Dolphin Drive, Nanoose Bay
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Robbie Van | 6 pm
 Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel,
4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni
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Luke Blu Guthrie & Matt Menard | 6–8 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
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Michelle Loreta | 6 pm
 Beach Fire Brewing Company,
594 11th Avenue, Campbell River
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The Tom Vickery Trio | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
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Steve Middleton with Kinza Tyrrell | 7 pm
 The Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
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Wednesdays Sidney Acoustic Jam | 7–9 pm
 The SHOAL Activity Centre,
10030 Resthaven Drive, Sidney (CRD)
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Elks Open Jam | 7–10 pm
 The Elks Club Lounge,
148 Kenneth Street, Duncan
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Dan Mangan with Bells Larsen | 8 pm
 The Royal Theatre,
805 Broughton Street, Victoria
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Desmond Day | 8 pm
 Gladstone Brewing Company,
244 Fourth Street, Courtenay
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St. Cecilia | 8:30–11:30 pm
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
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OK Charlie | 9 pm–12:30 am
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for THURSDAY October 
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FOM The Eclectics | 11 am–12:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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FOM Fundamentals | 1–3 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Benefit with Luke Blu Guthrie | 4:30 pm
 The Eagle’s Lounge (FOE #3097),
1999 14th Avenue, Campbell River
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The C&A Thursday Open Mic | 5–8 pm
 The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub,
6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay
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Paul Kannaspuro | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
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Rhythm Train | 6–9 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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Glenn MacDonald ♦ Sue Decker ♦ Michel Rivero | 6–8:30 pm
 The Coda,
751 View Street, Victoria
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FOM Community Concert: The Best Coast Big Band | 6–7:17 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Lighthouse Thursdays Open Mic | 6–8 pm
 The Lighthouse Bistro & Pub,
40 Anchor Way, Nanaimo
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Thursdays Open Mic with Josh Carter | 6–9 pm
 Pacific Moon Rising Bar & Grill,
1600 Stroulger Road, Nanoose Bay
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The Thursdays Big Open Mic | 6:30–8:30 pm
 The Spiral Café,
418 Craigflower Road, Victoria
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Larry Rogers | 6:30–9:30 pm
 The Riptide Marine Pub,
1340 Island Highway, Campbell River
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SO Thursdays Open Mic | 7–late
 Sooke Oceanside Brewery,
5871 Sooke Road, Sooke (CRD)
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Sara Rose Hebert | 7–8 pm
 Outdoor Stage at Ship Point,
900 Wharf Street, Victoria
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The Great Divide, 1 | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
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Simon Farintosh | 7–8:30 pm
 Lutheran Church of the Cross,
3787 Cedar Hill Road, Victoria
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Thursdays Open Mic with Hownd | 7 pm
 Moby’s Pub,
124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
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The Surf Thursdays Open Mic | 7–11 pm
 The Surf Lodge & Pub,
885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island
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The Attila Fias Trio | 7–9 pm
 Forty Knots Winery,
2400 Anderton Road, Comox
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Loghouse Thursdays Open Mic | 7:30–9:30 pm
 The Loghouse Pub,
2323 Millstream Avenue, Langford (CRD)
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FOM Orchestra | 7:30–9 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Open Mic with Cooper/Jacquest | 7:30–11 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
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Island Storytellers Present… | 7:30 pm
 The Duncan Showroom,
133 Station Street, Duncan
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The Flying Saucers | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
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John Doyle | 8 pm
 The Rogue Folk Club,
3214 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver
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Taphouse First Thursdays Open Mic | 8 pm
 Church Street Taphouse,
215 Church Street, Comox
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The Wedding Crashers | 9 pm–12:30 am
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
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The Tumblin’ Dice | 9 pm–midnight
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria
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Tyler Hilton & Kate Voegele | 9 pm
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
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Peter McMaster | 9–10 pm
 Mary’s Bleue Moon Café,
9535 Canora Road, Sidney (CRD)
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The Pick Ups | 10 pm–close
 Darcy’s Downtown Pub,
1127 Wharf Street, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for FRIDAY October 
   ҉   October 03–04 The Crisp Festival, Pender Island-BC

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Ian Skorscha | 12–1 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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FOM Haywires | 1:30–3:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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FOM Minds At Work | 3:30–5:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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David Gauci | 5:30–8:30 pm
 SoCal Restaurant & Lounge,
2231 South Island Highway, Campbell River
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“Sunday Services Repertoire”
 for instrumentalists and singers | 5–6:15 pm
The James Bay United Church, 511 Michigan Street, Victoria
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Arkadi Futerman | 5:30–7:30 pm
 The Peninsula Gallery,
2530 Bevan Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
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Max MacKrill | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
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Hot Chicken Salad and The Cavernous | 6–8:30 pm
 The Coda: Bar Stage,
751 View Street, Victoria
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Bobby, Kev & Greg | 6–9 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
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Gravitation | 6:30–8:30 pm
 The Spiral Café,
418 Craigflower Road, Victoria
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Boomboxer | 6:30–11 pm
 The Globe Live Studio,
25 Front Street, Nanaimo
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The Latchkey Kids | 6:30–9:30 pm
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
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Serious Open Mic Fridays | 7–9 pm
 Serious Coffee,
2401G Millstream Road, Langford (CRD)
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1st Fridays Victoria Fiddle Society Jam | 7–9:30 pm
 Wheeley Hall, Esquimalt United Church,
500 Admirals Road, Esquimalt (CRD)
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Thick as Thieves | 7–10 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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The Great Divide, 2 | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
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Morgan Wade | 7–10 pm
 The Upstairs Cabaret,
15 Bastion Square, Victoria
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Shades of Grey | 7–9 pm
 Woodley’s at Harbour House Hotel,
121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
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The Chimney Swallows: two plays and a short set of songs | 7 pm
 Shawnigan Lake Community Centre,
2804 Shawnigan Lake Road, Shawnigan Lake
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Fridays Open Jam | 7–11 pm
 The Eagle Lounge FOE #2546,
2965 Boys Road, Duncan
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Jack Martin | 7:15 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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Cork & Porcupine | 7:25 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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The Blue Hearts | 7:30 pm
 The Brentwood Bay Village Empourium,
7103 West Saanich Road, Brentwood Bay
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Completely Creedence | 7:30 pm
 The Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
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Grayson Lenner | 7:55 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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Engines • The Coast • Plastic City | 8 pm
 The Phoenix Bar & Grill,
3952 Quadra Street, Victoria
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Rose Cousins | 8:30 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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The Waleed Kush Afro-Jazz Ensemble | 9 pm–1:30 am
 The Coda: Main Stage,
751 View Street, Victoria
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Bipolar Bear | 9 pm–12:30 am
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
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Jurgen Daze • Brumbo & Dunzo • Dirty Boi • Kiik | 9 pm—2 am
 The Downbeat Event Centre,
1325 Government Street, Victoria
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Introspekt & Anna Morgan | 9 pm—2 am
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
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Whiskey Business | 9 pm–2 am
 The Duke Saloon,
502 Discovery Street, Victoria
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Frase & Kaya Ko | 9 pm
 The Waverley Hotel,
2692 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland
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OK Charlie | 10 pm–close
 Darcy’s Downtown Pub,
1127 Wharf Street, Victoria
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DJ Moses "El Pachanguero" | 10 pm–2 am
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo


Live Music Events (Mostly) for SATURDAY October 
   ҉   October 03–04 The Crisp Festival, Pender Island-BC

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Singing and Playing: Coordination with Ease
 WORKSHOP with Aaron Watson | 10 am–Noon
The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
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Sing Along for Joy with Willy Blizzard | 11:15 am
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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Nick Croft | Noon
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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Octiv6 • Alick Mac • DJ Swagger | 12 pm
 Gladstone Brewing Company,
244 Fourth Street, Courtenay
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The Doctors of Rock ’n’ Roll | 1–5 pm
 The Rocking Horse Pub,
2038 Rocking Horse Place, Nanoose Bay
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CaHoots | 1:30–4:30 pm
 Galey Farms,
4150 Blenkinsop Road, Victoria
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DANCE with Pierre Schryer, Adam Dobres & Danielle Enblom | 2 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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Saturdays Open Jam | 2–6 pm
 The Eagle Lounge,
2965 Boys Road, Duncan
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Landlubber 1st & 3rd Saturdays Open Mic | 2–6 pm
 The Landlubber Pub,
2220 Bowen Road, Unit 10, Nanaimo
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Hot Club Descanso | 3 pm
 The Gabriola Golf & Country Club,
825 South Road, Gabriola Island
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Open Mic | 3–6 pm
 The Saltair Neighbourhood Pub,
10519 Knight Road, Chemainus
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The Renovation Blues Band | 3–6 pm
 The Wheatsheaf Pub,
1866 Cedar Road, Cedar
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Staja Lu | 4 pm
 The Fernwood Inn,
1302 Gladstone Street, Victoria
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Victoria Baroque: Cello Landscapes | 4 pm
 All Saints by the Sea Anglican Church,
110 Park Drive, Salt Spring Island
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Open Jam with Johnny & Co | 4–7 pm
 The Eagle’s Lounge (FOE #3097),
1999 14th Avenue, Campbell River
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The FBI Saturday Jam | 4:30–7:30 pm
 The Fanny Bay Inn,
7480 Island Highway South, Fanny Bay
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Max MacKrill | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
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The Latchkey Kids | 6–8:30 pm
 The Coda: Bar Stage,
751 View Street, Victoria
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The Raven Lunatics | 6 pm
 The Shady Waterfront Restaurant & Pub,
3109 Island Highway West, Qualicum Beach
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The Will Coles Band | 6–9 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
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Peach and Quiet | 6:30–9 pm
 Caffè Fantastico,
965 Kings Road, Victoria
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Conjure Hand • La Chinga • Zenith | 6:30 pm
 Wheelies Motorcycles & Pub,
2620 Rock Bay Avenue, Victoria
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Victoria Sisterfest | 7–11 pm
 CFB Esquimalt Chiefs & Petty Officers Mess,
1575 Lyall Street, Esquimalt (CRD)
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McKinley Wolf | 7–10 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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Creatures of Autumn • Death Hawk with the Hex | 7 pm
 Brass Monkey Brewing Company,
350 Bay Street, Victoria
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The Pretzel Logic Orchestra | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
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Frase with Kaya Ko | 7–10 pm
 The Upstairs Cabaret,
15 Bastion Square, Victoria
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Carlos & Ben with the Odd Hack Band | 7–9:30 pm
 Victoria Contra Dance, Saint Matthias Hall,
600 Richmond Avenue, Victoria
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Marc McLaughlin | 7–9 pm
 The.Victoria.House,
thevictoriahouseonsidedoor@gmail.com, Victoria
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1st Saturdays Sidney Open Mic & Jam | 7 pm
 ANAF Unit 302,
9831 Fourth Street, Sidney
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The Great Divide | 7–9 pm
 ArtSpring Theatre,
100 Jackson Avenue, Salt Spring Island
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Tonya Cooper & David Jacquest | 7–9 pm
 Woodley’s at Harbour House Hotel,
121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
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Jack Martin | 7 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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Kandle | 7–11 pm
 The Globe Live Studio,
25 Front Street, Nanaimo
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The Mark Crissinger Blues Band | 7 pm
 The Moose Lodge 1052,
1356 Cranberry Avenue, Nanaimo
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Jeffery Straker | 7 pm
 The McMillan Arts Centre,
133 McMillan Street, Parksville
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Greg Wells | 7–10 pm
 Painter’s Lodge,
1625 McDonald Road, Campbell River
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Grayson Lenner | 7:20 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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Rose Cousins | 7:30 pm
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
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Completely Creedence | 7:30–10 pm
 The Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
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The James Vickers Band | 7:30 pm
 The Duncan Showroom,
133 Station Street, Duncan
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Gordon Grdina’s Haram | 7:30 pm
 The Quadra Community Centre,
970 West Road, Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island
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The Lee Boys | 7:40 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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Mad Caddies • The Corps • Dead Rights | 8 pm
 Studio 919 (formerly Wicket Hall),
919 Douglas Street, Victoria
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Bučan Bučan | 8–10 pm
 Oaklands Community Centre,
2827 Belmont Avenue, Victoria
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Jammin’ Salmon | 8–10 pm
 Mary’s Bleue Moon Café,
9535 Canora Road, Sidney (CRD)
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Everyday People | 8–11 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
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Freeze Frame | 8 pm
 The Osborne Bay Pub,
1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton
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The Collective | 8–11 pm
 The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub,
6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay
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DJs Nancy Dru • Tigress • em.ash | 8:30 pm
 Masonic Lodge #26,
2660 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland
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Candace Aldridge | 8:45 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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TNT | 9 pm
 The Coda,
751 View Street, Victoria
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The Steve Grebanier Guild | 9–11 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria♩
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OK Charlie | 9 pm–12:30 am
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria
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The Tumblin’ Dice | 9 pm–2 am
 The Duke Saloon,
502 Discovery Street, Victoria
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Open Mic Saturdays | 9 pm–midnight
 The Rack Saanich,
1550 Cedar Hill X Road, Saanich (CRD)
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The Bronze Sons | 9 pm–midnight
 Moby’s Pub,
124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
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The Boom Booms | 9:10 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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DJ Dane | 10 pm–2 am
 The Lucky Bar,
517 Yates Street, Victoria
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Wise Youngblood • Wet Future • The Dextones | 10 pm–2 am
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
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No Future DJs | 10:30 pm–2 am
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for SUNDAY October 
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CaHoots | 10 am–1 pm
 Galey Farms,
4150 Blenkinsop Road, Victoria
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Jazz Brunch with the Andrew Janusson Trio | 11 am–Noon
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
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CanUS - Traditional Jazz Matinee | 1–3 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
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Jazz Brunch with the Andrew Janusson Trio | 1–2 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
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Slow Coast Open Acoustic Jamm | 1 pm
 Slow Coast Coffee,
5827C Schooner Way at Medicine Beach, Pender Island
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Live Streamed Virtual Concert: Holly Near | 1–5 pm
 The Duncan Showroom,
133 Station Street, Duncan
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Chemainus Song Circle | 1–4 pm
 Legion Branch 191,
9775 Chemainus Road, Chemainus
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Sundays Open Mic | 2–5 pm
 Salt Spring Brewing,
270 Furness Road, Salt Spring Island
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Ralph Barrett & the Tom Vickery Trio | 2 pm
 The Osborne Bay Pub,
1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton
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The Queen’s Blues Jam | 2–7 pm
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
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Andi Talbot-West | 2 pm
 Gladstone Brewing Company,
244 Fourth Street, Courtenay
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Sundays Acoustic Jam at the 137 | 2–6 pm
 Legion Branch 137,
301 11th Avenue, Campbell River
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The Victoria Symphony with Dinuk Wijeratne | 2:30 pm
 The Royal Theatre,
805 Broughton Street, Victoria
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Nicholas Ross & Frances Armstrong | 2:30–4:30 pm
 St. Andrew’s United Church,
311 Fitzwilliam Street, Nanaimo
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Open Jam with Rainshadow Al | 3–7 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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Blues Jam with Bert’s Blooze Banned | 3–6 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
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The Lee Boys | 3 pm
 St. Teresa’s Chapel,
4705 Buccaneers Road, Pender Island
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Sundays Blues Jam at the Queen’s | 3–7 pm
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
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Folksdragon Open Jam | 3–6 pm
 Legion Branch 137,
301 11th Avenue, Campbell River
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Sunday Blues Jam hosted by the Deb Rhymer Band | 4–7:30 pm
 Studio 919 (formerly Wicket Hall),
919 Douglas Street, Victoria
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FOM Guitar | 4–5:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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The Grundles • Nuh Uh • The Noidz | 4 pm
 The Globe Live Studio,
25 Front Street, Nanaimo
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Sundays Open Mic & Jam with Tina Mae Charlton | 4–7 pm
 The Jingle Pot Pub,
2211 Jingle Pot Road, Nanaimo
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Open Jam Sundays | 4–8 pm
 The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub,
6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay
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Sundays Jam | 4–7 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
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Sundays Jam | 4–7 pm
 The Ridge Roadhouse,
397 Donner Court, Gold River
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Paul Wainwright | 6–8 pm
 The Aegir Room at the Oswego Hotel,
500 Oswego Street, James Bay (CRD)
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Morien Jones | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
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FOM Open Mic | 6–8 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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The Barry Miller Quartet | 6–8 pm
 Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel,
4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni
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Sunday Night Kitchen Party Jam | 7–11 pm
 Christie’s Carriage House Pub,
1739 Fort Street, Victoria
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The Men in Black | 7–9 pm
 The Port Theatre,
125 Front Street, Nanaimo
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☆ VFMS Open Mic ♦ The Jeffery Straker Duo | 7:30–10 pm ☆
 Norway House,
1110 Hillside Avenue, Victoria
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Weekly Open Jam with Unkle Whiskey | 8–10 pm
 Big Bad John’s,
919 Douglas Street, Victoria
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The Yiddish Columbia State Orchestra | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
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Little Miss Higgins | 8 pm
 The Rogue Folk Club,
3214 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver
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The Sugar Soul Band | 9 pm–midnight
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria
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The Peachy Sundays | 10 pm–close
 Darcy’s Downtown Pub,
1127 Wharf Street, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for MONDAY October 
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The Mondays Jam in Rotary Hall | 2:30–4:30 pm
 Florence Filberg Centre,
411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay
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Bill Francis | 5:30–8 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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Bay Billies Mondays Circle Jam | 5:30–8 pm
 The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub,
6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay
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Carla Olive | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
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Gigi’s Open Mic Mondays | 6–8:30 pm
 Gigi’s Café,
1002 Hillside Avenue, Victoria
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Old Time Music Jam | 6:30–8:30 pm
 The Spiral Café,
418 Craigflower Road, Victoria
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Clark Brendon | 6:30–9 pm
 Heron Rock Bistro,
435 Simcoe Street, James Bay (CRD)
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Pete’s Mondays Variety Show Open Mic | 6:30 pm
 Herald Street Brew Works,
506 Herald Street, Victoria
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1st Mondays Open Stage for
 Bands with original material | 6:30–10 pm
The View Street Social, 753 View Street, Victoria
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Irish Session | 7–10 pm
 Spinnaker’s Brew Pub,
308 Catherine Street, Victoria
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Jeffery Straker | 7:30–9:30 pm
 Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel,
4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni
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Scott White & Friends | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
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Max MacKrill | 8:30–11:30 pm
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
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Dustin Barden | 8:30–11:30 pm
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria
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Mondays Invitational Jazz Jam | 8:30 pm
 The Nanaimo BAR,
75 Front Street, Nanaimo


Live Music Events (Mostly) for TUESDAY October 
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The Bergmann Duo | 10:30–11:55 am
 The Port Theatre Lobby,
125 Front Street, Nanaimo
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Sarah Hagen | 10:30 am
 Comox United Church,
250 Beach Drive, Comox
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FOM Drum & Percussion Class | 1–3 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Guitar Jam for Beginners with Bill Heintz | 2:30–3:30 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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FOM Learn Ukulele | 3:30–4:15 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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FOM The Ukulelians | 4:30–6 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Swang Thang! | 5–8 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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The New Jam | 5–8 pm
 ANAF Unit 302,
9831 Fourth Street, Sidney (CRD)
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Tyler James Johnson | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
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Commie Bop Open Mic with PinDN & Wes Carroll | 6:45–10 pm
 The Mint Restaurant,
1414 Douglas Street, Victoria
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FOM Moodswing Chorus | 7–9 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Firebird Comedy and Music Open Mic | 7 pm
 The Phoenix Bar & Grill,
3944 Quadra Street, Saanich (CRD)
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Tuesday Country/Folk Open Mic | 7–10 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
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WS Tuesdays Open Jam | 7 pm
 The Whistle Stop Neighbourhood Pub,
2355 Mansfield Drive, Courtenay
♩
The Bergmann Duo | 7:30 pm
 The Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
♩
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
♩
Max MacKrill | 8:30–11:30 pm
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria
♩
Cristoph | 10 pm–2 am
 The Upstairs Cabaret,
15 Bastion Square, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for WEDNESDAY October 
♩
FOM Beginner Band | 11 am–Noon
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Skills Band | Noon–1 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Jazz Combo | 1:30–3:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Recovery Rock Band | 5–7 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Open Mic Wednesday | 5 pm
 Gladstone Brewing Company,
244 Fourth Street, Courtenay
♩
The Loft 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
♩
Laura Kelsey | 6–8 pm
 The Nanoose Bay Café,
3521 Dolphin Drive, Nanoose Bay
♩
Luke Blu Guthrie & Matt Menard | 6–8 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
♩
Cam Boyce | 6 pm
 Beach Fire Brewing Company,
594 11th Avenue, Campbell River
♩
Goldfinch Open Mic | 6:30–8:30 pm
 The Goldfinch Arts & Culture Centre,
170 Goldfinch Road, Colwood
♩
The Don Leppard Big Band | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
♩
Wednesdays Sidney Acoustic Jam | 7–9 pm
 The SHOAL Activity Centre,
10030 Resthaven Drive, Sidney (CRD)
♩
Guy Davis | 7:30 pm
 The Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
♩
Too Many Zooz | 7:30–11:30 pm
 Clayoquot Sound Theatre,
380 Campbell Street, Tofino
♩
Luke Combs UK Tribute | 7:30 pm
 The Tidemark Theatre,
1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River
♩
The Vanity Project | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
Blue Rodeo | 8 pm
 Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre,
1925 Blanshard Street, Victoria
♩
Bob Joseph | 8 pm
 Gladstone Brewing Company,
244 Fourth Street, Courtenay
♩
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


Live Music Events (Mostly) for THURSDAY October 
♩
FOM The Eclectics | 11 am–12:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Fundamentals | 1–3 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
The C&A Thursday Open Mic | 5–8 pm
 The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub,
6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay
♩
Casey Ryder | 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
♩
FOM Community Concert: The FOM Rock Band | 6–6:45 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Crown Of Madness • Nameless King •
 • Omnesia • Decryptor | 6–10 pm
 The Globe Live Studio,
25 Front Street, Nanaimo
♩
Lighthouse Thursdays 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
♩
White Sails Second Thursdays Open Mic Night | 6:30–9:30 pm
 White Sails Brewing,
1125 Comox Road, Nanaimo
♩
Greg Wells | 6:30–9:30 pm
 The Riptide Marine Pub,
1340 Island Highway, Campbell River
♩
SO Thursdays Open Mic | 7–late
 Sooke Oceanside Brewery,
5871 Sooke Road, Sooke (CRD)
♩
Ora Cogan | 7–11 pm
 Cinderbloc Studios,
602-D Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt (CRD)
♩
The Blue Hearts | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
♩
Kandle | 7–11 pm
 The Lucky Bar,
517 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Orchestra | 7–8:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Anneda | 7–9 pm
 Mary’s Bleue Moon Café,
9535 Canora Road, Sidney (CRD)
♩
Open Mic ♦ CaHoots | 7 pm
 Deep Cove Folk Club,
10990 West Saanich Road, Deep Cove
♩♩♩
Thursdays Open Mic with Hownd | 7 pm
 Moby’s Pub,
124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
♩♩♩
The Surf Thursdays Open Mic | 7–11 pm
 The Surf Lodge & Pub,
885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island
♩
Reverberation Song Circle | 7–8:30 pm
 Creekside Concerts,
2792 Penrith Avenue, Cumberland
♩
Loghouse Thursdays Open Mic | 7:30–9:30 pm
 The Loghouse Pub,
2323 Millstream Avenue, Langford (CRD)
♩♩♩
Open Mic with Sarah Morris | 7:30–11 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
Kate MacColl | 7:30 pm
 The Duncan Showroom,
133 Station Street, Duncan
♩
Guy Davis | 7:30 pm
 The Cowichan Performing Arts Centre,
2687 James Street, Duncan
♩
Harry Siegel & the Tyrants of Jazz | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
Too Many Zooz | 8 pm–12 am
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Blue Rodeo | 8 pm
 Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre,
1925 Blanshard 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
♩
Too Many Zooz | 9 pm
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
The Pick Ups | 10 pm–close
 Darcy’s Downtown Pub,
1127 Wharf Street, Victoria
♩
Adam Baldwin | 10 pm–2 am
 Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre,
1925 Blanshard Street, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for FRIDAY October 
♩
FOM Haywires | 1:30–3:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Minds At Work | 3:30–5:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Gina Hosie | 4–7 pm
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
♩
“Sunday Services Repertoire”
 for instrumentalists and singers | 5–6:15 pm
The James Bay United Church, 511 Michigan Street, Victoria
♩
Ben Jackson | 5:30–8:30 pm
 SoCal Restaurant & Lounge,
2231 South Island Highway, Campbell River
♩
Tyler James Johnson | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
♩
Frances Hope | 6–8:30 pm
 The Coda: Bar Stage,
751 View Street, Victoria
♩
The Boneyard Babes | 6:30–8:30 pm
 The Spiral Café,
418 Craigflower Road, Victoria
♩
K House & The Housemates | 6:30–9 pm
 Caffè Fantastico,
965 Kings Road, Victoria
♩
Julie Corrigan | 7–11 pm
 Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa,
1999 Country Club Way, Langford (CRD)
♩
Serious Open Mic Fridays | 7–9 pm
 Serious Coffee,
2401G Millstream Road, Langford (CRD)
♩
Tom Morrissey | 7–10 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
♩
The Maureen Washington Quartet | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
♩
Nicotine Dolls | 7–11 pm
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Rattleshake | 7–11 pm
 Wheelies Motorcycles & Pub,
2620 Rock Bay Avenue, Victoria
♩
DANCE: Top Guns| 7–10 pm
 ANAF Unit 302,
9831 Fourth Street, Sidney (CRD)
♩
Turnip the Beet | 7–11 pm
 The Eagle Lounge FOE #2546,
2965 Boys Road, Duncan
♩
Ora Cogan | 7–11 pm
 The Masonic Hall,
2687 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland
♩
Blackfish | 7:30 pm
 Emporia (formerly Darcy’s Pub Westshore),
737 Goldstream Avenue, Langford
♩
The Lee Boys | 7:30–10 pm
 First Church of Christ Scientist,
1205 Pandora Avenue, Victoria
♩
Knife Manual • Isolastics • Hit the Deck | 7:30–11 pm
 The Paul Phillips Hall,
1923 Fernwood Road, Victoria
♩♩♩
The Kathy Stack Trio | 7–9 pm
 Woodley’s at Harbour House Hotel,
121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
The Haven | 7:30 pm
 The Brentwood Bay Village Empourium,
7103 West Saanich Road, Brentwood Bay
♩
The Legacy of Lightfoot | 7:30 pm
 The Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
♩
Open Mic ♦ CaHoots | 7:30 pm
 Deep Cove Folk Club,
10990 West Saanich Road, Deep Cove
♩
Bob Wilson | 7:30–9:30 pm
 Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel,
4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni
♩
Too Many Zooz | 7:30–9:30 pm
 The Sid Williams Theatre,
442 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay
♩
Michael Sicoly & Mick Dalla-Vee:
the Music of Simon & Garfunkel | 7:30 pm
The Tidemark Theatre, 1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River
♩
JaimesonRhy | 8 pm–12 am
 Beacon Brewing,
9829 Third Street, Sidney (CRD)
♩
Rebel Heart | 8–11:30 pm
 The Rainbow Room,
3752 Fourth Avenue, Port Alberni
♩
One Leg One Eye • Ora Cogan & the Nausea • Severed Arm | 8 pm
 The Masonic Hall,
2687 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland
♩
The John Lee Trio | 9–11 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
Wic Whitney | 9 pm–1 am
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
The Pickups | 9 pm–12:30 am
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
♩
The Brittany Dale Band | 9 pm–12:30 am
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria
♩
DJs Taffi Louis • Clark • Deko-Ze | 9 pm–2 am
 The Downbeat Event Centre,
1325 Government Street, Victoria
♩
Nicotine Dolls | 9 pm
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Whiskey Business | 9 pm–2 am
 The Duke Saloon,
502 Discovery Street, Victoria
♩
Bijoux du Bayou | 9–10 pm
 The Oaks Restaurant & Grill,
2250 Oak Bay Avenue, Oak Bay (CRD)
♩
Halloween Emo Night: The Black Parade DJs | 10 pm
 Studio 919 (formerly Wicket Hall),
919 Douglas Street, Victoria
♩
OK Charlie | 10 pm–close
 Darcy’s Downtown Pub,
1127 Wharf Street, Victoria
♩
A DJ-Run DANCE Party | 10 pm–2 am
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Wbbl & PK Funk | 10 pm
 The Waverley Hotel,
2692 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland


Live Music Events (Mostly) for SATURDAY October 
♩
Banquo Folk Ensemble | 2 pm
 St. Andrews’s Anglican Church,
9691 Fourth Street, Sidney (CRD)
♩
Saturdays Open Jam | 2–6 pm
 The Eagle Lounge,
2965 Boys Road, Duncan
♩
The Two-Man Wheaty Band | 3–6 pm
 The Wheatsheaf Pub,
1866 Cedar Road, Cedar
♩
Open Jam with Johnny & co | 4–7 pm
 The Eagle’s Lounge (FOE #3097),
1999 14th Avenue, Campbell River
♩
The FBI Saturday Jam hosted by the Raven Lunatics | 4:30–7:30 pm
 The Fanny Bay Inn,
7480 Island Highway South, Fanny Bay
♩
Witch Perfect | 5–9 pm
 The McPherson Playhouse,
3 Centennial Square, Victoria
♩
Ian Skorscha | 5–8 pm
 The Arise Café,
10375 Youbou Road, Youbou
♩
Paul Kannaspuro | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
♩
Get Back Unplugged | 6–10 pm
 The Upstairs Lounge at the Oak Bay Recreation Centre,
1975 Bee Street, Oak Bay (CRD)
♩
Ryder Bachman | 6 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
♩
Shannon Sargent & Philip Seagram | 6:30–9 pm
 Caffè Fantastico,
965 Kings Road, Victoria
♩
The LoveCats | 7–10 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
♩
The Adonis Puentes Quintet | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
♩
Severed Arm • FuzzPeddler • Butchered Gardens | 7 pm
 Wheelies Motorcycles & Pub,
2620 Rock Bay Avenue, Victoria
♩♩♩
Rose McGuire with Jim & Grace | 7–9 pm
 Woodley’s at Harbour House Hotel,
121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
The Melanie Johnson Trio | 7–11 pm
 Minnoz Restaurant & Lounge at the Coast Bastion Hotel,
11 Bastion Street, Nanaimo
♩
Occultivators of Doom • Razorvoice • Out Alive | 7–11 pm
 The Globe Live Studio,
25 Front Street, Nanaimo
♩
Repugnant Scum • Fire to the Grave • The 21st Agenda | 7–11 pm
 The Terminal Bar,
63 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Ora Cogan | 7–11 pm
 The Vault Café,
499 Wallace Street, Nanaimo
♩
Open Mic with David Gauci | 7 pm
 Beach Fire Brewing Company,
594 11th Avenue, Campbell River
♩
Jeff Bruce | 7–10 pm
 Painter’s Lodge,
1625 McDonald Road, Campbell River
♩
Sour Bear | 7:30 pm
 Christie’s Carriage House Pub,
1739 Fort Street, Victoria
♩
Get Back Unplugged | 7:30–9:30 pm
 Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre,
1975 Bee Street, Victoria
♩
Open Mic ♦ Kevin Dempsey | 7:30–10 pm
 Deep Cove Folk Club,
10990 West Saanich Road, Deep Cove
♩
The Porter Brothers with The Rad Mammals | 7:30 pm
 The Duncan Showroom,
133 Station Street, Duncan
♩
Open Mic ♦ House Band: Brian Horwitz, Claire Coupland, Tad Ruszel
 & Jay Stevens with one-song soloists: Lennon McGillivray •
 • Paul Ruszel • Dennis Atkins • Ed & Gail Peekeekoot •
 • Brent Hutchinson • Chuck McCandless • Totally Jode | 7:30 pm
The Cowichan Folk Guild, 246 Ingram Street, Duncan
♩
Michael Sicoly & Mick Dalla-Vee:
the Music of Simon & Garfunkel | 7:30 pm
The Sid Williams Theatre, 442 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay
♩
A Garth Brooks Tribute | 7:30 pm
 The Tidemark Theatre,
1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River
♩
MaryJane’s Last Dance | 8–11 pm
 The Sooke Community Hall,
2037 Shields Road, Sooke (CRD)
♩
Open Mic Saturdays | 9 pm–midnight
 The Rack Saanich,
1550 Cedar Hill X Road, Saanich (CRD)
♩
Lian | 8–9 pm
 Recovery House: Bassment,
3281 Harriet Road, Saanich (CRD)
♩
Stefan | 8–9 pm
 Recovery House: Upstairs,
3281 Harriet Road, Saanich (CRD)
♩
Fast Forward | 8–10 pm
 Mary’s Bleue Moon Café,
9535 Canora Road, Sidney (CRD)
♩♩♩
The Wandering Wolves | 8–11 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
♩♩♩
The Lee Boys | 8 pm
 The Rogue Folk Club,
3214 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver
♩
The Soul Shakers | 8–10:30 pm
 The Osborne Bay Pub,
1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton
♩
Fire to the Grave • The 21st Agenda •
 • Yegg • Repugnant Scum | 8 pm
The Terminal Bar, 63 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Too Many Zooz | 8 pm–12 am
 The Errington Hall,
1390 Errington Road, Errington
♩
The Henry Baker 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
♩
BiPolar Bear | 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
♩
Pablo Cárdenas & the West Coast Cuban Orchestra | 9 pm–12 am
 Encore (formerly the Victoria Event Centre),
1415 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
Lucy Ford | 9–10 pm
 Recovery House: Bassment,
3281 Harriet Road, Saanich (CRD)
♩
Billiam | 9–10 pm
 Recovery House: Upstairs,
3281 Harriet Road, Saanich (CRD)
♩♩♩
Muchachos Band | 9 pm–midnight
 Moby’s Pub,
124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
♩♩♩
Lavande • ZerØ • Vampire Fire Show •
 • Khan • AppleCat • Mirage | 9 pm–2 am
Beaver Point Hall, 1361 Beaver Point Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
Limo Wreck | 9–11:30 pm
 The Rainbow Room,
3752 Fourth Avenue, Port Alberni
♩
The Big D’s | 9 pm–2 am
 The Mex Pub,
1003 Ryan Road, Courtenay
♩
Afro-Dancehall with DJs Lala & Suar3z | 10 pm
 The Lucky Bar,
517 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Ineffable | 10–11 pm
 Recovery House: Bassment,
3281 Harriet Road, Saanich (CRD)
♩
Skye Phoenix | 10–11 pm
 Recovery House: Upstairs,
3281 Harriet Road, Saanich (CRD)
♩
Wbbl (UK) • The Fruit Stand • Selayne | 10 pm–2 am
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Fuerza Vallenata • DJ Alex King | 10:30 pm–2 am
 The Coda,
751 View Street, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for SUNDAY October 
♩
Jazz Brunch with the Tony Genge Trio | 11 am–Noon
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
VGM Jam Session 4: video game music arrangements | 12–3 pm
 The Coda: Bar Stage,
751 View Street, Victoria
♩
Jazz Brunch with the Tony Genge Trio | 1–2 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩♩♩
Edgar Hann | 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
♩
Kristy Vanden | 1 pm
 Beach Fire Brewing Company,
594 11th Avenue, Campbell River
♩
A Memorial Music Jam for Charlie K | 2–5 pm
 The Shirley Community Hall,
2795 Sheringham Point Road, Shirley (CRD)
♩♩♩
Sundays Open Mic | 2–5 pm
 Salt Spring Brewing,
270 Furness Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
The Queen’s Blues Jam | 2–7 pm
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Craig Markuc & Friends | 2 pm
 Gladstone Brewing Company,
244 Fourth Street, Courtenay
♩
Sundays Acoustic Jam at the 137 | 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
♩
Angela Cheng with the Victoria Symphony | 2:30 pm
 The Farquhar Auditorium,
3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria
♩
Open Jam with Rainshadow Al | 3–7 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
♩♩♩
Jazz Jam with the Frank Allen Band | 3–6 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
Sundays Blues Jam at the Queen’s | 3–7 pm
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
2nd Sundays Acoustic Jams | 3:30–6:30 pm
 The Mill Bay Community Hall,
1035 Shawnigan Lake-Mill Bay Road, Mill Bay
♩
Sunday Blues Jam hosted by the Deb Rhymer Band | 4–7:30 pm
 Studio 919 (formerly Wicket Hall),
919 Douglas Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Guitar | 4–5:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent 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 Bay
♩
Sundays Jam | 4–7 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
♩
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, James Bay (CRD)
♩
Scott McGill | 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
♩
Kelby MacNayr’s Tiny Rhythm Kings | 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 ♦ The Banquo Folk Ensemble | 7:30–10 pm ☆
 Norway House,
1110 Hillside Avenue, Victoria
♩
Weekly Open Jam with Unkle Whiskey | 8–10 pm
 Big Bad John’s,
919 Douglas Street, Victoria
♩
The Avram Devon McCagherty Trio | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
Courtney Standing & Landen Shaw | 8:30–11:30 pm
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
♩
The Sugar Soul Band | 9 pm–12:30 am
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria
♩
DJs Mark Williams • Audiofox • Carlo Lio | 9 pm–2 am
 The Downbeat Event Centre,
1325 Government Street, Victoria
♩
The Peachy Sundays | 10 pm–close
 Darcy’s Downtown Pub,
1127 Wharf Street, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for MONDAY October 
♩
The Mondays Jam in Rotary Hall | 2:30–4:30 pm
 Florence Filberg Centre,
411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay
♩
Baxter & Lee | 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
♩
Kelly Fawcett | 6:30–9 pm
 Heron Rock Bistro,
435 Simcoe Street, James Bay (CRD)
♩
Paul Kannaspuro | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
♩
Gigi’s 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
♩
Pete’s Mondays Variety Show Open Mic | 6:30 pm
 Herald Street Brew Works,
506 Herald Street, Victoria
♩
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 October 
♩
FOM Drum & Percussion Class | 1–3 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩♩♩
Guitar Jam for Beginners with Bill Heintz | 2:30–3:30 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
♩
FOM Learn Ukulele | 3:30–4:15 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
FOM The Ukulelians | 4:30–6 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Dave Harris & Friends | 5–8 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 (CRD)
♩
Scott McGill | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
♩
The Teighan Couch Quartet | 7–8:30 pm
 Tuesday Night Jazz at the James Bay United Church,
511 Michigan Street, James Bay (CRD)
♩
FOM Moodswing Chorus | 7–9 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Firebird Comedy and Music Open Mic | 7 pm
 The Phoenix Bar & Grill,
3944 Quadra Street, Saanich (CRD)
♩♩♩
Tuesday Country/Folk Open Mic | 7–10 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
WS Tuesdays Open Jam | 7 pm
 The Whistle Stop Neighbourhood Pub,
2355 Mansfield Drive, Courtenay
♩
The Dallas Smith Band | 7:30 pm
 The Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
♩♩♩
Angela Cheng | 7:30–9:30 pm
 ArtSpring Theatre,
100 Jackson Avenue, Salt Spring Island
♩
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

Live Music Events (Mostly) for WEDNESDAY October 
♩
FOM Beginner Band | 11 am–Noon
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Skills Band | Noon–1 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Jazz Combo | 1:30–3:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Jesse Epp & Bob Wilson | 2 pm
 The McMillan Arts Centre,
133 McMillan Street, Parksville
♩
FOM Recovery Rock Band | 5–7 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
The Loft Wednesday Night Jam | 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
♩
Victoria Jazz Jam Session with the Tom Vickery Trio | 6–8:30 pm
 The Coda: Bar Stage,
751 View Street, Victoria
♩
Luke Blu Guthrie & Matt Menard | 6–8 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
♩
Brad Lovell | 6 pm
 Beach Fire Brewing Company,
594 11th Avenue, Campbell River
♩
Wednesdays Sidney Acoustic Jam | 7–9 pm
 The SHOAL Activity Centre,
10030 Resthaven Drive, Sidney (CRD)
♩
The Dallas Smith Band | 7:30 pm
 The McPherson Playhouse,
3 Centennial Square, Victoria
♩
Tiny Habits • Sarah McLachlan | 7:30 pm
 Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre,
1925 Blanshard Street, Victoria
♩
Rube & Rake | 7:30–9:30 pm
 Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel,
4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni
♩
The Vanity Project | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
Hisynth Cheetah | 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 October 
♩
FOM The Eclectics | 11 am–12:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Fundamentals | 1–3 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
The C&A Thursday Open Mic | 5–8 pm
 The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub,
6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay
♩
Morien Jones | 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
♩
FOM Community Concert: The FOM Orchestra | 6–6:45 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Yukon Blonde with Janky Bungag | 6–11 pm
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Lighthouse Thursdays 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
♩
Luke Blu Guthrie | 6 pm
 Beach Fire Brewing Company,
594 11th Avenue, Campbell River
♩
The Thursdays Big Open Mic | 6:30–8:30 pm
 The Spiral Café,
418 Craigflower Road, Victoria
♩
Marshall Forsythe | 6:30–9:30 pm
 The Riptide Marine Pub,
1340 Island Highway, Campbell River
♩
SO Thursdays Open Mic | 7–late
 Sooke Oceanside Brewery,
5871 Sooke Road, Sooke (CRD)
♩
The Chuckleberries | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
♩
Rube & Rake | 7–9 pm
 The Mint Restaurant,
1414 Douglas Street, Victoria
♩
Ryan Harris with Kieran Campbell | 7–11 pm
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Orchestra | 7–8:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Talent Show Social | 7 pm
 The Roxy Theater,
2657 Quadra Street, Victoria
♩
RockYacht | 7–9 pm
 Mary’s Bleue Moon Café,
9535 Canora Road, Sidney (CRD)
♩♩♩
Thursdays Open Mic with Hownd | 7 pm
 Moby’s Pub,
124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
Boogie by the Bay Blues & Classic Rock Jam | 7–10 pm
 The Osborne Bay Pub,
1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton
♩♩♩
The Surf Thursdays Open Mic | 7–11 pm
 The Surf Lodge & Pub,
885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island
♩
Loghouse Thursdays Open Mic | 7:30–9:30 pm
 The Loghouse Pub,
2323 Millstream Avenue, Langford (CRD)
♩♩♩
Open Mic with Edgar & Em | 7:30–11 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
In the round: Paul Black, Rockland Moran, Don Wilke | 7:30 pm
 The Duncan Showroom,
133 Station Street, Duncan
♩
Surf Hat | 7:30–11:30 pm
 Clayoquot Sound Theatre,
380 Campbell Street, Tofino
♩
The Dallas Smith Band | 7:30 pm
 The Tidemark Theatre,
1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River
♩
The Flying Saucers | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
CunninLynguists | 8 pm–12 am
 The Lucky Bar,
517 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Ryan Harris | 8 pm
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Yukon Blonde | 8 pm–12 am
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Tebby & the Heavy | 8 pm–12 am
 The Vault Café,
499 Wallace 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 Pick Ups | 10 pm–close
 Darcy’s Downtown Pub,
1127 Wharf Street, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for FRIDAY October 
♩
Alick Mal | 12–1 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
♩♩♩
Ken Lunn | 1–3 pm
 The Waterfront Country Café,
149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
FOM Haywires | 1:30–3:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Minds At Work | 3:30–5:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Vinyl Wave | 4–7 pm
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
♩♩♩
Memorial Music Night for Frank Sehr | 4 pm
 The Surf Lodge & Pub,
885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island
♩
“Sunday Services Repertoire”
 for instrumentalists and singers | 5–6:15 pm
The James Bay United Church, 511 Michigan Street, James Bay (CRD)
♩
Саm Boyce | 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
♩
Carmine • Alcoves • Holly Beck • Dysaynia | 6 pm
 Studio 919 (formerly Wicket Hall),
919 Douglas Street, Victoria
♩
Valley Porno People with A Recorded Dawn • Numbskull | 6–8:30 pm
 The Coda: Bar Stage,
751 View Street, Victoria
♩
The Ralph Barrat Trio | 6 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
♩♩♩
Gary & Bonita with Ken Lertzman | 6:30 pm
Denman Island Guesthouse at Earth Club Factory,
3806 Denman Road, Denman Island
♩
Serious Open Mic Fridays | 7–9 pm
 Serious Coffee,
2401G Millstream Road, Langford (CRD)
♩
The Groove Diggers | 7–10 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
♩
The Beautiful Maladies | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
♩
The Hounds of Cuchulain | 7–9 pm
 The Oaks Restaurant & Grill,
2250 Oak Bay Avenue, Oak Bay (CRD)
♩
DANCE: Gary Preston & the KingmiXers | 7–10 pm
 ANAF Unit 302,
9831 Fourth Street, Sidney (CRD)
♩♩♩
The Boneyard Babes | 7–9 pm
 Woodley’s at Harbour House Hotel,
121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
3rd Fridays South Cowichan Music Jam | 7–11 pm
 Malahat Legion 134,
1625 Shawnigan-Mill Bay Road, Shawnigan Lake
♩
The Dallas Smith Band | 7–11 pm
 Cowichan Performing Arts Centre,
2687 James Street, Duncan
♩
Fridays Open Jam | 7–11 pm
 The Eagle Lounge FOE 2546,
2965 Boys Road, Duncan
♩
Open Mic • Tavis Weir & Michelle Mitschrich | 7 pm
 Nanaimo Folk Connection,
2174 Departure Bay Road, Nanaimo
♩
The Liberty Gospel Quartet | 7–11 pm
 St. George’s United Church,
505 6th Street, Courtenay
♩
Julie Corrigan | 7:30–11:30 pm
 Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa,
1999 Country Club Way, Langford (CRD)
♩
Brewtality • Isolated Earthlings • Dayglo Abortions | 7:30 pm
 The Phoenix Bar & Grill,
3952 Quadra Street, Victoria
♩
A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath | 7:30 pm
 The Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
♩
Hill 60 | 7:30 pm
 The Duncan Showroom,
133 Station Street, Duncan
♩
The Dallas Smith Band | 7:30 pm
 The Cowichan Performing Arts Centre,
2687 James Street, Duncan
♩
Rube & Rake | 7:30 pm
 The Abbey Studio,
2687 Penrith Avenue, Cumberland
♩
Blow at High Dough | 7:30 pm
 The Tidemark Theatre,
1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River
♩
High School Open Mic | 7:30 pm
 The Willow Point Lions Community Hall,
2165 South Island Highway, Campbell River
♩
Tebby & the Heavy | 8 pm–12 am
 Wheelies Motorcycles & Pub,
2620 Rock Bay Avenue, Victoria
♩
Tom Morrissey, Jeremy Walsh & Ian Todd | 8 pm
 The Lion Rampant Pub,
6777 Beaumont Avenue, Maple Bay
♩
Rube & Rake | 8 pm–12 am
 The Abbey Studio,
2687 Penrith Avenue, Cumberland
♩
Yukon Blonde | 8 pm–12 am
 The Waverley Hotel,
2692 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland
♩
Canadian Beauty | 9 pm–1 am
 The Coda: Main Stage,
751 View Street, Victoria
♩
PowerTools | 9–11 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
Barrie Sorensen & Cities | 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
♩
Whiskey Business | 9 pm–2 am
 The Duke Saloon,
502 Discovery Street, Victoria
♩
Halloween Party: The Dark Eighties DJs | 9 pm–2 am
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Red Giant | 9 pm
 The Old City Station Pub,
150 Skinner Street, Nanaimo
♩
Surf Hat with Blush | 9:30–1:30 am
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Cristoph | 10 pm–2 am
 The Upstairs Cabaret,
15 Bastion Square, Victoria
♩
OK Charlie | 10 pm–close
 Darcy’s Downtown Pub,
1127 Wharf Street, Victoria
♩
Surf Hat | 10 pm–2 am
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Yukon Blonde | 10–11:45 pm
 The Waverley Hotel,
2692 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland
♩
Dark Eighties - DJs | 10:30 pm–2 am
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for SATURDAY October 
♩
Celtic Jam | 1–4 pm
 ANAF Unit 302,
9831 Fourth Street, Sidney (CRD)
♩♩♩
Adam & OJ | 1–3 pm
 The Waterfront Country Café,
149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
Saturdays Open Jam | 2–6 pm
 The Eagle Lounge,
2965 Boys Road, Duncan
♩
Landlubber 1st & 3rd Saturdays Open Mic | 2–6 pm
 The Landlubber Pub,
2220 Bowen Road, Unit 10, Nanaimo
♩
Turnip The Beet | 3–6 pm
 Legion Branch 172,
622 Admirals Road, Esquimalt (CRD)
♩
WoodStick | 4–7 pm
 The Eagle’s Lounge (FOE #3097),
1999 14th Avenue, Campbell River
♩
The FBI Saturday Jam | 4:30–7:30 pm
 The Fanny Bay Inn,
7480 Island Highway South, Fanny Bay
♩
John Lee, Kosma Busheikin & Graham Villette | 5:30–7:30 pm
 The Lighthouse Bistro & Pub,
40 Anchor Way, Nanaimo
♩
Nautical Disaster | 6–10 pm
 The Sooke Community Hall,
2037 Shields Road, Sooke (CRD)
♩
Max Mackrill | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
♩
Caleb Hart & Friends | 6–10 pm
 The Coda,
751 View Street, Victoria
♩♩♩
The Legendary Silvatones • Speedy Torpedo • Joanna & Friends • 
 • Duncan Rozz • Patti Swan with Tomas Jackson • Gary Holmes • 
 • Liz Wallinger • Wild Little Spring • Benjamin Sams • 
 • Almost Music • Rockson Road • Two Sailing Wait | 6–11 pm
The Gabriola Community Hall, 2200 South Road, Gabriola Island
♩
The Will Coles Band | 6–9 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
♩
Fantastico Jazz Jam | 6:45–9 pm
 Caffè Fantastico,
965 Kings Road, Victoria
♩
Open Mic ♦ Rube & Rake | 7–9:30 pm
 The Sooke Folk Music Society,
1962 Murray Road, Sooke (CRD)
♩
The Helen Davies Band | 7–10 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
♩
Pop Punk Halloween: Poor Sport •
 • Danger Box • Razorvoice • Joel Cossette | 7 pm
634 Humboldt Street, Victoria
♩
The David Santana Quartet | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
♩
Elli Hart • JaimesonRhy • Eddy Olson Jr | 7–11 pm
 Encore (formerly the Victoria Event Centre),
1415 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
Surf Hat | 7–10:30 pm
 The Upstairs Cabaret,
15 Bastion Square, Victoria
♩
DANCE: Victoria Beauchesne with Na Mara | 7–10 pm
 Victoria Contra Dance, Saint Matthias Hall,
600 Richmond Avenue, Victoria
♩♩♩
Whiskey Creek | 7–9 pm
 Woodley’s at Harbour House Hotel,
121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
Tom Morrissey & Ian Todd | 7 pm
 Deadhead Brewery,
5301 Chaster Road, Duncan
♩
Sarah Leo | 7–9 pm
 Minnoz Restaurant & Lounge,
11 Bastion Street, Nanaimo
♩ 
Open Mic ♦ Tabis Weir | 7–10 pm
 The Nanaimo Folk Connection,
2174 Departure Bay Road, Nanaimo
♩
The JW Jones Band | 7–9 pm
 Knox United Church,
345 Pym Street, Parksville
♩
The Andrew Greenwood Quartet plays Gershwin | 7–9 pm
 The Parksville Museum,
1245 East Island Highway, Parksville
♩
Daniel Wesley & the Boom Booms | 7–11 pm
 The Waverley Hotel,
2692 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland
♩
The Dallas Smith Band | 7–11 pm
 The Sid Williams Theatre,
442 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay
♩
Ryder Bachman | 7–10 pm
 Painter’s Lodge,
1625 McDonald Road, Campbell River
♩
Teenage Art Scene | 7:30–11:30 pm
 Fort Tectoria,
777 Fort Street, Victoria
♩
Mary Murphy with Paul Keim | 7:30 pm
 The Duncan Showroom,
133 Station Street, Duncan
♩
U4 - a U2 Tribute Concert | 7:30–9:30 pm
 Cowichan Performing Arts Centre,
2687 James Street, Duncan
♩
Stewart Goodyear & the Vancouver Island Symphony | 7:30–9:30 pm
 The Port Theatre,
125 Front Street, Nanaimo
♩
A Group of Guys | 7:30 pm
 Unity Church,
2020 Estevan Road, Nanaimo
♩
Yukon Blonde | 8 pm–12 am
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Surf Hat with Blush | 8 pm–12 am
 The Upstairs Cabaret,
15 Bastion Square, Victoria
♩
Gano • Matterson • Sylvain P • Skez •
 • DJdafoe • Daniele Mereu | 8 pm–2 am
Swans Brewery & Pub, 1601 Store Street, Victoria
♩
The Hounds of Cuchulain | 8–10 pm
 Mary’s Bleue Moon Café,
9535 Canora Road, Sidney (CRD)
♩♩♩
The Boneyard Babes | 8–11 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
The Pretzel Logic Orchestra | 8–10:30 pm
 The Osborne Bay Pub,
1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton
♩
Snak the Ripper | 8 pm–12 am
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
The OffCutz | 8–11 pm
 The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub,
6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay
♩
3rd Saturdays Open Mic at the 28 | 8–11 pm
 Legion Branch 28,
2770 Dunsmuir Avenue, Courtenay
♩
Torrefy • Fully Crazed • Heliophage | 8:30 pm
 The Phoenix Bar & Grill,
3952 Quadra Street, Victoria
♩♩♩
Candace Aldridge | 8:45 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
♩
Maiden Vancouver | 9 pm–12:30 am
 The Coda: Main Stage,
751 View Street, Victoria
♩
The Capital City Syncopators | 9–11 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
Cities | 9 pm–12:30 am
 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
♩
Yukon Blonde | 9 pm
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates 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, Saanich (CRD)
♩
Jon & Roy | 9 pm–1 am
 Legion Branch 65,
331 Main Street, Tofino
♩
The Boom Booms • Daniel Wesley | 9 pm
 The Waverley Hotel,
2692 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland
♩
Rennie Foster • Christoph Maitland •
 • Formidable Throwdown | 9:30 pm–2 am
The Lucky Bar, 517 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Snak the Ripper | 10 pm–2 am
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo


Live Music Events (Mostly) for SUNDAY October 
♩
Jazz Brunch with the Deerlegs Trio | 11 am–Noon
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
Jazz Brunch with the Deerlegs Trio | 1–2 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩♩♩
Mark Nordine | 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
♩
CaHoots | 1:30–4:30 pm
 Galey Farms,
4150 Blenkinsop Road, Victoria
♩♩♩
Sundays Open Mic | 2–5 pm
 Salt Spring Brewing,
270 Furness Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
The Queen’s Blues Jam | 2–7 pm
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Celtic Cargo Cult | 2–4 pm
 Gladstone Brewing Company,
244 Fourth Street, Courtenay
♩
Sundays Acoustic Jam at the 137 | 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
♩
3rd Sundays South Cowichan Acoustic Jam | 3–7 pm
 The Stu Armour Hall,
1438 Fisher Road, Cobble Hill
♩
The JW Jones Band | 3–7 pm
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Folksdragon Open 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
 Studio 919 (formerly Wicket Hall),
919 Douglas Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Guitar | 4–5:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
The Daniel Howard Quartet: Jazz Evensong | 4–5 pm
 The Church of St. Mary the Virgin,
1701 Elgin Road, Oak Bay (CRD)
♩
The Lighthouse Community Choir | 4–5:30 pm
 St. Paul’s United Church,
2410 Malaview Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
♩
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 Bay
♩
Sundays Jam | 4–7 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
♩
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, James Bay (CRD)
♩
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
♩
The Island Big Band | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
♩
Rusko | 7 pm
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Sunday Night Kitchen Party Jam | 7–11 pm
 Christie’s Carriage House Pub,
1739 Fort Street, Victoria
♩
The Dallas Smith Band | 7–11 pm
 The Port Theatre,
125 Front Street, Nanaimo
♩
☆ VFMS Open Mic ♦ The Clanna Morna Duo | 7:30–10 pm ☆
 Norway House,
1110 Hillside Avenue, Victoria
♩
Stewart Goodyear with the Vancouver Island Symphony | 7:30 pm
 The Farquhar Auditorium,
3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria
♩
Doug & the Slugs | 7:30 pm
 The Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
♩
The Dallas Smith Band | 7:30–9:30 pm
 The Port Theatre,
125 Front Street, Nanaimo
♩
Weekly Open Jam with Unkle Whiskey | 8–10 pm
 Big Bad John’s,
919 Douglas Street, 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
♩
The Sugar Soul Band | 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 October 
♩
The Mondays Jam in Rotary Hall | 2:30–4:30 pm
 Florence Filberg Centre,
411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay
♩
Bill Francis | 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
♩
Lee Worden | 6:30–9 pm
 Heron Rock Bistro,
435 Simcoe Street, James Bay (CRD)
♩
Paul Kannaspuro | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
♩
Gigi’s 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
♩
Pete’s Mondays Variety Show Open Mic | 6:30 pm
 Herald Street Brew Works,
506 Herald Street, Victoria
♩
Dana Sipos | 6:30–10:30 pm
 The Vic Theatre,
808 Douglas Street, Victoria
♩
Pacific Opera Victoria: Turn of the Screw - Final Dress Rehearsal | 7 pm
 The Royal Theatre,
805 Broughton Street, Victoria
♩
Stephanie Cadman Workshop: Irish Music Jam | 7–8:30 pm
 VCM Metro Studio Theatre,
900 Johnson 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
♩
Mondays Invitational Jazz Jam | 8:30 pm
 The Nanaimo BAR,
75 Front Street, Nanaimo


Live Music Events (Mostly) for TUESDAY October 
♩
FOM Drum & Percussion Class | 1–3 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩♩♩
Guitar Jam for Beginners with Bill Heintz | 2:30–3:30 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
♩
FOM Learn Ukulele | 3:30–4:15 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
FOM The Ukulelians | 4:30–6 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Swang Thang! | 5–8 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
♩
The Avram McCagherty Trio | 7–8:30 pm
 Tuesday Night Jazz at the James Bay United Church,
511 Michigan Street, James Bay (CRD)
♩
FOM Moodswing Chorus | 7–9 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Firebird Comedy and Music Open Mic | 7 pm
 The Phoenix Bar & Grill,
3944 Quadra Street, Saanich (CRD)
♩♩♩
Tuesday Country/Folk Open Mic | 7–10 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
WS Tuesdays Open Jam | 7 pm
 The Whistle Stop Neighbourhood Pub,
2355 Mansfield Drive, Courtenay
♩
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
♩
Baths with Ivy Hollivana | 8 pm
 The Lucky Bar,
517 Yates 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


Live Music Events (Mostly) for WEDNESDAY October 
♩
FOM Beginner Band | 11 am–Noon
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Skills Band | Noon–1 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Jazz Combo | 1:30–3:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
The Awakeneers | 2–6 pm
 The Bethlehem Centre,
2371 Arbot Road, Nanaimo
♩
VCM: Margaret Abbott Memorial English Art Song Competition | 5–9 pm
 The Alix Goolden Performance Hall,
900 Johnson Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Recovery Rock Band | 5–7 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Open Mic Wednesday | 5 pm
 Gladstone Brewing Company,
244 Fourth Street, Courtenay
♩
The Loft Wednesday Night Jam | 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
♩
Luke Blu Guthrie & Matt Menard | 6–8 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
♩
Jason Meadowcroft | 6 pm
 Beach Fire Brewing Company,
594 11th Avenue, Campbell River
♩
Goldfinch Open Mic | 6:30–8:30 pm
 The Goldfinch Arts & Culture Centre,
170 Goldfinch Road, Colwood
♩
Pacific Opera Victoria: Turn of the Screw | 7 pm
 The Royal Theatre,
805 Broughton Street, Victoria
♩
Louise Rose | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
♩
Benjamin Louwersheimer: A Cello Recital | 7 pm
 The United Commons,
932 Balmoral Road, Victoria
♩
Wednesdays Sidney Acoustic Jam | 7–9 pm
 The SHOAL Activity Centre,
10030 Resthaven Drive, Sidney (CRD)
♩
The Vanity Project | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
Nicole Pederson | 8 pm
 Gladstone Brewing Company,
244 Fourth Street, Courtenay
♩
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


Live Music Events (Mostly) for THURSDAY October 
♩
FOM The Eclectics | 11 am–12:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Faculty & Postsecondary Students
 Thursday Lunch Concert | 12:30–1:30 pm
Robin & Winifred Wood Hall, 900 Johnson Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Fundamentals | 1–3 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩♩♩
Singing for Fun, Singing for Joy | 3:30–4:30 pm
 St. Peter’s Anglican Church Hall,
4703 Canal Road, Pender Island
♩
The C&A Thursday Open Mic | 5–8 pm
 The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub,
6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay
♩
Morien Jones | 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
♩
FOM Community Concert: The FOM Jazz Combo | 6–6:45 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Lighthouse Thursdays 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
♩
Luke Blue Guthrie | 6 pm
 Beach Fire Brewing Company,
594 11th Avenue, Campbell River
♩
The Thursdays Big Open Mic | 6:30–8:30 pm
 The Spiral Café,
418 Craigflower Road, Victoria
♩
Will Black • Ken & Deb • Katrina Tinney | 6:30–11 pm
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
SO Thursdays Open Mic | 7–late
 Sooke Oceanside Brewery,
5871 Sooke Road, Sooke (CRD)
♩
Pacific Opera Victoria: Turn of the Screw | 7 pm
 The Royal Theatre,
805 Broughton Street, Victoria
♩
The Avram McCagherty Trio | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Orchestra | 7–8:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
The Hounds of Cuchulain | 7–9 pm
 Mary’s Bleue Moon Café,
9535 Canora Road, Sidney (CRD)
♩♩♩
Thursdays Open Mic with Hownd | 7 pm
 Moby’s Pub,
124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
♩♩♩
The Surf Thursdays Open Mic | 7–11 pm
 The Surf Lodge & Pub,
885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island
♩
Loghouse Thursdays Open Mic | 7:30–9:30 pm
 The Loghouse Pub,
2323 Millstream Avenue, Langford (CRD)
♩♩♩
Open Mic with Jim Raddysh | 7:30–11 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
Danger Box • Red Lenses • the Grundles | 7:30 pm
 The Duncan Showroom,
133 Station Street, Duncan
♩
Harry Siegel & the Tyrants of Jazz | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
Brayden King | 8–10 pm
 The Duke Saloon,
502 Discovery Street, Victoria
♩
Pranatricks with Brookie Boi & Neavv | 8 pm–12 am
 The Vault Café,
499 Wallace 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 Pick Ups | 10 pm–close
 Darcy’s Downtown Pub,
1127 Wharf Street, Victoria
♩
DJs Anger • Primitive | 10 pm–2 am
 The Downbeat Event Centre,
1325 Government Street, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for FRIDAY October 
♩
Cork & Porcupine | Noon–1 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
♩♩♩
Jack & Lefty | 1–3 pm
 The Waterfront Country Café,
149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
FOM Haywires | 1:30–3:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Minds at Work | 3:30–5:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
♩
Vinyl Wave | 4–7 pm
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
♩
Jason Meadowcroft | 5:30–8:30 pm
 SoCal Restaurant & Lounge,
2231 South Island Highway, Campbell River
♩
Doug Towle | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
♩
Downpour • Elysium | 6–8:30 pm
 The Coda: Bar Stage,
751 View Street, Victoria
♩
October Jazz Jam | 6–8 pm
 The Mex Pub,
1003 Ryan Road, Courtenay
♩
The Real Deal | 6–9 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
♩
Songwriters In The Round:
 Dana Sipos • Patrick de Gabrielle • Murray Fitch | 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
♩
Summer & The House Cats | 6:30–9 pm
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Serious Open Mic Fridays | 7–9 pm
 Serious Coffee,
2401G Millstream Road, Langford (CRD)
♩
ScotoberFest With the Hounds of Cuchulain | 7 pm–Midnight
 The Victoria Scottish Community Centre,
1803 Admirals Road, Victoria
♩
Swang Thang! | 7–10 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
♩
Pacific Opera Victoria: Turn of the Screw | 7 pm
 The Royal Theatre,
805 Broughton Street, Victoria
♩
The Pablo Cardenas Trio | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
♩
Pissed Jeans with Wait/Less | 7–10 pm
 The Upstairs Cabaret,
15 Bastion Square, Victoria
♩
Didirri | 7–11 pm
 Vinyl Envy,
1717 Quadra Street, Victoria
♩
Valley • The Beaches | 7–11 pm
 Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre,
1925 Blanshard Street, Victoria
♩
Rock Yacht | 7–9 pm
 The Oaks Restaurant & Grill,
2250 Oak Bay Avenue, Oak Bay (CRD)
♩
Homecoming - Reunited, a fundraiser | 7 pm
 The Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
♩
DANCE: We3 | 7–10 pm
 ANAF Unit 302,
9831 Fourth Street, Sidney (CRD)
♩♩♩
The Wanda Nowicki Trio | 7–9 pm
 Woodley’s at Harbour House Hotel,
121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
The Tom Morrissey Trio | 7 pm
 Legion Branch 134,
1625 Shawnigan-Mill Bay Road, Shawnigan Lake
♩
Fridays Open Jam | 7–11 pm
 The Eagle Lounge FOE #2546,
2965 Boys Road, Duncan
♩
Fourth Fridays Open Mic at the Wolf | 7–9 pm
 Wolf Brewing Company,
940 Old Victoria Road, Nanaimo
♩
Dawson Gray | 7:30–10:30 pm
 The Duke Saloon,
502 Discovery Street, Victoria
♩
Pissed Jeans | 7:30–11:30 pm
 The Upstairs Cabaret,
15 Bastion Square, Victoria
♩
Fraser Union | 7:30 pm
 House Concert,
kwhippi@telus.net, Victoria
♩
Bill Johnson | 7:30 pm
 The Brentwood Bay Village Empourium,
7103 West Saanich Road, Brentwood Bay
♩
Local Lovers • The Rad Mammals | 7:30 pm
 The Duncan Showroom,
133 Station Street, Duncan
♩
Led ZepAgain | 7:30 pm
 The Tidemark Theatre,
1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River
♩
The Great Lake Swimmers • Elliot Brood • Emmett Jerome | 8 pm–12 am
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Geordie Kieffer | 8:30 pm
 The McPherson Playhouse,
3 Centennial Square, Victoria
♩
Mariachi Sin Frontera | 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
♩
BiPolar Bear | 9 pm–12:30 am
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria
♩
Great Lake Swimmers & Elliott Brood | 9 pm
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Whiskey Business | 9 pm–2 am
 The Duke Saloon,
502 Discovery Street, Victoria
♩
Ascent: Goth & Industrial | 9 pm–2 am
 LevelTwo Nightclub,
170 Skinner Street, Nanaimo
♩
Brayden King | 9:30 pm–2 am
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Dysaynia • Fowl Bay • Standard Issue Pleasure Model | 10–1:30 am
 The Coda,
751 View Street, Victoria
♩
OK Charlie | 10 pm–close
 Darcy’s Downtown Pub,
1127 Wharf Street, Victoria
♩
DJ High Priority | 11 pm–2 am
 Sweet Spot Lounge,
240 Skinner Street, Nanaimo


Live Music Events (Mostly) for SATURDAY October 
♩♩♩
David Jacquest | 1–3 pm
 The Waterfront Country Café,
149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
Saturdays Open Jam | 2–6 pm
 The Eagle Lounge,
2965 Boys Road, Duncan
♩
Fraser Union | 2:30 pm
 House Concert,
sinjin.dw@gmail.com, Nanaimo
♩
Tom Morrissey | 3–6 pm
 The Wheatsheaf Pub,
1866 Cedar Road, Cedar
♩
Halloween: Sinistros Band •Atlas • Hekate’s Torch | 4–8 pm
 PKOLS,
4317 Ramsay Place, Saanich (CRD)
♩
Rick Benn | 4–7 pm
 The Eagle’s Lounge (FOE #3097),
1999 14th Avenue, Campbell River
♩
The FBI Saturday Jam | 4:30–7:30 pm
 The Fanny Bay Inn,
7480 Island Highway South, Fanny Bay
♩
Danger Box • Under the Mountain •
 • Potential Union • The Monarch • Red Lenses | 5:30–10:30 pm
The Globe Live Studio, 25 Front Street, Nanaimo
♩
Max MacKrill | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
♩
B’boon | 6–8:30 pm
 The Coda: Bar Stage,
751 View Street, Victoria
♩
Lynne Hanson | 6:30 pm
 The Tolmie Inn,
1023 Tolmie Avenue, Victoria
♩
Great Lake Swimmers & Elliott Brood | 6:30–9 pm
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Halloween Howler with the Crawl | 7 pm
 Strawberry Vale Community Club,
11 High Street, View Royal (CRD)
♩
Halloween Party with the LoveCats | 7 pm
 Legion Branch 172,
622 Admirals Road, Esquimalt (CRD)
♩
The Demographix | 7–10 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
♩
Bourdons: The Cantigas de Santa Maria | 7 pm
 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,
643 Broughton Street, Victoria
♩
Pacific Opera Victoria: Turn of the Screw | 7 pm
 The Royal Theatre,
805 Broughton Street, Victoria
♩
Trevor Price, Bob Wilson, Andrew McMillan & Allan Cameron | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
♩
Andrew Hyatt | 7–11 pm
 The Duke Saloon,
502 Discovery Street, Victoria
♩
Vogue Villains • Darrian Gerard • Dead Summer | 7–11 pm
 The Lucky Bar,
517 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Hot 2 Go | 7–10 pm
 The Upstairs Cabaret,
15 Bastion Square, Victoria
♩
Ivy Gardens • Hose • Poors • Internal Dialogue | 7 pm
 The Fernwood Community Centre,
1240 Gladstone Avenue, Victoria
♩
The Fugitives | 7–11 pm
 The Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
♩
Blackfish | 7 pm
 Mary’s Bleue Moon Café,
9535 Canora Road, Sidney (CRD)
♩♩♩
Geoff Collins | 7–9 pm
 Woodley’s at Harbour House Hotel,
121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
Ryan McMahon | 7–11 pm
 The Osborne Bay Pub,
1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton
♩
Halloween DANCE: The Trip’n Me Band | 7 pm
 Legion Branch 171,
621 First Avenue, Ladysmith
♩
Led ZepAgain | 7:30–11:30 pm
 The Port Theatre,
125 Front Street, Nanaimo
♩
Ida Pelliccioli | 7–9 pm
 Knox United Church,
345 Pym Street, Parksville
♩
Didirri | 7–11 pm
 Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel,
4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni
♩
Bryce Allan | 7–11 pm
 Campbell River Community Centre,
401-11th Avenue, Campbell River
♩
David Gauci | 7–10 pm
 Painter’s Lodge,
1625 McDonald Road, Campbell River
♩
The Brass Queens | 7:30 pm
 Studio 919 (formerly Wicket Hall),
919 Douglas Street, Victoria
♩
The Deep Dark Woods | 7:30 pm
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Andrew Hyatt | 7:30–10:30 pm
 The Duke Saloon,
502 Discovery Street, Victoria
♩
Octet Victoria: Howells’ Requiem | 7:30 pm
 St. John the Divine Anglican Church,
1611 Quadra Street, Victoria
♩
Beyond Vimy | 7:30 pm
 The Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
♩
Didirri | 7:30–9:30 pm
 Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel,
4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni
♩
House Concert: The Angel Forest Trio | 7:30–10 pm
 The Big Blue House,
neslok@telus.net, Courtenay
♩
Vogue Villains | 8 pm–12 am
 The Lucky Bar,
517 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
Aladean Kheroufi & Layten Kramer | 8 pm–12 am
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria
♩
The Sweathogz • Mr.Awesome • The Hex • Roadkill | 8 pm–12 am
 The Phoenix Bar & Grill,
3952 Quadra Street, Saanich (CRD)
♩
Blackfish | 8–10 pm
 Mary’s Bleue Moon Café,
9535 Canora Road, Sidney (CRD)
♩♩♩
Local Motion | 8–11 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
♩♩♩
Martin Kerr | 8 pm
 The Rogue Folk Club,
3214 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver
♩
The Ryan McMahon Band | 8–10:30 pm
 The Osborne Bay Pub,
1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton
♩♩♩
Snake Island Railroad | 8 pm–12 am
 The Gabriola Golf & Country Club,
825 South Road, Gabriola Island
♩
The Great Lake Swimmers • Elliot Brood | 8 pm–12 am
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Ironhead • End of Thread | 8–11 pm
 The Rainbow Room,
3752 Fourth Avenue, Port Alberni
♩
Halloween DANCE: Big Scoobie | 8 pm
 The Willow Point Lions Community Hall,
2165 South Island Highway, Campbell River
♩
The Smokestacks | 9 pm–1:30 am
 The Coda,
751 View Street, Victoria
♩
The Brock Meades 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
♩
Big Shiny Dudes | 9 pm–12:30 am
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria
♩
Overland • RIV^H • Dodd | 9 pm–2 am
 The Downbeat Event Centre,
1325 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, Saanich (CRD)
♩
Fem Frequency DJs | 9 pm–1 am
 The Waverley Hotel,
2692 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland
♩
Hell’s Gate | 10 pm–2 am
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Atyya & Saturna with Sundog | 10:30 pm–2 am
 The Capital Ballroom,
858 Yates Street, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for SUNDAY October 
♩
Jazz Brunch with the Al Pease Trio | 11 am–Noon
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
Jazz Brunch with the Al Pease Trio | 1–2 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩♩♩
Em Walker, Edgar Hann & Adam Huber | 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
♩
The Beach Howlers | 1 pm
 Beach Fire Brewing Company,
594 11th Avenue, Campbell River
♩
Heather Ferguson & Barrie Sorensen | 2–6 pm
 Central Saanich United Church,
7180 East Saanich Road, Saanichton (CRD)
♩♩♩
Sundays Open Mic | 2–5 pm
 Salt Spring Brewing,
270 Furness Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
The Swiftsure Big Band | 2 pm
 The Osborne Bay Pub,
1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton
♩
The Queen’s Blues Jam | 2–7 pm
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Tahiti Rey | 2 pm
 Gladstone Brewing Company,
244 Fourth Street, Courtenay
♩
Sundays Acoustic Jam at the 137 | 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
♩♩♩
Jazz Jam with the Frank Allen Band | 3–6 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
♩
The John Capon Jazz Trio | 3 pm
 The Gabriola Arts and Heritage Centre,
675 North Road, Gabriola Island
♩
Sundays Blues Jam at the Queen’s | 3–7 pm
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
♩
Sunday Blues Jam hosted by the Deb Rhymer Band | 4–7:30 pm
 Studio 919 (formerly Wicket Hall),
919 Douglas Street, Victoria
♩
FOM Guitar | 4–5:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent 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 Bay
♩
Sundays Jam | 4–7 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
♩
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, James Bay (CRD)
♩
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
♩
The Boneyard Babes | 6–10 pm
 Galey Farms,
4150 Blenkinsop Road, Saanich (CRD)
♩
The Barry Miller Quartet | 6–8 pm
 Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel,
4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni
♩
Pacific Opera Victoria: Turn of the Screw | 7 pm
 The Royal Theatre,
805 Broughton Street, Victoria
♩
The Cold Cut Combo | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
♩
Flamenco Tablao | 7–9 pm
 The Mint Restaurant,
1414 Douglas Street, Victoria
♩
Sunday Night Kitchen Party Jam | 7–11 pm
 Christie’s Carriage House Pub,
1739 Fort Street, Victoria
♩
The Sutcliffes | 7 pm
 The Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
♩
Potential Union • Gorilla Flip • Vogue Villains • Danger Box | 7 pm
 Masonic Lodge #26,
2660 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland
♩
☆ VFMS Open Mic ♦ Tammy Fassaert | 7:30–10 pm ☆
 Norway House,
1110 Hillside Avenue, Victoria
♩
Didirri | 7:30 pm
 The Duncan Showroom,
133 Station Street, Duncan
♩
Great Lake Swimmers • Elliott Brood | 7:30 pm
 The Tidemark Theatre,
1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River
♩
Weekly Open Jam with Unkle Whiskey | 8–10 pm
 Big Bad John’s,
919 Douglas Street, Victoria
♩
The Avram Devon McCagherty Trio | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
♩
The Great Lake Swimmers • Elliot Brood • Emmett Jerome | 8 pm–12 am
 The Tidemark Theatre,
1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River
♩
Courtney Standing & Landen Shaw | 8:30–11:30 pm
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
♩
The Sugar Soul Band | 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 October 
♩
The Mondays Jam in Rotary Hall | 2:30–4:30 pm
 Florence Filberg Centre,
411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay
♩
Big Train | 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
♩
Casey Ryder | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
♩
Gigi’s 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
♩
Steve Grebanier | 6:30–9 pm
 Heron Rock Bistro,
435 Simcoe Street, James Bay (CRD)
♩
Pete’s Mondays Variety Show Open Mic | 6:30 pm
 Herald Street Brew Works,
506 Herald Street, Victoria
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4th Mondays Oaklands Open Mic | 6:30–8:30 pm
 Oaklands Community Centre,
2827 Belmont Avenue, Victoria
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All Together Now Drop-In Choir Sings
 Stone Temple Pilots’ “Interstate Love Song” | 7–9:30 pm
 The Coda,
751 View Street, Victoria
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Pacific Opera Victoria: Turn of the Screw | 7 pm
 The Royal Theatre,
805 Broughton Street, Victoria
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Ryan Oliver Workshop: Jazz Jam - Improving Your Performance
 in a Jam Session Environment! (Part 1) | 7–8:30 pm
VCM Metro Studio Theatre, 900 Johnson Street, Victoria
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Jazz Bar Benefit Concert:
 Stephanie Greaves and Maureen Washington & Band | 7–9 pm
Broadview United Church, 3703 St. Aidan’s Street, Saanich (CRD)
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Led ZepAgain | 7:30 pm
 The McPherson Playhouse,
3 Centennial Square, Victoria
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The Canoe Standers | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
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Max MacKrill | 8:30–11:30 pm
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
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Dustin Barden | 8:30–11:30 pm
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria
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Mondays Invitational Jazz Jam | 8:30 pm
 The Nanaimo BAR,
75 Front Street, Nanaimo


Live Music Events (Mostly) for TUESDAY October 
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FOM Drum & Percussion Class | 1–3 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Guitar Jam for Beginners with Bill Heintz | 2:30–3:30 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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FOM Learn Ukulele | 3:30–4:15 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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FOM The Ukulelians | 4:30–6 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Dave Harris & Friends | 5–8 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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Eugene Smith & Bill Levity | 5:30 pm
 The Duncan Showroom,
133 Station Street, Duncan
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Scott McGill | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
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The Phil Dwyer Trio | 7 pm
 Tuesday Night Jazz at the James Bay United Church,
511 Michigan Street, James Bay (CRD)
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Pacific Opera Victoria: Turn of the Screw | 7 pm
 The Royal Theatre,
805 Broughton Street, Victoria
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FOM Moodswing Chorus | 7–9 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Firebird Comedy and Music Open Mic | 7 pm
 The Phoenix Bar & Grill,
3944 Quadra Street, Saanich (CRD)
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Tuesday Country/Folk Open Mic | 7–10 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
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WS Tuesdays Open Jam | 7 pm
 The Whistle Stop Neighbourhood Pub,
2355 Mansfield Drive, Courtenay
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Ballet Victoria’s Dracula | 7:30–9:30 pm
 The Sid Williams Theatre,
442 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay
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VBA Open Stage ♦ Sarah Jane Scouten | 7:45–10 pm
 The Victoria Bluegrass Association,
1205 Pandora Avenue, Victoria
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The Eryn Sharpe Trio | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
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The Miguelito Valdés Band | 8:30–11:30 pm
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
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Black Angus | 8:30–11:30 pm
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for WEDNESDAY October 
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FOM Beginner Band | 11 am–Noon
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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FOM Skills Band | Noon–1 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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FOM Jazz Combo | 1:30–3:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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FOM Recovery Rock Band | 5–7 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Glad Wednesdays Open Mic | 5 pm
 Gladstone Brewing Company,
244 Fourth Street, Courtenay
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The Loft Wednesday Night Jam | 6–9 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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Paul Kannaspuro | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
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Cascadia Strings | 6–8:30 pm
 The Coda: Bar Stage,
751 View Street, Victoria
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Luke Blu Guthrie & Matt Menard | 6–8 pm
 Roy’s Towne Pub,
4000 South Island Highway, Royston
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Robbie Hancock | 6 pm
 Beach Fire Brewing Company,
594 11th Avenue, Campbell River
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Teen Mortgage • DoFlame | 7–11 pm
 Studio 919 (formerly Wicket Hall),
919 Douglas Street, Victoria
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UJAM Club Night | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
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Wednesdays Sidney Acoustic Jam | 7–9 pm
 The SHOAL Activity Centre,
10030 Resthaven Drive, Sidney (CRD)
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Qualicum Beach Songwriting Circle | 7–9:30 pm
 Rotary House,
211 Fern Road West, Qualicum Beach
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Tom Lavin & the Legendary Powder Blues | 7:30 pm
 The Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney (CRD)
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Lynne Hanson | 7:30 pm
 The Duncan Showroom,
133 Station Street, Duncan
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Canadian Opera & Dance: the Music of Leonard Cohen | 7:30–8:25 pm
 The Port Theatre,
125 Front Street, Nanaimo
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Teen Mortgage | 8 pm
 Studio 919 (formerly Wicket Hall),
919 Douglas Street, Victoria
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The Vanity Project | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
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Jack Boitani | 8 pm
 Gladstone Brewing Company,
244 Fourth Street, Courtenay
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St. Cecilia | 8:30–11:30 pm
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
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OK Charlie | 9 pm–12:30 am
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for THURSDAY October 
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FOM The Eclectics | 11 am–12:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Faculty & Postsecondary Students Thursday Lunch Concert | 12:30–1:30 pm
 Robin & Winifred Wood Hall,
900 Johnson Street, Victoria
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FOM Fundamentals | 1–3 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Singing for Fun, Singing for Joy | 3:30-4:30 pm
 St. Peter’s Anglican Church Hall,
4703 Canal Road, Pender Island
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The C&A Thursday Open Mic | 5–8 pm
 The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub,
6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay
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Casey Ryder | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
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Rhythm Train | 6–9 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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FOM Community Concert: The FOM Minds at Work | 6–6:45 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Last Thursday of the Month Open Mic | 6–8:30 pm
 The Mill Pizza & Grill,
2720 Mill Bay Road, Mill Bay
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Lighthouse Thursdays Open Mic | 6–8 pm
 The Lighthouse Bistro & Pub,
40 Anchor Way, Nanaimo
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Thursdays Open Mic with Josh Carter | 6–9 pm
 Pacific Moon Rising Bar & Grill,
1600 Stroulger Road, Nanoose Bay
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Rick Benn | 6 pm
 Beach Fire Brewing Company,
594 11th Avenue, Campbell River
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The Thursdays Big Open Mic | 6:30–8:30 pm
 The Spiral Café,
418 Craigflower Road, Victoria
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Songwriter Night: Finley Rose, Sara Rose Hébert & Rick Laird | 6:30–9 pm
 Caffè Fantastico,
965 Kings Road, Victoria
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SO Thursdays Open Mic | 7–late
 Sooke Oceanside Brewery,
5871 Sooke Road, Sooke (CRD)
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Angela Verbrugge, Ryan Oliver, Tony Genge & Graham Villette | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
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FOM Orchestra | 7–8:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Vinyl Wave | 7–9 pm
 Mary’s Bleue Moon Café,
9535 Canora Road, Sidney (CRD)
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Thursdays Open Mic with Hownd | 7 pm
 Moby’s Pub,
124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
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The Surf Thursdays Open Mic | 7–11 pm
 The Surf Lodge & Pub,
885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island
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Loghouse Thursdays Open Mic | 7:30–9:30 pm
 The Loghouse Pub,
2323 Millstream Avenue, Langford (CRD)
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Paula Cole & Sophie B. Hawkins | 7:30 pm
 The McPherson Playhouse,
3 Centennial Square, Victoria
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Open Mic with Geoff Collins | 7:30–11 pm
 Legion Branch 92,
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
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Tom Lavin & the Legendary Powder Blues | 7:30 pm
 The Cowichan Performing Arts Centre,
2687 James Street, Duncan
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Harry Siegel & the Tyrants of Jazz | 8–10 pm
 Pagliacci’s Restaurant,
1011 Broad Street, Victoria
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Bipolar Bear | 9 pm–12:30 am
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
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JaimesonRhy | 9 pm–midnight
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria
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The Pick Ups | 10 pm–close
 Darcy’s Downtown Pub,
1127 Wharf Street, Victoria


Live Music Events (Mostly) for FRIDAY October 
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Greg Martin | 12–1 pm
 The Pender Island Community Hall,
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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FOM Haywires | 1:30–3:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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FOM Minds At Work | 3:30–5:30 pm
 The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre,
2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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“Sunday Services Repertoire”
 for instrumentalists and singers | cancelled
The James Bay United Church, 511 Michigan Street, James Bay (CRD)
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Max MacKrill | 6–10 pm
 The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel,
721 Government Street, Victoria
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Emergency Exit | 6:15–8 pm
 North Saanich Fire Hall,
986 Wain Road, Deep Cove (CRD)
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Halloween with
Luna Land, Anne Martina & Savy | 6:30–8:30 pm
The Coda, 751 View Street, Victoria
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Halloween Party with Give’Er | 6:30–9 pm
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
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Serious Open Mic Fridays | 7–9 pm
 Serious Coffee,
2401G Millstream Road, Langford (CRD)
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Halloween DANCE: Club Voltaire •
 • Whiskey River • Élise LeBlanc | 7 pm
The White Eagle Hall, 90 Dock Street, James Bay (CRD)
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The Fabulous B-Sides | 7–10 pm
 The Loft Pub,
229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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Halloween Hoedown with Transitional Alien | 7 pm
 Rebel Ink & Moto Lounge,
1 Burnside Road West, Victoria
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Shanna Dance & the Black Magic Quartet | 7–9 pm
 Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club,
753 View Street, Victoria
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Standard Issue Pleasure Model | 7–11 pm
 The Fernwood Community Centre,
1240 Gladstone Avenue, Victoria
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Stephen Brown’s Bastion Jazz Band | 7–9 pm
 The Oaks Restaurant & Grill,
2250 Oak Bay Avenue, Oak Bay (CRD)
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Halloween DANCE: Take Cover | 7–10 pm
 ANAF Unit 302,
9831 Fourth Street, Sidney (CRD)
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David Jacquest | 7–9 pm
 Woodley’s at Harbour House Hotel,
121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
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Third Degree | 7–11 pm
 The Eagle Lounge FOE #2546,
2965 Boys Road, Duncan
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Halloween with: Fighting Words •
 • The Grundles • Vying for Glory | 7–10 pm
The Vimy Hall, 3968 Gibbins Road, Duncan
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Thomas Anthony | 7–11 pm
 LevelTwo Nightclub,
170 Skinner Street, Nanaimo
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The Poubelles • Karen & the Managers | 7:30 pm
 The Duncan Showroom,
133 Station Street, Duncan
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Tom Lavin & the Legendary Powder Blues Band | 7:30 pm
 The Tidemark Theatre,
1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River
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Halloween with the Wharf Rats | 8 pm–midnight
 The Craig Street Brew Pub,
25 Craig Street, Duncan
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Halloween DANCE: Tesser | 8 pm
 The River Side Pub,
56 North Shore Road, Lake Cowichan
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Vortex Vol. 2: Submerge | 8 pm
 The KCC Concert Hall,
4090 Hollywood Street, Port Alberni
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Halloween with: The Gentlemen of Leisure | 8–11 pm
 The Crown & Anchor Roadhouse Pub,
6120 Island Highway West, Qualicum Bay
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The Pacific Sons | 8 pm
 The Mex Pub,
1003 Ryan Road, Courtenay
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Halloween DANCE: Sound Factory | 8:30 pm
 The Eagle’s Lounge (FOE #3097),
1999 14th Avenue, Campbell River
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Tight Hair Disco | 9 pm–1:30 am
 The Coda: Main Stage,
751 View Street, Victoria
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Halloween with Big Shiny Dudes | 9 pm–12:30 am
 The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill,
1022 Government Street, Victoria
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Halloween with the Tumblin’ Dice | 9 pm–12:30 am
 The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government Street, Victoria
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Mr Moe • Natty • Matt Rose • J-Feud • Thom Banks | 9 pm–2 am
 The Downbeat Event Centre,
1325 Government Street, Victoria
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Whiskey Business | 9 pm–2 am
 The Duke Saloon,
502 Discovery Street, Victoria
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Halloween Party with the Coalition Band | 9 pm–midnight
 Moby’s Pub,
124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
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Halloween Party: Magalicious | 9 pm
 The Match Eatery & The Eagle’s Lounge,
1999 14th Avenue, Campbell River
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Halloween with DJ Low | 10 pm–2 am
 The Lucky Bar,
517 Yates Street, Victoria
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OK Charlie | 10 pm–close
 Darcy’s Downtown Pub,
1127 Wharf Street, Victoria
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Halloween Rave | 10 pm–2 am
 Rifflandia HQ Warehouse,
2500 Rock Bay Avenue, Victoria
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DJ iamelectro + MissBDeath + guests | 10 pm–2 am
 The Queen’s Pub,
34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
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ElectraNauts • JPod • Skian | 10 pm
 The Waverley Hotel,
2692 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland

Please let me know if event info changes (additions, cancellations, etc.) ! !

…You can email me at gillmor1@icloud.com  (Thank you!)
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