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The Winter Arts Festival will transform Victoria into an open-air gallery and celebration featuring 3D art, light projections, digital and augmented reality, laser animations, and more. (@carrot_ee, courtesy Winter Arts Festival Facebook)

Vancouver’s Winter Arts Festival is coming to Victoria for the first time

The February festival will feature public art installations and pop-up parties around the city

 

Andrea Zonnis is organizing the Intuitive Arts Festival, which will be held at the Leonardo Da Vinci Centre from Nov. 4 to 5. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

Victoria’s premier psychic showcase to return in ‘full force’

Intuitive Arts Festival will feature over 44 exhibitors

 

A man is taken away by police officers in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, after clashes at a gathering of Eritrean groups. (Jason Tschepljakow/dpa via AP)

Dozens injured at Eritrean event in Germany, including 26 police officers

Around 200 protestors threw bottles, stones at those attending the cultural festival

 

A group of llamas pose for a photo Saturday (Sept. 2) on the opening day of the 2023 Saanich Fair in Central Saanich. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Saanich Fair going strong at 155

The annual event continues Sunday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Monday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

A group of llamas pose for a photo Saturday (Sept. 2) on the opening day of the 2023 Saanich Fair in Central Saanich. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
Darren Lee and the Memphis Flash perform during the Rock the Park music festival at the outdoor stage in Parksville Community Park. (Oceanside Photography Society)

Parksville Beach Festival welcomed more than 108K visitors in 2023

UPDATE: Rock the Park music fest also a hit with more than 3,200 attendees

Darren Lee and the Memphis Flash perform during the Rock the Park music festival at the outdoor stage in Parksville Community Park. (Oceanside Photography Society)
Ted Siebert works on his sculpture during the Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition on July 16 in Parksville. (Kevin Forsyth photo)

Parksville Beach Festival an economic and social driver for community

Information being collected for new economic study

Ted Siebert works on his sculpture during the Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition on July 16 in Parksville. (Kevin Forsyth photo)
Dragon boaters paddle toward the finish line Saturday, Aug. 12, during the Canada Dry Victoria Dragon Boat Festival in Victoria’s Inner Harbour. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Dragon boats roar into Victoria’s Inner Harbour

2023 Canada Dry Victoria Dragon Boat Festival returns to two-day format

Dragon boaters paddle toward the finish line Saturday, Aug. 12, during the Canada Dry Victoria Dragon Boat Festival in Victoria’s Inner Harbour. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
Dance duo Funkanometry dances surrounded by a cheering crowd during last year’s Eats and Beats Beach Party. This year’s event goes July 29 at Royal Beach. (Black Press Media file photo)

Five things to do in Greater Victoria this weekend

Eats and Beats comes to Royal Beach, searching for turtles at Matheson Lake

Dance duo Funkanometry dances surrounded by a cheering crowd during last year’s Eats and Beats Beach Party. This year’s event goes July 29 at Royal Beach. (Black Press Media file photo)
Damon Langlois, from B.C. is seen hard at work during the 2022 Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition in Parksville July 17. (PQB News file photo)

Popular Parksville Beach Festival makes grand return on July 13

Sand sculpting competition theme is ‘Wonders of the World’

Damon Langlois, from B.C. is seen hard at work during the 2022 Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition in Parksville July 17. (PQB News file photo)
Upper Fort Street in downtown Victoria was packed Saturday, June 3, for the Upper Fort StreetFest. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Fort Street packed for Upper Fort StreetFest

Saturday’s event saw a section of the street turned into a pedestrian festival and market

Upper Fort Street in downtown Victoria was packed Saturday, June 3, for the Upper Fort StreetFest. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
Highland dancers perform in front of the audience and judges Saturday, May 20, during the 160th Victoria Highland Games in Topaz Park. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

PHOTOS: 160th Victoria Highland Games bring Celtic tradition to Topaz Park

The games got underway Saturday and are set to continue Sunday

Highland dancers perform in front of the audience and judges Saturday, May 20, during the 160th Victoria Highland Games in Topaz Park. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
Nautical Disaster is one of the bands performing this year at SoberFest. ( Nautical Disaster/Facebook)

SoberFest returns to Langford for second year to celebrate sobriety

July event raises funds for long-term recovery beds

Nautical Disaster is one of the bands performing this year at SoberFest. ( Nautical Disaster/Facebook)
Pulcherie Mboussi organizes AfriCa Fest to help newcomers feel at home. (Kazakiz)

‘A space for me to feel at home’: AfriCa Fest set for May in Victoria

AfriCa Fest’s Pulcherie Mboussi uses dance, music and food to bring together small but diverse African community

Pulcherie Mboussi organizes AfriCa Fest to help newcomers feel at home. (Kazakiz)
Victoria-based filmmaker Pauline Gallinat will present ‘Time Together’ at the Vancouver Island Short Film Festival at VIU’s Malaspina Theatre on April 22. (Submitted photo)

Vancouver Island Short Film Festival offers online and theatre viewing

Two-day event takes place at VIU’s Malaspina Theatre on April 21-22

Victoria-based filmmaker Pauline Gallinat will present ‘Time Together’ at the Vancouver Island Short Film Festival at VIU’s Malaspina Theatre on April 22. (Submitted photo)
Victoria Beer Week will see the return of popular events, like beer and pizza night, along with new additions to the lineup. (File photo courtesy Victoria Beer Society)

Victoria Beer Week returns in May with new events celebrating craft beer

Almost 50 B.C. breweries will take part in the celebration

Victoria Beer Week will see the return of popular events, like beer and pizza night, along with new additions to the lineup. (File photo courtesy Victoria Beer Society)
A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Horses burst through the soaring flames of night-time bonfires in a dramatic annual festival in this small Spanish town. The bonfires are called “luminarias,” and the Las Luminarias festival is believed to be centuries-old. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

VIDEO: Locals ride horses through fires as Spanish festival makes comeback

Las Luminarias celebrates Spain’s patron saint of animals

A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Horses burst through the soaring flames of night-time bonfires in a dramatic annual festival in this small Spanish town. The bonfires are called “luminarias,” and the Las Luminarias festival is believed to be centuries-old. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Ukrainians take photos of a newly built Christmas tree as partial power outages continue in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Jewish festival of lights begins in Ukraine as battles rage

Tens of thousands remain without electricity

Ukrainians take photos of a newly built Christmas tree as partial power outages continue in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
A tasting at the 2020 Victoria Whisky Festival, which returns to the Hotel Grand Pacific in January. (Orlando Carillo/Victoria Whisky Festival)

Greater Victoria spirits are high with the return of whisky fest

Tickets on sale now for Victoria Whisky Festival, Jan. 19 to 22, 2023

A tasting at the 2020 Victoria Whisky Festival, which returns to the Hotel Grand Pacific in January. (Orlando Carillo/Victoria Whisky Festival)
Vancouver police have identified another 15 people they believe took part in criminal activity during a riot at Breakout Festival in September 2022. (Image courtesy of VPD)

7 Breakout Festival riot suspects identified, more sought: Vancouver police

Police department released photos of 15 more suspects Nov. 24

Vancouver police have identified another 15 people they believe took part in criminal activity during a riot at Breakout Festival in September 2022. (Image courtesy of VPD)
The north end of downtown Ladysmith is lit up with Festival of lights fireworks. (Teresa McKinley file)

Ladysmith Festival of Lights’ light-up and parade return

Parade and fireworks back after a 2-year hiatus for Vancouver Island holiday season staple

The north end of downtown Ladysmith is lit up with Festival of lights fireworks. (Teresa McKinley file)