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Events: Enjoy opera at Open Air, take in Government House gardens and ArtisTREE Festival, party at Eats and Beats

An estimated 40,000 people attended the annual art festival, which had display along 10 blocks of Moss Street.

Art gallery director Nancy Noble, who arrived in Victoria just five weeks before the Paint-In in 2022, was 鈥渁stounded鈥� by the size of the event.

Events: Car shows in Oak Bay, Saturday and Sunday; Japan Fest in Broadmead Village on Saturday; Superhero fundraiser at Starlight Stadium on Saturday.

Arts writer Mike Devlin picks his favourite upcoming events, including the Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival, on July 19 to July 21.

Latest edition of Dreamspeaker series covers Victoria and Sooke and as far north as Nanaimo

At 17, Julin Cheung is set to become the orchestra's new assistant principal flute and piccolo player, and its youngest ever member.

The Mount Doug high grad has released the first track 鈥� it's called Coraz贸n 鈥� from her new album, 7, scheduled for release on Sept. 20.

Lucinda Williams, Leo Kottke, Daniel Lanois and The Milk Carton Kids are among the headliners at this weekend's Vancouver Island Music Festival in Courtenay.

The festival, now in its 16th year, features site-specific performances by eight companies. Tours launch from two locations, and are accessible by walking or cycling.