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ON SCREEN What: 26th Annual Victoria Film Festival Where: The Vic Theatre (808 Douglas St.), Cineplex Odeon (780 Yates St.), Capitol 6 (805 Yates St.), and SilverCity(3130 Tillicum Rd.) among others When: Feb. 7 through Feb.

Many worthy concerts will take place here in the next few days, and what follows does not exhaust the list.

IN CONCERT What: The Beaches with Hunny Where: Capital Ballroom, 858 Yates St. When: Feb.

ON STAGE What: The Ministry of Grace Where: The Belfry Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Ave. When: To March 1 Tickets: $39 from the Belfry box office (250-385-6815) or tickets.belfry.bc.

ON STAGE What: Kidd Pivot Revisor Where: Royal Theatre When: Friday, Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $35-$105 from the Royal McPherson box office (250-386-6121) or rmts.bc.

OPENING Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (Cineplex Odeon Victoria, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, Landmark Cinemas University Heights, SilverCity Imax) The Joker’s now ex-girlfriend teams with a crew of female superhero

Grammy Award-winner Boz Scaggs — whose hit album, Silk Degrees, spent nearly six months on the sales charts in 1976 — will return to the Royal Theatre on June 1 for his first Victoria performance in several decades.

Those of us bogged down by the rainy weather can find sunny solace in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

IN CONCERT What: Fully Crazed, Rival Gang, Knife Manual, Skid Marxists Where: Logan’s Pub, 1821 Cook St. When: Saturday, Feb. 1, 9 p.m.

ON STAGE What: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Where: Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St. When: Friday through Sunday, Jan. 31-Feb. 2 Tickets: $114.75-$125 from the Royal McPherson box office, by phone at 250-386-6121, or online from rmts.bc.