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Daily Email - Thursday - 06/12/2025
Hey fam! We’ve got a pair of weekend passes up for grabs for the boutique EDM festival in Merritt: Bass Coast Festival! Don your “wild things” costumes, feel the bass, and let your creativity roam from 7/11-14.*
JUST ANNOUNCED
Canadian comedian icon, Rick Mercer, brings his Stand-Up For Canada Tour to The Royal Theatre on 9/19! Tickets on sale now for this night of laughter and national pride.
Celebrate love, identity, and self-expression at After Hours: Pride, a joyful, inclusive night honouring 2SLGBTQIA+ history, culture, and community. Enter to win a pair of tickets to enjoy an all-night DJ set, drag performances and more!*
BC Crabfest is back for it’s third year at Ship Point on 6/29. Taste the delicious BC Dungeness CrabBoil featuring crab, mussels, prawns/shrimp and more!
Have you entered to win our 4 pack of VIP weekend passes for Rifflandia?! See big names like Maribou State, Troyboi, Macy Gray, Alessia Cara, Charlotte Cardin, Walk Off The Earth and many more!*
Looking for some free events to fill up your weekend? We’ve got you covered!
TREAT YOUR DAD ON FATHER’S DAY
Looking for some ideas on where to take your old man this weekend? We've put together a list of dad-worthy events so you can make this Father’s Day special! Here are just a few of our faves:
FERNFEST - Friday & Saturday @ Fernwood Square
ESQUIMALT NEIGHBOURHOOD PARTY - Saturday @ Bullen Park
CELEBRATING FATHER’S DAY - Saturday & Sunday @ Merridale Cidery & Distillery
PACIFIC FC VS. YORK UNITED FC - Saturday @ Starlight Stadium
FATHER’S DAY | DAD’S VISIT FREE - Saturday & Sunday @ Malahat Skywalk
THE RAYMOND JAMES FATHER’S DAY WALK/RUN FOR PROSTATE CANCER - Sunday @ Vancouver Island Technology Park

THIS WEEKEND
🏳️🌈 Youth Pride Kick-Off Prom
Tonight @ KWENCH (7PM)
There are only a few tickets left for the queer prom party at Youth Pride Kick-Off Prom! Dress how you feel best and dance along to DJs playing party anthems all night long.
🚨 Shambhala Pre-Party
Tomorrow @ Capital Ballroom (9PM)
Join the Shambhala Pre-Party with No Thanks & Neon Steve tomorrow night at the Capital Ballroom. The door prize is a ticket to Shambhala! Don’t miss it.
📣 Sidney Roller Disco Pride Night
Tomorrow @ Mary Winspear Centre (7PM)
Slap on your roller skates and join the Sidney Roller Disco Pride Night! Celebrate diversity and inclusion on wheels with colorful lights, upbeat music, and good vibes for all ages.
🔥 The Harpoonist
Saturday @ Capital Ballroom (7:30PM)
Meet The Harpoonist, known to family, friends and hardcore fans as Shawn Hall. A harpoon/harmonica/harp virtuoso with a couple of decades in the hardcore, blues-based rock and roll trenches.
🌿 The Unofficial Afterparty 2
Saturday @ Capital Ballroom (10PM)
After you done partying at Fernfest this weekend head to The Unofficial Afterparty 2 for a celebration of westcoast wildness, sound and soul.
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Have a great weekend, fam!