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Victoria International Flower and Garden Festival – Today through Aug. 1 featuring show gardens, competitions, demonstrations, culinary presentations, Kids’ garden, speaker series, exhibits, food and more with events at Topaz Park. Tel. 381-7894. Tonight’s event: Opening Party at Topaz Park (entrance on Finlayson), Arabian Nights theme.

July 27, 2005

2005 Music in the Park at Brentwood Bay’s Pioneer Park, corner of Clarke Road and West Saanich Road, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Today’s performance: Four Chords of Wood. Tel. 652-9954.

National Youth Orchestra of Canada – A national concert tour performance at UVic, University Centre, Farquhar Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. tonight and Thursday. Tonight’s program works by Schubert, Bartok and Mahler; Thursdays program works by Verdi, Gougeon, Roussel and Prokofiev. Tel. 721-8480.

Atomic Vaudeville presents The Musical, when characters suddenly break out into song for no particular reason and finish their acts with shaking fingers, today through Saturday, at Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St., 8 p.m. Tel. 885-2837.

Music Video Challenge – Challenge to link independent filmmakers and musicians in Greater Victoria. CineVic presents first music video competitions. Reel-To-Reel asks independent musicians to submit one song to CineVic: Society of Independent Filmmakers, 2022 Douglas St. by 4:30 p.m. today. Seven songs will be selected for music video on Aug. 2. Tel. 389-1590.

July 28, 2005

Tom Thumb Safety Village – Summer drop-in for children five to eight years old to learn about traffic and pedestrian safety by taking a spin in pedal cars at Vancouver Island Safety Council, Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre, 1767 Island Highway, today, Friday and Wednesday, 1-4 p.m. Tel. 478-9584.

Fantasticks: In Concert – Victoria Conservatory of Music presents a concert by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, with performances by Anne Silsbe, Jesse Cook, Nicolas Orrego and others at Robin and Winifred Wood Recital Hall, 907 Pandora Ave., 7 p.m. Tel. 386-5311.

This colourful, entertaining event includes: more than 150 international and local exhibitors, gardening demonstrations, organic culinary presentations, a speaker series, Kid’s Garden activities, satellite locations (Fairmont Empress Hotel, Mayfair Shopping Centre, Market Square, and S.J. Willis School), competitions, and International Show Gardens. The theme for 2005 is the ’History of Gardens’.

This event is held on an annual basis and is sure to become one of the region’s major tourist attractions and a premier event of its kind on the West Coast

Tickets: are available on-line through Tourism Victoria and are $15 general admission, $12 seniors/students, and no charge for children 12 and under.

Location: Topaz Park (corner of Blanshard St. & Finlayson St.) and other venues.

Dates & Times:

• July 28, 10 AM to 6 PM
• July 29, 10 AM to 6 PM
• July 30, 10 AM to 6 PM
• July 31, 10 AM to 6 PM
• August 1, 10AM to 5 PM

The price of the ticket includes access to the Shuttle Bus and entrance to the Speaker Series.