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Upcoming events: Classic Boat Festival in the Inner Harbour, Aug. 30 -Sept. 1; Island View Beach Walk on Saturday

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The Duke Saloon is celebrating its 10th anniversary Saturday with an outdoor block-party on Discovery Street featuring live performances by various country acts including Victoria’s Pony Gold.

The Blues ‘n Roots Festival schedule is a busy one, with eight free afternoon performances leading into sets by the nightly headliners at Ship Point in Victoria.

The Victoria Fringe Festival runs Aug. 21 through Sept. 1 at five traditional venues — and four unconventional ones — across the city.

Arts writer Mike Devlin picks his favourite upcoming events, including John Forgerty at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on Friday.

Upcoming events: GreekFest at Greek Orthodox Church and Community Centre; Garden City Quilt Show at G.R. Pearkes Rec Centre; Canamera Cruise-In at 2205 Keating Cross Rd.

After more than a decade apart, Immaculate Machine will perform this week at the 11th annual Eventide Music Series in Centennial Square, held each Wednesday through August.

There’s fresh sense of optimism at Blue Bridge ahead of radio-play performances of Wind in the Willows on Friday and Saturday at UVic’s University Club.

The documentary by writers/directors Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee unspools the complicated life of soul singer Jackie Shane, who was born in Nashville but found success in Montreal and Toronto in the 1960s.