Event Calendar

  • VS & Pacific Opera Victoria at The Butchart Gardens

    The Butchart Gardens 800 Benvenuto Ave, Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada

    A signature musical event of the summer! The VS Orchestra, led by Associate Conductor Giuseppe Pietraroia performs at the beautiful Butchart Gardens alongside soprano Lucia Cesaroni, baritone Justin Welsh, and young violin soloist Elana Lin. This concert is included in the price of admission to The Butchart Gardens. Admission to The Gardens can be purchased...

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    VS Pops at the Cameron Bandshell

    Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park 250 Bridge Way, Victoria, BC, Canada

    VS offers two free full orchestral concerts at the Cameron Bandshell in beautiful Beacon Hill Park. Take a bench seat, or bring a picnic, and enjoy an early evening concert featuring excerpts from our 2024/25 Pops Series including selections from The Sound of Music, E.T., The Mission, Wicked, and more! Toot a trumpet! Visit a...

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    Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 (Pacific Baroque Orchestra)

    Christ Church Cathedral 930 Burdett Ave

    The Victoria Symphony presents the Pacific Baroque Orchestra’s production of Monteverdi's Vespers. Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 is an undisputed masterpiece of spiritual and emotional depth, at times intimate and reverent, grand and dramatic, thrilling and sensual. Brilliant instrumental writing paired with impressive choruses and solos create an opulent tribute to the Virgin Mary, a...

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    VS & Pacific Opera Victoria at the Cameron Bandshell

    Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park 250 Bridge Way, Victoria, BC, Canada

    This Open Air concert features excerpts from our upcoming Masterworks Series and Pacific Opera Victoria’s 2024/25 Season, plus special pre-concert activities to be announced. Toot a trumpet! Visit a violin! Cuddle a cello! Arrive early to enjoy the Instrument Petting Zoo starting at 3 pm. The Instrument Petting Zoo gives children of all ages the...

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  • Kluxen – Strauss’ Four Last Songs

    Royal Theatre 805 Broughton St

    In a time of darkness, beauty can still emerge. In the landscape of mid-century politics, war and oppression, Strauss and Shostakovich were both victims of circumstance. In the twilight of his years, Strauss reflected on our walk through life towards death, and beyond. Shostakovich’s Tenth mirrors the terror he experienced under Stalin’s rule, but ultimately his triumph...

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    Tanya Tagaq in Concert

    Farquhar at UVic University Farquhar Auditorium, Ring Road, Victoria, BC, Canada

    A fearless innovator with a visceral stage presence and dizzyingly complex music, Tanya Tagaq is a Canadian cultural icon. The Inuk throat singer has spent her entire life championing her people, land, and culture while calling out oppressive systems and structures. With an extraordinary musical aesthetic, Tanya mines an artistic tradition dating back tens of...

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Victoria Symphony respectfully acknowledges and offers gratitude to the lək̓ʷəŋən people, known today as the Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations, whose unceded lands we live, work, and perform on. We honour their stewardship, care, and leadership — past, present, and future.