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Daily Email - Thursday - 08/07/2025

August 07, 2025

Hey fam, this is your last chance to win a roundtrip flight from Victoria to Vancouver! We’ve teamed up with Harbour Air and Canada Dry Victoria Dragon Boat Festival - presented by Fairway Market! Head to the festival from 8/8-9 to enjoy the races, live music, food trucks, waterfront bars and more.*

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Grammy-winning vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo returns to The Royal Theatre on 3/8. Their harmonies are pure magic, don’t miss it!

  • Free-B Film Fest is back this weekend, lighting up Beacon Hill Park with free outdoor movies every weekend in August. Bring snacks and get weird.

  • Whose Line legends are back. Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood hit Royal Theatre on 11/20 for an unscripted night of improv chaos, and probably kazoos.

  • You. Three friends. Unlimited slides. That’s the math of a Big Splash ticket pack, and it equals your best summer day yet. Win 4 free passes and prove once and for all that you are, in fact, the fun one.*

  • Two of Canada’s finest singer-songwriters, Julian Taylor and Logan Staats, share the Capital Ballroom stage on 11/28. Soulful, rootsy, and full of heart.

FREE EVENTS IN VICTORIA

Turns out, some of the best stuff in Victoria doesn’t cost a dime. This guide’s got free music, films, dancing, art shows, crafts, and maybe even a goat or two.

THIS WEEKEND

🎵 Nanaimo Blues Festival 2025

Now until Sunday @ Nanaimo (12PM)

Nanaimo Blues Festival 2025 brings three days of guitar solos, smoky vocals, and serious soul. If blues is your love language, this fest is your perfect match.

🪕 Oak Bay Summer Concert Series: Black Angus

Tonight @ Willows Beach (6PM)

The Oak Bay Summer Concert Series delivers free, all-ages shows by the sea. Bring a blanket, kick off your sandals, and enjoy the foot-stomping folk from Black Angus.

📣 Phillips Backyard Music Festival: Reverb

Friday-Sunday @ Phillips Backyard (2PM)

Phillips Backyard Reverb Weekend closes out fest season with beer-fueled chaos, big energy, and bands like Peach Pit, Phantogram, The Roots and Diamond Cafe!

🔥 Nickelback

Saturday @ Laketown Ranch (12PM)

Nickelback is here, and you will scream “Photograph.” Expect pyro, power chords, and a performances from Sam Roberts Band, The Glorious Sons and more.

🌲 Five Acre Shaker

Saturday @ Port Alberni Fall Fair Grounds (12PM)

Head to Port Alberni for Five Acre Shaker! It’s a full-on campout party with country, hip-hop, indie heat, and more from The Funk Hunters, Rêve, and Mark Woodyard.

Rifflandia

Rifflandia is coming in hot and there’s still time to win 4 VIP weekend passes! Don’t miss sets from Maribou State, Troyboi, Alessia Cara and so many more. You deserve a weekend that bumps this hard. Enter now, thank us later.*

LOCALS ONLY

Look up at the moon this weekend!