NOVEMBER 16
AUTHOR
Jeremy Taggart and Jonathan Torrens present Canadianity: The True North Strong and Freezing at Bolen Books, Hillside Centre, 7 p.m. bolen.bc.ca or 250-595-4232.
Stories from the Bride Ships with Jennifer Ferris and Kathryn McAllister at Ross Bay Villa Historic House Museum, 1490 Fairfield Rd., 7:30 p.m. Ticket: $15 at [email protected]
DANCE
Scottish Folk Dancing. See Tuesday for details.
MUSIC
Classical
Symphony SoundBites: A Happy Hour concert with food and drink featuring Vancouver Island Symphony and guest violin soloist Terence Tam,
concertmaster of the Victoria Symphony, at the Port Theatre, 125 Front St., Nanaimo with two performances, at 5 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. Tickets at the porttheatre.com or 250-754-8550.
Folk, Roots, Blues
Cities at the Bard & Banker Pub, 1022 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-953-9993.
Ange Hehr at the Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775.
Rollie Barrett at Master鈥檚 Lounge, Westin Bear Mountain, 1999 Country Club Way, 7-9 p.m. 250-391-7160.
Gary Preston at Ross Bay Pub, 1516 Fairfield Rd., 6-9 p.m. 250-370-1152.
Funk, Soul and R&B
Electric Sex Panther at Canoe Brewpub, 450 Swift St., 9:30 p.m. canoebrewpub.com
Jazz
Wes Carroll Confabulation at Hermann鈥檚 Jazz Club, 753 View St., 8 p.m. Cost: $20/$15/$12. hermannsjazz.com; 250-388-9166.
Pop and Rock
Throwback Thursday at Carlton Club Cabaret, 900 Carlton Tce., Esquimalt, 8 p.m. 250-361-3666.
Barney Bentall and The Cariboo Express at the Mary Winspear Centre, tonight at 7:30 p.m. to Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $45 at marywinspear.ca or 250-656-0275.
THEATRE
The Madwoman of Chaillot. Performance at 8 p.m. See Friday for details.
The Original Deed. Performance at 7 p.m. See Wednesday for details.
Les Belles-Soeurs. Performance at 8 p.m. See Wednesday for details. Tonight Preview: $12.