Festivals and Events

Wesbrook Village at UBC holds a free outdoor holiday market with more than 45 local artisan vendors, live music, fire pits and food from nearby cafes in Norman MacKenzie Square, every weekend from Friday, November 20 to Sunday, December 20, 2026. Hours are Fridays 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM and Saturdays and Sundays 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM, with Santa on Sundays from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Free admission.

West Kelowna's free Light Up street party fills Brown Road in Westbank Centre on Friday, December 4, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, with the tree lighting countdown at 6:30 PM, school choirs and bands, inflatable games, food trucks and pictures with Santa. A craft market with live jazz runs at Lions Hall, and high altitude fireworks light up the sky over Memorial Park at 8:45 PM. Free community event.

Postsecondary students from the Victoria Conservatory of Music and Camosun College play end of term sets in folk, blues, jazz, rock and pop combos. It takes place on Monday, December 7, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall in downtown Victoria. Admission is by donation, give what you wish.

Young string players from the Victoria Conservatory of Music's intermediate chamber ensembles, Young Artist Academy and Intermediate Orchestra perform the music they worked on this term. It takes place on Thursday, December 3, 2026, from 7:00 PM to about 8:30 PM at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall, entered through the Conservatory at 900 Johnson Street in downtown Victoria. Admission is by donation, give what you wish.

Postsecondary music students of the Victoria Conservatory of Music and Camosun College present their end of semester chamber music and chorale performances. It takes place on Wednesday, December 2, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall in downtown Victoria. Admission is by donation, give what you wish.

Advanced teenage classical musicians from the Victoria Conservatory of Music's Young Artist Academy perform chamber music they have prepared with their coaches. It takes place on Tuesday, December 1, 2026, from 7:00 PM to about 8:30 PM at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall in downtown Victoria. Admission is by donation, give what you wish.

Students of the Victoria Conservatory of Music Strings Department perform an evening of solo and ensemble pieces on Thursday, November 26, 2026, from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall in downtown Victoria. Admission is by donation, give what you wish.

Students of the Victoria Conservatory of Music Winds and Brass Department, from beginners to emerging professionals, play solo and small group pieces, with the odd faculty appearance. It takes place on Wednesday, November 18, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall in downtown Victoria. Admission is by donation, give what you wish.

Postsecondary music students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music share their works in progress in free one hour lunchtime concerts on Thursdays from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM, on November 12, 19 and 26 and December 3 and 10, 2026. Most are in Robin and Winifred Wood Hall at 900 Johnson Street in downtown Victoria; the November 19 concert is in the Alix Goolden Performance Hall next door. Free admission.

Students of the music study program present their work: the singing workshop, the percussion workshop and the concert band, at the École de musique Jésus-Marie in Lévis. Thursday December 17, 2026, 7:00 to 8:30 PM. Important: free entry (voluntary contribution), but reserve by phone at 418 833-4530, ext. 2; may be cancelled or postponed in bad weather.

The guitar students of Jacques Lavoie, from Multi-Art Chute Chaudière, present their Christmas concert at the Centre civique in Lévis. Monday December 14, 2026, starting at 4:00 PM (the city lists 4:00 to 10:00 PM). Free entry.

The Élédanse dance school opens its doors so you can come and meet the world of dance, at the Centre culturel de Lévis. December 8 to 14, 2026, listed from 1:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Free.