VFMS: Folk Events, Vancouver IslandAugthe Gulf Islands

Live Music Events (Mostly) for THURSDAY September 12 ҉September 12–15 The Nanaimo International Jazz Festival ♩ The Eclectics | 10:45 am–12:15 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩ Fundamentals | 1–3 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩ Aurielle Verville | 4–5:30 pm Outdoor Stage at Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ The Chick Wagon Band | 4:30–7:30 pm Memorial Market at Memorial Park, 1230 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt ♩ Thursdays Open Mic | 5–8 pm El Faro Market, 631 Island Highway East, Parksville ♩♩♩ Tom Hooper | 5:30–8:30 pm Shipstones Waterfront Bar, 110 Purvis Lane #201, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Ted Tanner | 5:30–7:30 pm Hornby Heart Vineyard, 1885 Central Road, Hornby Island ♩ Marina Avros | 6–7 pm Outdoor Stage at Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Sasha Rose | 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic | 6–9 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic | 6–10 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ The Kosma Busheikin Trio with Brad Turner | 6–8:30 pm The Lighthouse Bistro & Pub, 40 Anchor Way, Nanaimo ♩ Lighthouse Open Mic | 6–8 pm The Lighthouse Bistro & Pub, 40 Anchor Way, Nanaimo ♩ Thursday Open Jams | 6–11 pm The Nanoose Library & Event Hall, 2489 Nanoose Road, Nanoose Bay ♩ The Big Open Mic | 6:30–8:30 pm The Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Road, Victoria ♩ Thursdays Open Mic | 7–9 pm Sooke Oceanside Brewery, 5871 Sooke Road, Sooke ♩ The Blue Plate Combo | 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Alex Porat | 7–11:30 pm Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ Weekly Open Mic | 7–11 pm Rebel Ink and Moto Lounge, 1 Burnside Road West, Victoria ♩ Open Mic | 7:30–9:30 pm The Loghouse Pub, 2323 Millstream Avenue, Victoria ♩ Orchestra | 7:30–9 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩ Doc Walker | 7:30 pm The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩♩♩ Thursday Open Mic with Rough & Tumble | 7:30 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Eric Kane | 7:30 pm Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel, 4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni ♩ Harry Siegel & The Tyrants of Jazz | 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ The Faux Paws ♦ Kristina Olsen | 8 pm The Mel Lehan Hall, 3214 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver ♩ The Hans Verhoeven Quartet | 8–10 pm The Nanaimo BAR, 75 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Wedding Crashers | 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Angela Verbrugge | 9–10:30 pm The Vault Café, 499 Wallace Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Pick Ups | 10 pm Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria

Live Music Events (Mostly) for FRIDAY September 13 ҉September 12–15 The Nanaimo International Jazz Festival ҉September 13–15 The Rifflandia Festival, Victoria ♩♩♩ Ruby Bowes & Georgia Acken | Noon–1 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ The Palace Band | Noon–1 pm Heritage Mews, 321 Wesley Street, Nanaimo ♩ Open Mic with Jon | 1:30–3 pm The Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ The Haywires | 1:30–3:30 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩ Live Music Open Mic | 3–6 pm Legion Branch 191, 9775 Chemainus Road, Chemainus ♩ Minds @ 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 ♩ Miguelito Valdes | 5–6 pm Fisherman’s Wharf, 1 Dallas Road, Victoria ♩♩♩ Lee Worden & Lindsay Martell | 5–7 pm Ravenskill Orchards, 1240 Coats Drive, Gabriola Island ♩ WE3 | 5–9 pm The Cranberry Arms Pub, 1604 Cedar Road, Nanaimo ♩ The Choirs YYJ | 5:20 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ BC Fiddle Orchestra | 5:30 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Club Loading & Co. | 5:30 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Queer Joy Open Mic & Fundraiser | 5:30 pm The Paul Phillips Hall, 1923 Fernwood Road, Victoria ♩♩♩ Tom Hooper | 5:30–8:30 pm Shipstones Waterfront Bar, 110 Purvis Lane #201, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ The Hornby Island Jazz Band | 5:30–7:30 pm Hornby Heart Vineyard, 1885 Central Road, Hornby Island ♩ The Capital City Syncopators | 6–8 pm Esquimalt Lantern Festival in Esquimalt Gorge Park, 1070 Tillicum Road, Esquimalt ♩ Slayyyter | 6 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ The Auntie Kate Trio | 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ The Real Deal | 6–9 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ Poncho | 6:15 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Wild Card Revue | 6:30–9:30 pm Legion Branch 292, 411 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩♩♩ Howard Southwell, Annette Cyr & Lawrence Mayer | 6:30–8:30 pm Port Browning Marina Pub and Café, 4605 Oak Road, Pender Island ♩ Open Mic Fridays | 7–9 pm Serious Coffee, #101, 2401G Millstream Road, Victoria ♩ The Maureen Washington Quartet | 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Mia Kelly | 7 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Mvlgrave | 7 pm Quadratic Sound, 655 Queens Avenue, Victoria ♩ Tom Morrissey & Ian Todd | 7 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Hot Chicken Salad ♦ The Cavernous | 7 pm Wheelies Motorcycles, 2620 Rock Bay Avenue, Victoria ♩ Stephanie Greaves | 7–9 pm The Oaks Restaurant & Grill, 2250 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria ♩ Chilko in the Rosemary | 7 pm Felicita’s Campus Pub, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria ♩ Eagle Eyes, an Eagles tribute | 7–10:45 pm The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩ DCF Feature: Kat Eggleston & John Daily | 7 pm Deep Cove Folk at St. John’s United Church, 10990 West Saanich Road, Deep Cove ♩ The Matinee | 7 pm The 44 Collective, 281 Village Bay Road, Mayne Island ♩ Richard Garvey & Marina Avros | 7 pm The Shawnigan Lake Community Centre, 2804 Shawnigan Lake Road, Shawnigan Lake ♩ Teighan Couch | 7–9 pm Minnoz Restaurant at the Coast Bastion Hotel, 11 Bastion Street, Nanaimo ♩ BunchOFuckinGoofs ♦ Fully Crazed ♦ SmashTV | 7 pm The Globe Live Studio, 25 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Tokyo Police Club | 7:10 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Kelby MacNayr & Aaron Watson in the Enchanted Forest | 7:30–9:30 pm Esquimalt Lantern Festival in Esquimalt Gorge Park, 1070 Tillicum Road, Esquimalt ♩ Kaito Takeda & Rebecca Guineau in the Magical Garden | 7:30–9:30 pm Esquimalt Lantern Festival in Esquimalt Gorge Park, 1070 Tillicum Road, Esquimalt ♩ Noodles | 7:30 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ School of Music Coffee House | 7:30 pm The Pender Harbour School of Music, 12956 Madeira Park Road, Pender Island ♩ High School Open-Mic | 7:30–10 pm Rivercity Players, 1080 Hemlock Street, Campbell River ♩ Garett T. Willie | 7:55 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Pointed Sticks | 8 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Mean Bikini ♦ Moody Goods ♦ Maverick | 8 pm The Masonic Hall, 2687 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland ♩ Second Fridays Open Mic | 8–11 pm Legion Branch 28, 2770 Dunsmuir Avenue, Courtenay ♩ Mimic (Retro Riot Band) ♦︎ followed by an Open Jam | 8 pm House Concert, Oyster River Farm, Black Creek ♩ Channel Tres (DJ Set) | 8:25 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ SkiiTour | 8:30 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Matthew McKinney | 8:30–11 pm The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Born Ruffians | 8:55 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Temps | 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Whiskey Business | 9 pm–2 am The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria ♩ Eagle Eyes | 9–10:30 pm The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩ K+Lab ♦ Spilly Willy ♦ Synthetica | 9:30 pm–2 am Capital Ballroom, 858 Yates Street, Victoria ♩ Rashdale | 9:30 pm Felicita’s Campus Pub, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria ♩ Ryan Oliver Jazz Jam | 9:30 pm–1 am The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Ja Rule | 9:40 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Jared Popma Trio | 9:45–11 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Nostalgix | 9:45 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ An R&B Party with Low & Friends | 10 pm The Lucky Bar, 517 Yates Street, Victoria ♩ OK Charlie | 10 pm Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ C&C Music Factory | 10 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Jazz Jam | 10 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Rezz | 10:50 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Sunset Sessions Finale | 11:59 pm–4 am Quadratic Sound, 655 Queens Avenue, Victoria

Live Music Events (Mostly) for SATURDAY September 14 ҉September 13–15 The Rifflandia Festival, Victoria ҉September 14–15 In Sight Festival, Colwood ҉September 14 The Vancouver Island Food Truck Festival, Campbell River ♩ TBA | 9 am–1 pm The Peninsula Country Market, 1528 Stelly’s Cross Road, Central Saanich ♩ Lekwungen Dancers | 10–10:30 am Meadow Park Green, Dunlin Street & Latoria Boulevard, Colwood ♩ Live Music | 10 am–3 pm One Day 2024, at Topaz Park, Topaz Avenue, Victoria ♩ Na Mara | 10 am–Noon The Moss Street Market, 401 Moss Street, Victoria ♩ Regular John | 10 am–1 pm Errington Farmers Market, 1550 Veterans Road, Errington ♩ Gary Brewer, Doug Thorsteinson & John Rewers | 11 am–2 pm Sooke Country Market, Otter Point Road & Rhodonite Drive, Sooke ♩ The Royal Bay Jazz Band | 11:30 am–Noon Meadow Park Green, Dunlin Street & Latoria Boulevard, Colwood ♩ Fanfare Strings | 11:30 am Vancouver Island Food Truck Festival at Robert V. Ostler Park, 945 Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ The Circus Space | Noon–1 pm Meadow Park Green, Dunlin Street & Latoria Boulevard, Colwood ♩ Abe Wells | Noon–2 pm The Moss Street Market, 401 Moss Street, Victoria ♩ The Veselka Dancers | 1–1:30 pm Meadow Park Green, Dunlin Street & Latoria Boulevard, Colwood ♩ The Nick Peck Trio | 1–1:45 pm Wesley Square, 335 Wesley Street, Nanaimo ♩ Jenny Lester | 1:30 pm Vancouver Island Food Truck Festival at Robert V. Ostler Park, 945 Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ Fiesta Latina | 2–3 pm Meadow Park Green, Dunlin Street & Latoria Boulevard, Colwood ♩ String Fever (Al Medcalf) | 2–2:45 pm Wesley Square, 335 Wesley Street, Nanaimo ♩ Saturday Country Jam | 2:30–5:30 pm Legion Branch 172, #102-622 Admirals Road, Esquimalt ♩ David Goldberg | 2:30–4:30 pm Serious Coffee, #101-2401G Millstream Road, Victoria ♩ Ashkon | 3 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Suray Sertin | 3 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Skye Douglas Project (James McRae) | 3–3:45 pm Wesley Square, 335 Wesley Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Choirs YYJ | 3:15 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Maverick Cinema | 3:30 pm Vancouver Island Food Truck Festival at Robert V. Ostler Park, 945 Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ Hal9000 | 3:45 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Shmani | 3:50 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Black Angus | 4–7 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Honeybear | 4 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ The David Santana Quartet | 4–5 pm Wesley Square, 335 Wesley Street, Nanaimo ♩ Lowkita | 4:35 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Rose Motion | 4:40 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Black Pontiac | 4:50 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ West Shore RCMP Barn Dance in Support of Cops for Cancer | 5–10 pm The Juan de Fuca Senior Citizens Activity Centre, 1767 Island Highway, Victoria ♩ Live Music at the Autumn Lantern Festival 2024 | 5–8:30 pm Gordon Head Recreation Centre and Lambrick Park, Saanich ♩ Tash & Kenni | 5–7 pm Courtyard by Marriott Nanaimo, 100 Gordon Street, Nanaimo ♩ Dakota Bear | 5:25 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Star Sound: SALT Festival Orchestra | 5:30 pm The 2024 SALT New Music Festival, UVic Finnerty Gardens, University Drive, Victoria ♩♩♩ Tom Hooper | 5:30–8:30 pm Shipstones Waterfront Bar, 110 Purvis Lane #201, Salt Spring Island ♩ Elm Street Shakedown | 5:30 pm Vancouver Island Food Truck Festival at Robert V. Ostler Park, 945 Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ Aysanabee | 5:40 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Wolfy Lights | 5:40 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ David Carl | 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Open Mic Saturdays | 6–9 pm The Gabriola Golf Club, 825 South Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Elai Sunride | 6–9 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ Michie Mee | 6:25 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ FBI Saturday Jam | 6:30–9:30 pm The Fanny Bay Inn, 7480 Island Highway South, Fanny Bay ♩ Broken Social Scene | 6:50 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Distractions | 7–10 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Lazy Syrup Orchestra | 7 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ VCD with Doug Paterson and Na Mara | 7-10 pm Victoria Contra Dance at Saint Luke’s Hall, 3821 Cedar Hill Cross Road, Victoria ♩ Moonshine | 7–10 pm The Beaufort Ave Pub, 1825 Comox Avenue, Comox ♩ Acoustic Open Mic | 7 pm Beach Fire Brewing Company, 594 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Majesties Request | 7:30–10 pm Legion Branch 172, #102-622 Admirals Road, Esquimalt ♩ Rascalz | 7:30 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Maryjane’s Last Dance | 7:30 pm The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩♩♩ The Doobie Brothers Experience | 7:30–10 pm ArtSpring Theatre, 100 Jackson Avenue, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ The Melón Jiménez & Lara Wong Trío | 7:30–9:30 pm The Yellowhouse Art Centre, 2517 Sturdies Bay Road, Galiano Island ♩ CFG Feature: Myc Sharratt | 7:30 pm The Cowichan Folk Guild, 246 Ingram Street, Duncan ♩ James Vickers Band | 7:30 pm The Duncan Showroom, 131 Station Street, Duncan ♩ The Canadian All Stars Sextet, featuring Phil Dwyer & Christine Jensen | 7:30–10 pm The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Sutcliffes | 7:30 pm The Tidemark Theatre, 1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩ AVE | 8 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Electric Druids ♦ AWOLz ♦ Thraddash | 8 pm–midnight The Phoenix Bar & Grill, 3952 Quadra Street, Victoria ♩ Nautical Disaster, a Tragically Hip tribute | 8–10:30 pm The Osborne Bay Pub, 1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton ♩ Mexican ‘Independence Party’ with Mariachi Sin Frontera & Latin Vibes Band | 8 pm–2 am The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Sophie Ellis-Bextor | 8:05 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Skratch Bastid | 8:40 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Pulse Radio | 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Temps | 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Tumblin’ Dice | 9 pm–2 am The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria ♩ Nicky Genesis | 9 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Open Mic Saturdays | 9 pm–midnight The Rack Saanich, 1550 Cedar Hill X Road, Victoria ♩ Caleb Hart | 9–11 pm Baan Thai Wok & Bar - Oak Bay, #104-2000 Cadboro Bay Road, Victoria ♩ Oliver Tree | 9:20 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Audio Fox & Friends | 9:30–11:55 pm The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Pointed Sticks | 9:30–11:45 pm The Waverley Hotel, 2692 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland ♩ The Sean Duhaime Quartet | 9:45–11 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Glass Petals | 10 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Maestro Fresh Wes | 10 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ TLC | 10:50 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria

Also see our complete list of VFMS Live Music Events, Mostly, on Vancouver Island · September 2024 webpage
. . . which gets updated as I receive the information . . .
AND We post Facebook Live Music Events to our VFMS Facebook page
on the date of the event (facebook.com/VictoriaFolkMusic/) !

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Live Music Events on Vancouver Island and adjacent B.C. Islands (Mostly) …

Sep. 12		Live Music Events (Mostly) for THURSDAY September 12 ҉September 12–15 The Nanaimo International Jazz Festival ♩ The Eclectics \| 10:45 am–12:15 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩ Fundamentals \| 1–3 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩ Aurielle Verville \| 4–5:30 pm Outdoor Stage at Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ The Chick Wagon Band \| 4:30–7:30 pm Memorial Market at Memorial Park, 1230 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt ♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 5–8 pm El Faro Market, 631 Island Highway East, Parksville ♩♩♩ Tom Hooper \| 5:30–8:30 pm Shipstones Waterfront Bar, 110 Purvis Lane #201, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Ted Tanner \| 5:30–7:30 pm Hornby Heart Vineyard, 1885 Central Road, Hornby Island ♩ Marina Avros \| 6–7 pm Outdoor Stage at Ship Point, 900 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Sasha Rose \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 6–9 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩♩♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 6–10 pm The Surf Lodge & Pub, 885 Berry Point Road, Gabriola Island ♩ The Kosma Busheikin Trio with Brad Turner \| 6–8:30 pm The Lighthouse Bistro & Pub, 40 Anchor Way, Nanaimo ♩ Lighthouse Open Mic \| 6–8 pm The Lighthouse Bistro & Pub, 40 Anchor Way, Nanaimo ♩ Thursday Open Jams \| 6–11 pm The Nanoose Library & Event Hall, 2489 Nanoose Road, Nanoose Bay ♩ The Big Open Mic \| 6:30–8:30 pm The Spiral Café, 418 Craigflower Road, Victoria ♩ Thursdays Open Mic \| 7–9 pm Sooke Oceanside Brewery, 5871 Sooke Road, Sooke ♩ The Blue Plate Combo \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Alex Porat \| 7–11:30 pm Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria ♩ Weekly Open Mic \| 7–11 pm Rebel Ink and Moto Lounge, 1 Burnside Road West, Victoria ♩ Open Mic \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Loghouse Pub, 2323 Millstream Avenue, Victoria ♩ Orchestra \| 7:30–9 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩ Doc Walker \| 7:30 pm The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩♩♩ Thursday Open Mic with Rough & Tumble \| 7:30 pm Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Eric Kane \| 7:30 pm Char’s Landing Hall & Hostel, 4815 Argyle Street, Port Alberni ♩ Harry Siegel & The Tyrants of Jazz \| 8–10 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ The Faux Paws ♦ Kristina Olsen \| 8 pm The Mel Lehan Hall, 3214 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver ♩ The Hans Verhoeven Quartet \| 8–10 pm The Nanaimo BAR, 75 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Wedding Crashers \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Angela Verbrugge \| 9–10:30 pm The Vault Café, 499 Wallace Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Pick Ups \| 10 pm Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria

Sep. 13		Live Music Events (Mostly) for FRIDAY September 13 ҉September 12–15 The Nanaimo International Jazz Festival ҉September 13–15 The Rifflandia Festival, Victoria ♩♩♩ Ruby Bowes & Georgia Acken \| Noon–1 pm The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island ♩ The Palace Band \| Noon–1 pm Heritage Mews, 321 Wesley Street, Nanaimo ♩ Open Mic with Jon \| 1:30–3 pm The Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ The Haywires \| 1:30–3:30 pm The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria ♩ Live Music Open Mic \| 3–6 pm Legion Branch 191, 9775 Chemainus Road, Chemainus ♩ Minds @ 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 ♩ Miguelito Valdes \| 5–6 pm Fisherman’s Wharf, 1 Dallas Road, Victoria ♩♩♩ Lee Worden & Lindsay Martell \| 5–7 pm Ravenskill Orchards, 1240 Coats Drive, Gabriola Island ♩ WE3 \| 5–9 pm The Cranberry Arms Pub, 1604 Cedar Road, Nanaimo ♩ The Choirs YYJ \| 5:20 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ BC Fiddle Orchestra \| 5:30 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Club Loading & Co. \| 5:30 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Queer Joy Open Mic & Fundraiser \| 5:30 pm The Paul Phillips Hall, 1923 Fernwood Road, Victoria ♩♩♩ Tom Hooper \| 5:30–8:30 pm Shipstones Waterfront Bar, 110 Purvis Lane #201, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ The Hornby Island Jazz Band \| 5:30–7:30 pm Hornby Heart Vineyard, 1885 Central Road, Hornby Island ♩ The Capital City Syncopators \| 6–8 pm Esquimalt Lantern Festival in Esquimalt Gorge Park, 1070 Tillicum Road, Esquimalt ♩ Slayyyter \| 6 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ The Auntie Kate Trio \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩ The Real Deal \| 6–9 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ Poncho \| 6:15 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Wild Card Revue \| 6:30–9:30 pm Legion Branch 292, 411 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩♩♩ Howard Southwell, Annette Cyr & Lawrence Mayer \| 6:30–8:30 pm Port Browning Marina Pub and Café, 4605 Oak Road, Pender Island ♩ Open Mic Fridays \| 7–9 pm Serious Coffee, #101, 2401G Millstream Road, Victoria ♩ The Maureen Washington Quartet \| 7–9 pm Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria ♩ Mia Kelly \| 7 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Mvlgrave \| 7 pm Quadratic Sound, 655 Queens Avenue, Victoria ♩ Tom Morrissey & Ian Todd \| 7 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Hot Chicken Salad ♦ The Cavernous \| 7 pm Wheelies Motorcycles, 2620 Rock Bay Avenue, Victoria ♩ Stephanie Greaves \| 7–9 pm The Oaks Restaurant & Grill, 2250 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria ♩ Chilko in the Rosemary \| 7 pm Felicita’s Campus Pub, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria ♩ Eagle Eyes, an Eagles tribute \| 7–10:45 pm The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩ DCF Feature: Kat Eggleston & John Daily \| 7 pm Deep Cove Folk at St. John’s United Church, 10990 West Saanich Road, Deep Cove ♩ The Matinee \| 7 pm The 44 Collective, 281 Village Bay Road, Mayne Island ♩ Richard Garvey & Marina Avros \| 7 pm The Shawnigan Lake Community Centre, 2804 Shawnigan Lake Road, Shawnigan Lake ♩ Teighan Couch \| 7–9 pm Minnoz Restaurant at the Coast Bastion Hotel, 11 Bastion Street, Nanaimo ♩ BunchOFuckinGoofs ♦ Fully Crazed ♦ SmashTV \| 7 pm The Globe Live Studio, 25 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ Tokyo Police Club \| 7:10 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Kelby MacNayr & Aaron Watson in the Enchanted Forest \| 7:30–9:30 pm Esquimalt Lantern Festival in Esquimalt Gorge Park, 1070 Tillicum Road, Esquimalt ♩ Kaito Takeda & Rebecca Guineau in the Magical Garden \| 7:30–9:30 pm Esquimalt Lantern Festival in Esquimalt Gorge Park, 1070 Tillicum Road, Esquimalt ♩ Noodles \| 7:30 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ School of Music Coffee House \| 7:30 pm The Pender Harbour School of Music, 12956 Madeira Park Road, Pender Island ♩ High School Open-Mic \| 7:30–10 pm Rivercity Players, 1080 Hemlock Street, Campbell River ♩ Garett T. Willie \| 7:55 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Pointed Sticks \| 8 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Mean Bikini ♦ Moody Goods ♦ Maverick \| 8 pm The Masonic Hall, 2687 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland ♩ Second Fridays Open Mic \| 8–11 pm Legion Branch 28, 2770 Dunsmuir Avenue, Courtenay ♩ Mimic (Retro Riot Band) ♦︎ followed by an Open Jam \| 8 pm House Concert, Oyster River Farm, Black Creek ♩ Channel Tres (DJ Set) \| 8:25 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ SkiiTour \| 8:30 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Matthew McKinney \| 8:30–11 pm The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Born Ruffians \| 8:55 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Temps \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Whiskey Business \| 9 pm–2 am The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria ♩ Eagle Eyes \| 9–10:30 pm The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩ K+Lab ♦ Spilly Willy ♦ Synthetica \| 9:30 pm–2 am Capital Ballroom, 858 Yates Street, Victoria ♩ Rashdale \| 9:30 pm Felicita’s Campus Pub, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria ♩ Ryan Oliver Jazz Jam \| 9:30 pm–1 am The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Ja Rule \| 9:40 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Jared Popma Trio \| 9:45–11 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Nostalgix \| 9:45 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ An R&B Party with Low & Friends \| 10 pm The Lucky Bar, 517 Yates Street, Victoria ♩ OK Charlie \| 10 pm Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria ♩ C&C Music Factory \| 10 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Jazz Jam \| 10 pm The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Rezz \| 10:50 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Sunset Sessions Finale \| 11:59 pm–4 am Quadratic Sound, 655 Queens Avenue, Victoria

Sep. 14		Live Music Events (Mostly) for SATURDAY September 14 ҉September 13–15 The Rifflandia Festival, Victoria ҉September 14–15 In Sight Festival, Colwood ҉September 14 The Vancouver Island Food Truck Festival, Campbell River ♩ TBA \| 9 am–1 pm The Peninsula Country Market, 1528 Stelly’s Cross Road, Central Saanich ♩ Lekwungen Dancers \| 10–10:30 am Meadow Park Green, Dunlin Street & Latoria Boulevard, Colwood ♩ Live Music \| 10 am–3 pm One Day 2024, at Topaz Park, Topaz Avenue, Victoria ♩ Na Mara \| 10 am–Noon The Moss Street Market, 401 Moss Street, Victoria ♩ Regular John \| 10 am–1 pm Errington Farmers Market, 1550 Veterans Road, Errington ♩ Gary Brewer, Doug Thorsteinson & John Rewers \| 11 am–2 pm Sooke Country Market, Otter Point Road & Rhodonite Drive, Sooke ♩ The Royal Bay Jazz Band \| 11:30 am–Noon Meadow Park Green, Dunlin Street & Latoria Boulevard, Colwood ♩ Fanfare Strings \| 11:30 am Vancouver Island Food Truck Festival at Robert V. Ostler Park, 945 Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ The Circus Space \| Noon–1 pm Meadow Park Green, Dunlin Street & Latoria Boulevard, Colwood ♩ Abe Wells \| Noon–2 pm The Moss Street Market, 401 Moss Street, Victoria ♩ The Veselka Dancers \| 1–1:30 pm Meadow Park Green, Dunlin Street & Latoria Boulevard, Colwood ♩ The Nick Peck Trio \| 1–1:45 pm Wesley Square, 335 Wesley Street, Nanaimo ♩ Jenny Lester \| 1:30 pm Vancouver Island Food Truck Festival at Robert V. Ostler Park, 945 Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ Fiesta Latina \| 2–3 pm Meadow Park Green, Dunlin Street & Latoria Boulevard, Colwood ♩ String Fever (Al Medcalf) \| 2–2:45 pm Wesley Square, 335 Wesley Street, Nanaimo ♩ Saturday Country Jam \| 2:30–5:30 pm Legion Branch 172, #102-622 Admirals Road, Esquimalt ♩ David Goldberg \| 2:30–4:30 pm Serious Coffee, #101-2401G Millstream Road, Victoria ♩ Ashkon \| 3 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Suray Sertin \| 3 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Skye Douglas Project (James McRae) \| 3–3:45 pm Wesley Square, 335 Wesley Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Choirs YYJ \| 3:15 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Maverick Cinema \| 3:30 pm Vancouver Island Food Truck Festival at Robert V. Ostler Park, 945 Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ Hal9000 \| 3:45 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Shmani \| 3:50 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Black Angus \| 4–7 pm The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ Honeybear \| 4 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ The David Santana Quartet \| 4–5 pm Wesley Square, 335 Wesley Street, Nanaimo ♩ Lowkita \| 4:35 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Rose Motion \| 4:40 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Black Pontiac \| 4:50 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ West Shore RCMP Barn Dance in Support of Cops for Cancer \| 5–10 pm The Juan de Fuca Senior Citizens Activity Centre, 1767 Island Highway, Victoria ♩ Live Music at the Autumn Lantern Festival 2024 \| 5–8:30 pm Gordon Head Recreation Centre and Lambrick Park, Saanich ♩ Tash & Kenni \| 5–7 pm Courtyard by Marriott Nanaimo, 100 Gordon Street, Nanaimo ♩ Dakota Bear \| 5:25 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Star Sound: SALT Festival Orchestra \| 5:30 pm The 2024 SALT New Music Festival, UVic Finnerty Gardens, University Drive, Victoria ♩♩♩ Tom Hooper \| 5:30–8:30 pm Shipstones Waterfront Bar, 110 Purvis Lane #201, Salt Spring Island ♩ Elm Street Shakedown \| 5:30 pm Vancouver Island Food Truck Festival at Robert V. Ostler Park, 945 Island Highway, Campbell River ♩ Aysanabee \| 5:40 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Wolfy Lights \| 5:40 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ David Carl \| 6–9 pm The Treehouse Café, 106 Purvis Lane, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ Open Mic Saturdays \| 6–9 pm The Gabriola Golf Club, 825 South Road, Gabriola Island ♩ Elai Sunride \| 6–9 pm Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston ♩ Michie Mee \| 6:25 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ FBI Saturday Jam \| 6:30–9:30 pm The Fanny Bay Inn, 7480 Island Highway South, Fanny Bay ♩ Broken Social Scene \| 6:50 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Distractions \| 7–10 pm The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria ♩ Lazy Syrup Orchestra \| 7 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ VCD with Doug Paterson and Na Mara \| 7-10 pm Victoria Contra Dance at Saint Luke’s Hall, 3821 Cedar Hill Cross Road, Victoria ♩ Moonshine \| 7–10 pm The Beaufort Ave Pub, 1825 Comox Avenue, Comox ♩ Acoustic Open Mic \| 7 pm Beach Fire Brewing Company, 594 11th Avenue, Campbell River ♩ Majesties Request \| 7:30–10 pm Legion Branch 172, #102-622 Admirals Road, Esquimalt ♩ Rascalz \| 7:30 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Maryjane’s Last Dance \| 7:30 pm The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney ♩♩♩ The Doobie Brothers Experience \| 7:30–10 pm ArtSpring Theatre, 100 Jackson Avenue, Salt Spring Island ♩♩♩ The Melón Jiménez & Lara Wong Trío \| 7:30–9:30 pm The Yellowhouse Art Centre, 2517 Sturdies Bay Road, Galiano Island ♩ CFG Feature: Myc Sharratt \| 7:30 pm The Cowichan Folk Guild, 246 Ingram Street, Duncan ♩ James Vickers Band \| 7:30 pm The Duncan Showroom, 131 Station Street, Duncan ♩ The Canadian All Stars Sextet, featuring Phil Dwyer & Christine Jensen \| 7:30–10 pm The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo ♩ The Sutcliffes \| 7:30 pm The Tidemark Theatre, 1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River ♩ AVE \| 8 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Electric Druids ♦ AWOLz ♦ Thraddash \| 8 pm–midnight The Phoenix Bar & Grill, 3952 Quadra Street, Victoria ♩ Nautical Disaster, a Tragically Hip tribute \| 8–10:30 pm The Osborne Bay Pub, 1534 Joan Avenue, Crofton ♩ Mexican ‘Independence Party’ with Mariachi Sin Frontera & Latin Vibes Band \| 8 pm–2 am The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo ♩ Sophie Ellis-Bextor \| 8:05 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Skratch Bastid \| 8:40 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Pulse Radio \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Temps \| 9 pm–12:30 am The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria ♩ The Tumblin’ Dice \| 9 pm–2 am The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria ♩ Nicky Genesis \| 9 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Open Mic Saturdays \| 9 pm–midnight The Rack Saanich, 1550 Cedar Hill X Road, Victoria ♩ Caleb Hart \| 9–11 pm Baan Thai Wok & Bar - Oak Bay, #104-2000 Cadboro Bay Road, Victoria ♩ Oliver Tree \| 9:20 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩♩♩ Audio Fox & Friends \| 9:30–11:55 pm The Mateada Lounge, 150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island ♩ Pointed Sticks \| 9:30–11:45 pm The Waverley Hotel, 2692 Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland ♩ The Sean Duhaime Quartet \| 9:45–11 pm Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria ♩ Glass Petals \| 10 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ Maestro Fresh Wes \| 10 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria ♩ TLC \| 10:50 pm The Rifflandia Festival, Pembroke Street & Government Street, Victoria

Also see our complete list of VFMS Live Music Events, Mostly, on Vancouver Island · September 2024 webpage . . . which gets updated as I receive the information . . . AND We post Facebook Live Music Events to our VFMS Facebook page on the date of the event (facebook.com/VictoriaFolkMusic/) ! Ukulele Fingerboard, Standard C Tuning: notes of the C major scale: four strings, 18 frets. Note: image is 144 pixels per inch, so you can zoom in on it…

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