Thursday, May 15, 6 p.m.: The Steadies will play at The Queen’s. Tickets cost $15 in advance or $20 at the door.
Friday, May 16, 6 p.m.: Sunk City Fest opening ceremony with Leanor Hampton, followed with music by Ida Maidstone, 2Girls1Daw, Psychic Pollution, Whirly Bird and Dielectric at The Vault Cafe. A day pass is $30 and a three-day festival pass is $90.
Friday, May 16, 6:30 p.m.: The Blisters will play at The Queen’s. Tickets cost $15.
Friday, May 16, 7 p.m.: Hip Hop for Paws is an all-ages show raising money for the Greater Victoria Animal Crusaders with The Broke Boys and Scott Monk at The Globe Live Studio. Tickets cost $20.
Friday, May 16, 7 p.m.: Sunk City Fest: Mood:Lite, Earthball, Dollhead and Flatbed will play at Coaltown Est. 1868. A day pass is $30 and a three-day festival pass is $90.
Friday, May 16, 8 p.m.: Sunk City Fest: Live DJs, Coal Dust Gang, Rare-Earth Magnet, Freak Dream, Boosh and Slowscan will play at The Terminal. A day pass is $30 and a three-day festival pass is $90.
Saturday, May 17, 10:30 a.m.: Fiddelium and Folk Band will play a free concert at Diana Krall Plaza. They will then play short flash mob shows at locations around downtown and the Old City Quarter.
Saturday, May 17, 1 p.m.: Sunk City Fest: Zoe The Strange, Dielectric, The Magyars, The Sheds, Ora Cogan, Dollhead, KMVP, Cat Valley and Pond Scum will play in Lois Lane. A day pass is $60 and a three-day festival pass is $90.
Saturday, May 17, 1 p.m.: Sunk City Fest: Isabella and The Sprouts, Factory of The Fool, Devours, Elbow Kiss and Spencer Krug will play at Sound Heritage. A day pass is $60 and a three-day festival pass is $90.
Saturday, May 17, 1 p.m.: Sunk City Fest: Yoga with Live Music (Alex and Cosmic Dust), a Kids Zone, A Small Sounder, Here and Now and the Sink or Swim Variety Show will take place at Mellow Drama Studio. A day pass is $60 and a three-day festival pass is $90.
Saturday, May 17, 6 p.m.: Sunk City Fest: Fishe Townsen, Output 1:1:1, Cat Piss, Eye Labia and NatLak will play at Coal Town Est. 1868. A day pass is $60 and a three-day festival pass is $90.
Saturday, May 17, 6 p.m.: Sunk City Fest: Cavataca, C.R. Gillespie, Yawn, Easels, Avro and Drama Queen at The Vault Cafe. A day pass is $60 and a three-day festival pass is $90.
Saturday, May 17, 8 p.m.: Canadian punk legends Random Killing will play with Mother Fuckers, Awkward A/C, AK-47 and Smash TV at The Terminal. Tickets cost $20.
Saturday, May 17, 8 p.m.: Nat Sponaugle and Wren Beckley will play The Nanaimo Bar. Tickets cost $10.
Saturday, May 17, 9 p.m.: Sunk City Fest: Live DJs, Piu, Moonbean, Devours, and 2Girls1Daw will play at The Queen’s. A day pass is $60 and a three-day festival pass is $90.
Sunday, May 18, 1 p.m.: Sunk City Fest: Willie Trasher and Linda Saddleback, Niloo, Yawn, They Them Theirs, Vãyu, Pale Red, New Age Dolls, Hypno Jerk and Behaviours will play in Lois Lane. A day pass is $50 and a three-day festival pass is $90.
Sunday, May 18, 1 p.m.: Sunk City Fest: Yoga with Live Music (M-A and No Data), a Kids Zone, a how to chiptune workshop and Caveman and The Banshee Remix will take place at Mellow Drama Studio. A day pass is $50 and a three-day festival pass is $90.
Sunday, May 18, 2 p.m.: Sunk City Fest: Seasighed, Cat Valley, NatLak and Moonbean will play at Sound Heritage. A day pass is $50 and a three-day festival pass is $90.
Sunday, May 18, 7 p.m.: Mount Mural, Shoplifter, Nodata and Blush will play an all-ages show at The Globe Live Studio. Tickets cost $15.
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Friday, May 16, Noon: Take a lunchtime tour of the exhibit After Wrappers by artist-run flavour incubator Big Rock Candy Mountain at the Nanaimo Art Gallery. Tickets cost $5 or are free for members.
Wednesday, May 14, 6 p.m.: In partnership with Mid Island Co-op, the British Columbia Co-operative Association will screen Building a Better Economy, a film exploring the economic and environmental challenges ahead — and how co-ops offer bold, community-driven solutions at the Beban Park Social Centre Lounge. Reserve your seat online.
Wednesday, May 14, 7:30 p.m.: Shadow puppet show Song of The North at The Port Theatre will tell the courageous tale of Manijeh, a heroine from ancient Persia, who must use all her strengths and talents to rescue her beloved, Bijan, from a perilous predicament of her own making and help prevent a war. Tickets cost $59.
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